Over the last fifty years, several Indians have occupied top positions in multinationals across the globe. From Shantanu Narayen at adobe and Padmasree Warrier at NIO to Satya Nadella at Microsoft, there are many Indian CEOs helming S&P's 500 companies. What accounts for such a prominent presence of the Indian professional in a global environment?

Thought provoking and provocative by turns, this compelling treatise takes a long view of where Indian professionals are headed, and is compulsory reading for every management practitioner — of yesterday, today or tomorrow.