Professor Anil Keskar is currently Advisor (Management Studies) at the Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune. Professor Keskar is a Metallurgical Engineer from the Government College of Engineering, Pune (COEP), and did his MBA from the Department of Management Sciences, University of Pune (popularly known as PUMBA). Upon completing his studies, he spent about twenty - five years in various industries like International Computers, Thermax, Kirloskars, Amalgamations, Sanmar Engg., and Kalyanis. Professor Keskar has experience in working in different functional areas like operations, logistics, marketing, and HR. He left his industrial stride in the year 1994, to pursue his research in Strategic Marketing, which he completed with a Ph.D. in the year 1996. Professor Keskar has worked as Director at some of the premier Management Institutes in Pune. In the year 2007, he superannuated as Professor and Head of the Department of Management Sciences, University of Pune (PUMBA). He had worked as Director (Management Programs) at Sinhgad Technical Education Society, and also as Dean - Academics Symbiosis International University, before taking over the current assignment.