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Dr. Swapnil Sahoo.

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Before joining academia, I spent 17 years in strategic roles at Wipro, Accenture, Cognizant, Exilant, TimesofMoney, Mahindra and 42Gears Mobility. That experience now shapes my research on how organisations act when resources are tight and the way I teach Strategy & Entrepreneurship at Great Lakes Institute of Management, Gurgaon, where I head the Entrepreneurship and AI initiatives. I earned my Ph.D. in Entrepreneurship from XLRI Jamshedpur, with a dissertation titled “Entrepreneurial Resourcefulness in Resource-Constrained Environments”.

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The organisations that shaped my work

Great Lakes Gurgaon
XLRI Jamshedpur
XIMB
Wipro
Accenture
Cognizant
Exilant Technologies
TimesofMoney
Mahindra
42Gears Mobility

Currently

Gurgaon, India

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How to enter this website

Begin with the questions that connect the work.

Does seventeen years across seven employers prove resourcefulness, or just make it plausible?
If a classroom exercise looks impressive, how would you know it actually changed judgment?

17+

Years of experience

11+

Conference presentations

2.5k+

Lives reached / yr (Karma Yoga)

Karmabhoomis (field sites)

Active research streams

01 / About

From industry practice to the strategy classroom.

I came to academia after 17 years in industry, with strategic roles at Wipro, Accenture, Cognizant, Exilant Technologies, TimesofMoney and Mahindra. Most recently, as Global Partnership Head at 42Gears Mobility, I worked with senior leaders across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

That route still shapes how I work. In the classroom, ideas have to survive contact with decisions, people and constraints. In research, I keep returning to a practical question I encountered in industry: what do organisations do when the resources they need are not available?

I am now an Assistant Professor of Strategy at Great Lakes Institute of Management, Gurgaon, where I teach Strategy and Entrepreneurship and head the Entrepreneurship and AI initiatives. My work also includes academic programme design, social-impact initiatives and institutional strategy. Great Lakes is accredited by AACSB and AMBA.

I earned my Ph.D. in Entrepreneurship from XLRI Jamshedpur. My dissertation, “Entrepreneurial Resourcefulness in Resource-Constrained Environments,” continues to ground my research on frugal innovation, jugaad, bricolage, effectuation, family firms and neurodiverse teams.

Education

Ph.D. in Entrepreneurship · XLRI Jamshedpur
MBA (Finance & Marketing) · XIMB
B.Tech (Electronics & Telecom) · Utkal University (ITER)

Questions I return to

What do organisations do when the resources they need are not available?
Why do some organisations keep turning constraint into useful action?
How do governance, trust and succession shape innovation in family enterprises?
When does AI genuinely help learning, and where is human judgment still essential?

Languages

English · Hindi · Odia · Bengali · French · Spanish

Beyond the classroom

Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM) · Toastmasters International, 2012
Volunteer, The Art of Living Foundation
Blood donor volunteer, Indian Red Cross Society

02 / What colleagues say

Seventeen years, in their words.

Recommendations from teammates, clients and managers across Accenture, Cognizant, Mahindra Comviva, TimesofMoney and 42Gears Mobility—the industry years the research and teaching now draw on.

It was fantastic to work with Swapnil. His motivational speaking, consulting and powerful personality won him the respect of teammates. Always capable of adapting to new working environments, and very positive towards work.

Amit Kumar Agarwalla

Technology Architect · Infosys

Swapnil is an ethical and capable team member that I have always depended on for providing the best solutions. All the best for all future endeavours.

Joseph John

General Manager & Product Head · Shemaroo Entertainment Ltd.

It's rare that you come across standout talent like Swapnil. I had the pleasure of working with Swapnil and collaborating on various projects. Above all, I was particularly impressed by Swapnil's ability to handle even the toughest clients—effortlessly. It often takes years to develop among customer service professionals, but it seemed to come perfectly naturally to him. As a team member, Swapnil earns my highest recommendation.

Rahul Pai

Strategy, Independent Consultant · Independent Consultant

Swapnil is a person whose conceptual clarity in the mobile wallet domain is amazing. He has an in-depth knowledge of the competitive space as well as an understanding of what clients are looking for in a product portfolio. Would be a great asset to any organisation!

