Harsh Shrivastava

Harsh has thirty years’ diverse experience across governments, businesses, industry bodies, media, and civil society. His insights into a complex and changing India helping him better advise organizations on how to anticipate and respond to challenges. He works with academia, companies, government agencies, non-profits, and think-tanks on advocacy, marketing, and governance. He’s also an independent director on company boards.

Harsh was the Planning Commission’s Consultant (Planning) and managed the process of making the 12th Plan. He served in the Prime Minister’s Office on the personal staff of Prime Minister Vajpayee as his deputy speechwriter. He was a senior adviser to Grant Thornton Bharat and was a senior adviser to the Meghalaya Investment Promotion Board. He was also a member of an advisory committee constituted by the National Commission of Scheduled Castes.

Harsh has been the CEO of MFIN (Microfinance Institutions Network), which is the self-regulatory organisation of all microfinance providers in India. He has held senior posts in corporate India and at CII. Harsh was also a journalist and co-wrote India’s first book on Corporate Social Responsibility in 1998.

Harsh is a member of the Responsible Leaders Network of the BMW Foundation, Germany, and its network driver for India. He was an Emerging Leaders Fellow at the Australia India Institute, Melbourne and an IVLP fellow of the US Department of State. Harsh has taught public policy at IIM, Ahmedabad, where he did his MBA and lectured at the Indian School of Business, Australian National University, Melbourne University, IIMs, and other B-schools. His articles have been published in leading business and national newspapers.