Suresh started his career as an entrepreneur by starting a publishing house. He has served at various institutions of repute such as MITS University, Lakshmangarh (Raj.), ICFAI Business School and University of Petroleum Energy Studies (UPES) Dehradun and Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune and Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, Ahmedabad.
Suresh has been invited as a visiting scholar at several universities of global repute including Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA, University of Agder, Norway, University of Bergen, Norway etc., and he has developed active research collaborations at a global level with different research groups based in Norway (University of Bergen & University of Agder), Finland (LUT University), UK (Portsmouth Business School), Japan (Keio Business School, Yokohama, Japan), India (IIM, Ahmedabad, IIM, Raipur, KJ Somaiya, Symbiosis University), Italy (University of Turin), Sweden (Karlstad University, Karlstad, Sweden), France (Audencia Business School), and Abu Dhabi (Abu Dhabi University).
Suresh employs a blend of constructivist, inquiry-based, reflective, collaborative, and integrative teaching methods to foster critical thinking, collaborative learning, and the creation of new knowledge. Additionally, he has rich experience in conducting corporate training and management development programs. He has imparted training in varied management aspects to professionals working in private, public, and non-profit sectors, and has conducted faculty development programs to train faculty in business schools in areas such as research methods. He has designed intensive, interactive workshops and certifications to cater to industry and academia’s needs for skill development of managers at the top, middle and junior level, faculty members, management students, and doctoral researchers.
Suresh has been working closely with a few startups and family businesses as an advisor and helping them with strategic marketing and branding issues. He is also regarded as an effective motivational speaker and has delivered several invited talks at reputable forums across the country.
Suresh’s ongoing research focuses on consumer behaviour, digitalisation, digital transformation, sustainable consumption, digital artefacts such as voice assistants, digital media, metaverse, and social media behaviour. He has been consistent in publishing academic research in the reputed peer-reviewed top-tier refereed journals specialising in sustainability, marketing, business research, and management. His research appears in the British Journal of Management, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Journal of Business Research, Journal of Marketing Communications, Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal of Service Research, Journal of Travel Research, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Psychology and Marketing, European Journal of Marketing, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management etc., among others