When Academicians Become Entrepreneurs: Prof Vijay Jog (’69 Chemical)

The Fourth In A Series of Profiles

Vijay Jog is a Chancellor Professor at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada where he teaches corporate finance and value based management at the Sprott School of Business since 1982.  In 1989, Vijay founded Corporate Renaissance Group (CRG) – now a global firm that specializes in improving enterprise performance through innovative solutions and software applications.  CRG is based in Ottawa with subsidiaries in US, South Africa, and India and alliance partners in the Caribbean, U.K. and the Middle East. Vijay has provided consulting services to a wide range of companies around the world to improve their performance and to assist senior management to achieve breakthrough performance. He is also a driving force behind CRG’s many patented software applications (including FlexABM, Enterprise Scorecard, Shared Services Manager, emperform, myNsight) that are used by over 2,000 companies globally. Vijay received his BE (Hons.) in Chemical Engineering (1974) from BITS., and M.Eng  (1975),  MBA. (1977) and PhD (1983) from McGill University in Montreal, Canada. He is a recipient of many national and international awards including the Moulton Gold Medal and has been recognized by National Post as a “Leader in Management Education” in Canada.  He has received over a $1 million in research grants and has published over 100 research papers and books/monographs.. 

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Rebel with a Cause

By Sandeep Mukherjee  (’95 Phy Mech)

Tosh recently authored 'Rising Elephant', a Book which links the current outsourcing phenomenon to India's inevitable emergence, and an economic, geopolitical (and even societal) challenge to the West. 'Rising Elephant' was written while on a trip around Europe on his BMW R1100. The 300-page book was released in September by American publisher Common Courage Press (which puts him in the company of writers like Noam Chomsky and Edward Said, though seemingly at the opposite end of the political spectrum).

In an election year in the United States and a time of economic doubt, outsourcing has made headlines both in the US as well as in India although in fairly different contexts. "Indians are taking our jobs!" is today a common complaint of the horrified across the United States. In “Rising Elephant”, BITSian author Tosh Sheshabalaya (’76) elaborates on the theme and makes the case that the drivers behind this trend are far more profound than is generally accepted.

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Back to Roots – A Sabbatical in Pilani

By Sagarika Jaganathan (’93 Bio)

“Although I’ve practically been visiting Pilani every year since 1990, this time I was there for a different reason,” says APM, as he is fondly referred to in BITS circles. “I’ve wanted to go back to BITS for a long time. I love the place,” he adds. “The BITS campus is, to me, the most beautiful campus I’ve seen anywhere.”

APM has strong educational ties to Pilani. In a seven-year stint from 1970 to 1977, he completed his bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees—all in Electrical Engineering! And not only that, he taught at BITS for 14 years, starting in 1972 and continuing till he eventually left in 1985. APM’s position at the helm of India’s first Computer Science department is just one of his many distinctions during the teaching tenure at BITS. With the help of some friends among the faculty, APM established the graduate and subsequently undergraduate CS programs at BITS.

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