Sayan Sarkar

I joined the PhD programme in Strategy & Entrepreneurship at London Business School in 2015. I received my MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad in 2010, where I was 2nd among 202,000 applicants to the programme, and my BS in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur in 2007.

My research interests lie in the broad areas of entrepreneurial finance, accelerators and crowdfunding, investor decision-making, and heuristics and biases. At LBS, I work actively with my PhD supervisor, Prof. Gary Dushnitsky. My research project has been recognized by The Deloitte Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship and RADMA Trust, UK through research grants received in early 2017.

Prior to joining the programme, I was a Manager at the CEO’s Office of one of the largest generics drug companies of the world, where I worked in the integration PMO for the biggest-ever M&A deal in India’s pharmaceutical industry. I have also worked as a management consultant, advising clients in South and West Asia on market entry, revenue enhancement, and organization design projects.

My research questions are informed by my professional experiences, and I use theories in economics and psychology to understand current phenomena and advance theories in entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial finance.

Profile: https://tinyurl.com/mlytsoz

August 2017