Srivardhini K. Jha is an Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB). Her research interest is in innovation and entrepreneurship in the emerging country context. She has published papers in several leading international journals such as MIS Quarterly, MIT Sloan Management Review, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences and others.

She holds a post-doc from the McGill Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics, a Ph.D. in Corporate Strategy and Policy from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, an MS in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University and a BS in Information Science and Engineering from Bangalore University. Prior to entering academia, she has held senior managerial positions at Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, and Infosys.