Lucknow University VC Alok Rai appointed IIM-Calcutta Director
Lucknow University Vice Chancellor Alok Kumar Rai has been appointed the Director of Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta (IIM-Calcutta), according to the Ministry of Education.
IIM-Calcutta did not have a regular full-term director for nearly two years.
“The President in her capacity as Visitor of IIM-Calcutta, has approved appointment of Alok Kumar Rai, Vice Chancellor of Lucknow University as the Director of IIM-Calcutta," the ministry said in a letter to IIM Calcutta Board of Governors.
Prior to his Lucknow University assignment, Rai served as a professor of management at the Banaras Hindu University. He also held several posts in various high-level committees and panels.
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