Rajiv NarangFounder & CEO
Recognised as India’s Innovation thought leader, Rajiv engaged:
- as a part of National Planning Commission panel to recommend ‘India’s Innovation Strategy’.
- as a Council member of the ‘Innovation for India’ Foundation &
- as a Co-chairperson of the FICCI Innovation Committee.
Rajiv founded Erehwon in 1989 and he has over the last 25 years lead it to becoming the world’s & India’s leading Innovation Consulting firm.
His passion for Innovation & Imagination is boundariless. He brings unique & in-depth insights into the Strategic, Organisational & Leadership dimensions of Innovation. And what’s more, as a compelling, powerful speaker he has inspired people across cultures & across the world into realizing ‘What does it take to bring alive Orbit-shifting Innovation’?
Rajiv’s perspective & insights in Innovation cut across Business, Social & Public services. His capacity to bring together insights from these worlds into a seamless & holistic Innovation models is unparalleled.
He has over the last twenty five years lead a diverse and rich portfolio of strategic innovation & leadership initiatives with organisations like Bank of America, Max New York Life, Novartis, Unilever, IFF, Infosys, Wipro, ESPN. He partnered in architecting Marico’s ‘Innovation for India’ foundation and the ‘Innovation for India’ awards. He pioneered ‘The Challenger’ – Insight project that finally culminated in Erehwon’s first book ‘Making Breakthrough Innovation happen’ – How 11 Indians did the Impossible?
Rajiv’s Mission is to enable the world to leverage Innovation, to find non-linear answers for the immense challenges that face our planet today. The mission to build Erehwon into that powerful & catalytic force that will positively influence and transform an organisations capacity to Innovate and make a meaningful difference.