Ravi Dharwadkar is the Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor of Teaching Excellence and Professor of Management at Syracuse University’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management. Professor Dharwadkar is an outstanding researcher and teacher who has been the recipient of numerous awards including Whitman’s Thomas Finucane Award for Exceptional Scholarship, 2002, the inaugural Whitman Research Fellowship (2004-2006), the Teaching Recognition Award of the Meredith Professorship, 2003, the Whitman Teaching Fellowship (2006-2008), and Excellence in Graduate Education Faculty Recognition Award, 2007, Syracuse University, among others. Professor Dharwadkar received his Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai, India, his Master’s degree in Management from XLRI, Jamshedpur, India, and his Ph.D. degree in Management from the University of Cincinnati.