Sanjyot P Dunung

Sanjyot P. Dunung is CEO and founder of Atma Global, a developer of learning content and solutions for the corporate, education, and government markets. The firm integrates an understanding of business and social-sciences methodologies to derive perspectives on the global forces shaping business, government, and society.

Recently recognized on Fast Company’s prestigious Most Innovative Companies list, her firm developed an award-winning ‘Netflix-style’ digital service, Atma Insights, featuring proprietary, engaging, and essential learning videos on culture, country, business, and global topics for professionals, educators, and students.

Leveraging her intuitive and seasoned in-depth knowledge as a social scientist with a practitioner-academic mindset, Sanjyot is renowned for her expertise in the multifaceted intersection of business, global affairs, culture, technology, and education, with a focus on the impact of cultures on organizations, individuals, and societies.

Sanjyot is a serial entrepreneur and global business executive with expertise in managing businesses through economic cycles and transformational change. A business evangelist and catalyst for growth, she has multidisciplinary skills in strategic planning, business development, raising venture and private capital, proprietary product development (SaaS B2C and B2B), channel partner strategy, and leading global teams.

She has authored seventeen international business books and textbooks including a young adult novel, Maddie & Sayara, that explores the divergent paths of young girls around the world. Sanjyot has appeared on a range of global media and speaks at conferences addressing international business, global cultures, and entrepreneurship. She works to promote equality of opportunity by working closely with global not-for-profits, serving on global boards, and mentoring entrepreneurs.

Sanjyot has received several awards including the 2024 Stevie Women in Business Award for Best Female Entrepreneur – Business Services, 2021 Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business Award and the 2021 AmChamRepresent Business Transformation Award: Women in Business. She currently serves on the Board of Directors, Truman Center for National Policy; Board of Trustees, National Small Business Association; Board of Directors, American Leadership Project; and Fast Company’s Impact Council. Previously, she was a member of the Board of Directors of UNICEF USA.

Sanjyot received a BA, Northwestern University and an MBA, Thunderbird School of Global Management, where she received the Distinguished Alumni Award, serves on the Advisory Board, and is a Professor of Practice.

Sub-specialties:

• Global expert or ‘cultural whisperer’ on the impact of culture on nations, institutions, businesses, individuals, and societies.
• Global trends at the intersection of business, global affairs, culture, technology, and education, with a focus on the impact of cultures on organizations, individuals, and societies.
• Trends in globalization, geo-political nuances, business practices, and business outlook in Asia, MENA, Middle East, and Africa.
• How-to bridge cultural differences to identify shared values for stakeholders in the private and public sectors.
• Developing trust, enhancing communications and interactions across cultures to impact stakeholder relations.
• Innovation and the need to understand its varying levels of definition across cultures.
• Using cultural frameworks to assess how technology such as AI is impacting the foundations of cultures
• Entrepreneurship, mentorship, and raising capital by women-founded and led companies.
• Entrepreneurship, starting and growing businesses through economic cycles and transformational change.

• Impact of cultural nuances on women in business across cultures.

• Global entrepreneurship -- trends, opportunities, and challenges.
• Trends in curriculum standards in the US with a focus on humanities / social studies.
• Trends in higher education standards for business and humanities related curriculums.