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| birth_place = [[Pondicherry]], India
| citizenship = [[France]]<br/>[[United States]]
| occupation = Author, speaker, strategist
| education = [[Conservatoire national des arts et métiers]] {{small|([[Diploma of Technical Studies (France)|DEST]])}}<br> [[Ecole Centrale Paris]] {{small|([[Master of Science|MS]])}}
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'''Navi Radjou''' (born 14 August 1970) is an Indian born scholar and an innovation and leadership advisor based in [[Silicon Valley]]. He is a Fellow of [[Judge Business School]] at the [[University of Cambridge]] and has spoken and written widely on the theme of [[frugal innovation]].

==Career==
Radjou was born in India with French-American dual citizenship.{{clarify|Born with or acquired citizenship?|date=July 2020}} He earned a diploma in technical studies (DEST) from the [[Conservatoire national des arts et métiers|National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts (CNAM)]] in [[Paris, France]] and an MS degree in information systems from [[Ecole Centrale Paris]]. He started his career with [[IBM]] at its [[IBM Toronto Software Lab|Toronto Software Lab]] and eventually served nearly ten years as Vice President and Principal Analyst at [[Forrester Research]], a US-based technology research and consulting firm. At Forrester, he investigated how globalised innovation – with the rise of India and China as both a source and market for innovations – is driving new market structures and organizational models called "Global Innovation Networks".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.financialexpress.com/news/client-demand-drives-innovation-tieups/111961/0 |title=Client Demand Drives Innovation Tie-ups |work=The Financial Express |access-date=17 January 2015}}</ref> During his tenure at Forrester, he advised senior executives around the world on technology-enabled best practices to drive collaborative innovation, global supply chain integration, and proactive customer service.

Till 2011, he served as the Executive Director of the [[Centre for India & Global Business]] at [[Judge Business School]], [[University of Cambridge]], where [[Jaideep Prabhu]] was the director. Radjou is a Fellow at Judge Business School and a [[World Economic Forum]] (WEF) faculty member. He is a member of WEF's Global Future Council on Innovation & Entrepreneurship.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.weforum.org/communities/the-future-of-innovation-and-entrepreneurship|title=The Future of Innovation and Entrepreneurship}}</ref> For several consecutive years, he has served on the international panel of judges for ''The Economist''’s Innovation Awards.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.economistconferences.co.uk/innovation/judges2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101216014720/http://www.economistconferences.co.uk/innovation/judges2009|url-status=dead|title=Com Laude|archive-date=16 December 2010|website=www.economistconferences.co.uk}}</ref> Navi also served as a judge for [[FastCompany]]'s 2017 World Changing Ideas Awards.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/3068873/announcing-the-winners-of-the-2017-world-changing-ideas-awards|title=Announcing The Winners Of The 2017 World Changing Ideas Awards|first=Fast Company|last=Staff|date=20 March 2017|website=Fast Company}}</ref>

==Writing==
At Forrester, Radjou published more than a hundred reports on business topics related to innovation and emerging markets.<ref>[http://www.forrester.co.uk/rb/search/results.jsp?N=0&Ntk=MainSearch&Ntx=mode+MatchAllPartial&s=1&Ntt=radjou] {{dead link|date=January 2015}}</ref> Based on his extensive field research in India he published in 2008 a ten-part report series titled "India: The Innovation Giant (Re)Awakens", which explores the innovative business models pioneered by large corporations and grassroots entrepreneurs in India.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cfr.org/content/thinktank/Radjou_India_Oct14.ppt |format=PPT |title=India The Emerging Innovation Giant |author=Navi Radjou |publisher=Cfr.org |access-date=17 January 2015}}</ref>

Radjou is co-author of ''Frugal Innovation''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://frugalinnovationhub.com |title=Frugal Innovation – How to Do More With Less. |publisher=Frugalinnovationhub.com |access-date=17 January 2015}}</ref> published worldwide by [[The Economist]] in 2015. The book explains the principles, perspectives and techniques behind frugal innovation. He is also co-author of the international best-seller ''Jugaad Innovation''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jugaadinnovation.com |title=Jugaad Innovation – The Book – A frugal and flexible approach to innovation for the 21st century. |publisher=Jugaadinnovation.com |access-date=17 January 2015}}</ref> (Jossey-Bass, 2012). described by ''[[The Economist]]'' as "the most comprehensive book yet to appear on the subject" of frugal innovation.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.economist.com/node/21551028 |title=Schumpeter: Asian innovation – The Economist |newspaper=The Economist |date=24 March 2012 |access-date=17 January 2015}}</ref> He is co-author of ''From Smart To Wise'',<ref>{{cite book |title=From Smart to Wise: Acting and Leading with Wisdom |isbn = 978-1118296202|last1 = Kaipa|first1 = Prasad|last2 = Radjou|first2 = Navi|date = 18 March 2013}}</ref> a book on next generation leadership. He is also a regular columnist on ''[[Harvard Business Review]]'', ''Bloomberg Businessweek'' and ''The Wall Street Journal'', and maintains a blog on HarvardBusinessReview.org.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hbr.org/search/radjou/ |title=Search – radjou/ |publisher=Hbr.org |access-date=17 January 2015}}</ref>

Navi's next book, Conscious Society: Reinventing How We Consume, Work, and Live (due in 2018), shows how we can all expand our awareness and tap into our abundant inner-resources—love, ingenuity, wisdom—to co-create inclusive and sustainable communities. In doing so, we can consciously steer human evolution to a better future.

