
ย ย โข He built factories from scratch.
ย ย โข He walked away at the peak.
ย ย โข He earned a PhD at IIM Bangalore.
ย ย โข He earned tenure in America.
ย ย โข He came back to shape Indiaโs future.
Meet Prof. Mukesh Sud โ a rare soul who spent 15 years as a first-gen entrepreneur and 15 years as a globally respected academic.
His Achievements? Letโs unpack the journey:
๐ง ๐๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฟ (๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ-๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ)
ย ย โข Graduated from IIT Delhi
ย ย โข Founded multiple small-scale industries in abrasive blasting & plasma coatings
ย ย โข Bootstrapped, scaled, and successfully exited โ proving grit works
๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ (๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ)
ย ย โข PhD, IIM Bangalore
ย ย โข Tenured Associate Professor, Dolan School of Business, Fairfield University, USA
ย ย โข Taught at Augustana College, IL
ย ย โข Returned to India to join IIM Ahmedabad (Business Policy Area)
ย ย โข Visiting Faculty, Department of Entrepreneurship, Ashoka University
๐งโ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ
ย ย โข Published in FT50 journals
ย ย โข Pioneering work on:
ย ย โข โ Institutional theory
ย ย โข โ Paradox of embedded agency
ย ย โข โ How entrepreneurs break free from societal scripts
ย ย โข Co-author of Leapfrog: Six Practices to Thrive at Work โ a playbook blending street-smart entrepreneurship with academic depth
๐๐ป ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ป๐ณ๐ถ๐น๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ, ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ณ. ๐ฆ๐๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐:
๐ก The one decision that scared him most
๐ What America taught him about India (and vice versa)
๐ฅ How to act with courage inside rigid systems
๐จโ๐ซ The advice he gives Ashoka students that he wishes heโd heard at 25
โ๐๐ณ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ช๐ด๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ. ๐๐ตโ๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด โ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด, ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ฐ๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ต๐บ, ๐ฐ๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง.โ
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