Ajit Rangnekar is the Director General of Research and Innovation Circle of Hyderabad, a Telangana Government initiative to take Innovation in Agriculture, Health and Sustainability to Market. He retired as the Dean of Indian School of Business, where too he espoused Entrepreneurship and Innovation in socially important sectors. He has been a member of many global committees and advises Boards of Foundations and Social Ventures.
Prior to ISB, he was in HongKong for over twenty years, primarily with Price Waterhouse Consulting, handling various roles including Country Head, first of PW and then of PwC Consulting practice, and East Asia Head of PwC Telecomm practice and of Learning and Development.
He is a graduate of IIT, Bombay, and did his post graduation in Management from IIM, Ahmedabad. He runs the Hyderabad chapter of Social Venture Partners, an organisation which provides pro bono advice to NGOs to scale up their impact.