==Speaking==
Radjou frequently acts as a [[keynote speaker]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cominsights.com/en/speaker/navi-radjou |title=Navi Radjou speaker Cominsights. |access-date=29 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307023855/https://cominsights.com/en/speaker/navi-radjou |archive-date=7 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and is widely quoted in international media.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://naviradjou.com/news/|title=News|date=22 November 2016|website=Navi Radjou}}</ref> In 2014, Navi delivered a talk at [[TED Global]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ted.com/talks/navi_radjou_creative_problem_solving_in_the_face_of_extreme_limits |title=Navi Radjou: Creative problem solving in the face of extreme limits. |publisher=TED.com |access-date=17 January 2015}}</ref> on frugal innovation, which has received over 1,5 million video views.

He is a frequent speaker to senior executive groups and has spoken on the topics of innovation and globalisation at leading conferences organised by the [[World Economic Forum]], [[Council on Foreign Relations]], The Conference Board, TiE (Indus Entrepreneurs), [[Milken Institute]], [[Asia Society]], [[Harvard University]], and [[MIT]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/dp/2009110501 |title=Latest news |work=University of Cambridge |access-date=17 January 2015 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Awards and recognition==
Radjou has had wide exposure in national and international media, including ''The Wall Street Journal'', ''The Economist'', ''Bloomberg Businessweek'', ''Financial Times'', ''Le Monde'', and ''Nikkei Shimbun''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/dec2009/id2009121_864965.htm |title=India's Next Global Export: Innovation |author=Reena Jana |work=Businessweek.com |access-date=17 January 2015}}</ref> He is ranked<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.industrie-techno.com/article/les-50-personnalites-qui-font-l-innovation-en-france.42564|title=Les 50 personnalités qui font l'innovation en France|date=22 February 2016|via=www.industrie-techno.com}}</ref> as one of the 50 most influential persons shaping innovation in France.

In 2013, he received the ''Thinkers50 Innovation Award'' — given to a management thinker who is re-shaping the way we think about and practice innovation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thinkers50.com/t50-awards/awards-2013/ |title=Distinguished Achievement Awards 2013 |work=Thinkers 50 |access-date=17 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://gallery.mailchimp.com/dec9e7dbfe150d92bafee193e/files/innovation_PRESS_RELEASE3.pdf |title=Navi Radjou Wins 2013 Thinkers50 Innovation Award |date=14 November 2013 |publisher=Gallery.mailchimp.com |access-date=17 January 2015}}</ref> In addition, his book Jugaad Innovation was shortlisted for the ''2013 Thinkers50 CK Prahalad Breakthrough Idea Award''.

Named by ''[[BusinessWeek]]'' as an "expert in corporate innovation," he was also honoured by the ''[[Financial Times]]'', which called his co-authored work on National Innovation Networks – the first-ever ranking of countries by their collaborative aptitude to integrate innovation capabilities across multiple regions – as "ambitious" and "sophisticated".<ref>Countries and companies need to band together in networks, ''[[Financial Times]]'', 24 January 2007.</ref> His latest research on "polycentric innovation" – a new approach that multinationals can use to integrate globally distributed R&D and innovation capabilities – has been featured in ''[[The Economist]]'', ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', ''Global Intelligence for the CIO'', and ''[[Le Monde]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.i-cio.com/blog/july-2010/polycentric-innovation |access-date=5 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725141517/http://www.i-cio.com/blog/july-2010/polycentric-innovation |archive-date=25 July 2010 }}</ref> Similarly, his concept of "[[indovation]]" — the unique process by which innovations are developed in India to serve a large number of people sustainably — has been featured in ''[[The Financial Times]]'' and in several conferences organised by Asia Society.<ref>The Age of 'Indovation' Dawns, James Lamont, 14 June 2010, ''[[The Financial Times]]''</ref>

== Criticism ==
Radjou and his co-authors’ work on [[jugaad]] (innovation) has been criticized by Indian academics and scientists such as Rishikesha Krishnan,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/business/slide-show/slide-show-1-why-india-needs-to-move-beyond-jugaad/20110207.htm|title=Why India needs to move beyond jugaad|website=Rediff}}</ref> [[Vijay Govindarajan]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businesstoday.in/opinion/interviews/story/vijay-govindarajan-innovation-interview-38736-2013-01-28|title=Jugaad not the answer to India's problems: Vijay Govindarajan|website=Business Today}}</ref> [[Anil Kumar Gupta|Anil Gupta]],<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.academia.edu/4170842|title=This is not Jugaad|first=Anil|last=Gupta|via=www.academia.edu}}</ref> and [[Raghunath Anant Mashelkar|RA Mashelkar]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/interviews/jugaad-has-created-the-wrong-image-for-india-raghunath-anant-mashelkar-veteran-scientist/articleshow/33297319.cms|title=Jugaad has created the wrong image for India: Raghunath Anant Mashelkar, Veteran scientist|first=Rahul|last=Sachitanand|newspaper=The Economic Times}}</ref> who believe the practice of jugaad can lead only to makeshift solutions that are unsafe, unscalable, and unsustainable.

