For the first time since The Case Centre’s Top 50 Bestselling Case Authors list was launched in 2016, there is a new name at the top.

Indu Perepu of ICFAI Business School takes the No. 1 position, marking a significant change at the top of the annual list.

The Top 50 recognises the case authors whose work was most widely purchased and used through The Case Centre during the 2025/26 academic year. Compiled from worldwide sales and distribution data, the list provides a snapshot of the authors whose cases are in demand across business education.

Indu Perepu’s achievement comes after the late Debapratim Purkayastha, also of ICFAI Business School, topped the list every year since its launch. Purkayastha is ranked No. 2 this year, with ICFAI continuing to have a strong presence across the list.

“This year’s list marks an exciting new chapter for the Top 50, with Indu Perepu taking the No. 1 position for the first time,” said Vicky Lester, CEO of The Case Centre. “Indu’s achievement reflects the strong demand for her cases and the contribution she and her colleagues at ICFAI Business School are making to case-based business education. It’s also encouraging to see eight new authors joining the list and female representation reaching its highest level since the Top 50 began. Together, these changes show the breadth and continued evolution of case writing across the global business education community.”

New authors and top 10 debuts

There are eight new entries in this year’s Top 50. The highest new entry is Priyanka Panday of Graphic Era Deemed University, Dehradun, who joins the list at No. 25.

Further up the list, Nader Tavassoli of London Business School makes his top 10 debut at No. 3, while L Felipe Monteiro of INSEAD enters the top 10 at No. 4.

Female representation has also increased significantly. Women now account for 32% of the Top 50, up from 22% last year and the highest level since the list began.

Strong representation from ICFAI and INSEAD

ICFAI Business School has six authors in the top 10 and seven authors in the Top 50 overall. INSEAD also has a strong showing, with three authors in the top 10 and six in the Top 50.

The list reflects the breadth of case writing across business education, with authors from institutions around the world represented among the 50 bestselling authors.

The Top 50 Bestselling Case Authors list has been published annually by The Case Centre since 2016. The list is based on worldwide sales and distribution data for cases during the academic year and recognises individual teaching faculty authors whose cases have been purchased and used by educators.

Explore the full list of this year’s Top 50 Bestselling Case Authors below or at www.thecasecentre.org/Top50CaseAuthors2026

The Top 50 Bestselling Case Authors 2024/25 – full list

1 Indu Perepu, ICFAI Business School (IBS)
2 Debapratim Purkayastha, ICFAI Business School (IBS)
3 Nader Tavassoli, London Business School
4 L Felipe Monteiro, INSEAD
5 Syeda Maseeha Qumer, ICFAI Business School (IBS)
6 (j) W Chan Kim, INSEAD
6 (j) Renée Mauborgne, INSEAD
8 Jitesh Nair, ICFAI Business School (IBS)
9 Sanjib Dutta, ICFAI Business School (IBS)
10 Koti Vinod Babu, ICFAI Business School (IBS)
11 Elizabeth Grasby, Ivey Business School
12 Kamran Kashani, International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
13 Denis Gromb, HEC Paris
14 Ian Dunn, Ivey Business School
15 (j) Arpita Agnihotri, Penn State Harrisburg
15 (j) Saurabh Bhattacharya, Newcastle University Business School
17 V Namratha Prasad, ICFAI Business School (IBS)
18 James E Hatch, Ivey Business School
19 Todd Jick, Columbia Business School
20 Ning Su, Ivey Business School
21 Manish Agarwal, Westminster International University Tashkent
22 Kasra Ferdows, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University
23 Stanislav Shekshnia, INSEAD
24 Vivek Gupta, Sutherland Global Services
25 Priyanka Panday, Graphic Era Deemed University, Dehradun – new entry
26 Kimberly Whitler, University of Virginia Darden School of Business – new entry
27 Christopher A Bartlett, Harvard Business School
28 (j) Herminia Ibarra, London Business School
28 (j) Peter Killing, International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
30 Fabio Ancarani, Fondazione Bologna University Business School – new entry
31 Mohanbir Sawhney, Northwestern University – Kellogg School of Management
32 (j) GV Muralidhara, Dayananda Sagar University
32 (j) Shahrzad Yaghtin, UCLy (Lyon Catholic University), ESDES – new entry
34 Sumita Rai, Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon – new entry
35 Anne Michaut, HEC Paris – new entry
36 Jamie Anderson, Antwerp Management School
37 Aneeta Rattan, London Business School
38 (j) Jose AD Machuca, Universidad de Sevilla
38 (j) Michael Lewis, University of Bristol Business School
40 Avinash Tyagi, Dev Bhoomi Uttarakhand University – new entry
41 Wolfgang Ulaga, INSEAD
42 Garima Ratna, Amity Global Business School
43 Ludo Van der Hayden, INSEAD – new entry
44 Urs Mueller, SDA Bocconi School of Management
45 Fabrizio Di Muro, University of Winnipeg
46 Nagendra V Chowdary, ICFAI Group
47 Stefan Michel, International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
48 Vanina Farber, International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
49 Dan J Wang, Columbia Business School
50 Sandra Vandermerwe, GIBS Business School (Gordon Institute of Business Science)

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