Gurcharan Das is an author, commentator and former CEO of Procter & Gamble India. After heading Procter & Gamble India and South East Asia, he became managing director, Procter & Gamble Worldwide (Strategic Planning). At 50, he took early retirement to become a full time writer. He writes a regular column for five Indian newspapers, including theĀ Times of India, and contributes toĀ Financial Times,Ā Wall Street Journal,Ā Foreign Affairs, and theĀ New York Times.
He has served on the juries of the Templeton Prize, Milton Friedman Prize and the McKinsey Award. His books,Ā India Grows at Night: A liberal case for a strong stateĀ andĀ India UnboundĀ have won critical acclaim. Gurcharan studied philosophy at Harvard University and later attended the Advanced Management Programme (AMP) atĀ Harvard Business School.
