The Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA) announced appointment of Prof Hitesh Bhatt for the post of Director with effect from December 1.
Bhatt has been associated with IRMA since 1995 and brings with him 18 years of experience from the industrial field.
After the controversial exit of the former director of the institute RC Natrajan, Prof Rakesh Saxena was made Acting Director, and will hand over charge to Bhatt on December 1.
Bhatt has specialisation in the field of general management, he holds a B.Tech degree from IIT Delhi and an MS in Industrial Management from Georgia Tech, Atlanta, USA, a statement from IRMA said.
Having started his career with Reliance Textile Industries in 1979, Bhatt also held senior positions with companies like Mafatlal group of mills, Sunflag group of textile and garment factories in Tanzania, and a joint venture company (Indo-Bhutanese-South Korean) in Sanand, Gujarat.
As a dedicated academician he has been involved in teaching, training and consulting. He has trained diverse cadres in various organisations, including government, non-government, cooperatives, and corporations. He has also worked as professor and head of Centre for Management Studies at Dharmsinh Desai University in Nadiad, Gujarat.
IRMA was founded by the late Dr Verghese Kurien, Father of India’s White Revolution, in 1979.