Professor (Dr.) Tarun Dhingra

Prof. Tarun Dhingra is Professor at Jindal School of Banking & Finance (JSBF) at O.P. Jindal Global University (Institution of Eminence, Ministry of Education Govt. of India). As ardent student of Strategic Management, Prof. Tarun Dhingra possesses approximately 26 years of multifaceted experience in the fields of higher education teaching, research, and administration, encompassing a tenure of three years within the corporate sector. His professional journey has traversed esteemed top ranked institutions such as Jaipuria institute of Management, Noida, School of Business (SoB) at UPES, Dehradun etc.  Prof. Tarun Dhingra completed his doctorate as prestigious ICSSR doctoral fellow at MNNIT, Prayagraj.

Prior to JSBF, Prof. Tarun Dhingra held the esteemed positions of Dean- Academics and Professor of Strategic Management, additionally serving as the Pan Area Chair for General Management and Strategy at Jaipuria institute of Management, Noida . In this capacity, his office was responsible for academic planning, delivery, and monitoring for maintaining academic rigour.

For over two decades, he has taught Strategic management, Strategist toolkit for business problem solving, Merger & Acquisition strategies, Economics of Strategy, Managing Strategic Transformation & Strategic Analysis and Globalisation. He has also taught at XLRI (Jhajjar campus), Fore school of management (New Delhi), L. M. Thapar University, Patiala and GLA university, Mathura as visiting professor. He has also taught Introduction to Philosophy as Liberal art course to MBA students. Prof., Dhingra has driven his PG and doctoral courses using multi-method approach, which includes primarily selected relevant cases & live projects. This multi-method approach helped learners understand the fundamentals and help them examine complex situations with relevant organisation theories and solve problems with framework/models and tools.

During his tenure at UPES, Dehradun, he held the position of Professor of Strategic Management within the School of Business (SoB), while also taking on the role of Associate Dean- Research for approximately 6 years. This period involved the stewardship of a faculty complement of ninety individuals, furthering the cause of funded and non-funded research. He also headed Department of Strategic Management for six years.

Throughout his career, Prof. Tarun has been deeply involved in pioneering various innovative initiatives, including accreditation processes, curriculum design, course plan enhancements, new course introductions, and the advancement of research activities, both funded and non-funded and IQAC (Internal Quality Assurance Cell). His influence has also been instrumental in achieving various accreditations, including NBA, NAAC, IACBE and AACSB (ongoing) and he has chaired various committees related to teaching, research, accreditation, and student matters.

He takes immense pride in supervising eleven doctoral theses that have been successfully awarded under his guidance. He has co-authored more than 80 research articles, book chapters, cases and conference papers, all indexed in WoS/SCOPUS, SSCI, ABS and ABDC (A and A*) databases, often collaborating with more than 34 authors. Notably, He has received “The Best Paper Award” on five separate occasions at prestigious platforms such as international conferences and doctoral colloquiums, including IIM Ahmedabad, IISc, Bangalore, DMS, IIT Roorkee, K J Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research, Mumbai, and SCMS, Cochin.

Furthermore, Prof. Dhingra has conducted classes in Strategic Management and Research Methodology as part of the Certified Petroleum Manager (CPM) and MBA programs for over 2,200 managers, spanning more than 50 man-days across various energy companies, including OIL, GSEB, IOC, BPCL, and HPCL.

He is a known Resource person in UGC refresher courses, FDP, MDP and a Keynote speaker etc. He has conducted numerous FDP as convener and MDP as Programme Director.

Currently, He also serves as an advisor for Blockchain For Productivity Forum, reflecting his commitment to the forefront of industry innovation.