Mithileshwar Jha

He has a postgraduate degree in management from IIM Ahmedabad, where he is also a Fellow. Previously, Professor Jha served as a faculty member in leading Indian management institutes like IIM Lucknow, the Institute of Rural Management, Anand, and XLRI, Jamshedpur. While at IIM Lucknow, he held the position of the Escotel-CRM Chair and Dean of Academics. Professor Jha has been a British Council visiting professor at Buckingham University, UK and a visiting professor at ESCP-EAP, France. He has also conducted training programs for organizations like Sadolin Paints (Oman) Ltd., Ambit-RSM, Kirloskars, Tata, Honda Siel Power Products, MICO-Bosch, Grasim Industries, HMT Ltd., Indian Telephone Industries Ltd., BPL, Siemens India, Reliance Industries, Ranbaxy, Berger Paints, and the government of India. He was a member of the working group on public distribution system of the Planning Commission, set up by the government to develop strategies for the eighth five-year plan. Having served as a member of the boards of IIM Bangalore, IIM Lucknow, and the Gandhi Peace Centre, he is currently on the boards of Karnataka Soaps and Detergents Ltd.