He is an alumnus of IIT Kharagpur, IIM Ahmedabad, and the Australian Graduate School of Management. His teaching and research interests include international business, national culture, MNC strategy, and FDI. Sunil has taught courses in the undergraduate, MBA, doctoral and executive development programs at universities in Australia, India and Singapore. Before joining academia, Sunil worked in industry and was the CEO of a medium-size enterprise. Sunil has published in scholarly journals including Journal of International Business Studies, Organization Science, Organization Studies, Journal of Business Research, Management International Review, Management Learning, International Marketing Review, Cross-Cultural Management, Australasian Marketing Journal, Australian Economic Papers, and Economic and Political Weekly.