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Professor Sanjay Dwivedi

Executive Director

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BACKGROUND
Professor Sanjay Dwivedi brings over 30 + years of international experience across UK, USA, UAE, and India, having worked in executive and interim management roles including Director, CFO, COO, CMO, and CEO. With deep expertise in entrepreneurship, global alliance making, corporate governance, forensic accounting, and change management, has advised over 209 startup business models (mix of successes and failures), spanning Idea-to-IPO journeys across multiple geographies.

Combines academic excellence, global advisory roles, and practical startup ecosystem development with a strong focus on AI-based entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship programs, and innovation-driven business models.

Education & Certifications

  • Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants (FCCA – UK)
  • Research Fellow – Strategy (Cross-Border & Cross-Culture M&A), NSL Pune
  • Member, Chartered Quality Institute (MCQI – UK)
  • Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA – ISACA, USA)
  • Cert-IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards)
  • Entrepreneurship & Business Life Coach
  • IBM Practitioner – Design Thinking
  • TEFL – Advanced Business English Coach
  • Bitcoin Basics for Accountants Certification
Academic Experience
Courses Taught at MSB (2025–26):
Entrepreneurship Core – Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management (FESBM)

Visiting Professor:
IMI-Delhi, IMT-Hyderabad, MICA & IIT-Gandhinagar

Christ University:
- Taught Shark Tank during the BCOM IIIrd yr and BBA professional twinned course
- Conducted Train the Trainer (TTT) program for Professors at QIP
  • Faculty Development Program (FDP): Conducted FDP for 40 Chartered Accountants (CA) at GlobalFTI
  • ICAI Lucknow: Conducted training sessions for CA professionals
  • Oxford Brookes University Business School (UK): Global Mentor for ACCA-BSc. Accounting program
  • HOD – Commerce: The Shriram Global School (Teaching Accountancy & Entrepreneurship, Class 12)
  • Faculty at GlobalFTI: ACCA topics (Advanced Auditing, Strategic Business Leadership, Business Analytics, Corporate Governance, Risk & Ethics, Entrepreneurship)
  • Corporate Trainer: Delivered leadership and entrepreneurship programs for MNCs since 2009
Industry & Professional Experience
Startups & Entrepreneurship Ecosystem:
  • Co-founded Chimes Group Corporate Venture Firm (business centers and India’s largest pilot training academy)
  • Co-facilitated & co-designed Wadhwani Foundation’s “Venture Fast Track” program and Venture Scaleup courses
  • Global Adviser with entreprenerdy (Norway, Denmark, Sweden)
  • Co-launched Mysore Entrepreneurship Forum (MEF), Jan 17, 2025
Corporate Leadership & Consulting:
  • Former President – Internet Service Providers Association of India
  • Former CEO – National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI, Government of India)
  • Interim & executive management roles at McDonald’s, KFC, Chicago Pizza Pie Factory, healthcare and elderly care homes, internet and managed services firms, and BFSI sectors
  • Lead consultant for LEAN transformation-based change management projects in multiple industries
Forensic Accounting & Risk Management:
  • Forensic Accountant with Pinkerton (USA) and Advisory Team at IIRIS Consulting
  • Expertise in forensic due diligence, accounting forensics, fraud investigations
  • Conducts cross-border & cross-culture training for Big4 firms
Financial Advisory (UK):
Former Independent Financial Adviser for HNIs and Family Investment Offices

Teaching & Research Interests :
  • AI-based Entrepreneurship
  • Innovation Accounting
  • Change Management
  • Due Diligence & Forensic Audit
Research:
  • AI for Entrepreneurship Learning communities
  • Cross-Border / Cross-Cultural Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Human Capital Development
  • Professional & Life Skills Coaching in VUCA-BANI world
Training & Consulting:
  • Corporate Change Management Programs
  • Finance for Non-Finance Managers (FNFM)
  • Setting up Innovation & Intrapreneurship Labs at MNCs
  • Designing Entrepreneurship Cells, Incubators, Accelerators
  • Personal and Professional Coaching for Careers & Life Skills
Publications & Research
  • Research Paper (ACCA UK, Global, 181 Countries):
“Founders Guide for Startups and Entrepreneurs” – published worldwide.

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