Prof. Gagan Deep Sharma, recipient of the Clarivate India Research Excellence–Citation Award 2025 and ranked among the top 2% of scientists worldwide by Stanford–Elsevier, is a distinguished academic leader and multidisciplinary scholar with over two decades of experience in higher education, research, and institutional development. He serves as Director, International Affairs and Professor of Management at Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University. Besides, he holds several strategic positions including Chairperson of the Global Ranking and Collaborations Cell (GRCC), Director of the Atal Incubation Centre (AIC), President of the Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC), Project Director (CSR), and Incharge of the University School of Fire and Industrial Safety.

He played a key role in helping GGSIPU achieve landmark recognition in global higher-education assessments—ranked among top 1000 Universities of the World by QS World University Rankings 2026 as well as Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2026.

A prolific researcher, Prof. Sharma has authored over 110 Scopus-indexed publications accumulating 10,000+ citations, an h-index of 52, and an i10-index of 102. His work spans sustainability, finance, economics, innovation, and entrepreneurship, with papers in leading journals such as British Journal of Management, Technovation, Energy Economics, Resources Policy, and Journal of Business Research. He serves as Associate Editor and Section Editor for leading international journals published by Emerald, Elsevier, and Routledge.

Internationally, he is a Distinguished Fellow at Ludovika University of Public Service (Budapest), Visiting Professor at Széchenyi István University (Hungary), University of Łódź (Poland), and UCSI University (Malaysia), and Postdoctoral Fellow at the Lebanese American University (Beirut). His global engagements reflect a sustained commitment to cross-border collaboration on sustainability, green finance, and higher-education innovation.

Complementing his academic pursuits, Prof. Sharma is also an acclaimed Punjabi poet, recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar (2014)—India’s highest national literary honor for young writers. He has published two books of poetry in Punjabi – Kavita di Ibaarat (2008) and Ikalla Nahin Hunda Banda (2013), and one book of poetry in Hindi – Rangon ki Zubaan (2024).