IIM-A constitutes five member committee to select new Director

Updated on: Thursday, June 21, 2012

The Indian Insitute of Management, Ahmedabad has constituted a five-member search and selection committee headed by Board Chairman AM Naik to find a successor to the present director Samir Barua whose term will expire in September this year, sources in the institute said.
 
The notification for five-member search and selection committee comprising Hasit Joshipura of GSK Pharma, Sanjay Lalbhai-CMD Arvind Group, Rama Bijapurkar, Ashank Desai of Mastek besides Naik, was circulated through e-mail among the faculty and members of IIM-A board of governors, confirmed a IIM-A faculty.
 
The former Chairman of IIM-A board Vijaypat Singhania had formed a four-member search committee comprising IIM-A alumni to find replacement for Samir Barua, whose four-year term expires in September this year, official sources said.
 
However, the new chair of IIM-A board after understanding the nitty-gritty of the selection process decided to reconstitute the committee.
 
Chairman A M Naik, alongwith four others will now be suggesting two or three names for the post of Director IIM-A to Union Ministry of HRD which will take a final decision in the matter, they said.

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