Dr. Simran Sodhi is an Assistant Professor in the area of Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship. She has completed her Fellow Programme in Management (FPM) from the Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII) in the year 2024. Her area of research centres around entrepreneurship policy, strategy, and new venture creation among disadvantaged sectors, especially persons with disabilities (PwDs). Her work has been published in journals like the Journal of Entrepreneurship and Emerging Markets Case Studies. She has attended international conferences such as the British Academy of Management at University of Sussex. She has been team member of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) India report 2022-23, 2021-22, 2020-2021, and 2019-20. Dr. Sodhi has been associated with the Centre for Empowering Differently Abled (CEDA) at EDII and was part of some projects sponsored by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment and the State Bank of India.

• Fellow Programme in Management (FPM) – Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India
• Master of Business Administration (MBA) – Central University of Himachal Pradesh
• Bachelor of Commerce (B. Com) – Himachal Pradesh University

• Taught FPM course on Business Policy at Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India.
• Taught PGP courses like Building Lasting Family Business – Synergy in Vision, Values & Strategy and Understanding Family Business at Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India.

1. Business Policy
2. Entrepreneurship Strategies
3. New Venture Creation
4. Disadvantaged Entrepreneurship
5. Entrepreneurship among People with Disabilities
6. Behavioural aspects of Entrepreneurial Individuals
7. Family Business Entrepreneurship

Have taken sessions on Leadership, Innovative Culture, and Family Business in the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation Programme at Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India