Prof. Jagdeep S. Chhokar
Professor, Manager and Engineer, India
Professor, Manager and Engineer, India
Citizen-activist for improving democracy and governance
A bird watcher and conservationist
A trained lawyer
- Founder Member, Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR, www.adrindia.org)
- Formed Professor (teacher, trainer, researcher, and advisor) of Management and Organisational Behaviour, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (1985-2006)
- Former Dean, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India
- (A concerned citizen, lawyer, and a birdwatcher)
- Engineer-manager, Indian Railways (former)
- Taught in several countries including Australia, France, Japan, and the US
- Professional interests cover all aspects of organisational functioning, cross-cultural management; international marketing; international management; international business; human resource management; business strategy and policy; management in government, and in public systems/sector; and industrial and occupational safety
- Broader interests include electoral and political reforms, informed choice (freedom of information), world affairs, and ornithology (bird watching)
- His research has appeared in several international journals
- Contributed chapters to edited books and has written several teaching cases
- Lead Editor of a volume titled Culture and leadership across the world: The GLOBE Book of in-depth studies of 25 societies, brought out by the Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness (GLOBE) Research Programme, and published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah, N.J. (now Routledge/Psychology Press), in 2007
