Dipika Mallya is a Lecturer within Innovation and Entrepreneurship who supports students in transforming ideas into novel, sustainable, and impactful ventures. Her teaching focuses on design thinking, creativity, entrepreneurial mindset development, business model innovation, and experiential learning. She connects academic learning with real-world challenges through industry engagement, project-based activities, and innovation initiatives. She is also the founder of a training consultancy, and has worked with a range of corporate and government entities across the UAE over the past ten years. She holds a Certificate in Design Thinking from Stanford University (2019), a Master of Arts in Advertising from The University of Texas at Austin (2012), and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign (2010).