Navi is Indian-born French national, he is an innovation and leadership strategist based in Silicon Valley. A Fellow at Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, Navi has served on the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Design Innovation and contributes to Harvard Business Review online. Navi won the 2013 Thinkers50 Innovation Award and spoke at TED Global 2014. He is ranked as one of the 50 most influential persons shaping innovation in France.

He is the coauthor of Frugal Innovation: How To Do More With Less, which won the CMI Management Book of the Year 2016 Award.

He is ranked as one of the 50 most influential persons shaping innovation en France.

Co-author of Frugal Innovation[2] published worldwide by The Economist. The book explains the principles, perspectives and techniques behind frugal innovation, enabling managers to profit from the great changes ahead.

Navi is also co-author of the international best-seller Jugaad Innovation[3] (Jossey-Bass, 2012). The Economist calls it "the most comprehensive book yet to appear on the subject" of frugal innovation.[4] and he is co-author of From Smart To Wise,[5] a book on next generation leadership.