Professor Bharat Bhasker assumes charge as IIM Ahmedabad Director

In the interim, the Board of Governors had appointed Professor Arindam Banerjee as the Director-In-Charge from February 1, 2023, to February 28, 2023.

Professor Bharat Bhasker has assumed charge as the Director of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad. Earlier in January, the Board of Governors appointed Bhasker as Director of IIMA for a period of five years with effect from March 1, 2023. In the interim, the Board of Governors appointed Prof Arindam Banerjee as the Director-In-Charge from February 1, 2023, to February 28, 2023.

Professor Bhasker obtained his PhD and master’s degree in Computer Science at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA. He earned his Bachelor of Engineering from IIT Roorkee.

Before accepting the Director position at IIM Ahmedabad, he served as a Professor of Information Technology and Systems at IIM Lucknow. He has also served as Director of IIM Raipur from March 2017 to March 2022, Acting-Director of IIM Lucknow from July 2015 to November 2015, as a Mentor Director/Convener (Nodal Prof) at IIM Sirmaur in 2015. He was honoured with the ‘Best Director of Business Schools’ award for transforming IIM Raipur to a great place to work and its exponential growth.

Professor Bhasker has held various visiting academic positions such as International Expert Advisor at the University of Tenaga Nasional, Malaysia, International Expert, Research Grants, at the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), Visiting Professor at the ESSEC Business School, Paris, France, Distinguished Professor at the Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea, Research Professor at the University of California, USA, Visiting Professor at the University of Texas, USA and Adjunct Faculty at the University of Maryland, College Park.

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