Surendra Kansara is an engineer by profession. He pursued post-graduation in Entrepreneurship and Venture Management, Production and Materials Management, and Marketing Management, along with a Master of Philosophy in Management. He also holds a Ph.D. in interdisciplinary management from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences and a Ph.D. in Organizational Management from S. P. Pune University, Six Sigma Certification accredited by ASCB (UK) and the FDPM (IIM-A).

He has a total entrepreneurial experience of more than 18 years and postgraduate program teaching experience of fourteen years. He is well-versed in startup incubation. His areas of interest include Entrepreneurship, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and allied innovations, Service operations management, Sustainable Supply Chain Management, Sustainable procurement and materials management, Material Requirement Planning and Inventory Management, and Quality management. He has presented several papers at National and international conferences and published them in indexed journals. He contributed immensely to the content development and delivery of management development programs.

He possesses transferable and cross-industry skills in entrepreneurship, academic planning, consulting, critical thinking, public policy, data visualization, Six Sigma project execution, statistical process control (SPC) project execution, course design, and content development for management development programs.

He also holds a German Utility Patent in the Multi-criteria Decision-making area.