Dahiya spent two years working in the corporate finance and strategy practice of McKinsey and Company, a leading strategy consulting firm. He worked with CEOs and CFOs of Fortune 500 firms in health care, financial services and chemical industries focusing on valuation, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets and risk management issues. He has also consulted for leading law firms on corporate finance issues. His work has been published in the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Corporate Finance, and Financial Markets, Institutions and Instruments. Dahiya received his Ph.D. in finance from New York University.