Ajay Kumar Garg

Dr. Ajay K. Garg is Professor at Indian Institute of Management Lucknow in Finance and Accounting area. He has professional experience of close to three decades.

He is also currently holding the position of Dean (Faculty) at IIM Lucknow and is also a member of the Board of Governors of IIM Lucknow. Before this he has held the positions of Chairperson PGP (Flagship MBA programme of IIM Lucknow), Chairperson MDP (Executive Education), Chairperson Student Affairs, Chairperson Placements and Chairperson Alumni Affairs at IIM Lucknow. He was also the Convener of the Task Force for setting up a new IIM and played a pivotal role in establishing IIM Sirmaur and running it for the first two years. He is on the Board of Governors of IIM Sirmaur since 2016 till date.

He is a founding member of Centre for Public Policy at IIM Lucknow and has been associated with prestigious projects like Arth Ganga (under the agies of Niti Aayog, NMCG, Ministry of Jal Shakti) , Mahatama Gandhi National Fellowship (under Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship), Creating SOP for UP 112 during Covid Pandemic etc.

He was also a member of a three member Judicial Commission set up by the Governor of UP to investigate the RiverFront scam.

Research

• He has published articles in refereed National and International Journals and has National and International Conference presentations to his credit.
• His research interest lies in Earnings Management, Public Issues, Capital Structure and Value Creating Restructuring Strategies.
• He has guided PhD students as Chairperson and member of Thesis Advisory Committee.

Education

• FPM (Finance & Control), Indian Institute of Management Bangalore.
• MBA (Finance), University Business School, Panjab University, Chandigarh
• B.Com (Hons), University of Delhi

Awards & Honours

• Award for the Best Elective for the Academic Year 2017-18 at IIM Lucknow
• Award for Best PGP Finance Elective at IIM Lucknow for the Academic Year 2018-19
• Best Faculty Extra Mile Award by IPMX Batch of 2018-19
• Award for Best PGP Finance Elective at IIM Lucknow for the Academic Year 2019-20
• Award for Best PGP Finance Elective at IIM Lucknow for the elective on 'Corporate Valuation & Restructuring' for the Academic Year 2020-21.
• Award for Best PGP Finance Elective at IIM Lucknow for the elective on 'Corporate Valuation & Restructuring' for the Academic Year 2021-22.