Ramanathan Jagadeesh

Business Owner · Confidential

I have worked with Swapnil during my engagement with TOM (TimesofMoney), where he was handling business development and was involved in RFPs. He is a very knowledgeable person who understands client requirements and knows how to make the best proposal for a company. He also handles client escalations and engagement in a very positive manner, leading to client satisfaction. Wish him all the best for his future endeavours.

Gagandeep Singh

Director Business Strategy · QiCard

Swapnil is a supercharged and highly motivated individual, always seeking newer challenges and tougher projects. He has a bright future and he is a value creator.

Prashanth Chi

Fractional Chief Product Officer · MK Steel Ltd

03 / Research agenda

Creating strategic possibility under constraint.

Four connected branches grow from my submitted doctoral thesis: neurodiverse entrepreneurial agency, bricolage and effectuation, family-business resourcefulness, and frugal innovation through dynamic capabilities.

Doctoral foundation · XLRI Jamshedpur

Entrepreneurial Resourcefulness in Resource-Constrained Environments

The thesis brings together three connected perspectives: neurodiverse entrepreneurial agency, the movement from bricolage to effectuation, and family-business resourcefulness in institutional voids. It provides the foundation for a broader agenda on inclusive entrepreneurship, family-enterprise innovation, frugal problem-solving and dynamic capabilities.

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Branch 01

Neurodiversity & Entrepreneurial Agency

Central question: How do neurodiverse traits translate into entrepreneurial agency and resourcefulness in environments characterised by limited resources?
Context: Neurodiverse founders, entrepreneurial teams, incubators and support environments where individual variability matters more than broad diagnostic stereotypes.
Thesis connection: The first thesis essay develops the ‘spiky profile’ as a conceptual lens and connects it with coping, sociomateriality and affordances across the entrepreneurial lifecycle.

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Branch 02

From Bricolage to Effectuation

Central question: Under what conditions can bricolage become a springboard to effectuation as legitimacy and access to resources improve?
Context: Family enterprises and small firms operating under material scarcity, legitimacy deficits and uneven access to formal markets or institutions.
Thesis connection: The second thesis essay studies family enterprises that begin by recombining locally available resources and examines whether effectual action becomes more prominent as their room to manoeuvre expands.

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Branch 03

Family Business Resourcefulness

Central question: How does family-business resourcefulness manifest in institutional voids, and where are the boundaries of family-based coordination?
Context: Family firms in institutional voids, where formal contracting, specialised markets and reliable infrastructure may be incomplete or costly.
Thesis connection: The third thesis essay introduces Family Business Resourcefulness (FBR) as an emerging construct and distinguishes active resource mobilisation from socioemotional wealth.

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Branch 04

Frugal Innovation & Dynamic Capabilities

Central question: How does family-business resourcefulness become frugal innovation through dynamic capabilities, and when does family-centred value strengthen or constrain that pathway?
Context: Family firms seeking useful, affordable solutions under resource constraint while balancing economic, social and family-centred goals.
Thesis connection: The thesis tests a model in which dynamic capabilities carry much of the relationship between Family Business Resourcefulness and frugal innovation, with socioemotional wealth considered as context.

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Explore the complete research agenda

04 / Selected publications

Research, cases and public questions.

My writing moves from research on organisations under constraint to teaching cases and public essays about decisions facing businesses, students and policy readers, plus the interviews national outlets have carried. The complete record — every article, case, essay and press mention — lives on the Press & Media page.

Research & chapters

Case studies

Essays

Press mentions

Entrepreneurship Under Constraint: How Bricolage Transitions into Effectuation in Family Businesses

with Munish Thakur · Academy of Management Proceedings

2026AOM 2026

Millennium Post · Sep 2026

AI is changing jobs, skills become the differentiator

Most recent press mention

See every publication, case, essay and press mention

05 / Conferences & talks

Where I present the work.

Conferences are where unfinished ideas meet hard questions. This record includes the papers, doctoral work and collaborations I have taken into those conversations.

