Nagpur | August 29, 2023: Director of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Nagpur, Dr. Bhimaraya Metri, was honored with the prestigious Ravi J Matthai National Fellowship Award by the Association of Indian Management Schools (AIMS) during the 34th AIMS Annual Management Education Convention held at Coimbatore recently.
The award comes as a recognition of Dr. Metri’s contribution to the field of management in the country. He was presented with a memento and a citation during the convention.
As per the AIMS tradition, the award, instituted in memory of IIM Ahmedabad’s first full-time Director, Mr. Matthai, is presented to management educators, professionals, and industrialists for achieving a high level of distinction in their respective fields.
Earlier recipients’ list includes stalwarts like Dr. V. Kurian, Founder of Anand Dairy Co-operative & Chairman NDDB; Dr. I. G. Patel, Former Governor of RBI; Dr. C. Rangarajan, Former Governor of RBI; Prof. Ramaswamy P. Aiyar, Former Director of IIM Calcutta; Prof. Ishwar Dayal, Former Director of IIM Lucknow; Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman of Aditya Birla Group; Dr. Abad Ahmed, Former PVC, Delhi University & Head, FMS New Delhi; Mr. Harishanker Singhania, Chairman of J K Group, Dr. Anish Shah, Managing Director & CEO of Mahindra Group; Dr. Pritam Singh, CEO, LEAD Centre, Gurgaon, among others.
