Dr Dheeraj Sharma | |
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Citizenship | Indian |
Education | Doctorate in Business Administration, Louisiana Tech University (Marketing Strategy, Psychology, Quantitative Analysis) |
Occupation(s) | Academic, Professor |
Years active | 2017–present (Director, IIM Rohtak) |
Employer | Indian Institute of Management Rohtak |
Known for | Director of IIM Rohtak, Management education, Government advisory roles |
Title | Director, Indian Institute of Management Rohtak |
Dheeraj Sharma is an Indian academic and management professor, serving as the director of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Rohtak since 2017. [1] [2] He is also a professor on leave from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. [3]
Sharma holds a doctoral degree in business administration with a major in marketing strategy and a double minor in psychology and quantitative analysis from Louisiana Tech University, USA. Details about his early life are not widely documented. [3]
Sharma has been the director of IIM Rohtak since February 2017, appointed by the Government of India. He was previously a full professor at IIM Ahmedabad, where he remains on leave. He is a member of the Economic Advisory Council of Haryana and the task force for prospective planning under the Haryana Governance Reforms Authority. [4] [5]
During his tenure at IIM Rohtak, Sharma has contributed to the institute's development, including infrastructure expansion and academic program enhancements. [6] In 2019, he received the Education Leadership Award for his contributions as director. Sharma has also advised government bodies, including the prisons departments of Punjab, Gujarat, and Delhi on marketing prisoner-made goods and jail modernization, and the Border Security Force and Central Reserve Police Force on stress management and operational effectiveness. [7]
Dheeraj Sharma has received several accolades for his contributions to management education and leadership:
Sharma's tenure has faced scrutiny:
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