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Dr. Mukund Rajan is the Chairperson of ECube Investment Advisors, a first of its kind platform created in 2019 to catalyse Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) changes in Corporate India.

Prior to this, he held a number of senior executive positions through his 23-year career with the Tata Group, where he served as the first Brand Custodian of the Tata Group, Chief Ethics Officer of the Group, Chairman of the Tata Global Sustainability Council, and Member of the Group Executive Council at Tata Sons. He served on the boards of various Tata companies including Tata Teleservices, Tata Communications, Tata SIA Airlines and Tata AIG.

Dr. Rajan also serves as the Mentor of the Environment and Climate Change Committee of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), and is a member of the ESG Advisory Committee constituted by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). He serves as a Vice President of the Council of Management of the Forum of Free Enterprise. In 2007, the World Economic Forum honoured Dr. Rajan as a Young Global Leader. He was also part of the inaugural class of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)-Aspen Institute India Leadership Initiative.

Dr. Rajan graduated from the BTech program at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi in 1989. He completed a Masters and Doctorate in International Relations on a Rhodes Scholarship at Oxford University.

His doctoral dissertation,“Global Environmental Politics”, was published by Oxford University Press in 1997, and his second book,“The Brand Custodian - My Years with the Tatas”, was published by HarperCollins in 2019.

His third book on Corporate Responsibility and ESG, titled“OUTLAST - How ESG Can Benefit Your Business”, co-authored with Dr Colonel Rajeev Kumar, was published by HarperCollins in November 2021 and won The Green Literature Festival Honour Book award in 2022 for Business Literature.

His fourth and most recent book, “Tatas Leadership Experiment - The Story of the Tata Administrative Service”, co-authored with Bharat Wakhlu and Sonu Bhasin, was published by Harper Collins in 2022.

The Journey

The Philosophy

I have been blessed with incredible opportunities to view first-hand and participate in defining shifts in Indian and International affairs - from my time researching global environmental issues at Oxford University in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s, to a period of dramatic transformation of India’s largest corporate house, the Tata Group, to my current engagement with the domain of Environment, Social and Governance (ESG). I am convinced that anybody, with the right attitude towards hard work, curiosity and continuous learning, humility and a willingness to collaborate and work with teams of high achievers, can emerge as a leader and create transformative impact.