Rajan Saxena is an Indian management expert, academic & writer.[1] He is a former Vice-Chancellor of the SVKM's NMIMS, a deemed university in Mumbai, a former director of Indian Institute of Management, Indore, S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research and ICFAI Business School, Gurgaon. He is also a recipient of the BERG Education Award for 2014.[2]

Rajan Saxena
Born
India
Academic career
InstitutionXLRI
SPJIMR
ICFAI Business School
University of Calgary
University of Stirling
Pace University
IIM Indore
SVKM's NMIMS
Alma materShri Ram College of Commerce
Delhi School of Economics
AwardsBERG Education Award
Dr. Suresh Ghai Memorial Award
DNA Hall of Fame Award
ET Now Visionary Leadership Award

Biography

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Saxena did his college studies at Shri Ram College of Commerce of the Delhi University and secured a doctoral degree (PhD) from the Delhi School of Economics to start his career as a member of faculty at XLRI - Xavier School of Management.[citation needed] Later, he served as the director of S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research and ICFAI Business School, Gurgaon. When the Indian Institute of Management, Indore was established in 1996, Saxena was appointed as its founder director.[3] In July 2003, he resigned from the post, allegedly due to the appointment of an enquiry committee into the fiscal management of the institution by the Board of Governors.[4] Five years later, he was appointed as the Vice Chancellor of SVKM's NMIMS, Mumbai, having been appointed for a second term in 2014,[3] and retired in 2020.[5]

Saxena, who has been credited with the establishment of NMIMS business schools in Bengaluru and Hyderabad,[3] is a former faculty member of University of Calgary and has taught at University of Stirling as a British Council visitor and at Pace University as a visiting professor.[6] He is a former chairman of the National Academy for Training and Development (NATAD) and has been the government nominee of Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL). He has served as the senior vice president of the Education Promotion Society of India, Board of Directors of the Lodha Developers Limited, Mumbai and Anuvi Chemicals Limited and the president of the Indian Society for Training & Development.[7] He has also worked as a management consultant to several Indian firms including Reliance Energy, Larsen and Toubro, Parle Exports, Jindal Steel, among others.[6] Besides publishing 60 articles in national and international journals, he has authored Marketing Management,[8] which is a prescribed text on the subject in many Indian universities.[6] He has also delivered keynote addresses and presentations, including at the t EFMD‐CEIBS Conference in Shanghai, 2010.[9]

Awards and honours

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Saxena is an elected Fellow and life member of the Indian Society for Training & Development (ISTD)[10] and a Fellow of the Institute of Management Consultants of India (IMCI).[6] He is a recipient of many honours such as Dr. Suresh Ghai Memorial Award (2013), DNA Hall of Fame Award and ET Now Visionary Leadership Award (2013).[6] and he received the BERG Education Award in 2014.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Vice Chancellor's Message". NMIMS. 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  2. ^ a b "BERG Education Award". Radar Circle. 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  3. ^ a b c "DR. RAJAN SAXENA REAPPOINTED AS VICE CHANCELLOR OF NMIMS". NMIMS. 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  4. ^ "IIM-Indore chief quits over board probe into irregularities". Economic Times. 20 February 2004. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  5. ^ "Farewell for Dr. Rajan Saxena, Former VC, NMIMS". spandan.nmims.edu. 7 March 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  6. ^ a b c d e "Dr. Rajan Saxena". US India Skills and Education Council. 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  7. ^ "FICCI profile" (PDF). Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  8. ^ Rajan Saxena (2005). Marketing Management. Tata McGraw Hill Education. p. 819. ISBN 9780070599536.
  9. ^ "Globalising Management Development – Challenge for Indian Management Schools" (PDF). CEIBS. 2010. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  10. ^ "Fellows Of ISTD". ISTD. 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
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