JAMMU: Prof. B.S. Sahay joined as first Director of IIM Jammu on 4th October 2018 in presence of Shri Deepak Kumar Mukadam, Member, Board of Governors, IIM Jammu and Director, Jaybee Steel Treators Ltd., faculty members and Chief Administrative Officer. On this occasion, Shri Mukadam said that IIM Jammu is in a project mode and would like to build a world class campus. We feel happy to have Dr. Sahay as our first Director, who has the distinction of creating IIM Raipur as an institute par excellence. We would also like to connect with society and people for growth of J & K.
Thanking the Chairman, Board Members of IIM Jammu and Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India, Prof. Sahay said that we would like to create IIM Jammu as one of the finest business school in the country with the help and support of all stake holders including Chairman & the Board, MHRD, GoI and State Government, corporate, faculty, students and staff etc..
Prof. B.S. Sahay is an educator, researcher, transformational leader and institution builder, who sets high standards to create world class institutions with global outlook and national focus. He was the Director of three top national level institutes in India, Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Raipur, Management Development Institute (MDI) Gurgaon and Institute of Management Technology (IMT) Ghaziabad. Prior to joining IIM Jammu, he was Advisor to the Chancellor, NMIMS University, Mumbai.
Prof. Sahay demitted his office as Founder Director, IIM Raipur on a satisfying note after laying a very solid foundation for the tenth IIM instituted by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India (GoI) in the year 2010. In these six and a half years, he created a world class, state-of-the-art campus and set up the systems and processes that a world class institution should possess. He raised the Institute from scratch as a “research-based business school”. Within a short span of time, IIM Raipur was ranked at 14th position in India in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIFR2017) ranking released by MHRD, GoI.
Earlier Prof. Sahay was instrumental in changing the face of MDI into a faculty driven top class research-based institute. He brought in radical changes at MDI and introduced new HR Policy & Service Rules, Research Policy, New Incentive Scheme for Research & Publications, Faculty Development Programme etc.
Prof. Sahay transformed IMT Ghaziabad into an institute par excellence, which then was ranked as one of the top ten schools in India during his tenure. Before moving to IMT, Prof. Sahay served at various positions at MDI.
Prof. Sahay did his B.Tech. from BIT Sindri; M.Tech. and Ph.D. from IIT Delhi, India. He has widely travelled all over the world and went to Germany and Japan under Fellowship Programmes. He has over 35 years of experience in teaching, research, consultancy, executive education including over 12½ years in industry. He has worked both in India and abroad on various assignments for manufacturing and service industries. His teaching, research and consulting interests include logistics and supply chain management, production and operations management, project management, productivity management, business modelling, higher education & accreditation.
Prof. Sahay is a top-rated researcher with over 3650 citations, h-index of 28 and i10-index of 41. He has carried out 21 sponsored research projects and 37 consulting assignments and organized 14 major International Conferences. He has published and presented over 200 research papers in international/national journals and conferences. He has authored/edited 22 books in the area of Supply Chain Management, Humanitarian Logistics, World Class Manufacturing, Total Quality Management and Productivity Management.
Prof. Sahay serves on the Editorial Board of many international journals (International Journal of Logistics Management, Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, Business Process Management Journal, and Journal of Indian Business Research) and number of national journals.
Prof. Sahay has received numerous awards for his significant research contributions, teaching and academic administration. Prof. Sahay has been honoured by IIT Delhi Alumni Association and has been given “IIT Delhi Alumni Association Award for Outstanding Contribution to National Development” (2011). Prof. Sahay has been felicitated with “Distinguished Alumnus Award” by BIT Sindri (2010). Prof. Sahay received Honorary Fellow of Indian Institute of Materials Management (2014) and Indian Institute of Industrial Engineering (IIIE), CSR Award for Excellence 2015 and Amity Academic Excellence Award (2016). Recently he was awarded Lifetime Achievement Award 2017 by India CSR. He is the recipient of Award of Excellence in Research (2005), Best Teacher Award (2008), Nurturer of Talent Award (2008) and Best Director Award (2009). His book on Productivity Management was given Escorts Book Award (1998) and ISTD National Book Award (2000) and book on Supply Chain Modelling & Solutions (2007) and World Class Manufacturing received ISTD National Book Award (2001) for outstanding contribution to the understanding of management principles and practices. As a token of excellence for his research work, he received three best paper awards (1996, 1999, 2005).
Prof. Sahay is on the Board of South Eastern Coalfields Ltd.; All India Institute of Medical Science, Raipur under Ministry of Health & Family Welfare; BIT Sindri; Chips (Chhattisgarh Infotech & Biotech Promotion Society), Government of Chhattisgarh and Guru Ghashidas Central University, Bilaspur. He also served on the Board of IIM Raipur, MDI Gurgaon, Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs under Ministry of Corporate Affairs, National Board of Accreditation; All India Management Association, Association of Management Schools, IMT Ghaziabad, and South Asian Quality Systems and Decision Science Institute. He was on the expert committee of Ministry of Human Resource Development, All India Council of Technical Education, National Board of Accreditation, National Task Force of CII on Skill Development, many universities and organisations.