Savita Mahajan, named by Business Today in 2013 as one of India’s most powerful women in business, has expertise in strategic management, institutional values, leadership, and organizational change. She is currently an advisor and consultant to organizations, primarily in the field of education. Until 2015, she was deputy dean of the Indian School of Business, an institution she was associated with for 14 years, since its inception in 2001. As its CEO, she was responsible for building its second campus at Mohali, Punjab.

During her professional career spanning 34 years, she has worked in several industry sectors, including automobiles, engineering, financial services, and software and has held senior positions at such reputed organizations as Maruti Udyog Limited, Bharat Technologies, Karvy Consultants, and Intergraph India. She has carried out consulting and training assignments for corporations and development organizations, including the Planning Commission, the World Bank, the Indian Railways, and the Tibetan Government in exile of His Holiness, the Dalai Lama.