Harvard Business School has appointed Indian-origin Nitin Nohria as its 10th Dean. This makes him the first Indian to occupy the post in the prestigious institution's 102-year old history. Nohria, the Richard P Chapman Professor of Business Administration will take up his new role on July 1. A scholar of leadership and organisational change, Nohria has previously been the School's senior associate dean for faculty development and chair of its organizational behaviour unit.