Alok Kumar Rai Takes the Helm at IIM-Calcutta

Alok Kumar Rai, the Vice Chancellor of Lucknow University, has been appointed as the new director of IIM-Calcutta, ending a nearly two-year vacancy. This appointment has been approved by the President of India. Previously, Rai was a professor at Banaras Hindu University.

Lucknow University's Vice Chancellor, Alok Kumar Rai, has been appointed as the director of IIM-Calcutta, according to a statement from the Ministry of Education.

The prestigious institute had been without a regular full-term director for almost two years, leaving a leadership void that has now been filled.

Prior to his leadership at Lucknow University, Rai was esteemed as a professor of management at Banaras Hindu University, where he also played crucial roles in several high-profile committees and panels.