Vikram Sethi is an American author and cyber security specialist. He is a professor of information systems and supply chain management and former director of the Institute of Defense Studies and Education at Wright State University. He also served as an advisor to the dean. Education Vikram Sethi received his Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, India. He earned his MBA from Wright State University and a PhD from the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Career Sethi began his teaching career as an assistant professor at Southwest Missouri State University (renamed Missouri State University, Springfield, MO). He later became associate professor and PhD coordinator at the College of Business, University of Texas at Arlington between 1999 and 2003. He joined the Raj Soin College of Business at Wright State University in 2003 as a department chair and professor of information systems and operations management. In 2006, he founded the Institute of Defense Studies and Education at Wright State University and served as its director until 2017. The institute supports the US Department of Defense, commercial industry and others by employing experts from government, the military, academia and the private sector. The institute has R&D capabilities in automatic-identification technologies and sensor space. In October 2011, the institute hired retired US Air Force commander, Major General Gary T. McCoy to serve as senior adviser and help develop its educational programs. In September 2015, the institute was part of a consortium, led by Fairfax, Virginia-based SRA International Inc., that was awarded a U.S. Army contract worth up to $181 million for providing automatic-identification technologies and service to help the military track, locate and monitor parts and equipment. In September 2015, Wright State University’s Institute of Defense Studies and Education was part of a consortium, led by Fairfax, Virginia-based SRA International, that was awarded a U.S. Army contract worth up to $181 million for providing automatic-identification technologies and service to help the military track, locate and monitor parts. Sethi also served as Director, Data Intensive Supply Chain Research Center of the University, whose focus is on supply chains that are strongly supported by information technology and data, including RFID. Additionally, he manages the university's supply chain program which offers certifications in nine subject areas. Besides, he was on the board of the Dayton RFID Convergence Center, a business incubator dedicated to RFID technology.