Prof. Sajith Narayanan is the Associate Dean of the School of Communication at FLAME University. He has a rich experience in industry and academics. He is an excellent teacher of branding, digital marketing and entrepreneurship. And an equally good education administrator.

He received his PhD in Management from SoA University. He holds a Master's Degree in Communications Management from MICA (formerly Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad) and a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from Pune University.

He became an entrepreneur at an early age when he set up Plink, a communication consultancy, after his postgraduate program at MICA. He has worked or undertaken projects with organizations like Standard Chartered Bank, DNA Newspapers, Times of India, Ogilvy Advertising, Government of Gujarat, and UNICEF in the past. He has also participated in numerous start-ups in the for-profit and social space. He has a practical approach to marketing which comes from hands-on sales experience in diverse sectors and professional consulting experience. He has been a visiting faculty in the field of marketing communications at institutes like MICA, JGBS, and IMT. He has received the Best Faculty of the Year (2010) award at the FLAME School of Business, the Star Entrepreneur Award (2011) at Indira India Innovation Summit, and Pre-Doctoral fellowship (2019-20) from Centre for Experimental Social Science (CESS), Nuffield College, Oxford- FLAME University among other recognitions.

He has varied interests and has completed the Film Appreciation (FA) course from the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune; Basic Mountaineering Course (BMC) from Himalayan Mountaineering Institute; and Paragliding (P2) course from National Institute of Mountaineering and Allied Sports (NIMAS).