Prof. Rajan Saxena is a Co-founder of The Open Ed works (TOE). He is a former Vice-Chancellor of the SVKM’s NMIMS, a deemed University in Mumbai. Prof. Rajan is former Director of Indian Institute of Management (Indore) & S.P Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai.

He is an author of two books in marketing and over 70 articles in journals and business magazines and research compendiums and has advised several top firms in India on their strategies and structure. He is a member of the Board of Governors of Management & Entrepreneurship and Professional Skills Council in India, Chairman India Case Research Centre and Advisor, FICCI. He is recipient of multiple awards and recognition for his contribution to higher education and institution building some of which are Rotary Club Vocational Excellence Award 2018, AIMA Kewal Nohria Award for Academic Leadership in Management Education 2020, Dr. Suresh Ghai Memorial Award 2013, DNA Hall of Fame Award and ET Now Visionary Leadership Award.