Professor of Innovation and Economics, University of Cambridge

Chander Velu is Professor of Innovation and Economics in the Cambridge University Engineering Department. He heads the Cambridge Business Model Innovation Research Group (CBiG), where his research interests include:

• Innovation with a focus on business model innovation
• Business model innovation, digital technologies and productivity
• Digital fabrication

Chander has an interest in innovation and technology management with a specific focus on exploring the antecedents and consequences of business model innovation. He has been examining issues related to business model innovation and implications for productivity, strategic decision making, leadership and management information. Chander also works on research related to transformation challenges to create and capture value from digital technologies. Chander has been studying the business model implications of adopting quantum technologies.

Chander also conducts research on issues related to management and development economics. In this stream of research, Chander examines the role of new business models for economic development.

Chander holds an EPSRC Digital Economy Research Fellowship to study the implications of business model innovation on productivity resulting from the adoption of digital technologies.

Chander is member of the Executive Team of The Productivity Institute, a UK-wide multi-disciplinary research organisation funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) to address the productivity slowdown in the United Kingdom, with the aim to improve living standard and well being.

Prior to joining the Institute for Manufacturing, he was a member of the faculty at Cambridge Judge Business School. Prior to his academic career, Chander worked for Booz Allen & Hamilton and PricewaterhouseCoopers in London as a management consultant. He completed his MPhil and PhD from the University of Cambridge. He is a Fellow of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and a Senior Fellow at The Conference Board. He is a Fellow at Selwyn College, Cambridge.