Ramkrishnan (Ram) V. Tenkasi is Professor of Organization Change at Benedictine University in Chicago. His research and practice interests on large-scale organizational change, knowledge, and, information technology have been funded by agencies such as the National Science Foundation and Department of Defense. A recent research project supported by the National Science Foundation and the Fulbright Program elevates his analysis of large scale change to understand the interplay of planned institutional interven- tions and emergent entrepreneurial dynamics in explaining the formation and rapid evolution of the Indian software industry. He is past Chair of the Organization Development and Change Division of the Academy of Management and was awarded the Fulbright Senior Research Scholar, one of 150 research awards annually granted by the U.S. government across 42 disciplines.