AOM 2026Philadelphia, PA, USA · 4 Aug, 1:15–2:45 PM · Marriott Downtown, Franklin 8
Entrepreneurship Under Constraint: How Bricolage Transitions into Effectuation in Family Businesses
86th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management
Also at AOM 2026: a research conversation with Prof. Saras Sarasvathy on the bricolage–effectuation work, and a session with the Saxbys and Drexel teams on their student-led café model.
BAM 2025Kent Business School, UK4 papers · Session Chair, Entrepreneurship Track
Drawn from the doctoral dissertation, "Entrepreneurial Resourcefulness in Resource-Constrained Environments." Also served as Session Chair for the Entrepreneurship Track (held online).
- ·Thriving with Less: Family Entrepreneurship in Institutional Voids
- ·Towards a Unified Theory of Entrepreneurship: A Neurodiverse Promise of the Spiky Profile
- ·Conceptualising Family Business Resourcefulness in Resource-Constrained Environments
- ·Resourcefulness of Family Business in Penurious Environments
AOM 2026 · PDWPhiladelphia, PA, USA
AI and Algorithmic Governance in Inter-Firm Relationships
AOM Paper Development Workshop · roundtable led by Prof. Robert Seamans, NYU Stern
AOM 2026 · PDWPhiladelphia, PA, USA
Entrepreneurship Research in Non-WEIRD Contexts
AOM Entrepreneurship Division's Global Scholar Development Committee · panel discussion and interactive paper development workshop
With panelists and discussants Dean Shepherd, Madeline Toubiana, Raj Krishnan Shankar, Banu Goktan Bilhan, Magdalena Markowska and Ipek Koparan. Session record: https://events.aom.org/events/aom-2026/session/UFVyz8CpQb3JGVqoouUNt
AOM 2025Copenhagen, Denmark · Jul 25–29
Conceptualising Family Business Resourcefulness: A Socio-material Perspective on Family Firm Advantages in Resource-Constrained Environments
85th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management
XLRI · 2024
Cultivating Trust: Exploring the Nexus of Human Capital and Organizational Citizenship Behaviour in Family Enterprises
International Industrial Relations Conference · with Leeds University Business School & Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
XLRI · 2024
Navigating the Maze: Understanding Corporate Bribery and Ethical Choices in Indian Family Firms
International Conference on "Enabling Social and Business Responsibility in Our Globalised World"
XLRI · 2024
Conceptualizing Family Business Resourcefulness (FBR) in a Resource-Constrained Environment
Doctoral Colloquium on AI & Sustainability
MERC 2023 · IIM Kashipur🏅 Best Paper in Track
A Study of How Family Involvement Impacts Sustainable Innovation in Family Firms
Entrepreneurship Track 1
SBM 2023 · IIT Roorkee + ASU
An In-depth Analysis of the Impact of Family Involvement on Sustainable Innovation in Family Firms
POMS India 2023 · XLRI
Exploring the Innovation Heritage: Decrypting the Influence of Family Involvement in Propelling R&D within Family Enterprises
IIT Kharagpur · 9th MDC
Bibliometrics Analysis of Family Firms Internationalization

Dr Swapnil Sahoo mid-speech on a panel at SAPIENCE 2025, Great Lakes Gurgaon

06 / Teaching

Teaching strategy through decisions, trade-offs and practice.

Across PGPM and PGDM classrooms, I use cases, simulations, fieldwork and build exercises to move from a framework to a defensible decision. AI appears where it genuinely improves the work; fluent output still needs verification and human judgment.

Programme

STRAMGT 221: Strategy and Disruption

Strategy sessions, cases and reading lists designed for an experienced PGPM cohort.

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Programme

STRAMGT 206: Strategic Management

Strategy and entrepreneurship modules, session material and practice across the PGDM terms.

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Experiential Leadership

Karma Yoga

Two pathways: a B-school field-learning architecture and longer community partnerships, beginning with the story of Mehalchauri.

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Strategy Capstone

Business Simulation

Twenty connected sessions in which choices in strategy, finance, markets, operations, people and ESG affect one another.

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Consulting

Cracking Consulting Interviews

My in-depth, first-person guide: the process end to end, the case method, framework families, the fit round, group discussions and the mistakes I see most often.

