Dr. Devi Singh
Independent Director
Dr. Devi Singh has served as the Vice-Chancellor of FLAME University, Pune. He spent about a year in Jaipur setting up a new University before moving to Pune in August 2016.
Dr. Devi Singh was a Director of the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow for more than ten years. Before joining IIM-L, he was a Director of Management Development Institute (MDI) Gurgaon for four and a half years. He is a well-known Professor of International Finance and Management.
Dr. Singh is recognized as one of the top Academic Leaders in India who has created and transformed Institutions of higher learning. IIM Lucknow and MDI took major strides and made all-round progress under his dynamic leadership.
Before joining MDI, Dr. Singh was a visiting Professor at the Faculty of Management, McGill University, Canada for five years. He has been a Ford Foundation and UNDP Fellow (International Management Education). He has been a visiting faculty at the International Centre for Public Enterprises, Slovenia. ESCP Europe, SKK Graduate School of Business, Seoul, and Kelly School of Business, Indiana. He is an alumnus Fellow of the Institute of World Affairs, Connecticut. He has taught at leading Business Schools in India.
He has published and presented research papers at various national/international journals/conferences. Dr. Singh is the author of three books on Finance and Management. He has also been a consultant to leading Indian and multinational organizations in India.
He has been on several policy level Committees of the Government of India, All India Council for Technical Education, Ph.D. Chamber of Commerce & Industry (PHDCCI), Standing Committee on Public Enterprises (SCOPE) and All India Management Association (AIMA). He has been a Member of Boards/Executive Councils of Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai, Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi, NITTIE, Mumbai, Ambedkar University, Lucknow, Jamia Islamia University, New Delhi, Tejpur University, Tejpur, University of Allahabad, Allahabad and two new Central Universities. Mentor and Founder Director, IIM Rohtak (2010-11) and IIM Kashipur (2011-12).
Dr. Singh has served as a Member of the RBI’S Appointments Board for two years (2011 & 2012). He was also a Member of the UPSC Committee Constituted for Designing CSAT (2009-2010).
Dr. Singh was on the Board of India Fulbright for two years (2005-07) and was nominated by the International Accreditation Advisory Board of the Association of MBAs for three years. He served as a Member of the Nomination Committee of AACSB for the year 2014-15.
He was the President of the Association of Indian Management Schools in 2006-07, and a Member of the All India Board of Management Studies of AICTE for six years (2000-2006).
He has served on many corporate boards including the Board of Governors of some of the leading Public and Private Sector companies.
He has received several awards including ISTE National Fellow (2007), UP Ratan (2008), Best Director of a Business School (1999), Ravi J Mathai Fellow (2013), and Bharat Ashmita Award (2013).
Dr. Singh holds a Ph.D. in International Finance from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (1984). He was appointed as the Independent Director of the Company on November 15, 2010, for a term of 5 consecutive years. Further, he was re-appointed as the Independent Director of the Company for the second term of 5 consecutive years w.e.f March 24, 2020.