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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Nitin Nohria
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|office = 10th Dean of [[Harvard Business School]]
|term_start = January 1, 2010
|term_end = December 31, 2020
|predecessor = [[Jay Owen Light]]
|successor = [[Srikant Datar]]
| birth_date = February 9, 1962
| birth_place = [[New Delhi]], [[Delhi, India]]
| residence = [[Boston, Massachusetts]], USA
| nationality = [[Americans|American]]
| alma_mater = [[IIT Bombay|Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay]] ([[BTech]])<br>[[University of Mumbai]] ([[MBA]])<br>[[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] ([[PhD]])
| occupation = [[Professor]]; [[academic administration|academic administrator]]
| children =
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| spouse = Monica Chandra
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'''Nitin Nohria''' (born February 9, 1962) is an [[Indian-American]] academic. He served as the tenth dean of [[Harvard Business School]]. He is also the [[George Fisher Baker|George F. Baker]] Professor of Administration. He is also a former non-executive director of [[Tata Sons]].

==Early life and education==
Nitin Nohria was born in Nohar Rajasthan in baniya (traders) family, India. His father, Kewal Nohria, was the former chairman of [[Crompton Greaves]] in India, and was an influence upon Nohria's decision to embark upon a career in business.<ref>[http://business.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/may/07/slide-show-1-what-guides-harvard-b-school-dean-nitin-nohria.htm What guides Harvard B-school dean Nitin Nohria]</ref>

Nohria attended high school at [[St. Columba's School, Delhi|St. Columba's School]] in [[New Delhi, India]]. He earned a [[B.Tech]] in [[Chemical Engineering]] at the [[Indian Institute of Technology Bombay]], graduating in 1984, and then received an [[MBA]] from [[Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies]] at the [[University of Mumbai]]. He earned a [[PhD]] in Management from the [[MIT Sloan School of Management|Sloan School of Management]] at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] in 1988.<ref>[http://www.app2us.com/interviews/harvard-business-school-dean-nohria.htm Interview with Nitin Nohria]</ref>

==Career==
[[File:The Dean, Harvard Business School, Mr. Nitin Nohria addressing the senior officers of the Power, Coal and New and Renewable Energy, in New Delhi. The Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power.jpg|thumb|right|Nitin Nohria with senior civil servants of [[Government of India]] in New Delhi with [[Piyush Goyal]].]]
Nohria served as co-chair of the HBS Leadership Initiative and sat on the executive committee of the University's interfaculty initiative on [[Harvard University Advanced Leadership Initiative|advanced leadership]]. Nohria is working with fellow HBS professor [[Rakesh Khurana]], the [[World Economic Forum]] and the [[Aspen Institute]] to create a business oath, like the [[MBA Oath]], [http://www.theoathproject.org/] that might be used globally.<ref>[http://www.aspencbe.org/ Aspen Institute Center for Business Education]</ref> In a ''[[Harvard Business Review]]'' piece published in October 2008, Khurana and Nohria linked the connection between professionalism of a profession and the profession's ability to deliver value to society:<ref>[http://hbr.harvardbusiness.org/2008/10/its-time-to-make-management-a-true-profession/ar/1 Rakesh Khurana and Nitin Nohria. "It's Time to Make Management a True Profession." ''Harvard Business Review'' print edition, October 2008.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090702000849/http://hbr.harvardbusiness.org/2008/10/its-time-to-make-management-a-true-profession/ar/1 |date=2009-07-02 }}</ref>

{{external media | width = 210px | float = right | video1 = [http://charlierose.com/watch/60505591 Nitin Nohria, Dean of the Harvard Business School, talks about leadership, case studies, and efforts to help women succeed at the school.], 37:25, [[Charlie Rose]], January 22, 2015 }}

On May 4, 2010, [[Drew Gilpin Faust]], [[President of Harvard University]], appointed him Dean of Harvard Business School, effective July 1, 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://drfd.hbs.edu/fit/public/facultyInfo.do?facInfo=bio&facEmId=nnohria |title=Harvard Business School biography |access-date=2009-09-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722024756/http://drfd.hbs.edu/fit/public/facultyInfo.do?facInfo=bio&facEmId=nnohria |archive-date=2012-07-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He is the second HBS Dean, after [[John H. McArthur]], born outside the United States and the first Dean since [[Lawrence E. Fouraker|Dean Fouraker]] in the 1970s to live in the Dean's House on the HBS campus.<ref name="FTarticle">[http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/ab936364-257e-11e0-8258-00144feab49a.html Navigating a route for the 21st century]</ref> In January 2014, he tendered an apology on behalf of [[Harvard Business School]] for the perceived [[sexism]] at the school.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dean Nitin Nohria apologizes for Sexism at Harvard Business School|url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/01/dean-nitin-nohria-apologizes-for-sexism-at-harvard-business-school/|work=IANS|publisher=Biharprabha News|access-date=31 January 2014}}</ref>