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Student mentoring

Strategy Showdown

Faculty mentor for a student-run, four-stage business competition — a 15-question qualifying quiz narrowing the field to 8 teams, then a judged 90-second video round scored on content, creativity, teamwork and impact.

Winner: Cognify (66.7 pts) · Runners-up: Logistics Issue (66.6) and Alpha Strategists (60.5)

Student feedback

Strategic Management, PGDM · student feedback

4.48 / 5overall faculty rating

“Good and engaging classes.”
“Very interactive and engaging class.”
“The way he is open to our opinions and viewpoints makes us feel very valuable.”

07 / PhD supervision

A practical guide to working together.

I supervise doctoral and pre-doctoral work in strategy, entrepreneurship and organisation theory. I take on only a few researchers in each cycle because close reading, candid feedback and regular conversation take time.

Your first note

Start with one page rather than a full proposal. Name the research puzzle, state the question clearly, explain why it matters now and tell me why my work is relevant to it.

Send a 1-page proposal

What I look for

· A research puzzle, not only a topic
· Methodological seriousness
· Reference integrity (no fabrications)
· Patience for revision

Our working rhythm

· Weekly written check-ins
· Theory-first, then design
· Co-author when warranted
· Honest, constructive critique

Open topics

· Family business resourcefulness
· AI in management education
· Frugal innovation in services
· Neurodiversity & capabilities

Before you send it

· Read two of my papers
· Draft a 1-page concept note
· State your research question crisply
· Tell me why now, and why me

08 / Executive education

What executive learning looks like in the room.

These programmes begin with the participants and the decisions in front of them, not a fixed slide deck. The examples below show how that approach has worked in public-sector and community settings.

Programmes conducted

NADT, Delhi75 IRS officers

Creativity in Problem Solving & Task Prioritization through Visual Thinking

A one-day programme for the Indian Revenue Service at the National Academy of Direct Taxes, Delhi Campus, co-facilitated with Prof. S. K. Palhan.

In the room: The session used visual thinking to work through creativity in problem solving and task prioritisation.

Follow-through: Participants developed visual problem maps and 30-60-90-day execution plans.

Karma YogaArya Samaj School, GK-2 New Delhi

Experiential Learning for Underprivileged Students & Volunteer Teachers

A Karma Yoga programme with students and volunteer teachers at Arya Samaj School, GK-2, New Delhi.

In the room: The work combined story-based values learning, creative puzzles, STEM demonstrations and team games.

Follow-through: Volunteer teachers received replicable classroom activity templates.

Modular MDP curriculum

Module 01

Strategic Formulation & Leadership

Top-down & bottom-up formulation
Stakeholder influence on strategy
Strategic leadership
Vision & mission as design choices

Module 02

Implementation & Org Design

Capabilities for execution
Role of middle managers
Structure & resource allocation
The 7S framework

Module 03

Leading Teams & Change

Communicating strategy
Inspirational leadership
Negotiation & influence tactics
Pervasive commitment

Module 04

Performance & Control

Balanced scorecard
Management control systems
Performance dashboards
Finance vs. operational control

Module 05

Advanced Strategic Contexts

Contextual intelligence
Technology adoption
Internationalisation & liability of newness

Custom

Build the programme from the decision outward

I co-design programmes with companies, government academies and family-business owners. We begin with the decisions participants need to make, then choose the cases, exercises and follow-through that will help.

Discuss a programme

09 / Gallery

People, rooms and shared work.

A small record of classrooms, field visits, conferences and celebrations with students and colleagues.

Swapnil Sahoo with four fellow Academy of Management attendees at AOM 2026 in the Philadelphia Convention Center

AOM 2026 · Philadelphia Convention Center

With fellow scholars at the Academy of Management gathering in Philadelphia—a warm moment of connection between conversations.

AOM 2026 participants gathered around a conference table after the Global Scholar Development session

Meeting the Global Scholar Development panel · AOM 2026

With panelists and discussants Dean Shepherd, Madeline Toubiana, Raj Krishnan Shankar, Banu Goktan Bilhan, Magdalena Markowska and Ipek Koparan; coordinator Trenton Williams; and organizer Golshan Javadian, for the AOM Entrepreneurship Division's panel discussion and paper development workshop on “Entrepreneurship Research in Non-WEIRD Contexts.”

