DIRECTOR

Prof Ajay K Jain has earned his Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur and had been a post-doctoral fellow of Aarhus University, Denmark (2012-2014) and Indian School of Business Hyderabad (2003). Prof Jain has also worked as the Director of Institute of Management Studies Ghaziabad (2018-2019) and received a prestigious award of most charismatic leader in management education from Education Post and ASSOCHAM in Jan 2019.

Prior to joining MDI Murshidabad as the Director and Professor, he was working as a Dean and Professor of Leadership and Organization Design in MDI Gurgaon. He has also worked as founding chairperson of the center of excellence for Indian Thought and Management at MDI Gurgaon.

Prof Jain is a visiting Professor to several international universities including, Aarhus University, Denmark (since 2010 onwards), IULM University, Milan, Italy; University of Free State, South Africa; and Indian Institute of Management Lucknow, Kozhikode, Ranchi and Bodh Gaya. He is teaching courses on “Leading and Designing Organizations”, “Leadership and Emotional Intelligence”, Organizational Transformation, and Research Methods in Business for Indian and International students.

He has published 75-research articles in high impact journals including, Journal of Managerial Psychology, International Journal of Hospitality Management, Psychology and Marketing, Personnel Review, Journal of Management and Organization, Leadership and Organization Development Journal, Leadership, Journal of Managerial Issues, and Organization Development Journal are among others and published book chapters and an edited book in the field of Psychology for developing countries. He has also presented 30 papers in Indian and International conferences e.g., American Psychological Association, British Academy of Management, and European Association of Work and Organization Psychology. He has research interests in the field of ancient Indian wisdom, leadership, emotional intelligence, employees’ voice and silence, psychological well-being. He has received an award for extraordinary performance from Aarhus University for his research and publications and from National Academy of Psychology India and best paper award from Emerald.

He has completed 12 research and consulting projects for ministries, public and private sector companies. Prof Jain has designed and delivered training programs for more than 20000 senior managers and CEOs on topics related to leadership development, emotional intelligence, organization transformation etc. He has taken Indian managers to Europe (ESCP France, Germany) and Australia (QUT, Brisbane) for international immersion program, and worked with participants from various nationalities including, Americans, Russians, Japanese, Europeans and Asians.

Prof Jain has been a member of selection committees for various institutions and organizations and on the board of several organizations e.g., Member, Senate of IIT Indore, Corporate Advisor, Pasona India (Japanese HR consulting firm) and also invited as a key note speaker by various institutions of international repute. Prof Jain has traveled to 35 plus countries across the continents.

He has faith in Indian thought emanating from Upanishads, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Srimad Bhagavad Gita, Tatvarth Sutra, Tipitaka etc. He believes in traditional Indian knowledge system and practices concepts like “vasudhaiva kutumbakam” (the world is one family), “Atithi Devo Bhava” (Guest is God) “Ahimsa Paramo Dharma”, (Non-violence is the ultimate religion) and “Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinah” – May everyone be happy, may everyone be healthy, may everyone see what is favorable, and may no one suffer.