 "Ashish Nanda visits IIM-A, meets faculty")
Ahead of his official joining date on September 02, 2013, newly appointed director at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) Ashish Nanda is on a campus visit at the premier B-school.
Having attended the Independence Day celebrations on Thursday, IIM-A alumnus and Harvard professor Nanda has been organising meetings with various senior and key faculty members in order to get familiarised with the workings of the institute.
Even on Friday, Nanda met up few faculty members, holding almost hour-long meetings in a bid to understand the day-to-day functioning, their role and important pending decisions that will need his attention when he assumes charge on September 02. It has been learnt that on August 19, Nanda will meet up his predecessor former IIM-A director Samir Barua as well.
Currently a Robert Braucher Professor of Practice, Faculty Director of Executive Education, and Research Director at the Program on the Legal Profession at Harvard Law School, Nanda teaches 'Professional Services' in the JD program, is faculty director of Harvard Law School Executive Education, and teaches in Harvard Business School's executive education courses.
Having attended the Independence Day celebrations on Thursday, IIM-A alumnus and Harvard professor Nanda has been organising meetings with various senior and key faculty members in order to get familiarised with the workings of the institute.
Even on Friday, Nanda met up few faculty members, holding almost hour-long meetings in a bid to understand the day-to-day functioning, their role and important pending decisions that will need his attention when he assumes charge on September 02. It has been learnt that on August 19, Nanda will meet up his predecessor former IIM-A director Samir Barua as well.
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Currently a Robert Braucher Professor of Practice, Faculty Director of Executive Education, and Research Director at the Program on the Legal Profession at Harvard Law School, Nanda teaches 'Professional Services' in the JD program, is faculty director of Harvard Law School Executive Education, and teaches in Harvard Business School's executive education courses.