GIRISH P.

Girish P. Jakhotiya, MCom, FCMA, PhD, is a renowned management consultant, educator, researcher, author, and speaker. He has conducted consultations with more than 6 multinational and Indian corporations and banks, including Siemens, British Petroleum, World Bank, ILO, Philips, Tata Group, Mahindra & Mahindra Group, Larsen & Toubro Group, Forbes Group, Hindustan Unilever, Castrol, Indian Oil, SICOM, IDBI Bank, Central Bank of Oman, Sesa Goa Group, and Dempo Group. He has also served as an advisor for such government organizations as NABARD and Agriculture Finance Corporation, among others. He developed the Economic Growth Model for the government of Oman. Based on his consulting experience and research, Dr. Jakhotiya designed a comprehensive business management model titled AGNI (Aggregate Growth through Networking and Innovation). AGNI is patent pending. Before venturing into a profession of management consulting, research, and training, Dr. Jakhotiya was a senior professor of finance and strategy at the well-known Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, University of Mumbai (Bombay), where he was named the "All India Best Young Professor of Management" by the Association of Indian Management Schools (AIMS) in 1996. The Bombay Management Association designated him the "Best Management Teacher" in 1997. Over the past 29 years, Dr. Jakhotiya has educated more than 27, corporate executives, government officials, entrepreneurs, and bankers in the areas of strategic management, financial management, public finance, and human resource management. He has also lectured on economic governance in special workshops organized for Indian politicians. Under his able guidance, five scholars earned their doctorates. His training Programs are based on contemporary ideas, live case studies, and relevant literature. Dr. Jakhotiya's research focuses on fundamental issues and problems faced by the global economy. His original framework for this research is titled "Spiritual Economics" (or "Eternal Economics"). He strongly believes that a pragmatic and sustainable combination of socialist economic equity and capitalist entrepreneurial wisdom is the right answer for global dilemmas. Dr. Jakhotiya's management consulting firm Jakhotiya & Associates is known for offering innovative yet pragmatic solutions. Dr. Jakhotiya and his team strongly believe in acquiring intellectual property rights and using them appropriately for industry and society at large. Dr. Jakhotiya is the author of five books, Strategic Financial Management, Revised and Enlarged Edition (Vikas Publishing House, Delhi), Finance Made Simple, coauthored with Manjiri G. Jakhotiya, (Jakhotiya & Associates, Mumbai), Portfolio Management: Scope for Management Accountants (ACAI, Delhi), Glossary in Management Accounting (ACAI), and Strategic Management Accounting (ICAI). Dr. Jakhotiya can be contacted by e-mail at girishjakhotiya@gmail.com or readers may visit his website (www.jakhotiya.com).