Radjou addressed this criticism in an article in ''Thinkers'' magazine arguing that jugaad isn’t intrinsically good or bad. Jugaad is a creative mindset: it is the ''intention'' (good or bad) of the person using this ingenious mindset that determines the quality of the outcome (positive or negative).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thinkers.in/jugaad-innovation-converting-adversity-into-opportunity-2/|title=Jugaad Innovation: Converting Adversity Into Opportunity}}</ref>

==Notes==
* Made in India for the 21st Century, Navi Radjou, 28 January 2010, Asia Society New York<ref>{{cite web |url=http://asiasociety.org/business-economics/development/navi-radjou-made-india-21st-century |title=Navi Radjou: 'Made in India' for the 21st Century |work=Asia Society |access-date=17 January 2015}}</ref>
* Transforming R & D To Win in Global Innovation Networks, Navi Radjou, 1 March 2007, PARC Forum,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parc.com/event/537/transforming-rd-to-win-in-global-innovation-networks.html |title=Event – Transforming R&D To Win In Global Innovation Networks – PARC, a Xerox company |publisher=Parc.com |access-date=17 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131143200/http://www.parc.com/event/537/transforming-rd-to-win-in-global-innovation-networks.html |archive-date=31 January 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Turbocharging the Franco-Indian Partnership, Navi Radjou, 15 July 2009, Bloomberg Businessweek,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/jul2009/gb20090715_610102.htm |title=Turbocharging the Franco-Indian Partnership |author=Navi Radjou |work=Businessweek.com |access-date=17 January 2015}}</ref>
* Polycentric Innovation: A New mandate for Multinationas, Navi Radjou, 2 November 2009, The Wall Street Journal,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://online.wsj.com/article/NA_WSJ_PUB:SB125774328035737917.html |access-date=5 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100825191504/http://online.wsj.com/article/NA_WSJ_PUB:SB125774328035737917.html |archive-date=25 August 2010 }}</ref>
* INDOvations, moderated by Navi Radjou, 28 January 2010, Asia Society, New York,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://asiasociety.org/video/business-economics/indovations-complete?page=1 |title=INDOvations (Complete) |work=Asia Society |access-date=17 January 2015}}</ref>
* Managing the New Trajectory of Global Innovation, Navi Radjou, 14 October 2009, Council on Foreign Relations.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cfr.org/content/meetings/New_Global_Trajectory.pdf |title=Managing the New Trajectory of Global Innovation |publisher=Cfr.org\access-date=17 January 2015}}</ref>
* India's Decade of Innovation, Navi Radjou, 16 February 2010, [[Cambridge Judge Business School]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/interactive/expert_comment/2010/radjou_decade.html |title=India's decade of innovation – CJBS Insight |work=CJBS Insight |date=16 February 2010 |access-date=17 January 2015}}</ref>
* Polycentric Innovation Video Interview, IBM, 27 May 2010, Cambridge Judge Business School,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/news/items/2010/100527_polycentric.html |access-date=5 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716141933/http://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/news/items/2010/100527_polycentric.html |archive-date=16 July 2011 }}</ref>
* Creating the Next "Indovations", Navi Radjou, 27 November 2009, India Economic Summit 2009, World Economic Forum,{{youtube|id=9v9E7lTiIBE|title=Panel}}
* Made in India, for the world, N Madhavan,12 May 2010, Business Today.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://businesstoday.intoday.in/index.php?option=com_content&Itemid=1&task=view&id=15009&sectionid=5&issueid=83&page=archieve |title=Made in India, for the world |publisher=Businesstoday.intoday.in |access-date=17 January 2015}}</ref>
* Do Multinationals Really Understand Globalization?, Navi Radjou, Prasad kaipa, 6 August 2010, Bloomberg Businessweek.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/aug2010/gb2010086_282527.htm |title=Do Multinationals Really Understand Globalization? |work=Businessweek.com |access-date=17 January 2015}}</ref>
* Talking about Indovations, Nisha Kumar, Kulkarni, 2.12.10, Beyond Profit.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://beyondprofit.com/talking-about-indovations |access-date=3 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110826045457/http://beyondprofit.com/talking-about-indovations/ |archive-date=26 August 2011 }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://penguin.co.in/book_author/navi-radjou/ Navi Radjou] at [[Penguin India]]

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