Vijay Govindarajan (born 18 November 1949), is the Coxe Distinguished Professor (a Dartmouth-wide chair) at Dartmouth College's Tuck School of Business and Marvin Bower Fellow, 2015–16 at Harvard Business School.

from Harvard Business School where he was awarded the Robert Bowne Prize For Best Thesis Proposal.

During his time at Tuck, Govindarajan has also served as a visiting professor at INSEAD's Fontainebleau campus and the International University of Japan.

[2] Govindarajan served as General Electric's first Chief Innovation Consultant and Professor in Residence from 2008 to 2010.

[3][4] In 2010, Govindarajan's article "Stop The Innovation Wars" received the second place prize for that year's McKinsey Awards.