17-07-2025
IIM Calcutta Gets Full-Time Director After Almost 2 Years, LU VC Takes Over Post
The letter from the ministry mentioned that after President Droupadi Murmu's approval, Rai was appointed as the director under Section 16 (2) of the Indian Institutes of Management Act, 2017 (amended in 2023). The IIM-C Board must issue a copy of the appointment letter, and Rai's acceptance letter must be sent to the ministry for records.
This marks the first time in the history of Lucknow University that a vice-chancellor is joining a central institute like IIM.
Before becoming the Vice-Chancellor of Lucknow University, Rai was a professor of management at Banaras Hindu University (BHU) and held various positions in high-level committees and panels.
Previously, Professor Uttam Kumar Sarkar joined IIM Calcutta as the new director in 2021. Sarkar was a professor at the Management Information Systems Group of the institute and held BTech, MTech, and PhD degrees in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT-Kharagpur.