Dr Swapnil Sahoo in discussion with Prof. Dean Shepherd and fellow scholars during the AOM 2026 Global Scholar Development paper development workshop

Paper development workshop in progress · AOM 2026

Working through a paper draft with Dean Shepherd and fellow scholars at the Global Scholar Development Committee's interactive workshop on entrepreneurship research in non-WEIRD contexts.

Swapnil Sahoo presenting Reconstructing Entrepreneurship Under Constraint at AOM 2026 in Philadelphia

Presenting entrepreneurship under constraint · AOM 2026

Presenting ‘Entrepreneurship Under Constraint: How Bricolage Transitions into Effectuation in Family Businesses,’ co-authored with Munish Thakur.

Swapnil Sahoo with Prof. J.P. Eggers at AOM 2026

With Prof. J.P. Eggers · AOM 2026

“The best conversations do not close questions; they give them a more interesting future.”

Academy of Management Proceedings abstract page for 'Entrepreneurship Under Constraint: How Bricolage Transitions into Effectuation in Family Businesses'

Published in AOM Proceedings · AOM 2026

“Entrepreneurship Under Constraint: How Bricolage Transitions into Effectuation in Family Businesses,” with Munish Thakur, published online 17 Jul 2026.

Conference badge · 86th AOM Annual Meeting

Presenting on firms that begin with almost nothing, and how the improvising slowly hands over to something more deliberate as relationships and standing build up. Tuesday, 4 August, Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, Franklin 8.

Swapnil Sahoo with Prof. Saras Sarasvathy and Tiago Ratinho at AOM 2026 in Philadelphia

Meeting Prof. Saras Sarasvathy · AOM 2026

Much of my doctoral research has been shaped by effectuation, so meeting the scholar whose work influenced my dissertation was a first-AOM moment I'll remember. She later sat with me, discussed the papers in detail, and offered candid feedback that changed how I see parts of the work. With Tiago Ratinho, generous throughout the conversation.

Dr. Sudhakar and Dr. Raj planting a tree on the Great Lakes Gurgaon campus

Tree plantation · Great Lakes Gurgaon campus

Dr. Sudhakar and Dr. Raj planting a sacred ginkgo tree from Japan and a citrus fruit tree on campus.

CSR Times magazine spread of 'Sustainability and Strategy: Why Responsible Growth Is Now a Business Imperative' by Dr. Swapnil Sahoo

Published in CSR Times · June 2026

An essay on AI's sustainability paradox: it can cut waste and sharpen ESG reporting, even as its own energy footprint raises real questions about responsible digital transformation.

Residents of Salinga and Mehalchauri holding saplings and repurposed cloth carry bags

Reuse over plastic · Salinga & Mehalchauri

Used hostel bedsheets repurposed into durable carry bags and distributed to residents of Salinga and Mehalchauri alongside saplings—cutting textile waste while replacing single-use plastic.

Repurposed cloth carry bags printed with an anti-plastic message, laid out ready for distribution in Mehalchauri

Ready for distribution · Salinga & Mehalchauri

The finished bags, each printed with the message “those who love the earth refuse plastic,” before handover to village residents.

Swapnil Sahoo with Dr. Raju Balakrishnan and Great Lakes colleagues during the AACSB peer review visit

AACSB peer review visit · Societal impact in dialogue

With Dr. Raju Balakrishnan and Great Lakes colleagues—connecting Karma Yoga and the Sustainability CoE with SDG 4 and SDG 11.

Dr Swapnil Sahoo speaking during the AI Mini Hackathon final

Explaining the build · AI Mini Hackathon

Dr Swapnil Sahoo speaks during the 5 July final. Camera-original event photograph; photographer not identified.

Dr Swapnil Sahoo presenting to the AI Mini Hackathon jury and participants

Inside the final room · AI Mini Hackathon

A live teaching moment during the 5 July final. Camera-original event photograph; photographer not identified.

