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The faculty at IIM Lucknow is well known for their superior teaching, research and industry engagement. The campus has a good team of seasoned teachers, the majority of whom possess PhDs from premier Indian and international universities. They are armed with deep academic understanding and practical corporate experience.

The academic faculty at IIM Lucknow specialise in finance, marketing, operations, strategy, human resources, information technology and economics. This composition allows students to gain broad knowledge about management concepts and how they can be applied in practical situations.

Most of the professors are seriously involved in research and their work is published in high-level national and international journals. They also share their research at international academic conferences and engage in policy debates. Some of the faculty members consult for companies, government departments and international agencies which keeps them updated on industry trends.

Chandan Sharma

Title/Designation: Professor of Economics and Business Environment

Learning: 

• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) in Economics, University of Delhi

• M.A., Applied Econometrics, Pondicherry University, India

• B.A., Economics (Hons), Banaras Hindu University

Educational Experience: 

• Professor of Economics (B.E.), Indian Institute of Management Lucknow, India (From 21/07/2020 till now)

• Associate Professor, Economics (B.E.), Indian Institute of Management Lucknow, India (From 18/04/2016 to 20/07/20)

• Assistant Professor, Economics (B.E.), Indian Institute of Management Lucknow, India (From 28/09/2012 to 17/04/2016)

• Assistant Professor, Economics, National Institute of Financial Management (NIFM), Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India, Faridabad, India (From 17/08/2010 to 27/09/2012)

• Assistant Professor, Economics & Business Policy, FORE School Management, New Delhi, India (From 26/08/2009 to 13/08/2010)

• Research Officer, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) unit, Institute of Economic Growth (IEG), University of Delhi enclave, North Campus, Delhi-110007 (From September, 2005 to July, 2006)

Arvind Shroff

Title/Designation: Assistant Professor (Grade-II) of Operations and Supply Chain Management

Learning: 

• Indian Institute of Management, Indore Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) | Operations Management & Quantitative Techniques July 2018 – March 2023

• National Institute of Technology, Rourkela Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) | Industrial Design August 2013 – April 2017

Educational Experience:

• From June 2017 to June 2018, he worked as a senior analyst at S S Supply Chain Solutions Pvt. Ltd. He helped a Fortune 500 customer anticipate demand for an FMCG product in two European markets: Eastern Europe and the United Kingdom. He also performed root-cause analysis.

•  Optimised inventory for a Fortune 500 client by suggesting safety stocks for 1800 SKUs in the US LED and lamp electronics sector. Improved forecast accuracy.

Kriti Bardhan Gupta

Title/Designation: Associate Professor of Agribusiness Management

Learning: 

• Doctorate in Management: Fellow of IIM Ahmedabad

• From G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology in Pantnagar, an M. Tech in Agri Engineering degree.

• B. Tech (Agri. Engg.) from Rajendra Agricultural University, Pusa

Educational Experience:

• Associate Professor in the Centre for Food and Agribusiness Management (CFAM), Indian Institute of Management in Lucknow. - December 2007 onwards

• At the Indian Institute of Management in Lucknow, he is an assistant professor at the Centre for Food and Agribusiness Management. His interests include teaching, researching and consulting:

• International trade of agricultural products

• Strategic food marketing  Understanding consumer behaviour towards food products

• Agribusiness Marketing Models  Project Management

• Assistant Professor (Functional Area: Marketing) at Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi—July 2000-December 2004

• Assistant Professor (Functional Area: Marketing) at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur's Vinod Gupta School of Management. - October 1998 to July 2000

• Siddaganga Institute of Management, Tumkur - Assistant Professor (Functional Area: Marketing). - May 1998 to October 1998

Payal Mehra

Title/Designation: Professor of Communication

Learning: 

• Ph.D. (from the Faculty of Commerce).  University of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India (2002).

• MBA (Human Resources) from the Department of Business Administration, University of Lucknow (1993-1995).

• B.A. in Anthropology, History and English, University of Lucknow (1989–1992)

• Education (ICSE and ISC Board-Humanities) at La Martiniere 'Girls College Lucknow 1975-1989.

Educational Experience: 

• Full Professor (from June 11, 2019 onwards)

• Associate Professor, IIM-Lucknow (April 26, 2012–June 10, 2019).

