Highly Cited Researcher Dr Justin Paul appointed Dean & Provost of School of Business Management, NMIMS University Mumbai

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SK Aggarwal
SK Aggarwal
Editor, MBAUniverse.com
Updated on May 23, 2024
Dr Justin Paul, a well-known researcher with global credentials, has been appointed as the Dean & Provost of School of Business Management, NMIMS University Mumbai. The announcement was made by Dr Ramesh Bhat, Vice Chancellor of NMIMS University Mumbai. Dr Paul is a highly cited researcher and has published over 200 articles and authored multiple books.
Dr Justin Paul appointed Dean SBM, NMIMS University Mumbai

Dr Justin Paul holds three doctoral degrees- from University of Brighton, England, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and an honorary doctorate from Calcutta and three Master/PG Degrees/Diploma and a Bachelor Degree with a Gold Medal. He comes with 16 years of overseas experience as a tenured full Professor of Marketing and International Business at University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR, USA & a 3 year visiting professorship at University of Reading, Henley Business School, UK. 

The announcement was made by Dr Ramesh Bhat, Vice Chancellor of NMIMS University Mumbai. “I am delighted to welcome Dr Justin Paul to NMIMS University. Dr Paul has joined as Dean and Provost (Management Education) at the School of Business Management (SBM) Mumbai,” said Dr Bhat.

Sharing his enthusiasm about joining NMIMS SBM, Dr. Paul stated, “I am honoured to become a part of the School of Business Management at NMIMS. As an institution, it has consistently shown excellence in management education and the school’s recent achievement of soaring to the 83rd Rank globally in the Financial Times Masters in Management (FT MiM) Ranking 2023 reflects its commitment to academic excellence and innovation. I look forward to working with the talented faculty at NMIMS SBM and the students to continue this tradition and elevate its global standing. It will be my ardent endeavour to drive the institution towards greater achievements, ensuring that its graduates are well-equipped to face the competitive world with confidence and expertise.”

Dr Justin Paul, a Highly Cited Researcher

Dr Paul has been serving as Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Consumer studies (IJCS), consumer research journal with the highest impact factor in the world with an A Rank since 2020.  He has served as Director- Research, Director of Dual Degree MBA Program, Department Chair, Chair- Library & IT committee, Faculty council Member secretary, Chair-Faculty Selection and promotion committees at different universities including Nagoya- Japan, UPR- San Juan, USA, IIM Indore, University of Agder-Norway.  Among the world's top 82 Highly Cited Researchers in Business and Economics subject areas (Web of Science- 2023 Press release), Dr Paul is a scholar with an H-Index 81. 

Dr Paul has also served as a full-time faculty member with the Rollins College-Florida, University of Washington, and Nagoya University of Commerce & Business- Japan, in the past.  He is well known as an author/co-author of books including Business Environment (4th edition), International Business, International Marketing, (2nd edition) Management of Banking & Financial Services (2nd edition) and Export-Import Management (3rd edition) by McGraw-Hill, Pearson & Oxford University Press respectively.

Dr Paul has taught full courses at Aarhus University- Denmark, Grenoble Eco le de Management, EM Strasbourg-France, University of Washington Foster School of Business, Universiteit De Versailles -France, ISM University-Lithuania, Warsaw University-Poland and has been a regular visiting professor/ an invited speaker and trainer at Vienna University of Economics and Business, Deakin University- Australia, University of Queensland, University of Chicago, UAE-Barcelona & Madrid, VSE- University of Prague, IE Business school- Madrid, Fudan University-Shanghai, and UIBE- Beijing.

Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS) was established in Mumbai in the year 1981 by a leading public charitable education trust, Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal (SVKM). Today, NMIMS School of Business is recognized as one of the leading B-schools in India, and is accredited by AACSB. It was ranked 21 in the NIRF 2023 rankings and 12 in the MBAUniverse.com Rankings 2024. If offers several MBA programs including MBA, MBA Human Resource, MBA Pharmaceutical Management, MBA Digital Transformation, MBA Business Analytics and MBA Healthcare Management.

The appointment of Dr Paul was announced by Dr. Ramesh Bhat, the Vice Chancellor of NMIMS University. Before joining NMIMS, Dr. Bhat served as Professor at IIM Ahmedabad for 24 years. Dr. Bhat has also served on adjunct and visiting faculty positions at the University of North Carolina at Chapel-Hill, IIM Udaipur, ISB Hyderabad, and worked at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and Shri Ram College of Commerce.

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