Chair Professorship

As a public institution, IIMB encourages faculty members to work with government and private sector companies by undertaking consultancy assignments. IIMB was approached by several external agencies (Government, Private, and International) for Consultancy & Sponsored Research. Between the year 2016-2022, IIMB Faculty successfully executed projects from more than 20 international research grants in varied fields. Some of them worth mentioning here are, International Growth Centre & London School Of Economics, Global Challenges Research Fund, SAARC Development Fund, Bhutan, World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), International Grants Council (IGC), 2013 Obama Singh 21st Century Knowledge Initiative Award. IIMB Annual Report (https://www.iimb.ac.in/publications)offers details on the externally funded research projects executed by IIMB faculty.

SNo.

Chair

Faculty

Sponsor

1

Jamuna Raghavan Chair in Entrepreneurship

Professor Saras Saraswathi

NSRCEL, IIMB

2

Ram Charan Chair Professor in Innovation and Leadership

Professor R T Krishnan

Mr. Harsh Mariwala, Founder and Chairman of Marico

3

Jal Jeevan Mission Chair in Utility Development & Water Economics 

Professor Gopal Naik

National Jal Jeevan Mission, Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India