Teaching Note: Boardroom battles: inclusion vs tradition? Valli Arunachalam vs the Murugappa Group

Rajiv Agarwal is based at the Department of Strategy, SP Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai, India. He is the Chairperson, Strategy, Professor, Strategy, Entrepreneurship & Family business, SPJIMR, Mumbai. He completed the Owner Management Programme, Harvard Business School, and Advanced Certificates in Family Business Advising from FFI, Boston. Agarwal has authored a five-book series, Management Lessons from the Masters and published a one-of-a-kind simulation, Family Business Simulation: Honey Heritage, Harvard Business Publishing.

Sumita Datta is based at the Department of Organisation and Leadership Studies, SP Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai, India, and Department of HRM and Organisation Behaviour, ISEG Lisbon School of Economics and Management, Lisboa, Portugal. She is a Professor of Organisation Behaviour, a behavioural scientist and an executive coach & advisor. She has expertise in curating learning innovations & leadership development processes alongside creating inclusive workplaces. With more than 15 years of teaching, research & publication experience in management education and 15 years of corporate experience in HR leadership/consulting roles, Datta is affiliated with S SPJIMR, Mumbai and ISEG – University of Lisbon.