NMIMS Hyderabad appoints Prof. Prithvi Yadav as Director

Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS), Hyderabad has appointed Prof. Prithvi Yadav as Director. He has taken over the post from Dr. B Karunakar, the Founder Director of NMIMS Hyderabad. Established in 2010, the Hyderabad campus of NMIMS offers two year full time PGDM and Executive Management programmes.

Prior to joining NMIMS Hyderabad, Prof. Yadav was the Director of BIMTECH Bhubaneswar and Dr. Gaur Hari Singhania Institute of Management & Research, Kanpur.  After taking over the charge as Director of NMIMS Hyderabad, Prof. Yadav said, “Top priority is to get AMBA accreditation within a year so as to create history becoming India’s newest b-school to achieve this distinction.”  

Prof. Yadav has been a Distinguish Professor of IIM with professional experience of more than two and half decades and have been teaching premiere institutions in India like IITs, IIMs and foreign universities at University of Science & Technology of China (USTC), China, University of the West of England (UWE), UK and Hamline University, USA etc. He was awarded the prestigious first “Fellow of AIMS International” for contribution in Management Education & Research,  Senior & Junior fellowships by ICAR, Holder of National Merit Scholarship by Govt of India & Award of “Ten Outstanding Young Indian “ by JCI, Outstanding Teaching Services Award by Lions Club, Kanpur, Institutional Excellence Award by AIMS International etc. etc.

Prof Yadav has been member of BoG, Indian Institute of Management (IIM Indore), Subject Matter Expert UPSC, Govt of India, Member High Power Academic Review Committee & Expert member of Faculty selection committee, IIITM, Gwalior, UGC XI Plan Expert Committee member and Nominated Member of IITK-Senate, IIT Kanpur, Member- Board of Governors, Royal Group of Institutions, Guwahati, and Member Governing Council, Dr. Gaur Hari Singhania Institute of Management & Research, Kanpur.

He has worked as researcher and consultants with organizations such as CREED (London), IVM (Amsterdam), World Bank, USAID & UNDP, Min of Agriculture, Min of HRD, Army Management Services Board (AMSB) Min of Defence, Ministry of Family & Welfare, Govt of India, State Planning Board, Govt of MP, UP Forest Dept, Kanpur Municipal Corporation etc. Prof. Yadav has authored and edited 3 books, more than 20 cases, 25 reading/teaching notes and more than 100 research papers in national and international journals & conferences. He has also been peer reviewer of reputed journals like; Management Review, IIMB, IJOQM, USA, Journal of IISc, IMR-Management Speak, etc.

Prof. Yadav is an expert in Data Mining, Business Intelligence Solutions, Six Sigma Applications and SPSS. He has also done extensive research in Banking & Financial Sector by BI, Six Sigma and Data Mining.

Prof Yadav has been the first professor of all IIM to introduce concept of social sensitization to MBA students at IIM Indore in 2000, which has been later adapted by the other IIMs. He has been instrumental in encouraging management students at GHSIMR to be involved in one of the most ambitious social project “Creating Blind Free Zone” in Kanpur.

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