Chicago Dialogues Season 2 Episode 5 - Jerry Rao: The Journey of an eclectic conservative

UChicago Center in Delhi and Online

UChicago Center in Delhi, in association with Prohor.in, presents Episode 5 of Chicago Dialogues Season 2: "Jerry Rao: A Journey of an Eclectic Conservative", in conversation with Prof. Dipesh Chakrabarty, Lawrence A. Kimpton Distinguished Service Professor of History, South Asian Languages and Civilizations, The University of Chicago and Avik Chanda, best-selling author and entrepreneur. 

Date: Saturday, February 19, 2022

Time: 8:30 PM IST/ 9 AM CST

Live on Facebook and Youtube (no prior registration required). 

Speakers' bio: 

Jaithirth (Jerry) Rao holds a Master’s degrees in Business Administration from the IIM-Ahmedabad as well as the University of Chicago, US. He is a visiting faculty at both institutions. He has been honoured with the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of Chicago.

He was also the Founder, Chairman, and Managing Director of Mphasis during which time he was awarded the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award twice in 2001 & 2004, and the Karnataka State Rajyothsava Award in 2005. In the past, Jerry Rao has served as chairman of NASSCOM. He was with Citicorp for 20 years in various capacities, including the Head of Citibank where he was primarily responsible for building one of the bank’s Asian retail and credit card franchises, apart from working in various parts of the world.  He has been an entrepreneur-in-residence at the Harvard Business School and lecturer at IIT, Bombay. He is on the Board of Trustees of the India Foundation of the Arts and Sujaya Foundation.

Prof. Dipesh Chakrabarty, Lawrence A. Kimpton Distinguished Service Professor of History, South Asian Languages; The University of Chicago and Faculty Director of UChicago Center in Delhi: Dipesh Chakrabarty is an Indian historian and is best known for his contributions to postcolonial theory and subaltern studies. He became a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2004, followed by Honorary Fellowship of the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 2006. He was given honorary doctorate by University of London in 2010 and University of Antwerp, Belgium, in 2011. He has authored various books and has also published and edited research papers. Chakrabarty is the recipient of the 2014 Toynbee Foundation Prize for his contributions to global history and of the 2019 Tagore Memorial Prize awarded by the Government of West Bengal for his book The Crises of Civilization. Click here to read his detailed bio and research work.  

Avik Chanda: Bestselling author, Columnist, and Entrepreneur: Avik Chanda is a bestselling author, columnist, business advisor, and entrepreneur. His book, From Command To Empathy: Using EQ in the Age of Disruption (HarperCollins, 2017), was featured in Amazon India’s Best Reads under Business, Strategy and Management. His latest book, Dara Shukoh: The Man Who Would Be King (HarperCollins, 2019), was on the National Non-Fiction Top 10 Bestsellers List for 10 consecutive weeks, garnered huge critical success, and has been released as an audiobook by Audible. Avik is the Founder and CEO of NUVAH ELINT LLP, a NASSCOM 10,000 incubated startup, and is also a visiting faculty at IIT-Delhi and XLRI.