Padmashri Dr. Pritam Singh : Dr. Pritam Singh is a management Guru who has devoted his life to the development of management education in India and abroad. He developed for IIM Lucknow and MDI¸ collaborations across the world and signed as many as thirty six MoUs with American¸ European¸ Canadian¸ Australian and Asian Management Schools. Owing to his contributions towards building intellectual capital at Administrative Staff College and refocusing of IIM Bangalore as a truly integrated management school¸ he is branded as a Change Master par excellence and a Renaissance leader. The dramatic turnaround of MDI during his first tenure as Director MDI and repositioning of IIM Lucknow as the number 1 institute during his tenure as director IIM L earned him the repute of Midas touch Director. As Board Member of nearly a hundred institutions of the country¸ he has actively initiated and enabled the transformation process in the corporate world. Currently he is on the Board of Reserve Bank of India¸ Punjab National Bank¸ Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.¸ Oriental Insurance Co.¸ Shipping Corporation of India¸ Unit Trust of India¸ Indian Medicines Pharmaceutical Corporation Ltd.¸ ICRA¸ Banaras Hindu University and US Educational Foundation in India. He has also been at the helm of policy issues that surround both management education and corporate management. Notable memberships of committees are Indian Airlines and Air India Merger Committee and Policy-Perspective for Management Education Committee. As Director¸ IIM Lucknow and Director¸ MDI Gurgaon¸ Dr. Singh strived to let the benefits spill over to society at large. He initiated a number of social projects focusing on healthcare¸ education¸ water management and road building for the surrounding community to improve the quality of life. An M.Com (BHU)¸ MBA (USA)¸ Ph.D. (BHU)¸ Dr. Singh is the author of seven academically reputed books and published over 50 research papers.
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