Prof. Dr. Sachin Ghai is an Academician, Trainer, Startup mentor, and a Business and Life coach with over 2 decades of experience and a proven track-record in teaching and training at various levels.
He has a Doctorate in Economics in the area of Urban Development and Management, Urban Dynamics & Socio, Economic, Environmental Impact Assessment, and Inclusive & Sustainable Development Management of Cities. He holds a Master’s degree in Economics and Bachelor’s degree in Management & Information Technology. His present assignment is Director – Technology Business Incubator at Graphic Era Deemed to be University, Dehradun. He has been the Program Convener of the MIC & AICTE approved prestigious MBA program in Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Venture Development at Graphic Era Deemed to be University.
He has offered leadership as Head of the Department to Departments of Economics, Computers, Management, Innovation & Entrepreneurship and Professional Communication at various levels. His areas of academic interest are Economics, Management, Strategy, Organizational Behaviour, Leadership, Innovation, Communication, Soft-skills, and Personality Development. His forte lies in Training & Development, Instructional design, Technology enabled teaching, Academic administration, Outcome based education, Management and Business Consulting.
He has mentored several startups and enabled aspiring entrepreneurs and budding innovators in developing their ventures and upscaling them. He has offered Consultancy services to industry and conducted Management Development programs & trainings for Senior & Middle management of Organizations (like Industries Association, Central Academy for State Forest Service, Internal Security Academy, etc), and has conducted several Faculty Development Programmes and Workshops as an expert/resource-person. He has been felicitated by various national and foreign organizations like for his contribution like CASFOS India, Times of India, FTP University Vietnam, etc.
He has to his credit presentations in International Conferences, FDPs and Workshops at premier institutions like Harvard University (USA), IIM-A, IIM-L, IIT-R, MNNIT-A, IIIT-A and others. He has delivered a number of key-note addresses in Conferences & Seminars, and has research publications in International Journals like International Journal of Innovation Science (IJIS), International Journal of Arts and Science (IJAS), Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development, International Journal of Management (IJM), Research Journal of Accounting and Finance, etc. He has been Editorial Advisory Board member and reviewer for the Book – “Promoting Socio-Economic Development through Business Integration”, and has also copy edited an international book on Development Economics titled ‘Dialogues on Development and Dependency Theory’. He has been invited as an expert / guest on Television for Career guidance and Economic policy & Budget analysis and related discussions, and has also written career counseling column for Newspapers.