Under his stewardship, IIM Lucknow also started the Noida campus which is being developed as a centre for advanced learning for middle and senior level executives. On the academic front, IIM Lucknow also launched new programmes in the last five years: Agribusiness Management Programme in 2004, Postgraduate Programme in Management for Working Managers in 2005 for Noida campus and International Programme in Management for Executives (IPMX), at Noida Campus in April 2008 are a few among them. There has been an increase in the students intake in the Post Graduate Programme, which has increased from 240 in 2004 to 330 in 2008. Revenues from MDPs have gone up by more than three times and are around Rs. 10 crore.

aWe at IIM Lucknow believe in excellence in education, research, consulting and training. During my second tenure I would like to see IIM Lucknow spread its wings not only in the country but also internationallya, said Dr Devi Singh, Director, IIM Lucknow. “In addition, my focus will be on increasing faculty strength, looking closely at infrastructure development, and consolidating our existing programmes both at Lucknow & Noida campus”, he adds.

Before joining IIM, Lucknow, Dr Devi Singh was Director of Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon for about four years. Dr Singh has published various articles and presented papers at various national/international seminars. He is author of three books in Finance and Management. He has been on several Committees of Government of India like All India Council for Technical Education, PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry (PHDCCI), Standing Committee on Public Enterprises (SCOPE) and All India Management Association (AIMA). He has been a member of Boards/Academic Councils of Indian Institute of Management, Calicut, Narse Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai, Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi and Jamia Hamdard University. He received the Ishan National Award for aBest Directora of a Business School in 1999. He has recently served as the Member-Secretary of the National Committee on aDeveloping Policy Perspectives for Management Education in Indiaa constituted by Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India. Dr Singh holds a Ph.D. in International Finance from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.