B Tech Hons (Civil Engineering), PhD (Management)
Email: harsh.sachdev@fsm.ac.in
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Total Years of Experience
41 Years
Brief description of Experience
Dr. Harsh Kumar Sachdev is the Professor of PracRce (MarkeRng Area) at FORE School of
Management, New Delhi, India.
He holds a ‘Bachelor of Technology’ Degree with Honours in Civil Engineering from GB Pant
University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar (Nainital) and also a PhD in Management
from University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun.
He has 41 years of Industry Experience including 37 years hands-on ‘operaRons and markeRng’
experience of working with Indian Oil CorporaRon (IOCL), a Fortune 500 company.
During his corporate journey, he & his teams made many accomplishments including
‘Winning an award for visit to US’; for 2nd Highest Lubricant sales in Western Region in 1999-
2000. Simultaneously, he has also remained associated with academics, as he has been a
guest speaker at premier InsRtutes like IIM Trichy, RGIPT Amethi, IMI New Delhi and many
others on different occasions. He has also been an Industry RepresentaRve for Curriculum
Restructuring IniRaRve at IIM Ranchi in 2020.
He was also Member of IOCL Interview Commieees for campus selecRons (2016-18) at
insRtutes such as IIM Ahmedabad, IIM-Calcuea, XLRI Jamshedpur, IIT-Delhi, FMS New Delhi,
MDI Gurugram, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi, IMT Ghaziabad etc.
Post his superannuaRon as ExecuRve Director, Indian Oil CorporaRon in Nov 2020, he has had
the opportunity of working as VP/Chair (ExecuRve EducaRon) in a leading academic InsRtuRon
in NCR area. He was also Independent Director in a listed company from Aug 2022 to Jan 2024.
Most recently, he has also been on the Advisory Board of few Start-ups.
Research Interest Areas
Control Mechanism in Retail Petroleum Business in India, Employee Behaviour in PSUs,
Improving producRvity etc
Consulting Interest Areas
Shut-down and Turn around acRviRes in Manufacturing Sector, Auto-Fuels and Lubricant
markeRng.
Selected Publications
1) “Towards Effective Control Mechanism in Retail Petroleum Business in India”;
International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews (IJRAR) ; November 2018,
Volume 5, Issue 4.
2) “Fair Deal at Petroleum Outlets: Creating Value For Money for Customers in Marketing of
Liquid Auto-Fuels in India”; Journal of Current Science; October 2018, Vol 19.
