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Sankar is a former partner of McKinsey & Company, who led McKinsey's healthcare practice, initially in India, and then in Greater China. At McKinsey, in addition to serving clients, Sankar was the global Dean of the key leadership development program for consultants. He was also the head of the recruiting team for McKinsey's India office. After 14 years in McKinsey, Sankar left the firm in July 2006 to set up as an independent consultant in the not-for-profit/ development sector in India.

Since leaving McKinsey, Sankar has focused on developing sustainable solutions to developmental challenges in healthcare and education. He has worked with a global foundation in India to assess the impact of their programs for AIDS prevention and develop an organizational model for the future. He has been a strategic advisor to a leading non-profit institution in India for the hearing-impaired to help develop a blueprint for its growth path and enhance effectiveness of delivery. Till recently, Sankar was also working with a multi country organization for the blind to develop and establish an international institute for social entrepreneurship. He was recently invited by a leading private University in the US to guide students to effectively support developmental initiatives in India. He continues to help global clients develop top team effectiveness, is lead faculty on some of McKinsey's worldwide leadership development programs, and serves on the advisory boards of a multinational pharmaceutical company and two fast growing companies in the technology sector.

Sankar holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, graduating in the top 5 of his class. He holds a B.Tech degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Kerala, finishing college first, and University third rank across all branches.

 Corus Professor of Strategy, Professor of Marketing and Senior Fellow, Desautels Center for Integrative ThinkingT
Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
Affiliated Faculty: School of Public Policy, University of Toronto

Education:
Ph.D. University of Chicago
MBA Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
B.E. University of Bombay

Research Expertise: Behavioural Economics, Consumer and Managerial Psychology, Public Policy, Spending and Saving Behaviours, Decision-Making, Marketing Strategy and Pricing.

Also taught at: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, University of Colorado at Boulder, Indian School of Business, University of Chicago, National University of Singapore

Editorial Boards: Dilip serves as an associate editor of the Journal of Marketing Research, and on the editorial boards of the Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Marketing, Journal of Consumer Psychology and Marketing Letters. He was recently named as one of the "professors to watch for" by the Financial Times (London) newspaper. He is the recipient of several teaching and research awards.

Current Research: Dilip's current research focuses on "helping people help themselves." In this work, he used informational (e.g. financial literacy), facilitative (e.g., budgeting tools, communication devices like mobile phones and the Internet) and behavioural (e.g., self-control guidelines) interventions to help people achieve financial sufficiency. This research is being done in Canada, India, China, and Thailand, and is partially funded by grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, The Desautels Center, and the AIC Institute at the Rotman School. He also does similar research in the area of health behaviours, energy conservation, garbage and recycling, and time management.

Other areas of research include consumer psychology, pricing, and marketing strategy.

Published Work, Consulting and Executive Teaching: Dilip's book, Managing Customer Value: One Stage at a Time (co-authored with S. NMarandi) has just been published by World Scientific Publishing. He has published over 50 scholarly articles, book chapters, and papers in publications like the Harvard Business Review, Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Consumer Research, Marketing Science, Marketing Letters, Journal of Behavioral Decision Making and Journal of Advertising. Dilip is also a sought-after executive trainer, applied researcher and consultant.

Divya is a consultant in the not-for-profit sector in India, focused on helping organizations in this sector develop sustainable growth strategies.

Earlier, Divya was Head of Investments at SBI Funds, an asset management company managing one of India's largest mutual funds, with almost a billion US dollars of assets under management. Before this, she was fund manager for the largest portfolio managed by the AMC.

Currently, Divya works closely with a leading non-profit institution for the hearing-impaired in India to help develop and implement an aggressive growth strategy. She has been an advisor and part time faculty at an international institute for social entrepreneurs in India, set up by a multi-country organization for the blind. She was recently invited by a leading private University in the US to guide students to effectively support developmental initiatives in India. In addition, Divya has been a volunteer teacher for slum children in Mumbai and for primary school children both in Hong Kong and in Trivandrum.

Divya holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, where she was awarded the Usha Fair Scholarship for academic excellence. Before this, she graduated with honors in Commerce from Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi University. She is an alumni of La Martiniere School, Kolkata. .