Madhukar Shukla Chairperson, Fr Arrupe Centre for Ecology and Sustainability, and Professor (Strategic Management & OB) at XLRI Jamshedpur, India

Dr Madhukar Shukla is Chairperson, Fr Arrupe Centre for Ecology and Sustainability and Professor (Strategic Management & OB) at XLRI Jamshedpur (India). He has a keen interest in theory and practice of social entrepreneurship. He also serves on the Board of School of Management & Labour Studies, TISS, and is a member of the Board of Governors of XLRI Jamshedpur.

He was the conference coordinator of National Conference on Social Entrepreneurship during 2009–2017. He has served as a jury for the oikos Case Competition on Social Entrepreneurship, and as an assessor for the Echoing Green Fellowship Competition —a global competition to identify social entrepreneurs. In 2011, he was conferred the award for his contribution to the field of social entrepreneurship by Villgro Innovation Foundation and Centre for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship, IIT Madras.

Dr Shukla holds a Master’s degree in Psychology from Lucknow University and is a PhD from IIT, Kanpur. Prior to Joining XLRI in 1990, he has worked with National Productivity Council and Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad. He was also a visiting faculty to ESADE, Barcelona, during 1993–1994.