DrRakesh Pati

Dr. Rakesh Pati is a Senior Lecturer in Management and Deputy Director of Women's Entrepreneurship Research Alliance (WERA) at Deakin University, Melbourne. Rakesh's current research and teaching interests are in the areas of Strategy and Entrepreneurship. He holds extensive experience in research, teaching, industry collaborations, and consulting that spans across USA, Australia, and Asia. His research has been published in top management journals, such as Personnel Psychology, Harvard Business Review, Long Range Planning, R&D Management, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, among others. Rakesh teaches undergraduate, graduate, and executive education subjects in Strategic Management, Entrepreneurship, International Business, Behavioral Strategy, and Business Judgement. He also has been awarded various research grants, including a prestigious Fulbright Fellowship. During his career, Rakesh has worked on numerous consulting projects with several large publicly listed companies as well as with other privately held companies, government agencies, NGOs and entrepreneurs in Australia, USA and India. Rakesh also actively mentors several entrepreneurs during their inception and growth phases.