Rafiq Dossani, PhD
Senior Research Scholar; Executive Director, South Asia Initiative
Shorenstein APARC
Encina Hall, Room E301
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6055
Research Interests
Asian entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley; South Asian security and government; education and technology reforms in India
Rafiq Dossani home page (INDIA ARRIVING)
Rafiq Dossani blog (FSI In the World)
Rafiq Dossani is a senior research scholar at Stanford University's Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) and erstwhile director of the Stanford Center for South Asia. His research interests include South Asian security, government, higher education, technology, and business.
Dossani’s most recent book is Knowledge Perspectives of New Product Development, co-edited with D. Assimakopoulos and E. Carayannis, published in 2011 by Springer. His earlier books include Does South Asia Exist?, published in 2010 by Shorenstein APARC; India Arriving, published in 2007 by AMACOM Books/American Management Association (reprinted in India in 2008 by McGraw-Hill, and in China in 2009 by Oriental Publishing House); Prospects for Peace in South Asia, co-edited with Henry Rowen, published in 2005 by Stanford University Press; and Telecommunications Reform in India, published in 2002 by Greenwood Press. One book is under preparation: Higher Education in the BRIC Countries, co-authored with Martin Carnoy and others, to be published in 2012.
Dossani currently chairs FOCUS USA, a non-profit organization that supports emergency relief in the developing world. Between 2004 and 2010, he was a trustee of Hidden Villa, a non-profit educational organization in the Bay Area. He also serves on the board of the Industry Studies Association, and is chair of the Industry Studies Association Annual Conference for 2010–12.
Earlier, Dossani worked for the Robert Fleming Investment Banking group, first as CEO of its India operations and later as head of its San Francisco operations. He also previously served as the chairman and CEO of a stockbroking firm on the OTCEI stock exchange in India, as the deputy editor of Business India Weekly, and as a professor of finance at Pennsylvania State University.
Dossani holds a BA in economics from St. Stephen's College, New Delhi, India; an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, India; and a PhD in finance from Northwestern University.
Publications
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- Knowledge Perspectives of New Product Development: A Comparative Approach
Dimitris G. Assimakopoulos, Elias G. Carayannis, Rafiq Dossani
Springer (2012) - The Changing Governance of Higher Education in India
Martin Carnoy, Rafiq Dossani
Stanford University (2011) - The Future of India's Muslims
Rafiq Dossani
Avicenna: The Stanford Journal on Muslim Affairs vol. 1, 1 (2011) - Social Media in the Workplace
Rafiq Dossani
Stanford University (2011) - Network Associations and Professional Growth among Engineers from India and China in Silicon Valley
Rafiq Dossani, Ashish Kumar
American Behavioral Scientist vol. 55, 7 (2011)
Events & Presentations
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- Muslims of India: Their Politics, Identity, and Economy
August 10, 2011 Lecture
Rafiq Dossani - India Arriving: How This Economic Powerhouse is Redefining Global Business
October 8, 2008 Shorenstein APARC Lecture
Rafiq Dossani - Is India a Knowledge Economy?
November 27, 2007 Shorenstein APARC Seminar
Rafiq Dossani
Audio transcript available flyer available - Globalization of Services: the First Annual Conference
June 17, 2005 Shorenstein APARC Conference
Rafiq Dossani
paper, conference agenda available - Prospects for Peace in South Asia
April 3, 2005 Shorenstein APARC Lecture
Rafiq Dossani, Henry S. Rowen
Research Programs & Projects
- South Asia Initiative
Shorenstein APARC Program - Telecommunications Regulation in India
Shorenstein APARC, SPRIE Project - India Risk Capital Project
Shorenstein APARC Project (Completed) - Information and Communication Technology in Rural India
Shorenstein APARC Project (Completed) - Introducing Power Pricing Reforms in India
Shorenstein APARC Project (Completed)