[1][2] Nitin Nohria was born in a Hindu Baniya (trader) family originally from Nohar, Rajasthan, India.
[10] In August 2017, Nohria argued that President Donald Trump's support for "isolationism" was detrimental to American economic prosperity, as it discouraged successful foreigners from immigrating to the US.
[13] In 2013, a lengthy front-page article in The New York Times described HBS efforts to deal with gender inequality.
[16] Faculty member Steven S. Rogers stepped down from teaching at the business school because it had long given short shrift to the black experience,[16] and had maintained anti-African practices.
[17] In June 2020, Nohria publicly apologized for failing to mount a more successful fight against racism and pledged to move urgently forward with what he called an "anti-racism action plan".