Research Interests

• New Product Management
• New Product Launch Strategies
• Emotional associations with brands and their role in product success or failure

Teaching and Professional Experience

• Lecturer, University of Miami, August 2006 - present
• Assistant Professor, Maharashtra Institute of Technology (MIT), School of Management, Pune, India, Jan. 1996 - Mar. 2006
• Program Head for MBA at School of Management, MIT, Pune for 10 years
• Marketing Executive with Microline and Aptech Hardcore, Pune, India

Degrees

• Ph.D. - University of Pune, India, 2006
• Master of Management Sciences (Marketing) – INDSEARCH- University of Pune, India, 1995
• Diploma in Business Management, Shivaji University, India, 1994
• Diploma in Industrial Electronics, Board of Technical Education, India, 1991