Shukla received a Master’s of Science degree from the University of Southern California and his Ph. D. from the University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Shukla has a total of six university degrees. He joined Chapman University in 1985 and is an Associate Professor of Management. He has edited two published textbooks and has presented/published several papers. His research focuses upon the application of managerial and strategic decision-making tools.
Since 2006, he has served as Director of the Leatherby Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Ethics within the Argyros School of Business and Economics.
Dr. Shukla has helped Chapman University students to win individual and team regional, national, and global awards/finalist rankings in Entrepreneurship & Business Plan Contests.
The entrepreneurship program at Chapman University is ranked #6 among undergraduate programs and #8 among graduate programs nationally by The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine out of 900 programs surveyed.
Dr. Shukla received the 1st Place Best Faculty Advisor Award from Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization in 2006 out of all global chapters. In 2008, he was selected to receive an Excellence in Entrepreneurship Education Teaching Award from ACTON Foundation for Entrepreneneurship Excellence to recognize the best entrepreneurship instructors nationally. He has served as a Curriculum Study Guide Developer and test writer for the “Economics and Entrepreneurship” section of the United States Academic Decathlon. Dr. Shukla has consulted with entrepreneurial firms at all stages— business plan, inception, growth, succession planning, going public, and liquidation.