Dr Uniyal started his career as an RJ with All India Radio and later as copywriter in Advertising firm and a Manager in a start up retail firm. He was the Founding Dean (Academic) of Jindal Global Business School, O P Jindal Global University where he was instrumental in setting up a new business school.

In an academic career spread over 20 years, he served as faculty member in Business Schools like S P Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai; SPJGSM, Dubai-Singapore and MICA, Ahmedabad. He was invited by Govt. of India to serve as Professor of Management in India's premier Academy LBSNAA, Mussoriee to train India's Civil Servants. He is also trained at the Global Colloquium on Participant Centred Learning by Harvard Business School, USA. Prof. Uniyal has co-authored a bestselling text book titled "Managing Retailing". He is an Independent Director on the Board of American Vision Ltd, India and A2i Analytics, UAE. He is mentor and advisor at Entrepreneurship Cafe, India Global, Lemon School of Entrepreneurship, K&U.com, madebyspin.com, Evam Entertainment Ltd, Spring Ideas, KD Logistics etc.