Prof. Sanjay Dhir
Associate Professor
(Fellow, IIM Lucknow)
Professor Sanjay Dhir is the Area Chair and Associate Professor of Strategic Management in the Department of Management Studies at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi). He has received the ‘Teaching Excellence Award’ and the ‘Mrs. Veena Arora Early Career Research Excellence Award’ at IIT Delhi.
Prof. Dhir’s research includes Corporate Strategy, Strategic Innovation, Public Health, Strategic Thinking, and Ambidexterity. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles indexed in Scopus and authored six books, including ‘Cases in Strategic Management’.
He has a Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Management Lucknow and serves as the Programme Coordinator for the full-time MBA Programme at DMS, IIT Delhi. He has received the “InsideIIM Professor of the Year Award” for 2020 and 2021.
Prof. Dhir advises various governmental and international bodies. He was nominated as an expert for the ‘GNCTD state-level committee on oxygen infrastructure during the COVID-19 pandemic’ by the Delhi Government and serves on the National Technical Advisory Committee for Oxygen Infrastructure Management.
He has participated in consulting and research initiatives with organizations such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, B-Medicals (Luxembourg), Empower School of Health, IPE Global, SAMRIDH, PATH, FITT, NABCONS, and several ministries. His collaborations include ICSSR, UNIL (Switzerland), NRCT (Thailand), Bihar Prashashnik Sudhaar Mission (BPSM), and the Directorate General of Supplies & Disposals (DGS&D, GoI, New Delhi). He was a core committee member of the Government of India’s ‘Unnat Bharat Abhiyaan’ project.
Before his academic career, Prof. Dhir worked in the Research and Development Department of Mahindra and Mahindra. His contributions to Strategic Management include publications and case studies, including those from the Richard Ivey School of Business and Harvard Business School.
Prof. Dhir is involved in editorial boards and has served as Track Chair and Invited Panelist at conferences. His work has been presented and published in conference proceedings of organizations such as the Academy of Management, Academy of International Business, and Strategic Management Society.
In summary, Professor Sanjay Dhir’s contributions to academia, research, and advisory roles are significant in Strategic Management and Public Health.