Dr Dheeraj Sharma is a faculty in Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India. He earned his doctoral degree with major in marketing, and double minor in psychology and quantitative analysis from Louisiana Tech University, USA. He has taught and presented research at numerous education institutions in North America, Europe, and Asia. Dr Sharma has been the recipient of many academic and professional awards. He is an American Marketing Association Doctoral Consortium Fellow and National Conference of Sales Management Doctoral Fellow. He was nominated for Clifford J. Robson Excellence in Teaching Award, and also for Erica and Arnold Rogers Excellence in Research Award for year 2009-2010. He was an associate editor of Journal of Marketing Channels , and also an editor of the Academy of Marketing Science proceedings.

He is an active member of Academy of Marketing Science, Society of Marketing Advances, American Marketing Association, and World Marketing Congress. As a member of the aforementioned associations, he has served as a session chair, discussant, track chair, and executive member of organization committee. Dr Sharma has over fifty publications in leading international journals, encyclopedias, books, and conference proceedings. Dr Sharma has been involved in consulting projects and executive training with several multinational corporations, such as ICI Paints,Duncan Holdings LLC, Globe Rangers LLC to name a few. He served on board of India Canada Cultural and Heritage Association, Canada. He continues to be a special invitee to Army Management Studies Board of Indian Army.