LU VC Alok Rai appointed new director of IIM-C

Lucknow University Vice-Chancellor Prof. Alok Kumar Rai has been appointed new director of Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta (IIM-C).

President Droupadi Murmu has appointed Prof. Alok Kumar Rai as Director of IIM-C under Section 16 (2) of the Indian Institutes of Management Act, 2017 (amended in 2023).

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This is for the first time in the history of the Lucknow University that a vice-chancellor is joining a Central institute like IIM. It’s also a rare instance when a non-IIM professor is appointed IIM director.

IIM-C did not have a regular full-term director for nearly two years.

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.

Under Rai’s leadership, Lucknow University became the first university in UP to be accredited with an A++ grade by NAAC. It was conferred Category-I status by the UGC, and ranked among the top 100 institutions in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), securing the 32nd position among State Public Universities. The university also implemented the New Education Policy (2020).