Sanjay Khanna

Adjunct Lecturer, Political Science

Sanjay Khanna is inaugural Director of the Futures Institute at Wilson College of Leadership and Civic Engagement at McMaster University, which was funded with an $8-milliion gift from Red Wilson to prepare students to think ahead more clearly in an increasingly complex and challenging world. Khanna also leads SK Futures Inc., a strategic foresight consultancy dedicated to enhancing the resiliency of individuals, organizations, and communities in this era of converging crises.

Across industries and functional disciplines, Khanna's perspective and prescience inspire wiser thinking on strategy, risk, and innovation in private, public, social, and academic sectors. Khanna served as futurist at global law firm Baker McKenzie where he facilitated the expansion of the World Economic Forum's Climate Governance Initiative to Australia, India, and Singapore. He has advised numerous clients including Government of Canada, Médicins Sans Frontières, Public Health Ontario, Nokia Ventures Organization, Yamaha Motor Corp., USA, and Insurance Bureau of Canada.

Khanna's professional and academic work has been featured and quoted by media outlets including Financial Times, CBC, The Globe and Mail, Les Affaires, and Nature. He was named a Technology Pioneer by The Lawyer, the premier legal industry publication, and was a joint winner of an FT Innovative Lawyers North America Award. Khanna was an Adjunct Professor at McMaster University, where he lectured in, and was an advisory board member of the Master of Public Policy in Digital Society Program. Khanna was on the Program Faculty of the Law of Emergencies Certificate Program at Osgoode Professional Development, York University. Khanna was previously Resident Futurist (2013-2014) and Saul Rae Fellow (2011-2012) at Massey College in the University of Toronto. He is currently a Guest Lecturer at the Royal College of Art (RCA), the world's leading art and design university.