Prof. Himanshu RAI

Professor Himanshu Rai is the Director of IIM Indore. Under his leadership IIM Indore
got the triple crown accreditation of AMBA, AACSB and EQUIS making it one of the 100
institutions in the world to have the honor. Prior to this he has been the Dean of SDA
Bocconi India campus, Professor at SDA Bocconi, Milan, and has taught at IIM Lucknow
and XLRI. His profile includes a stint of over 8 years at Tata Steel, India, where he
played a pivotal role in developing Quality Systems and the Communication Policy for
the Company. He is an alumnus of IIM Ahmedabad and KREC Surathkal. His book titled
“Negotiation” is a bestseller and his TEDx talk on “Ethical Leadership: Lessons from
the Vedas” won him several accolades the world over. His book titled “Organizational
Behavior” is co-authored with Steven McShane and Mary Ann Von Glinow. He has
trained over 40,000 professionals both in the government as well as private sector in
“Negotiations” and “Leadership”. He provides consultancy to the government of
India, state governments, world bank and the Indian industry and industry bodies.
Himanshu is the Chairperson of the board of directors, Indore Management
Association, Chairperson of the Advisory Board of Durban University of Technology
Business School, South Africa, and Member, International Advisory Board of ESC
Clermont Graduate School of Management, France. He is on the advisory committee
of National Commission for women (NCW), member of the high-powered advisory
committee on Indian Knowledge System (IKS) of Ministry of Education, and member
Vision@2047 committee of the Government of India. He is an independent director on
the boards of several companies and advisor to several startups. His personal
initiative, Centre for Conflict Management is helping resolve intrapersonal and
interpersonal conflicts among the youth across several countries.
He is a recipient of NTSE Scholarship, Infosys Fellowship, and LMA Outstanding
Management Professional Award 2022, among numerous other awards and honours. He
has also been adjudged as being among 25 most influencing voices from India by
LinkedIn and among top 10 motivational speakers from India by Medium.com.
Himanshu also practices and teaches Yoga, and considers the Himalayas his spiritual
abode. Passionate about mountaineering and trekking, he has scaled Kilimanjaro,

Everest Base Camp, Rudragaira, Kala Patthar, Nagakarsang, Khatling and Chandrashila
peaks. He has done the world’s longest zipline and has skydived from 13,000 feet.
An avid quizzer, Himanshu has conducted over a hundred quiz shows across the
country and has had a delightful stint in dramatics with many plays to his credit, both
as an actor and a director. He also juggles a keen interest in reading and collecting
books with a strong passion for music.