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Roopa Unnikrishnan

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Covers:  M&A, innovation, leadership, strategy, smart cities and mobility.
Business strategist | M&A; & transformation | Author of The Jasmine Murders | The Leader's Oracle | Author on strategy & leadership | roopaonline.com

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Roopa Unnikrishnan’s Biography

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Roopa Unnikrishnan is an author and business opinion journalist featured in Quartz, Rediff, The Economic Times, Knowledge@Wharton, etc. Her focus is on innovation, leadership, strategy, smart cities and mobility. She's a former Rhodes Scholar and has an MBA and MPhil from Oxford.

She is author, in English and Chinese, of "The Career Catapult: Shake up the Status Quo and Boost Your Professional Trajectory" (winner of Best Career-related Book 2017 by Independent Press Awards).
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Roopa Unnikrishnan’s Journalist Portfolio

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The Career Catapult: Shake-up the Status Quo and Boost Your Professional Trajectory

The Career Catapult: Shake-up the Status Quo and Boost Your Professional Trajectory

The Career Catapult: Shake-up the Status Quo and Boost Your Professional Trajectory - Kindle edition by Unnik…

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The Global Supply Chain Crisis | ScrollGlobal's Pandemic Show w/ Sree

The Global Supply Chain Crisis | ScrollGlobal's Pandemic Show w/ Sree

I interviewed, with Sree Sreenivasan (my husband), WSJ tech columnist Christopher Mims @mims about his new bo…

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Five global trends India should follow

Five global trends India should follow

By Roopa Unnikrishnan These are the mantras for the young - to change themselves and the country Globally awa…

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The obviousness of jugaad: India's aesthetically challenged industries

The obviousness of jugaad: India's aesthetically challenged industries

By Roopa Unnikrishnan For a moment, I bristled. Then I sat back, reflected and agreed. Over a quiet dinner, t…

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The obviousness of jugaad: India's aesthetically challenged industries

The obviousness of jugaad: India's aesthetically challenged industries

By Roopa Unnikrishnan For a moment, I bristled. Then I sat back, reflected and agreed. Over a quiet dinner, t…

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An Indian in America

An Indian in America

'As I became a citizen of the United States of America, I knew I was supposed to be shedding my Indian citize…

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At 89, My Father Chose Ayodhya, Varanasi, Sikkim

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By Roopa Unnikrishnan
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Sacred spots and soaring peaks... Bucket-listing across the heartland and the Himalayas. Roopa Unnikrishnan and her father journey through the heart of India. IMAGE: Roopa Unnikrishnan and her father, retired IPS officer Unnikrishnan, begin their memorable spiritual journey across north India and Sikkim.
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Why your company needs a ‘chief disruption officer’ now

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By Roopa Unnikrishnan
| TIME Verified
Last month, at a dinner with a group of chief strategy officers, I remarked that companies tend to create a new c-suite role anytime they want to signal they’re serious about the latest disruptive trend. One of my dinner companions observed there were once chief electrical officers, then chief e-commerce officers and chief digital officers. The newest must-have c-suite title is now the chief AI officer. There’s a new one, it seems, every year. These roles are rational.
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Why your company needs a ‘chief disruption officer’ now

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By Roopa Unnikrishnan
| Charter Verified
·  4 min read Last month, at a dinner with a group of chief strategy officers, I remarked that companies tend to create a new c-suite role anytime they want to signal they’re serious about the latest disruptive trend. One of my dinner companions observed there were once chief electrical officers, then chief e-commerce officers and chief digital officers. The newest must-have c-suite title is now the chief AI officer. There’s a new one, it seems, every year. These roles are rational.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Rediff opinion writer on innovation and business

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Decades ago

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