Soulful Corporations / India Studies in Business and Economics (PDF)

Shashank Shah is currently serving as Director-Specialist Higher Education, NITI Aayog, India. He is a stakeholder management strategist, public policy specialist, and international researcher. His research focuses on the pivotal role of corporations in economic and social value creation through visionary leadership, stakeholder-centric decision making, and inclusive business strategies. He has worked with 250+ C-suite level leaders from top Indian corporations, Fortune 500 multinationals, and globally renowned academicians to build an exhaustive knowledge base of best-in-class stakeholder-centric corporate strategies. Dr. Shah has been a Visiting Scholar at Harvard Business School and Copenhagen Business School; Fellow and Project Director at Harvard University South Asia Institute; Postdoctoral Fellow at Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, India; Consulting Editor with Business India Group; and Board Research Chair at the Institute of Risk Management,Mumbai, India. He sits on the Advisory Board of institutions in India and USA.

Dr. Shah has authored nearly 250 research papers, articles, case studies, book chapters, and technical notes on diverse topics connected with stakeholder management strategy, corporate responsibility and sustainability, governance, leadership, integral education, and humanised healthcare. He has also co-authored over 15 books, monographs, mimeos, and technical reports in these areas. Between 2013 and 2018, he authored: 'Soulful Corporations', 'Win-Win Corporations', and 'The Tata Group'. He has been research/teaching faculty for Management Development Programmes by Harvard Business School, World Bank and Govt. of India; and has been invited to present his research by institutions in USA, France, Italy, Brazil, Turkey, Malaysia, Japan, Nepal, and Mauritius. He has been Fellow, European SPES Institute; Editor-in-Chief, Harvard University Postdoctoral Editors Association; Editorial Board Member, Journal of Values-Based

From the book reviews:

“This book extensively covers the evolution and role of CSR in society. … The book also includes quotes from spiritual leaders and philosophical books encouraging the human being to love each other and commit something for the welfare of the society. On the whole, the book is informative, interesting and worth reading.” (M. V. Tanksale and Jayasree Menon, Journal of Social and Management Sciences, Vol. 42 (4), January-March, 2014)

“Soulful corporations is a comprehensive description of CSR in general, including its global development from corporate philanthropy towards corporate citizenship, and the practical implementations of CSR in India presented through nine case studies. … present the findings of a multilayer research project in the form of a reference book for academics, researchers, policy-makers, business leaders, and CSR practitioners.” (Gábor Kovács, Journal of Management, Spirituality & Religion, January, 2015)