IMT Ghaziabad has appointed Dr. Bibek Banerjee as the new Director of the MBA institute. Dr. Banerjee is the Professor of Marketing and Economics in IIM Ahmedabad. IMT Ghaziabad has confirmed this development

IMT Ghaziabad has appointed Dr. Bibek Banerjee as the new Director of the MBA institute. Dr. Banerjee is the Professor of Marketing and Economics in IIM Ahmedabad. The official announcement was made by IMT Ghaziabad on August 2, 2010. Dr. Banerjee will take over as the Director of IMT Ghaziabad from November 1, 2010.

Dr. Banerjee is a graduate from St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata. After that, he completed his M.S and Ph. D. from Krannert Graduate School of Management, Purude University. He joined IIM Ahmedabad in 1994 as the Assistant Professor in Marketing Area.

Dr. Banerjee designed and led the collaboration between IIM Ahmedabad and Duke Corporate Education, international provider of customized corporate education. As its Managing Director, Dr. Banerjee led the collaboration to develop an influential practice of client-specific and customized learning solutions for a wide range of large corporations.  He has also designed and delivered various executive development programs for organizations across the world.

Dr. Banerjee is also a founding member of the Center for Research in Retailing that spawns research in analytical decision modeling in Retailing in the sub-continental context.

Prior to Dr. Banerjee, Late Dr. Anwar Ali was the Director of IMT Ghaziabad. After the sad demise of Dr. Anwar Ali, Dr. Mukesh Chaturvedi, Professor of IMT Ghaziabad played the role of Acting Director in the MBA institute.