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Dr. Sandeep Vij is currently an Associate Professor at Department of Commerce & Business Management (CBM), and Head of Consultancy Cell at DAV University, Jalandhar. He was earlier Associate Professor & Deputy Dean, Department of Management at Lovely Professional University and headed the domain of International Business, Retail and Strategy in the School of Business. He has more than 27 years of experience in academics, research and industry. After completing his doctorate in Marketing from Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, he specialized in Strategic Management from Strategic Management Forum (SMF) based at Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow. He teaches Strategic Management and conducts workshops on Entrepreneurship & Business Plan, Business Analysis (Multivariate Data Analysis), Case Study Method and Business Simulation. He has attended FDPs at IIMB, MDI, IIFT, IIMC, IIMK, MDI and IIML under Management Teachers Program of SMF. He is a passionate researcher and has presented papers and case studies in reputed national and international conferences, has 45 research publications (including 9 in SCOPUS indexed journals and 6 in ABDC journals). His research is focused in the areas of Entrepreneurship, Family Business Management, Performance Management and Knowledge Management.  He is reviewer for many research journals of repute e.g. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, Management Research Review, Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, Journal of Information and Knowledge Management, Entrepreneurship Research Journal etc.  He has handled advanced business simulation games like Marketplace, CESIM, GoVenture and Smartsims. 

He is a consultant to many SMEs and Entrepreneurs in Punjab. He is passionate about stock markets and provides expert advice on mutual fund investments as well as personal financial planning.

• It is very difficult to find professional as Dr. Saneep Vij who is a rare blend of three strengths :- 1) Knowledge of what works in Business Environments 2) Academic blessedness & 3) his fantastic team / peer skills.
  I have been a privy to Dr Sandeep's work in the last 9+ years and I must say- he is a gem of an individual to have in one's team.
  His strategic inputs while planning my marketing and social media were 100% accurate, practical and researched too. His 'Strategic management tips' about my kind of work helped me achieve much bigger impact on masses. I owe a lot of my success to Dr Sandeep Vij. - Akash Gautam (Motivational Speaker and Corporate Trainer)

• Dr. Vij is known in our circle for his expertise in Business Strategy , Entrepreneurship and Business Simulation. He has taken real initiatives for making case based teaching a unique aspect of MBA at LPU. His habit of sharing knowledge, resources and contacts makes him a highly valued team member. His zeal for attending and conducting FDPs has given him a good fan following of young and vibrant faculty. At LPU, the students, faculty and staff members have an immense appreciation for his pleasant approach, cooperative behaviour and ego - free expertise! I have personally learnt a lot from him while he was leading the Consultancy Projects at LPU.                   - Dr. Sunaina Ahuja (Associate Prof. and Deputy Dean, Human Resource Development Center at LPU)

• I have worked closely with Dr. Sandeep Vij for nearly five years (since August 2008). Dr. Vij is a person of strong character and ethics. His presence in School of Business at LPU has impacted other people around him as he has helped those around him on professional as well as personal levels. His positive attitude and hard work always proved a win-win combination for us as a team. His research orientation is the most important asset he possesses. He is an intelligent, analytical and rational researcher. He works very hard with absolute focus on the issues at hand. As a researcher, he is consistently successful in improving his skills and knowledge. He really has high adaptability to technology & is proficient in working on SPSS & other research softwares. Apart from undertaking various research projects on his own, he helped his Ph.D, M.Phil & MBA students also in carrying out a meaningful research. He had always been promoting research work at the institutional level. His leadership as well as organizing skills are also worth mention. One of his most remarkable characteristics is the perfection with which he has completed every task that came his way.  - Dr. Rajesh Verma (Professor and Additional Dean, Mittal School of Business, LPU)

• Dr. Sandeep Vij is a master in strategy and has an excellent command on research and setting up entrepreneurial ventures along with providing consultancy to growing and established businesses.He is proficient in business simulations as well.
  His leadership quality is not in being a leader in himself but making every member of team a leader. His urge to learn and a tendency to strive for wisdom makes him a pool of versatile skill set. He has a unique tendency to contradict the conventional wisdom and come up with something novel which gives him an edge above others.      - Ajay Chandel (Assistant Professor, Mittal School of Business, LPU)