Das Narayandas is the Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School and prior roles included Senior Associate Dean of Harvard Business Publishing, External Relations and Executive Education; he also chaired the HBS Executive Education Advanced Management Program and the Program for Leadership Development.  Das’s background includes sales and marketing and his current research interests focus on business-to-business marketing and management of client relationships in professional service firms. Das currently serves on the Boards of AllianceBernstein, Neurolens, Harvard Business Publishing and Harvard University Press and Indian Institute of Management (IIMB) and the Harvard-IESE Committee.

He holds a Bachelor of Technology degree in Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IITB), a Post-Graduate Diploma in Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIMB), and a Ph.D. in Management from Purdue University. Importantly, Das has two sons, the older one of which has Down syndrome.