Dr. Harsh Vardhan
Management Consultant
Bain & Company
Dr Harsh is a management consultant and was a Partner and Senior Advisor with leading international management consulting firm Bain & Company. He has over 30 years of experience in the financial sector in India and globally where he has advised top management of companies in India, North America, Europe, Southeast Asia, Indo China, and Greater China, on issues of strategy, operations, organisation, risk management, etc. He has worked extensively on issues of corporate finance including mergers and acquisitions, alliance structuring and negotiations, valuations, review of major investment decisions for private equity and strategic investors, strategic due diligence, etc.
Dr Harsh is actively involved in policy making related to financial sector in India and has served on several committees set up by the Government of India and the Reserve Bank of India on policy issues. His research interest include Indian economy, banking, bond market, monetary policy, etc
He is an Independent Director on the board of Karur Vysya Bank and National Commodities Clearing Ltd and chairs the Risk Management Committees of the board for both.
Harsh has a Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engg from VNIT Nagpur followed by an MBA in Finance and Banking from IIM Kolkata, and an MS in Quantitative Finance and PhD in Business Economics & Strategy from the Smith School of Business of the University of Maryland USA.