Students and faculty gathered around a trophy during the AI Mini Hackathon awards ceremony

AI Mini Hackathon 2026 · Awards and applause

Students and faculty celebrate a winning prototype team at Great Lakes Gurgaon. Event media shared by the Great Lakes Gurgaon programme team; photographer not identified.

Student hackathon team celebrating with its trophy outside Great Lakes Gurgaon

From prototype to podium · AI Mini Hackathon 2026

A student team marks its achievement together on campus. Event media shared by the Great Lakes Gurgaon programme team; photographer not identified.

Jury panel and audience during the AI Mini Hackathon 2026 finals at Great Lakes Gurgaon

Jury panel · AI Mini Hackathon 2026

Judges review pitches and prepare to award the trophies at the close of the finals.

A student presenting at the podium during the AI Mini Hackathon final at Great Lakes Gurgaon

Making the case, live · AI Mini Hackathon 2026 final

A team presenter mid-pitch at the 5 July 2026 final, with teammates standing by for questions.

A student team presenting together at the podium during the AI Mini Hackathon final

At the podium · AI Mini Hackathon 2026 final

A full team at the podium during the final — one presenter speaking, the rest ready to field questions.

The 2-Year MBA Strategic Management cohort gathered for a group photo at the close of the course

Strategic Management · Course closure

The 2-Year MBA cohort marking the end of the course together in the classroom.

A second Strategic Management cohort gathered for a group photo at the close of the course

Strategic Management · Course closure

Another Strategic Management cohort at their own course-closure group photo.

Winter Conference on Sustainable Business · 2025

Teams present workshop findings on the classroom screens during the Winter Conference on Sustainable Business.

A Strategy cohort gathered for a joyful group photo in the lecture hall, several wearing Great Lakes branded shirts

Strategy cohort · September 2025

A full-class group photo at the end of a Strategy session.

Dr Swapnil Sahoo teaching the Kodak legacy case to a Strategy classroom

Teaching the Kodak case · Strategy, January 2026

A live case-teaching moment on Kodak's strategic legacy.

A Koodiyattam classical performer on stage with musicians, at a SPIC MACAY cultural evening

Koodiyattam · SPIC MACAY cultural evening, November 2025

A classical Koodiyattam performance hosted by the SPIC MACAY chapter at Great Lakes Gurgaon.

Official event poster for a SPIC MACAY Koodiyattam classical performance at Great Lakes Institute of Management, Gurgaon

SPIC MACAY · Bringing classical arts to campus

The official poster for the Koodiyattam cultural evening.

Swapnil Sahoo speaking on an Entrepreneurship Panel at SAPIENCE 2025, Great Lakes Gurgaon

Entrepreneurship Panel · SAPIENCE 2025

Speaking on an Entrepreneurship Panel at SAPIENCE 2025, Great Lakes Gurgaon, 30–31 July.

Swapnil Sahoo mid-speech on a panel at SAPIENCE 2025

Mid-panel · SAPIENCE 2025

Making a point during the Entrepreneurship Panel discussion.

Panelists and organizers posing together after the SAPIENCE 2025 Entrepreneurship Panel

After the panel · SAPIENCE 2025

With fellow panelists and organizers at the close of the session.

Official poster for EUREKA 2026, a Startup Launchpad hosted by the Entrepreneurship Cell of Great Lakes Institute of Management Gurgaon with IIT Bombay's E-Cell

EUREKA 2026 · Startup Launchpad

The official poster for EUREKA 2026 — a Startup Launchpad hosted by the Entrepreneurship Cell at Great Lakes Gurgaon together with the E-Cell of IIT Bombay's National Entrepreneurship Challenge, 23 August. I coordinated the event on behalf of Great Lakes, sat on the jury panel and mentored the organizing team.

The EUREKA 2026 organizing team posing in the Great Lakes Gurgaon lobby, with jury panel introductions displayed on screens behind them

Before the pitches · EUREKA 2026

The Great Lakes Gurgaon organizing team ahead of the pitches, with the jury panel introduced on the screens behind them.

A second group photo of the EUREKA 2026 organizing team with the jury panel displayed on screens

The organizing team · EUREKA 2026

Another moment with the organizing team, moments before EUREKA 2026's pitching round began.