In August 2017, Nohria argued that President [[Donald Trump]]'s support for "isolationism" was detrimental to American economic prosperity, as it discouraged successful foreigners from immigrating to the United States.<ref name="theindependentdonaldtrumpseconomicpolicy">{{cite news|last1=Kentish|first1=Ben|title=Donald Trump's economic policy is a risk to the US, warns Harvard Business School dean|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-economic-policy-us-risk-president-harvard-business-school-dean-name-a7870866.html|access-date=August 20, 2017|work=The Independent|date=August 1, 2017}}</ref>

In November 2019, Nohria announced that he would step down as dean in June 2020 but, in light of the COVID-19 outbreak, Nohria decided to stay on as dean through the end of 2020. [[Srikant Datar]] will take over for him beginning January 1, 2021. <ref>{{cite web |last1=Burstein |first1=Ellen M. |title=Datar to Serve as Harvard Business School's Next Dean | News | the Harvard Crimson |url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2020/10/9/datar-new-hbs-dean/ |website=the crimson.com |publisher=The Harvard Crimson |access-date=16 November 2020}}</ref>

==Criticism==
===Race issues===
In 2013, a lengthy front-page article in [[The New York Times]] described HBS efforts to deal with gender inequality.<ref name="HBS NYT Caste Study">{{cite news |title=Harvard Business School Case Study: Gender Equity |newspaper=The New York Times |date=7 September 2013 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/08/education/harvard-case-study-gender-equity.html |access-date=16 June 2020|last1=Kantor |first1=Jodi }}</ref> In 2014, Nohria apologized for HBS on how it had sometimes treated its female students and professors offensively.<ref name="HBS apology">{{cite web |title=Harvard B-school dean offers unusual apology |url=https://fortune.com/2014/01/29/harvard-b-school-dean-offers-unusual-apology/ |access-date=16 June 2020}}</ref>

Under Nohria as dean for 10 years at [[Harvard Business School]], there was a low percentage of [[African Americans]] as enrolled MBA students and in its faculty only had just nine out of 270 faculty members who were black.<ref name="HBS elusive">{{cite web |title=At Harvard Business School, diversity remains elusive |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/06/01/harvard-business-school-diversity-remains-elusive/bpyxP4cE1iCQJdLbHQEaQI/story.html |access-date=16 June 2020}}</ref> A faculty member [[Steven S. Rogers]] stepped down from teaching at the business school because it had long given short shrift to the black experience<ref name="HBS elusive"/> and had maintained anti-African practices.<ref name="HBS anti black P&Q">{{cite web |title=Former Harvard B-School Prof Slams Dean For School's 'Systematic Anti-Black Practices' |date=10 June 2020 |url=https://poetsandquants.com/2020/06/10/former-harvard-b-school-prof-slams-dean-for-schools-systematic-anti-black-practices/ |access-date=16 June 2020}}</ref>

In June 2020, Nohria publicly apologized for failing to mount a more successful fight against racism and pledged to move urgently forward with what he called an “anti-racism action plan.”<ref name="HBS same conversation">{{cite web |title=Harvard B-School Dean Nohria Asked At A Town Hall On Race: 'Why Are We Having The Same Conversation Again?' |date = 16 June 2020|url=https://poetsandquants.com/2020/06/15/harvard-b-school-dean-nohria-asked-at-a-town-hall-on-race-why-are-we-having-the-same-conversation-again/?pq-category=business-school-news |access-date=16 June 2020}}</ref><ref name="HBS Racial Failures">{{cite web |title=Harvard Business School Dean Apologizes For Racial Failures |date = 9 June 2020|url=https://poetsandquants.com/2020/06/09/harvard-business-school-dean-apologizes-for-racial-failures/?pq-category=business-school-news |access-date=16 June 2020}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Nohria is married with two daughters, both of whom currently attend [[Harvard College]].<ref name="https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/profile.aspx?facId=6523">{{cite web |title=Nitin Nohria - Faculty - Harvard Business School |url=https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/profile.aspx?facId=6523 |website=Harvard Business School |access-date=28 February 2019}}</ref> Nohria earned "$727,365 in salary and benefits in 2014."<ref name="poetshbspaidless">{{cite news|last1=Byrne|first1=John A.|title=HBS Dean Nohria Paid Less Than Wharton Dean|url=https://poetsandquants.com/2016/05/18/hbs-dean-nohria-paid-less-wharton-dead/|access-date=March 27, 2018|work=Poets & Quants|date=May 18, 2016}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200617220521/https://www.hbs.edu/about/leadership/dean/Pages/default.aspx Dean Nitin Nohria] (Archived) - [[Harvard Business School]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200617220221/https://www.hbs.edu/news/articles/Pages/standing-acting-together-for-racial-justice.aspx Standing and acting together for racial justice] (Archived) - [[Harvard Business School]]
* [https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2020/6/17/hbs-anti-racism-initiatives/ Business School Dean Nitin Nohria Announces New Anti-Racist Efforts After Criticism] - [[The Harvard Crimson]]

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