I am an Assistant Professor of Marketing at Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Lucknow. I have completed my FPM in Marketing from XLRI- Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur. I have published papers in Psychology & Marketing (honoured as the most downloaded paper by Wiley) and Journal of Brand Management. Prior to joining FPM, I was the Brand Manager for the Muthoot Pappachan Group, after having completed my MBA in Rural Management from Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar (XIMB). I am a double gold medallist both at the undergraduate (BCom) and graduate (MBA) levels. My area of research interests include responsible and ethical marketing, brand and consumer activism, influencer marketing, consumer brand interactions, interactive marketing, and celebrity endorsements.