Dr. Anish Sugathan is Chairperson of the Strategy Area and the Centre for Sustainability and Corporate Governance Research at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. He is a PhD from the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore,  post-doctoral fellow from the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University and is a visiting research fellow of the 2022 ‘Sustainable Futures’ program at Princeton University. 

He currently serves as a member of the Expert Committee appointed by the Hon’ble National Green Tribunal of India for environmental impact valuation, and is also a member of the Sectional Committee on Sustainable Finance at the Bureau of Indian Standards. He previously served on the board of Uttar Gujarat Vij Company Ltd. (UGVCL), a state-owned electricity distribution utility under the Government of Gujarat. He now serves as an Independent Director on the board of Monarch Networth Capital and advises several start-ups in the domains of energy technology, impact investing, and smart governance. 

His research interests are in the area of institutional and governance infrastructure of emerging economies with focus on sustainable development and corporate sustainability in India. His research has been published in reputed international journals, and many national and international dailies. 

His scholarship and research has received several awards including the SAP Labs India doctoral scholarship at IIM-B, the Giorgio Ruffolo post-doctoral research fellowship at Harvard, and Fung  global fellowship at Princeton. His current research work is supported by the Evidence in Governance and Politics (EGAP) at University of California, Berkeley, International Sustainable Energy Foundation grant, and Google through the Geo-for-Good research grant.