Dr. Ajay Kumar, Director, IMS Ghaziabad University Courses Campus, is an enterprising academician with an enriching experience of 33 years in the field of education, research, training, and consultancy. A visionary in the perspective of transforming management institutions by his unmatched leadership in organizational development, his continuous perseverance in improving academic quality and research orientation, building global interface, developing entrepreneurial culture, improving corporate linkage, and creating a performance-oriented work culture has been instrumental for IMS Ghaziabad UC Campus to reinvent education.
Dr. Kumar is an alumnus of BIT Mesra, Ranchi. He has also authored four books published by renowned publishing houses and has more than 36 publications with paper presentations across national and international conferences and seminars. He also worked as Deputy Marketing Manager in Welcome Drugs, California, US.
In the list of his achievements, he has been awarded for his excellence in management education by several national and international bodies. Dr. Ajay Kumar was conferred the “Inspirational Icon of the Year” by ICCI on February 24, 2020, in New Delhi. Dr. Ajay Kumar was also facilitated on the occasion of the World Marketing Summit & Philip Kotler Awards- 2020 by Laura Ries, President Ries & Ries, Georgia, USA, to acknowledge his highly esteemed contribution over the years in planning, implementation, and conducting new ideas and methodology in the field of marketing on February 29, 2020, at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.
Dr. Kumar was conferred the “Global Achievers Council Memorial Award” for his valuable contribution in the field of management education by Global Peace University, USA, at Hotel Samrat, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi, on Saturday, December 28, 2019.
He has been honored with the Life Member of the FORE Society, New Delhi, in 2019. Dr. Kumar was also conferred the Lord Baden Powell National Award for outstanding contribution in the field of education and human development on February 22nd, 2018, on World Scouts Day. He has been honored with the title of “Best Educationist, 2018” by Better India Education Awards organized by Today Research and Ratings. Dr. Kumar has also been honored with the position of “National General Secretary” of the Integrated Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ICCI), New Delhi, and Founder Member of CPTI. He has been honored with the membership of Cambridge’s WHO’s WHO in 2012 for five years. He was also declared Man of the Year by American Biographies in 2013. Recently, Dr. Kumar has been conferred with the “Global Achievers Council Memorial Award” at the Convocation Ceremony of Global Peace University, USA, for his valuable contribution in the field of management education and “Director of the Year” by World Education Conclave- 2021.
Prior to joining IMS Ghaziabad University Courses Campus, Dr. Ajay Kumar worked as the Director of reputed business schools in UP & Haryana, like GL Bajaj, Asian School of Media Studies, Marwah Studio, Noida, I.T.S., Mohan Nagar, BLS Business School, and many more.
