Vijay Sankar holds a Masters in Business Administration from the JL Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, and is also a qualified Chartered Accountant. Prior to that, Vijay earned his Bachelor of Commerce degree from Loyola College in Chennai.

As the Chairman, he is responsible for the Group’s operational management. Apart from organic growth of the main businesses, Vijay has been actively involved in Sanmar’s entry into overseas countries. The Sanmar Group has manufacturing facilities in Mexico, the United States of America and Egypt, apart from its numerous manufacturing units in South India.

Vijay Sankar is the Honorary Consul General for South India, Royal Danish Consulate, Chennai and former Honorary Consul for Spain in Chennai.

He is the Vice President of FICCI and also serves as the Vice President of the Tamil Nadu Tennis Association (TNTA).

He is the Past President of Indian Chemical Council (ICC).