Alok Kumar Rai

Alok Kumar Rai is a former Professor of Marketing at the Institute of Management Studies, Banaras Hindu University, currently serving as the Director of the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta since 15 July 2025. He previously served as the 40th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lucknow from December 2019 to July 2025.

Education and career

Rai completed his B.Sc. from Allahabad University, MBA from Banaras Hindu University, and PhD from VBS Purvanchal University. He has also held additional charge as Vice-Chancellor of Sampurnanand Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya, Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Agra, and APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow.

Publications

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

Research