India, April 23 -- Professor M.P. Gupta officially assumed charge as the Director of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Lucknow on Wednesday, 23 April, succeeding Prof. Archana Shukla. A seasoned academic and administrator, Professor Gupta joins IIM Lucknow from IIT Delhi, where he held the Modi Foundation Chair Professor position in the Department of Management Studies.

With a distinguished academic journey that began with a B.Tech from HBTU Kanpur and an M.Tech and Ph.D. from IIT Delhi, Prof. Gupta has spent decades shaping the management education landscape. After starting his teaching career at IIT Roorkee, he moved to IIT Delhi in 1997 and became a full professor in 2008. He has also served as Head of the Department of Managem...