OREANDA-NEWS. Dr Nitin Nohria, the dean of Harvard Business School, has been appointed as a non-executive director of Tata Sons.

Dr Nohria has been the dean of Harvard Business School since July 1, 2010. He is also the George F Baker Professor of Business Administration. He previously served as co-chair of the HBS Leadership Initiative, senior associate dean of Faculty Development and head of the Organisational Behaviour Unit of Harvard Business School.

Prior to joining the Harvard Business School faculty in July 1988, Dr Nohria received his PhD in management from the Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a BTech degree in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (which honoured him as a Distinguished Alumnus in 2007). He was a visiting faculty member at the London Business School in 1996.

Dr Nohria has served as an advisor and consultant to several large and small companies in different parts of the world.