MUMBAI: English news channel NDTV 24*7 is the television partner for the indiatimes strategy summit that will showcase leading management guru Dr Lester Thurow.

Dr Thurow, the world’s leading authority on international markets and global competitiveness, will address registered invitees in New Delhi (Maurya Sheraton) on 20 August; and Mumbai (Hyatt Regency) on 22 August 2003.

Dr Thurow will talk about globalisation in transition: the power shift to knowledge based individuals, companies and nations. He will discuss ways to take advantage of global opportunities; and to create a sustainable competitive advantage in the emerging economic scenario.

A renowned economist and global scenario plotter, Dr Thurow is the Dean-Emeritus at MIT’s Sloan School of Management. He has been a professor of management and economics at MIT for more than 30 years. He has been an economics columnist for many national and international publications including The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Newsweek and Nikkei Business Japan. Professor Thurow is also a renowned CNN journalist.

Professor Thurow has been rated among the top three economists in the Accenture Ratings of Top 50 management gurus and business intellectuals of the world (the most widely acclaimed guide on business gurus), published in January 2003. He is the author of best-sellers such as The Zero Sum Society, Head to Head and Building wealth. He is on the board of leading global corporations.