Bhimaraya Metri joins as Director, IIM Trichy

Bhimaraya Metri joins as Director, IIM Trichy

Bhimaraya Metri has taken over as Director of IIM Trichy. He succeeds Prafulla Agnihotri who was the B-school's founding director.Prior (पहले) to joining IIM Trichy, Metri was the Dean at L&T Institute of Project Management, Vadodara. He also served as a Professor & Dean at MDI Gurgaon, IMI, New Delhi and as Professor In-charge of the Ph.D. Programmes at BITS Pilani. Metri has rich academic administrative (प्रशासनिक) experience. An authority in the field of quality, project management and SCM, he has published over 100 research articles. He is also co-authored (सह-लेखक) six books. He is on the editorial advisory(सलाहकार) boards of national and international journals. Metri received his Ph.D from IIT Powai, Mumbai and obtained his B.E from Govt. College of Engineering, Karad, and M.E. from Shivaji University, Kolhapur. He is the member of Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) USA and Institute of Supply Management (ISM) USA. Metri was on the Board of Directors of DSI and is the first Indian elected as the Vice President (Asia Pacific Division), Decision Sciences Institute (DSI), Texas, USA.