Academician, consultant, senior management professional with 30 years of hands on P & L experience in the soft goods industry and teaching in a business school. His teaching expertise covers Strategy Formulation and Implementation, Design Thinking, and Entrepreneurship. Currently, his research interests revolve around Wicked Problems, Design Thinking, and Entrepreneurship.Worked extensively on initiatives such as Start-up India, The Bank of Ideas, Business Incubation Centre’s and the Livelihood Business Incubator (LBI), with the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), Government of India. Additionally, played a crucial role in fostering the development of Small Business Clusters under Cluster Development Programme (MSE-CDP -ODOP) across the country, furthering the nation's entrepreneurial ecosystem and economic growth.Currently working to foster and elevate international academic collaboration to unprecedented heights marking significant strides towards advancing academic excellence and innovation on a global scale.