Meet the Faculty
Prakash M. Shingi
Prakash M. Shingi
Ph. D. (University of Illinois)
Ex-Professor, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (1971-2004)
After completing his PhD from the University of Illinois, USA, Professor Shingi did teaching and research for 32 years at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA). He was also the Dean as well as the Officiating Director of this Institute. Twice he was the Chairman of the Centre for Management in Agriculture (CMA). He was also the Founder Chairman of Communications Area at IIMA. He has maintained highest levels of interaction with national and international organizations, negotiated many policy directed research and consultancy projects, and actively undertook research and outreach activities for management of neglected sectors of national importance like agribusiness, forestry, water resources, cooperatives, extension, and rural industry, mostly in India and South-East Asia. He has competed more than 40 management-consulting assignments on policy and programme related aspects in India and other developing countries for national and international organizations. He has written seven books and several research-based articles. Besides a number of post-graduate students of management, he has collectively trained close to 1300 senior managers, administrators, and policy makers in critical and strategic aspects of management. He served as a member of several national and state level policymaking task forces; and was a member of governing boards of some nationally important organizations and NGOs. He was also the President of Indian Society for Agribusiness Management for more than 5 years. He is the recipient of the AGROFORESTRY AWARD for championing farmer initiated agroforestry models to international audience. Twice he received the Dewang Mehta Best Teacher in Marketing Management Award. After retirement, he was also the Founder Dean of FLAME School of Business at Pune. Currently he teaches Marketing, Pricing Management, Social Entrepreneurship, and other courses to Post-Graduate students. While at FLAME he initiated successfully two field-based courses, Rural Marketing Fair (RMF) and Rural Entrepreneur Appreciation Program (REAP). His research interests include Social Entrepreneurship, Management of Natural Resources, Management of Forestry, Management of Water Resources, Community Based Organizations, Knowledge Management, and Management of Government Organizations. He is the recipient of the Life Time Achievement Award for working on neglected areas of management, 2013.
