"Leadership comes from the top but gets executed from the middle - and needs an effective learning culture, which is collaborative, contextualized, continuous and connected."

Anjali Raina is the Executive Director of the Harvard Business School India Research Centre. Anjali holds an MBA from the IIM, Calcutta, a bachelor's degree (Eng. Hons) from Loreto College and is an alumnus of HBS having completed the Advanced Management Program.

Under Anjali's leadership, the HBS IRC has facilitated the writing of over 171case studies on Indian Business Practice and supported 69research projects. Anjali has co-authored several case studies such as Aadhaar: India's 'Unique Identification' System, TeamLease: Putting India to Work (II) Legally and many more.

She is a Director on the Board of Harvard Business Publishing, India, the Regional President (Western Region) of NHRDN, Trustee to LIFE Trust, an Advisory Member on the Board of HBS Club of India.

Prior to joining HBS IRC Anjali spent 15 years with Citigroup India, most recently as Country Director, before which she worked for more than a decade with ANZ Grindlays Bank PLC.