• Assistant Professor, IIM Lucknow (September 1, 2007–March 2012)

• Assistant Professor at IIM-Lucknow (on contract from September 2006 to August 2007).

• Previously, worked as a part-time lecturer at Lucknow University and a reputable private business school from July 1996 to August 2006.

Sampa Anupurba Pahi

Title/Designation: Assistant Professor (Grade-II) of Marketing

Learning: 

• FPM XLRI-Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur from 2024, defended on Mar 04, 2024 (CQPI-6.46)

• MBA (RM) XIMB-Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar, from 2019 School Topper (CQPI-8.35)

• Graduation (B.Com.) from XIMU (Xavier University Bhubaneswar, XUB) in 2017, University Topper (CQPI-8.14)

Educational Experience: 

• From July 15, 2024 to January 27, 2025, he will serve as an Assistant Professor of Marketing at the Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA).

• In May 2024, XLRI Jamshedpur will host an invited lecture on experimental research methods in marketing.

Sushant Kumar

Title/Designation: Assistant Professor of Marketing

Learning:

• Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD) at Indian Institute of Management Shillong (IIM Shillong) India from July 2015–March 2020.

• Project Management Postgraduate Diploma (PGDPM) from the University of Hyderabad  India from May 2013 to April 2014.

• The National Institute of Technology Durgapur India, offers a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering. July 2006–May 2010

Educational Experience: 

• Assistant Professor at the Indian Institute of Management in Raipur (March 2020–March 2023) and Lucknow (April 2023).

•  Visiting Faculty at the Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad, since October 2019.

• Consultant for a midday meal project in Bihar starting January 2020.

• Industry experience from 2010 to 2015.

Vishakha Chauhan

Title/Designation: Assistant Professor (Grade-II) of Marketing

Learning: 

• Phd: IIT Delhi

• MBA: NIPER (National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research)

• B.Pharm: Delhi University

Educational Experience: 

• Sentiss Pharma Pvt. Ltd. (Pharmaceuticals) (2016–2017) Job Title: Business Development Executive • Department: Pre-sales and BD.

• IQVIA (Healthcare Consulting Internship) (May - July 2015)

V.S. Prakash Attili

Title/Designation: Associate Professor of Information Technology and Systems

Learning: 

• Ph.D. Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras (2012-17)

• Master of Technology, Industrial Engineering & Operations Research, IIT Bombay (2000-02)

• Bachelor of Engineering: Mechanical Engineering, Andhra University (1996-2000)

Educational Experience: 

• Associate Professor, IIM Lucknow—From 2023 to present

• Assistant Professor (Grade I) at IIM Lucknow. - From 2020 to 2023

• He worked as a principal consultant (global delivery) and Knowledge Partner on the Verizon Large Deal at Infosys Ltd - from 2018 to 2020.

• Infosys Ltd.'s Principal – Education & Research, Head of Chennai Training Division, and Head of Cyber Security Track.

Sushil Kumar (ABM Area)

Title/Designation: Professor of Agribusiness Management

Learning: 

• SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

• Ph.D., University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

• M.Sc., IARI, New Delhi

• M.Sc., IGNFA, Dehradun

• B.Sc., CCSHAU, Hisar

Educational Experience: 

• Over 15 years of experience at the Indian Institute of Management Lucknow, Gautam Buddha University and the University of Toronto, Canada.

•   Ability to analyse strategic, social, environmental and institutional challenges.

• Businesses, Public Administration and Resource Management Expertise in analysing qualitative and quantitative data including various modelling techniques.

• Approximately 30 articles in top peer-reviewed journals covering human resources management, public systems management, business sustainability and agribusiness management.

• Former member of the Indian Forest Services (IFS), a respected All India Service, for 17 years.

•  Proven management and administrative expertise in government settings.

• Experienced in developing and implementing ground-level projects at educational institutes for over 13 years.

Sonia Singh

Title/Designation: Professor of Decision Sciences

Learning: 

• PhD (Operations Research) from ndian Institute of Technology (IIT)Delhi 2005

• MSc (Applied Mathematics) from  Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee 1999

Educational Experience: 

• Professor- Indian Institute of Management Lucknow since July 2019.

