LUCKNOW, April 16 -- Professor Manmohan Prasad Gupta from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi has been appointed as the new director of the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIM-L). Scheduled to take charge on April 23, prof Gupta, currently a faculty member at the department of management studies, IIT Delhi, aims to enhance the institute's managerial training.

In an official statement on Wednesday, IIM Lucknow announced, "Prof Manmohan Prasad Gupta, currently serving as professor at IIT Delhi, will soon assume the position of director." He will succeed prof Archana Shukla, who has been serving as director-in-charge since April 2024 after her five-year tenure concluded.

Speaking to Hindustan Times over phone, prof Gupt...