A larger group photo of students and faculty who organized EUREKA 2026 at Great Lakes Gurgaon

The full team · EUREKA 2026

Students, faculty and the visiting E-Cell IIT Bombay team who together made EUREKA 2026 happen.

Dr Swapnil Sahoo presenting a Great Lakes Gurgaon memento to a guest in front of the EUREKA 2026 title screen

A token of thanks · EUREKA 2026

Presenting a Great Lakes memento to a partner-institution guest at the close of EUREKA 2026.

Dr Swapnil Sahoo with a fellow organizer, both holding a Great Lakes Gurgaon gift bag, in front of the EUREKA 2026 screen

With the organizing team · EUREKA 2026

With a fellow organizer after EUREKA 2026 wrapped for the day.

Dr Swapnil Sahoo receiving a Fellow in Management memento from a senior faculty member at XLRI's Doctoral Au Revoir 2025

Fellow in Management · XLRI Doctoral Au Revoir 2025

Receiving the memento marking completion of the Fellow Programme in Management, at XLRI Jamshedpur's 2025 doctoral farewell.

A group photo of FPM and EFPM scholars and faculty on stage at XLRI's Doctoral Au Revoir 2025, with the event title on screen behind them

The 2025 cohort · XLRI Doctoral Au Revoir

The FPM and EFPM farewell cohort of 2025, together on stage at XLRI Jamshedpur.

Dr Swapnil Sahoo speaking mid-gesture alongside a colleague during a faculty workshop at Great Lakes Gurgaon

In a faculty workshop · Great Lakes Gurgaon

Working through a session with a colleague during a faculty workshop on campus.

Dr Swapnil Sahoo and fellow panellists beside the SAPIENCE 2025 'Global Shocks, Local Strategies' banner at Great Lakes Gurgaon

Before the session · SAPIENCE 2025

With fellow speakers ahead of SAPIENCE 2025, Great Lakes Gurgaon's conference on entrepreneurship under global shocks and local strategies.

Dr Swapnil Sahoo and fellow panellists holding SAPIENCE 2025 certificates of appreciation on stage

Certificates of appreciation · SAPIENCE 2025

The panel together after SAPIENCE 2025, each holding a certificate of appreciation for the session.

Dr Swapnil Sahoo and co-author Anjana Dharmani receiving the Best Paper in Track award at MERC 2023, IIM Kashipur

Best Paper in Track · MERC 2023, IIM Kashipur

With co-author Anjana Dharmani, receiving the Best Paper award in the Entrepreneurship Track for “A Study of How Family Involvement Impacts Sustainable Innovation in Family Firms,” at the Management Education and Research Colloquium, IIM Kashipur.

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10 / Get in touch

Start with a specific question.

For PhD work, begin with the research puzzle and a one-page concept note. For an executive programme, describe the participants and the decisions they need to work through. You can also write with a speaking invitation or a relevant idea. I read my own email.

Dr. Swapnil Sahoo.

Begin with the questions that connect the work.

From industry practice to the strategy classroom.

Seventeen years, in their words.

Creating strategic possibility under constraint.

Entrepreneurial Resourcefulness in Resource-Constrained Environments

Neurodiversity & Entrepreneurial Agency

From Bricolage to Effectuation

Family Business Resourcefulness

Frugal Innovation & Dynamic Capabilities

Research, cases and public questions.

Entrepreneurship Under Constraint: How Bricolage Transitions into Effectuation in Family Businesses

Where I present the work.

Teaching strategy through decisions, trade-offs and practice.

STRAMGT 221: Strategy and Disruption

STRAMGT 206: Strategic Management

Karma Yoga

Business Simulation

Cracking Consulting Interviews

Strategy Showdown

Strategic Management, PGDM · student feedback

A practical guide to working together.

What executive learning looks like in the room.

Creativity in Problem Solving & Task Prioritization through Visual Thinking

Experiential Learning for Underprivileged Students & Volunteer Teachers

Strategic Formulation & Leadership

Implementation & Org Design

Leading Teams & Change

Performance & Control

Advanced Strategic Contexts

Build the programme from the decision outward

People, rooms and shared work.

Start with a specific question.

Email

Book a 1:1 mentoring slot

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