• She has been employed as an associate professor at the Indian Institute of Management Lucknow between December 2013 and June 2019,

• Visiting Associate Professor at Nanyang Technological University Singapore from  July 2017 to July 2018.

• She was an assistant professor at the Indian Institute of Management Lucknow from May 2005 to December 2013.

• At the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi, she was a research scholar from July 1999–October 2004.

Sangeeta D. Misra

Title/Designation: Professor of Economics and Business Environment

Learning: 

• She received my Ph.D. in Economics from IIT Kanpur in 1994. Her PhD thesis is titled "Structural Change and Growth in the Indian Economy: An Input-Output Approach."

• M.A. (Economics) from Kanpur University in 1988 with First Division (71% marks).

•  B.A. from Kanpur University, 1986, with First Division (77%).

Educational Experience: 

• She has been working as an economics faculty member in the Business Environment Group of the Indian Institute of Management in Lucknow since September 23, 1997, first as an assistant professor from September 23 to May 2003, then as an associate professor from May 22 to November 2009 and finally as a professor from November 18 to the present.

• From August 10, 1993 to September 15, 1997 she worked as an economics lecturer at the North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST), Nirjuli, Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh). NERIST is the premier engineering institute in Northeast India, funded by the MHRD (Government of India).

• From September 1991 to March 1992, she was appointed as an ad hoc lecturer of economics at Shri Ram College of Commerce in New Delhi.

Priyatam Anurag

Title/Designation: Assistant Professor (Grade-I) of Strategic Management

Learning: 

• Fellow Program in Management (Specialisation: Strategy) at Indian Institute of Management Bangalore – From 2013 to 2019

• Postgraduate Diploma in Rural Management, Institute of Rural Management Anand – From 2004 to 2006

• BE (Specialisation: Mechanical Engineering) at Bhagalpur College of Engineering – From 1999 to 2003

Educational Experience: 

• Consultant Faculty and Researcher, Indian Institute of Bank Management, Guwahati (supported by the Reserve Bank, NABARD, and PSBs) – From 2010 to 2013.

• Freelance Consultant (clients include Dhriiti, FWWB India, and Basix Livelihood School) – From 2009 to 2010.

• Manager, Corporate Credit and Market Risk, HDFC Bank's Central and Regional Offices in Mumbai and Delhi – From 2006 to 2008.

Pavni Kaushiva

Title/Designation: Assistant Professor (Grade-I) of Human Resource Management

Learning: 

• Ph.D. in Indian Institute of Management Calcutta – From 2013 to 2020

• B. Tech (Biotechnology) Jaypee Institute Of Information Technology

            University Noida (Deemed) - From 2006 to 2010

Educational Experience:

• Employed at Infosys Limited as an India System Engineer and worked as a software developer.  Recognised for 'Excellence in Work' throughout the first project. From June 2010 to June 2012

Debdatta Pal

Title/Designation: Associate Professor of Economics and Business Environment

Learning: 

• Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, India Fellow Programme in Management – 2012

• National Institute of Agricultural Marketing Jaipur, India, Post Graduate Program in Agribusiness Management - 2005

• Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya Nadia, India, Master of Science in Agriculture – 2003

• Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya Nadia, India, Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Agriculture - 2001

Educational Experience:

• Associate Professor at the Indian Institute of Management Lucknow, starting July 2020.

• Assistant Professor at Indian Institute of Management Lucknow, September 2016–July 2020.

• Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Management Raipur, March 2014–September 2016.

• Visiting Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Management Indore, July 2012–July 2013.

• Manager, Indian Bank, May 2005–May 2008.

Ashish Pandey

Title/Designation: Associate Professor of Finance and Accounting

Learning: 

• Fellow Program in Management (Industry), IIM Indore

• Post Graduate Diploma in Management, IIM Bangalore

Educational Experience:

• Altisource Residential Corporation (NYSE: RESI) as CEO – 2012 to 2015

• Correspondent One S.A.R.L. as CEO – 2011 to 2012

• Ocwen Financial Corporation (NYSE: OCN) as Co-Head of Asset Management – 2003 to 2011

• Tata Strategic Management Group as Associate Consultant—2002 to 2003

• Eicher Limited as Assistant Manager-Materials—1996 to 2000

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