Dwijendra Tripathi as a professor of Business History at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad for almost three decades, has played a pioneering role in promoting the study of Business History in India. At the time of his retirement, a few years ago, he was holding the Kasturbhai Lalbhai Chair in Business History, and a large number of papers published in national and international professional Journals. Professor Tripathi is the Founder and Editor of The Journal of Entrepreneurship.