Abad Ahmad

Dr. Abad Ahmad is at present Chair Professor, Rafi Ahmad Kidwai Chair in Management at the Centre for Management Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, a Central University at New Delhi. He has been Professor of Management at the Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi. He was Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Director South Campus, and Dean of the Faculty of Management Studies at the University of Delhi. He was Executive Director of the Management Development Institute, Gurgaon. Dr. Ahmad was visiting Professor at the Indiana University USA, and the University of California, Los Angeles. He has presented papers at several international conferences and seminars and has been invited for lectures and consultancy assignments in several countries. He had a distinguished academic record, obtaining first division, first position and gold medals in all his University examinations, and the Ph.D degree in India before going abroad for higher studies. He obtained the MBA degree from the University of Western Ontario, Canada, where he was a Commonwealth Fellow. He participated in the long duration Advanced International Management Teachers Programmes of the Harvard Business School, and the Graduate School of Business at the Stanford University, USA. His areas of specialization are Applied Behavioural Science, Organizational Development, and Strategic Management. He was instrumental in designing and launching the first full-fledged University based full-time MBA Course at the University of Delhi in the year 1967. He led the total turnaround of the MDI, Gurgaon, and development of the new South Campus at the University of Delhi as a distinguished campus for new multdisciplinry and applied programmes in sciences, social sciences and professional courses.. He has done extensive consultancy assignments on Organization Development, Top Management team development, Vision building, and executive development programmes for a large number of public and private sector organizations like BHEL, NTPC, ITC, ONGC, Hughes Software, etc. and has been on the Boards of Directors of several organizations, like the LIC and DCM.. He has published several articles and books. His well-known books are: “Management and Organization Development”, “Developing Effective Organizations – the Indian Experience”, and “Designing and Developing Organizations for Tomorrow”. His latest book, based on an intensive empirical research on outstanding Indian organizations, is entitled ‘Passion to Win – How winning companies develop and sustain competitive edge?’ He has served on many important Committees set up by the Government of India, such as the J&K Development Review Committee, and the Committee on Policy Perspectives for Management Education. He has been a member of the National Commission on Population. He has been on the Board of Governors of IIM Calcutta and other leading institutes of Management. At present he is on Advisory Boards of several leading Management Institutes, and on the Board of Governors of IIM Lucknow. Dr. Ahmad is a founder member and Fellow of the Indian Society of Training and Development, and the Indian Society of Applied Behavioural Science. He was President of the Association of Indian Management Schools. He was awarded the Ravi Mathai National Fellowship for Life-Time Services to Management Education in the year 2002 by the AIMS. He was Chairman of the All India Board of Management Studies. At present he is also Chairman of the National Committee of the Aga Khan Foundation (India).

Education

• MBA Richard Ivey School of Business, Univ. of W. Ontario, Canada (1960.09 — 1961.06)
• MBA Richard Ivey School of Business, Univ. of Western Ontario, Canada (1960.09 — 1961.06)
• MBA Ivey Business School at Western University (1960 — 1961)