Former Director (In-Charge) Ranjan Ghosh's Period of holding the position -(21.09.2002 to 24.11.2002)
Academic Group: Operations Management
B. Tech (1st Class Hon) from I.I.T. Kharagpur, an M.S. from Stanford University, and a M.S. and D.Sc. from Columbia University.
He , having five decades of experience as a Professor, Trainer, Researcher and Consultant in India and abroad in the fields of Operations Management, Project Management, Technology Management, Logistics/Supply Chain Management and Risk Management, has been a Professor at IIM Calcutta, IIM Bangalore and IIT Kharagpur, and Director at Goa Institute of Management. His work experience also includes working with International Business Machines (IBM) and Communication Satellite Corporation in USA ; research and teaching at Columbia University, Cornell University and the University of Iowa in U.S.A., Asian Institute of Technology in Thailand and Guest Professor at several IIMs and Management Institutes in Singapore, Dubai and Saudi Arabia.
Dr. Ghosh is on the Governing Body of several Management Institutes. He has also been a member of several expert committees set up by the Government of India as also the State Government. At the IIM Calcutta, Dr. Ghosh had held various administrative positions, including Director-In-Charge for a year and Membership of the IIMC Board of Governors for two terms. He is the co-author of a book on Productivity and Efficiency, and is presently writing a book on ‘The Role of Operations Management and Innovation in Competitiveness’. He has undertaken consulting assignments for Indian Oil Corp., Oil & Natural Gas Corp, Ordnance Factory Board, Indian Air Force, Steel Authority of India Ltd, Coal India Ltd, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd, Indian Railways, West Bengal State Electricity Board, Institute of Entrepreneurship-Guwahati, IIIT-Allahabad, Durgapur Projects Limited and Great Eastern Hotel.
He has published significant number of research papers in the top rated international and national journals and presented his papers in almost all leading conferences in the world.
Dr. Ranjan Ghosh is presently Mentor and Visiting Professor at IIM Kashipur (Uttarakhand).