K.B. Akhilesh is a Senior Professor of Human Resource Management, Organizational Behavior, and Technology Management at the Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Science (IISc) since 1982. Prior to this, he was Chairman of the department from 1993 to 1998. He is also the President of the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, Rae Bareli, and a Member, Board of Governors of Indian Institute of Management, Rohtak. He is also an Honorary Dean at SVYASA (Yoga University) and the co-ordinator for M.Tech program for Technology Management at the Defense Institute of Advanced Technology. Professor Akhilesh completed his Ph.D. from IISc with a gold medal. He has published over 140 papers in Indian as well as international journals and has authored 12 books. His recent book titled 'R&D Management' was published by Springer. He has guided over 30 doctoral students and his specific research interests include collective intelligence at the team level, family business performance, expertise transfer, organizational development and change management.Professor Akhilesh has served as an external Ph.D. examiner in India, South Africa and USA. He has been a visiting faculty at many universities and organizations, worldwide, including USA, Germany, France, Japan, Canada, Portugal, Belgium and Sweden. He was an Adjunct Professor at George Mason University (Fairfax, VA) and a Visiting Professor at University of Hamburg's School of Information (Germany). He was also invited as a Visiting Researcher by Japan Institute of Labor, Tokyo.As a consultant and a trainer, he has interacted with Daimler Chrysler, Airbus Industries, Pratt and Whitney USA, Lapp India, International Labor Organization, Volkswagen, Vee Tech, Honeywell, BSNL, 5th Central Pay Commission, Central Silk Board, DRDL (DRDO), LRDE, CPRI, Karnataka Power Corporation, KSRTC, KSFC, Kudremukh, Axes technologies, Quest-Global, Central Power Research Institute, Siemens, ABB, HMT, BEL, HAL, ITI, BEML, WIPRO, TITAN, Philips Software, ACE Designers, Union Bank of India, World Bank, Azim Premji Foundation, Coffee Board, Rubber Board and others. As a corporate management trainer and facilitator, he has participated in over 1,000 Management Development Programs. He is a member of the Academy of Management, USA, National Institute of Personnel Management (NIPM), India, National HRD Network among others. He is also a member of National Board of Accreditation, AICTE, and has been honoured for his lifetime contributions to HR by NIPM.