Lucknow, India – The Chairperson of the IIM Lucknow Board of Governors, Mr. N. Chandrasekaran, has appointed Prof Archana Shukla as Director-in-charge of IIM Lucknow with effect from 4th April 2024 till a regular Director is appointed. Prof. Shukla is the senior most Professor at IIM Lucknow and her appointment is as per Clause (9) of IIM Act 2017.
Prof. Shukla, a distinguished faculty member specializing in Human Resource Management at IIM Lucknow, brings over three decades of invaluable teaching and research expertise to her role. An IIT Kanpur graduate with a Ph.D. in Psychology, she was the inaugural chairperson of the Dr. Ishwar Dayal Chair for Futuristic Issues in the Behavioral Sciences from 2015 to 2017. Additionally, Prof. Shukla has authored a book, numerous papers, and several case studies in the fields of knowledge management, organizational adaptation, and organizational structure.
