Kriti Jain

Kriti Jain is a full-time faculty (with tenure) in the Organizational Behavior and Human Resources area. She is a leading management expert and works with global business leaders and policy makers on topics of leadership, decision-making, and organizational culture. Dubbed as the Oscars of Management Thinking, Thinkers50 has recognized her as a global thinker with the potential to change the world of theory and practice. Poets&Quants included her in the global top 40 under 40 business school professors.

Kriti is a recipient of several prestigious grants from the European Union and Spanish government for her research on decision-making. She is a PhD in Decision Sciences from INSEAD. Her research work has been published in leading science, management, economics, and psychology journals including, Management Science, Harvard Business Review, Human Resource Management, Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, and Journal of Operations Management.

Professor Jain’s courses and training programs conducted for business leaders, lawyers, entrepreneurs, and doctoral scholars have consistently received top ratings and her cases have won best-selling awards. Some of her corporate training clients include Siemens, Santander, Schindler, Repsol, European Investment Fund, and International Trade Centre. Her Indian background, combined with work experiences in US & Europe, provides her with a multi-dimensional lens to issues of business, education, and society. She is on the advisory board of several businesses and universities, is a public speaker, and a regular media commentator.

Before joining full-time academics, Kriti worked with McKinsey and Co. on risk management projects focusing on energy and materials sector for global clients based in Europe and Middle East.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

• Associate Professor, Organizational Behavior and Human Resources, IE University, 2019 – Present

• Assistant Professor, Organizational Behavior and Human Resources, IE University, 2013 – 2019

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

• Ph.D. in Management (Specialization in Decision Sciences) INSEAD (Singapore), 2008 – 2013

• M.A., Economics (Gold Medalist) Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi (India), 2004 – 2006

CORPORATE EXPERIENCE

• McKinsey & Company, 2006 – 2008

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGs)

3- Good Health and Well-Being

5- Gender Equality

8- Decent Work and Economic Growth