India won its first World Cup in 1983 and then had to wait for 28 years to again lift the title
Ashish Nanda has stepped down, effective September 1, a year before his term ended
The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A)'s first international faculty director Ashish Nanda has stepped down from the post with effect from September 1, 2017, exactly a year before his term ends. Nanda cited personal reasons, including long distance between him and his immediate family, in his resignation letter to IIM-A Board of Governors (BoG) chairman and Aditya Birla Group chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla.An alumnus of IIM-A from the 1983 batch, Nanda was a Robert Braucher Professor of Practice at Harvard Law School and later a Harvard Business School faculty member, before he took charge on September 2, 2013."Professionally, I have enjoyed the experience immensely and I have learned a lot. However, personally, living a long distance from my wife and son has been a challenge. When I joined, I had committed to serving at most one term. On September 1, it will be four years, to the day, since I took charge. It is a good time to step aside and to hand over the ...