Murali Patibandla is professor at the Indian Institute Of Management Bangalore, India. Prior to this he was associate professor at the Copenhagen Business School Denmark, Fulbright Scholar University of California Berkeley and associate professor at the Indian Institute Of Management Ahmedabad, India. He published several academic articles in the leading International and National journals which have highly influential. His previous book "Evolution of Markets and Institutions: A Study of an Emerging Economy" was published by Routledge 2006 and paperback version 2009,2010, 2016 and his collection of poems " A garden with a Broken Face" was published by Penguin,2015. He was awarded life Time Achievement Award for contribution to management in November 2017 by Venus International Foundation Chennai, India.