India, March 1 -- President Droupadi Murmu has approved the reappointment of Professor Manoj Kumar Tiwari as the director of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Mumbai for a five-year term.

The 62-year-old has been the institute's director since 2020, when it was called the National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE). It was renamed IIM Mumbai in 2023, when he became its founding director.

Tiwari is an academician and researcher with over 30 years of experience in sectors such as industry, research, teaching, and consulting, both in India and abroad. He has served in various academic and administrative capacities in central government ministries, the All India Council for Technical Education, and the University Grants Comm...