Pritam Singh (educationist) explained

Pritam Singh
Birth Date:19 November 1941
Birth Place:Kachhwa, Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Nationality:Indian
Known For:Director of MDI-Gurgaon and IIM-Lucknow
Spouse:Saroj Singh[1]
Children:6

Pritam Singh (19 November 1941 – 3 June 2020) was an Indian academic, educationist, advisor and management professor.[2] [3] [4] In 2003, Singh was awarded Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian award by the Government of India.[5] [6]

Singh first served as the director of MDI-Gurgaon and then served as director of IIM-Lucknow from 1998 to 2003[7] and again at MDI-Gurgaon from 2003 to 2006.[8] He also steered the International Management Institute (IMI) for three years until October 2014.[9] [10] [11] Singh was chairman and member of several policy-making committees and bodies of the Government of India and private organizations.[12] [13] [14] [15]

Career

Pritam Singh was a faculty at University of Rajasthan, Jaipur and then joined Banaras Hindu University as their faculty. He then moved to XLRI, Jamshedpur, where he was an area chair and faculty.[16] [17] After XLRI, he was appointed Dean and WCL Chair Professor at Administrative Staff College of India and thereafter he worked as senior faculty and dean at IIM, Bangalore.[18]

In 1994, he worked as a professor and director at Management Development Institute (MDI)-Gurgaon.[19] In 1998, he was appointed director of IIM, Lucknow, he remained with the institute for five years and again joined Management Development Institute, Gurgaon in 2003. In 2011, he was appointed as director general and professor at International Management Institute (IMI). After IMI, he was appointed as honorary director general of Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies.[20] Apart from seven academic books, Singh has also published over 80 articles in peer reviewed journals and conferences.

During his time at IIM, Lucknow, Singh organized retreats for the vice chancellors and deans of universities for improving the governance of universities. He was a member of the empowered committee instituted by the Prime Minister for the selection of the Institute of Eminence.[21] He was also the chairman of the Defense Acquisition Committee in 2016 for streamlining the process of defense procurement.[22]

Singh has appeared frequently at conferences and industry events on the topics of leadership, governance, education and management, such as the chambers of commerce of Holland, France, Germany, Greece, Russia, UK, USA, Thailand, Mauritius, and Egypt.[23] [24] He was also on the board of several public sector companies such as Hindustan Aeronautics Limited,[25]  Shipping Corporation of India, and Power Grid Corporations of India Limited.

Membership and appointments

Singh was an advisor for several organizations:

Awards

In 2003, President of India conferred on him the ‘Padma Shri’ for Singh’s distinguished services.[29] [30] In December 2006, MIRBIS, the leading management school in Moscow, honored him with the title ‘Global Thought Leader’ 2006–2007.[31] In 2001, he received UP Ratna award from the government of Uttar Pradesh.[32] In 2002, TIE-UP California USA awarded him with the Outstanding Entrepreneur Award, he was the first recipient from the Indian academic community. In the same year, he received an award for eminent personality of the decade from Wisitex Foundation. In 2006, he was the recipient of Lifetime Achievement Award by the Swami Vivekananda Foundation.[33]

In 2009, he was the first recipient of AIMA Academic Leadership Award and Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Memorial Award: Teacher of Teachers.[34] In 2019, he received Ravi J Mathai National Fellow Award by Association of Indian Management Schools.[35]

In 2020, Singh received Bharat Asmita National Award by MIT World Peace University.[36] [37] [38]

