Mukti Khaire

Mukti Khaire is the Girish and Jaidev Reddy Professor of Practice at Cornell Tech and the  Cornell SC Johnson College of Business. She is also the faculty/academic director of the Johnson Cornell Tech-MBA (JCT-MBA) Program. She oversees the academic and curricular aspects of the JCT-MBA program and other New York City initiatives of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business.

Khaire is an economic sociologist who studies the creation of new markets by pioneering entrepreneurs in creative and cultural industries, including art, fashion, film, music, and publishing. Her research has shed light on how entrepreneurs leveraging technology in these industries have changed the structure and functioning of these industries, leading to consequences for society more broadly.

Khaire trains entrepreneurs to build successful ventures and business leaders to develop an entrepreneurial mindset. Her lectures are available online through eCornell’s certificate programs on Digital Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Intellectual Property Law Essentials. She has received the Faculty Dedication Award twice and the Students’ Choice Award at Cornell Tech.

Khaire is the author of more than 30 teaching cases and notes on entrepreneurship in the creative and cultural industries, as well as the co-author of a Harvard Business Review “Classic,” titled “Creativity and the Role of the Leader.” Her book, “Culture and Commerce: The Value of Entrepreneurship in the Creative Industries,” was named one of Forbes’ Top 10 Books on Creative Leadership.