Dr Bibek Banerjee Appointed Dean of BRIDGE School of Management

To Lead the School Through Industry Relevant Programs Addressing the ‘Employability’ Gap

BRIDGE School of Management today announced that Dr Bibek Banerjee has been appointed as the new Dean and Head of Academics for the institution. Acknowledged by CRISIL as an innovation driven institution builder in India, Dr Banerjee joins BRIDGE School from the Institute of Management Technology Ghaziabad (IMTG) where he was the Director and Academic Mentor of Group-IMT (India). Previously, he was at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA), where he spent 18 years as Professor of Marketing & Economics.
The BRIDGE School of Management, a joint venture between HT Media Ltd. and Apollo Global, Inc. (USA), provides industry-focused programs which go beyond theoretical concepts to focus on upgrading the managerial, functional, leadership and interpersonal skills of executives. Currently, BRIDGE School offers post graduate programs in Predictive Business Analytics and Project Management jointly with Northwestern University USA. Northwestern has a dozen schools and colleges, including Kellogg School of Management, ranked 3rd among the USA’s Best Business Schools by U.S. News. The BRIDGE School also offers Post Graduate Management programs with four specializations, banking certifications and is planning to rapidly increase the program portfolio based on industry needs.

“My belief is that BRIDGE School offers a world class platform on making business education a catalyst to unleash the talent potential that the industry needs,” Dr Bibek Banerjee shared. “My priorities will be on creating deep and relevant interface with the industry that will create the knowledge and the talent pool relevant to today’s dynamic business environment. I am excited that at BRIDGE, we have the opportunity and the resource base to truly customize education programs that would be relevant to the needs of the executives and the employers.”

Dr Bibek Banerjee had shaped a collaboration between IIMA and Duke Corporate Education, the corporate education arm ofDuke University, USA, the world’s top rated provider of customized executive education. He led the collaboration to develop an influential practice of client-specific and customized learning solutions for a wide range of large corporations.

“Professor Bibek Banerjee’s strong background and experience will help in driving academic excellence at the BRIDGE School. As the Dean and Academic Head, he will not only enrich the curriculum content and delivery, but he will actively engage with the industry leaders in developing human talent. I whole heartedly welcome him to the BRIDGE School family,” said Prof Dipak C. Jain, Director of Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration of Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok and former Dean of Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and INSEAD.

“Professor Bibek Banerjee’s appointment as the Dean and Head of Academics is a significant milestone in BRIDGE School’s vision of linking education to industry through innovative programs providing world class knowledge, expertise and learning experience. Prof Banerjee with his deep understanding of the needs of industry brings a wealth of experience for creating a best in class industry relevant program portfolio.”

Dr Banerjee has recently been inducted as a Director in the Academy of Indian Marketing (AIM), an academic and industry think-tank comprising of leading scholars and practitioners and leaders of business and marketing management. Dr Banerjee serves as a country expert for India and a member of the Asia Pacific Advisory Council of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) – the most stringent and prestigious academic accreditation body for business education in the world. Dr Banerjee’s business consulting experience include engagements with several national and multinational organisations viz. Ericsson, Coca Cola, the Aditya Birla Group, Genpact, Microsoft, the Citigroup, INFOSYS, TATA group, Unilever India, HDFC Bank, TVS Group, etc. Dr Banerjee specializes in using simulation techniques to drive hands-on and high engagement learning outcomes for senior executives as well as graduate students. Dr Banerjee’s research interests are in analytical modelling for marketing decision-making contexts and stylised Game Theoretic models of marketing phenomena.

An avid adventure traveler, high altitude trekker and a nature photographer, Dr Banerjee has led expeditions in the Himalayas, including the Base Camps of Mount Everest, Annapurna, Machhapuchhare and Kanchejungha. An alum of Kolkata’s St Xavier’sCollege, Dr Banerjee earned his PhD and MS degrees in Economics and Marketing Sciences from Purdue University, USA.

About BRIDGE School of Management

BRIDGE School of Management is a flagship business school launched by India Education Services Private Ltd., a Joint Venture between HT Media Ltd. and Apollo Global Inc. (USA). BRIDGE School of Management is formed to address the ’employability’ gap to help India’s rapidly growing Service and Manufacturing Industry educate and empower employees for a 21st century global workplace. Leveraging the best-in-class knowledge, experience, expertise and technology from Apollo Global, Inc. (USA), BRIDGE aims to provide an innovative learning environment and industry focused management programs for working adults to boost their career.