Northeastern alum Udit Bhatia, Ph.D. ‘18, and CEM Faculty Fellow Auroop Ganguly are building AI flood tools reshaping how India's cities prepare for disaster.
For nearly five decades, Ravi Ramamurti has expanded the lens of global business — challenging institutions to recognize the power and potential of emerging markets. As a scholar, teacher, and founder of Northeastern's Center for Emerging Markets, he has turned overlooked economies into central conversations in classrooms and boardrooms alike. By shaping research, influencing policy, and preparing students to lead in a shifting global landscape, Ramamurti exemplifies what it means to be an impact maker.
Through the Vivek and Vandana Sharma Initiative, CEM supported the sixth edition of SmartIDEAthon, one of India's largest student social innovation competitions, held on December 12, 2025, at GITAM University in Visakhapatnam
More than 270 students, faculty, and business leaders gathered for a day-long exploration of whether family businesses, in India and elsewhere, can sustain success across generations while competing in an increasingly complex world.
Can India compete in today's rapidly evolving technology sector? Frank D'Souza, former CEO of Cognizant and current co-founder and Managing Partner of Recognize, believes the answer is yes, but India's competitive advantage will look different from America's or China's.
“India is in a very good position to accelerate the strong bilateral relationship with the US. The US and India are not going to let this tariff conversation derail their relationship and will find some kind of bilateral solution,” says US foreign policy, counterterrorism, and international security expert Max Abrahms
The Center for Emerging Markets was proud to support the fifth edition of SmartIDEAthon, one of India's largest social innovation pitchfests, held on December 13, 2024 in Bangalore, India. This event was supported by the Vivek and Vandana Sharma India Initiative at CEM.
Global sustainability leaders gathered for an exciting summit hosted by D'Amore-McKim's Center for Emerging Markets.
“Human motivations haven't changed, but how we engage with content has,” says Bulchandani. “Today, consumers have the control, and our challenge is to create content that captures attention amid overwhelming information.”
The situation is worse in Indian states with weaker institutions, where the impact on the economy and crime is especially acute.
It seems axiomatic that innovation happens in economies where resources are plentiful, but it is equally true that necessity is the mother of invention, so can new ideas that could transform health care delivery in the developed world arise in low-resource regions?
