Vishal Gupta

Vishal Gupta is a Professor of Organisational Behaviour at IIM Ahmedabad, India's top B-school. He teaches leadership to MBA students, and trains leaders from reputed corporations from around the world at IIM Ahmedabad. His leadership skills course on Coursera is ranked among the top five leadership courses of all time on the platform. He grew up in Lucknow, the city of nawabs, and holds an undergraduate degree in engineering from BITS Pilani, and a PhD degree from IIM Lucknow.

Vishal has been identified as one of 'India's 25 Young HR Leaders' by People Matters in 2013, an 'Emerging Psychologist' by the National Academy of Psychology in 2014, and was conferred the 'Young Scientist Award' by the National Academy of Sciences India in 2016. He has served as the President of the Indian Academy of Management and as the Chairperson of the Ashank Desai Centre for Leadership and Organisational Development at IIM Ahmedabad. He serves as an independent director on the board of reputed Indian PSUs.