Swapnil Sahoo holds a Ph.D. from XLRI Jamshedpur, specializing in Entrepreneurship and Innovation. With 17 years of extensive corporate experience, he has held senior strategic roles across EMEA at Wipro, Accenture, Cognizant, Mahindra,etc and most recently as Global Partnership Head at 42Gears Mobility Pvt Ltd, where he excelled in building relationships with C-suite executives and key decision-makers across multiple sectors.

Swapnil’s research focuses on entrepreneurial resourcefulness, exploring concepts like Neurodiversity, Dynamic Capabilities, Frugal Innovation, Jugaad, Bricolage, Effectuation, and Family Business Dynamics. His work investigates how businesses creatively leverage limited resources, embodying the spirit of jugaad to drive growth and innovation in challenging environments. He has several research projects under review in prestigious journals at the moment.

With a strong passion for mentoring, Swapnil fosters a culture of continuous learning and team development. He holds a B.Tech in Electronics and Telecommunications from Utkal University (ITER) and an MBA with dual specializations in Finance and Marketing from Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneshwar.

I think curiousness leads to guessing and guessing leads to analysis, and analysis leads to understanding. I like to find flow states wherever I can - I lift weights, play sports, do various martial arts, meditate, run, and am trying (mainly struggling) to learn to be effortless. Children are born intuitive, and if our education systems can allow them to hone this superpower as they grow up, it would be so good.

Friends describe me as 'very conventional' & 'non-conformist' in public, but in reality, someone insists I am erudite, with an insatiable curiosity and constantly on the watch. Friends say I have a sharp sense of humor, particularly the self-deprecating kind. I tend to be a highly private person, or as someone so eloquently puts it, 'reserved and unostentatious'. As a Mumukshu, I strive to attain freedom. X/Instagram: @swapnilsahoo

Areas of Expertise Theory development, early-stage entrepreneurship, new venture resourcing, entrepreneurial resourcefulness, entrepreneurial strategy