B.Tech. (IIT Delhi), M.Tech. (IIT Delhi), Ph. D. (Toronto) Former Professor (Marketing), IIM Lucknow; Founder Dean (Noida Campus), IIM Lucknow; Former Director General/ Director, Foundation for Organisational Research and Education (FORE)/ FORE School of Management, New Delhi
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Dr. Jitendra K. Das is a distinguished academic leader. He served as a Professor of Marketing at IIM Lucknow and was the Founder Dean of IIM Lucknow (Noida Campus). Among IIMs, he has also taught various Marketing Courses at IIM Ahmedabad and IIM Kozhikode. Dr. Das also held the position of Director/ Director General at the Foundation for Organisational Research and Education (FORE)/ FORE School of Management, New Delhi for close to 15 years and masterminded creation of its strong brand value. His career reflects a strong commitment to academic excellence and institutional leadership. Dr. Das, being a technocrat with extensive management expertise, currently serves as the Chairman of GRV School of Management (GRVSOM), Bengaluru. His total years of professional experience spans 44 years in which he has been in academic domain for about 38 years that includes about 12 years with the Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal as a faculty member during which tenure he completed his Ph.D. at the University of Toronto, Canada. He has extensively worked in modeling forest management systems using econometrics and analytical process models.
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Dr. Das is a master strategist in marketing, business analytics, and AI deployment for enhanced organisational efficiency with a significant tenure with renowned organizations, including Wipro and Shriram Chemicals (DCM Group). His influential teachings have extended to prestigious institutions, including IIMs Ahmedabad, Kozhikode, and Lucknow, as well as MBA programs in Danube Business School, Danube University Krems, Austria and SP Jain Management Center, Singapore.He completed a marketing-themed summer programme certificate course from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA, and the Mastering Microsoft Generative AI Excellence course in India. He continues to lead with visionary expertise, driving strategic innovations and academic leadership globally.
He has also provided consulting services to many national and international organisations such as:
Department of North Eastern Region, Government of India (Capacity Building and Advocacy Program),
GlobeCast India â a division of France Telecom (Captive Audience Network Market Potential Assessment),
Coal India Ltd. (Simulating Executive Manpower Rationalization decision scenarios),
Department of North East Region, Government of India (Socio-economic study),
Indian Rayon Industries Ltd. â Aditya Birla Group (Customer Orientation),
ESCOTEL Mobile Communications Ltd., New Delhi (Customer handlingâCall Center),
Khadi Village Industries Commission â UNDP Funded Project for Lucknow (Marketing Strategy),
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd., Lucknow (New Business Environment),
Non-timber Forest Produce Marketing Study for Nagaland. International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Ottawa, Canada, (Market Analysis),
Development of Bamboo and Cane Sector in India: An Action Plan Report. Submitted to the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt. of India,
World Bank, Washington, USA (Forest Produce Valuation Study),
GWB, Germany â for GTZ/World Bank Forestry Project (Market Analysis).
He led the team to receive US$75,000 grant for research in the area of Joint Forest Management with Marketing Management as one of the four focus Tracks from the Ford Foundation, New Delhi, India. (With Professors J. B. Lal, P. K. Biswas, and R. Singhal of Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal).
He has numerous national and international publications including ten edited books to his credit. He has been deeply associated with corporate training at various levels in the forest management, marketing, customer relationship management, etc. domains. He has delivered invited lectures, inaugural/ keynote addresses, etc. to many national and international conferences.
Dr. Das has received numerous awards and honours. To name a few:
In January 2023, he has been awarded âLifetime Achievement Award in the field of Educationâ by ASSOCHAM at their 6th Edition of The EduMeet & Education Excellence Awards 2023 held in Kolkata;
In November 2021 he received the award for âBest Director for Good Governance in Management Educationâ in the ASSOCHAM summit on The EduMeet 2021 & Excellence Award Education & Skill Industry held in Kolkata;
In September 2020 he received the âASSOCHAM Spirit of Self Reliance Awardâ at Knowledge Management Virtual Meet on Skilling & Vocational Training & Awards;
In February 2020 he received the âCertificate of Excellenceâ and the award for âLeader in Asia with Global Vision and Outlookâ in the 3rd Asia Pacific Education and Technology Awards (APETA 2020) organised jointly by ASSOCHAM, Education Post and Knowledge Chamber of Commerce and Industry at Ahmedabad;
In December 2017 he was felicitated as a âVISIONARY EDULEADER OF INDIAâ by Sri Pranab Mukherjee, The Education President of India during Re:think India The Fifth Estate âNational Convention of eduLEADERS & eduPRENEURS in HIGHER EDUCATIONâ held in Delhi;
In January 2017 he received the award âOne of Asiaâs 50 Greatest Leaders 2016â in the Indo-Singapore Business Congress âAsiaâs Greatest Brands & Leaders 2016â organised by AsiaOne Magazine & URS Media Consulting Pvt. Ltd. at Singapore;
In April 2014 he received âIndia Education Excellenceâ award for âOutstanding Contribution to Leadership Developmentâ by Worldwide Achievers and Headlines Today at New Delhi (about 80 institutional awards and only one individual awardâto Dr.J. K. Dasâ were given in this gala event);
In September 2013 he was honoured with the âBEST DIRECTORâ award in the Asian Education Leadership Awards 2013 at Dubai, etc.
Dr. Jitendra K. Das is a distinguished academic leader. He served as a Professor of Marketing at IIM Lucknow and was the Founder Dean of IIM Lucknow (Noida Campus). Among IIMs, he has also taught various Marketing Courses at IIM Ahmedabad and IIM Kozhikode. Dr. Das also held the position of Director/ Director General at the Foundation for Organisational Research and Education (FORE)/ FORE School of Management, New Delhi for close to 15 years and masterminded creation of its strong brand value. His career reflects a strong commitment to academic excellence and institutional leadership.