Dr. Manoj Nakra
Advisor
Dr. Manoj has over thirty years of work experience, with expertise in manufacturing, retail and distribution. His experience encompasses industry (21 years), academia (3 years), and Government (6 years).
He has focused upon creation of new businesses in his career in diverse sectors like renewable energy, algal bio-technology, aquaculture, retail, and specialized chemicals. His managerial expertise encompasses conceptualizing and starting innovative businesses, strategy execution with bottom-line orientation, and organizational-capability development.
He was the Executive Director of Mohammed Bin Rashid Establishment for SME development, DubaiSME, an agency of Dubai Government´s Department of Economic Development, focused upon developing entrepreneurship by incubating and funding innovative start-ups.
In 2004 he established SmartGlobal, a specialized strategy-development and executive education company.
From 1996-2001 he was DyCEO of Jashanmal National Co. (JNC), a $75 m GCC retail and distribution company. Before Dubai, he spent eleven years with Ballarpur Industries Ltd. (Thapar Group) in India where he started The Waterbase Ltd., as CEO, a company he took public.
He has a Doctorate in Management from Case Western Reserve University, USA, an undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi,India, and an MBA from Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore, India.
He taught strategy to MBA students at Case and is an occasional guest faculty at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.
