Alok Kumar Rai

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Alok Kumar Rai
Born (1976-01-20) 20 January 1976 (age 49)
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Alok Kumar Rai (born 20 January 1976) is a Professor of marketing at the Banaras Hindu University on lien. Currently, he is serving as the Director of IIM Calcutta since July 2025. He also served as the 40th Vice-chancellor of the University of Lucknow. [1] [2] He served as one of the youngest Vice-chancellor of the University of Lucknow. [3]

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Education and career

Rai is a B.Sc. graduate of Allahabad University, MBA from the Banaras Hindu University, and PhD from VBS Purvanchal University. [4]

Alok Kumar Rai is a Professor at the Institute of Management Studies, Banaras Hindu University on lien. [5] Currently, he is serving as the Director of IIM Calcutta and before this, he served as Vice-chancellor of the University of Lucknow from December 2019 till July 2025. [6] [7] He has also held additional charge as Vice-chancellor of Sampurnanand Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya [8] and Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Agra, APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU), Lucknow. [9]

On 15 July 2025, he was appointed as the Director of Indian Institute of Management Calcutta. [10]

Publications

Rai has published several famous textbooks, some of which are:

Research

References

  1. ↑ "BHU's Prof Alok Kumar Rai appointed vice-chancellor of Lucknow University". Hindustan Times. 28 December 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  2. ↑ "Official Website of Governor's Secretariat, Raj Bhavan Lucknow Uttar Pradesh, India. / Universities / Vice- Chancellors of Universities". upgovernor.gov.in. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  3. ↑ "BHU's Prof Alok Kumar Rai appointed vice-chancellor of Lucknow University". Hindustan Times. 28 December 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  4. ↑ "Dr Alok Kumar Rai | Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi - Academia.edu". bhu-in.academia.edu. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  5. ↑ "Core Faculty Dr. Alok Kr. Rai". www.bhu.ac.in. Archived from the original on 31 July 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  6. ↑ "University of Lucknow / Vice Chancellor". www.lkouniv.ac.in. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  7. ↑ "Prof Rai gets second term as Lucknow University vice-chancellor". Hindustan Times. 30 December 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  8. ↑ "Lucknow: Professor Alok Kumar Rai given additional charge as vice-chancellor of Sampurnanand Sanskrit University". The Times of India. 21 May 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  9. ↑ "अनुशासनहीनता के आरोप में एकेटीयू के कुलपति प्रो. पीके मिश्रा हटाए गए, लखनऊ विश्वविद्यालय के प्रो आलोक राय को मिला चार्ज". Hindustan (in Hindi). Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  10. ↑ "After nearly 2 years, IIM Calcutta gets a full-time director". The Indian Express. 17 July 2025. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
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