Geetha Krishnan

Chief – Academic Outreach and Career Development

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Geetha Krishnan is Chief – Academic Outreach and Career Development and Head – Digital Blended Learning at IIHS. He provides strategic insight and direction to grow IIHS’ teaching and training portfolios to drive urban transformation at scale in the country.

In a career spanning more than 30 years, Geetha has worked in various senior management and leadership capacities across multiple—higher education, entrepreneurship development, online learning, and advertising. He has worked with organisations like the Indian School of Business and the Tata Group, and consulted with international and national institutions like the UNEP, Babson College, Leeds University, the National Stock Exchange, and IIIT Sri City on a wide variety of assignments around curriculum development, online learning, and executive education.

Geetha has a master’s degree from the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, and a doctoral degree in strategy and entrepreneurship from the Indian Institute of Management Indore. His research and teaching interests are in the areas of strategy and entrepreneurship.


Education
1991
BSc, Mathematics, National College, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India
1993
PGDM, Management, Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bengaluru, Karnataka,India
2024
Executive, Doctoral Programme in Management, Strategic Management, Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India

Geography of Work
Country
India
State
Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana, Tamil Nadu
City
Bengaluru, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai, Tiruchirappalli
Languages
English, Tamil, Hindi

TEACHING AT IIHS

2022, The Art and Science of Economic Policy, Course Director, Public policy, Digital Blended Learning (DBL) course
Ongoing, Social Entrepreneurship, Faculty member, Enterprise development, Urban Fellows Programme (UFP)
Ongoing, Developing an Entrepreneurial Mindset, Faculty member, Enterprise development, Urban Fellows Programme (UFP)

TRAINING AT IIHS

Capacity Building Programme for Town Planning Officials of Maharashtra (YASHADA), 2023, Leadership and change management
Crafting a Value Proposition, Ongoing, Marketing
Capacity Building Programmes on Urban Development (DoPT), Ongoing, Leadership and change management
Capacity Building Programmes for MoRTH, 2023, Leadership and change management

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THEMATIC AREAS

Capacity Development, Enterprise Development, Entrepreneurship, ICT, Leadership and Change Management, Strategy