An academician, entrepreneur, technopreneur, mentor, agriculturist and visionary Dr. Sandeep Pachpande brings a multi-faceted business sense to the table every day. With a vision to provide global standards of education combined with the strength of industry exposure, binds his avid leadership that has guided and mentored careers of thousands of students.

Dr. Sandeep Pachpande has done his Senior Executive Leadership Program from the Harvard Business School, Boston, USA and is an Harvard Business School Alumni . He is currently pursuing the Kellogg Executive Scholars Program at Kellogg School of Management. A Ph.D from one of the top 10 universities of India, University of Pune, MBA topper from Leeds Metropolitan University, UK and B. E. Computers He is currently the Chairman & Managing Trustee of Audyogik Shikshan Mandal (ASM), a premier education trust providing quality education right from KG to Ph.D. level. ASM group of institutes under the able leadership of Dr. Sandeep has grown to 15 institutions in 6 campuses at Pune & Mumbai and has over 5000 students studying every year at ASM.

He is a PhD research guide and is frequently invited by universities, industry and associations from around the world to deliver keynote address , chair sessions and to share his vision on education. He has traveled to 36 countries on various assignments, study tours and delegations and is truly global in his thought, words & deeds. Apart from education,  he also invests in startups. He has business in software, horticulture and real estate development. He has authored many books on a wide range of subjects, "Case Studies in Management", "Enterprise Resource planning (ERP)”, “Data Mining and Data Warehousing”, “Human Recourse Development” & “Marketing Management” to name a few. Dr. Pachpande associates himself with many charitable foundations, NGO’s and CSR organisations.