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. News: Renowned Academician Dr Pritam Singh Leaves For His Heavenly Abode . 1 July 2020 . BW Education . en.
  2. News: 2020-06-04. Tributes paid to management guru. en-IN. The Hindu. 2020-07-01. 0971-751X.
  3. Web site: Remembering Dr Pritam Singh. 2020-07-01. BW Education. en.
  4. Web site: Shah. Kavya. Connecting The Horizon To Ground Reality Is Quality Of A Great Leader: Pritam Singh. 2020-07-01. BW Businessworld. en.
  5. Web site: Arora. Sumit. Padma Shri awardee Pritam Singh passes away. 2020-07-01. en-US.
  6. Web site: Nanda. Prashant K.. 2020-06-03. Management guru Pritam Singh dies at 78. 2020-07-01. Livemint. en.
  7. Web site: Padma-Shri Dr. Pritam Singh – AIDI. 2020-07-01. en-US.
  8. Web site: Batra. Dr Anurag. Dr Pritam Singh Renowned Academician And Institutional Builder Passes Away. 2020-07-01. BW Businessworld. en.
  9. Book: Singh. Pritam. The Leadership Odyssey: From Darkness to Light. Bhandarker. Asha. Rai. Snigdha. 2015-12-01. SAGE Publications India. 978-93-5150-737-6. en.
  10. Web site: The Leadership Odyssey. 2020-07-01. stealadeal.sagepub.in. en.
  11. Web site: Dr Pritam Singh to step down as DG of IMI; Dr B Dholakia to take charge. 2020-07-01. www.mbauniverse.com.
  12. Web site: Team. People Matters Editorial. Ltd. People Matters Media Pvt. 2020-06-03. Visionary leader Dr. Pritam Singh passes away. 2020-07-01. People Matters. en-US.
  13. Web site: 2018-02-22. Ex-CEC-led UGC panel to assess varsities seeking eminence tag. 2020-07-01. The Statesman. en-US.
  14. Web site: Vishnoi. Anubhuti. 2018-02-20. Former CEC N. Gopalaswami to head committee to choose India's 20 'Institutes of Eminence'. 2020-07-01. ThePrint. en-US.
  15. Web site: After UGC, Expert Committee Also Disappoints in Selecting Institutions of Eminence. 2020-07-01. The Wire.
  16. Web site: Padma-Shri Dr Pritam Singh, Director General-IMI. 2020-07-01. PressReader.
  17. News: Raturi. Prerna. 2003-12-02. 'Let's be Knowledge Samurais, not Knowledge Coolies'. Business Standard India. 2020-07-01.
  18. Web site: Director General Pritam Singh pushing for change at IMI, Delhi. 2020-07-01. www.businesstoday.in.
  19. Web site: Late Prof. Pritam Singh - GRM Institute. 2020-07-01. grm.institute.
  20. Web site: Strategic Mentoring Board. 2020-07-01. Manav Rachna Vidyanatariksha.
  21. Web site: 2018-02-20. N Gopalaswami appointed EEC chief, committee to select 20 'institutes of eminence'. 2020-07-01. Hindustan Times. en.
  22. News: Pubby. Manu. 2018-07-14. MoD panel for autonomous weapons acquisition body in charge of policy, acquisition and exports. The Economic Times. 2020-07-01.
  23. Book: Singh. Pritam. The Leadership Odyssey: From Darkness to Light. Bhandarker. Asha. Rai. Snigdha. 2015-12-01. SAGE Publications India. 978-93-5150-735-2. en.
  24. Web site: Grave Loss For The Management Fraternity – Dr Pritam Singh. 2020-07-03. BW Education. en.
  25. Web site: Media Releases. 2020-07-03. hal-india.co.in.
  26. Web site: Pritam Singh Home123. 2020-07-03. ntc1. en.
  27. Web site: ANNUAL REPORT (2016-17).
  28. Web site: Padma Shri Prof (Dr)Pritam Singh.
  29. Web site: आईआईएम के पूर्व निदेशक पद्मश्री डॉ. प्रीतम सिंह का निधन, गुरुग्राम के अस्पताल में ली अंतिम सांस. 2020-07-01. Amar Ujala. hi.
  30. Web site: 2020-06-04. Management guru Pritam Singh dies of cardiac arrest. 2020-07-01. Hindustan Times. en.
  31. Frankle. R. T.. 1976. Nutrition education in the medical school curriculum: a proposal for action: a curriculum design. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 29. 1. 105–109. 10.1093/ajcn/29.1.105. 0002-9165. 2006. free.
  32. Web site: Pride of the community - Bhumihar. 2020-07-01. www.bhumiharmatrimony.com.
  33. Web site: 2007-01-14. Azad, Venugopal conferred Vivekanda Awards. 2020-07-01. Hindustan Times. en.
  34. Book: Singh. Pritam. In Search of Change Maestros. Bhandarker. Asha. 2011-02-02. SAGE Publishing India. 978-93-85985-95-9. en.
  35. Web site: AIMS announces Ravi J Matthai National Fellowship Award 2012. 2020-07-01. IIFL - India Infoline. en.
  36. Web site: Bharat Asmita National Award-2020 to be given to Pritam Singh & Dr Gagandeep Kang - Times of India. 2020-07-01. The Times of India.
  37. Web site: India. T. T. V.. Bharat Asmita National Award-2020 to be given to Pritam Singh & Dr Gagandeep Kang - Times of India. 2020-07-01. TTV India. en-US.
  38. Web site: Bharat Asmita National Award-2020 to be given to Pritam Singh & Dr Gagandeep Kang. 2020-07-01. en-US.

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