About Professor, Binod Kumar

Dr.Binod Kumar is a Retired Professor of Behavioral Sciences and Chairman, Center for Management of Education System at the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta.He took voluntary retirement from IIM Calcutta in 2001 to join as Director and Chair Professor at FORE School of Management, New Delhi. At present he is Chairman, Abhigyan Consultants and President Mental Health Foundation India. Prior to this Dr. Kumar has held positions of Executive President, Maharishi Institutes of Management India ( Maharishi Nagar, NOIDA, Lucknow, Hyderabad, Chennai, Bangalore) Director of I.M.T. Ghaziabad, Program Specialist at Colombo Plan Staff College Singapore, Chairman, Northern Regional Committee of the National Council of Teacher Education, Govt. of India etc He was a Fulbright Scholar at University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, Research assistant and then Assistant Professor at Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois. Prof. Kumar has lectured and done consultancy almost all over the globe.He has held number of important assignments viz., One Man Commission (Binod Kumar Commission) for Heavy Engineering Corporation), Member of three man committee of the Government of India on Central Institute for Rural Electrification, Member of the Government of India Committee to start Indian Institute of Tourism and Catering Management, has been in a number of committees, boards etc, Dr. Kumar is one of the founding fathers of CAT. He has organized, more than 500 training programs,lectured in numerous training programs and done consultancy in India and abroad. He has received number of prestigious awards in India and abroad

Specialties: Self-Growth and Professional Excellence,Role Management, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Managerial Leadership, Managerial Effectiveness, Communication and Presentation Skills, Transactional Analysis, Stress Management, Conflict Management,Organizational Analysis and Development,Managing under Adverse Environment, Organizational Effectiveness, Competitive vrs. Strategic Advantage, Managing Change under changed Global Scenario, Competency Mapping, Research Methodology, Psychometrics etc.