A Vellayan re-appointed as chairperson of IIM Kozhikode’s Board of Governors

An alumnus of the Doon School, Dehradun, Vellayan has completed his education from the Shri Ram College of Commerce (Delhi University), Aston University and the University of Warwick Business School.

Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode has re-appointed A Vellayan as the chairperson of the Board of Governors (BoG) of the Institute for another four-year period. Vellayan has led the institute to several rankings. He has been appointed under the IIM Act 2018. This will be his second tenure; he was first appointed as the chairperson in November 2018.

An alumnus of the Doon School, Dehradun, Vellayan has completed his education at the Shri Ram College of Commerce (Delhi University), Aston University and the University of Warwick Business School. He has received a Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University and Aston University, UK.

In the past, Shri Vellayan has held positions of President in various industry and trade organizations, and has also been Director of EXIM Bank and Indian Overseas Bank.

Vellayan will conduct his first meeting after being re-appointed for his second tenure on January 21. In addition to IIM Kozhikode, Vellayan is associated with various organisations including Ambadi Investments Pvt Ltd, Kanoria Chemicals and Industries Limited, Foskor Pvt Ltd, South Africa.

Under his leadership, IIM Kozhikode has consolidated its position as the top 5 management institution in the country as per the Ministry of Education’s NIRF ranking, with a best showing of Rank 4 in 2021. Additionally, the institute also became the only IIM (Rank 2, Non –technical CFI) to feature consequently in the prestigious Atal Innovation Rankings (ARIIA, Ministry of Education) in this period. The institute’s Post Graduate and Executive Post Graduate Programmes made their global debut in the QS Global Rankings.

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