Professor Deepak Kumar Srivastava took over charge as full time Director of IIM Ranchi here on Thursday. He took charge from outgoing Director In-charge, Prof. Pradip Kumar Bala, who is also a full time Professor and Dean, Academic Affairs and Development at IIM, Ranchi.
Professor Srivastava, in his immediate past assignment, was the Dean (Academics) and Professor in Strategy Area at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Tiruchirappalli. He has more than 20 years of academic experience.
Professor Srivastava has held numerous visiting teaching and research assignments at number of foreign universities, including the Universidad Panamericana, Mexico City (Mexico); School of Business, Tecnologico De Monterrey, Campus Estado de Mexico (Mexico); Coggin College of Business, University of North Florida, Jacksonville (USA) and Turku University, Turku (Finland) to name a few.
Professor Srivastava has served on important committees for a number of organizations of national significance in India. Previously, he served as a member on the Board of Governors (BoG) of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ranchi. He regularly contributes to leading newspapers, where he writes about emerging public policy issues.
