Pritam Singh is currently the CEO of LEAD Centre in Gurgaon.Dr Singh is a thought leader with extraordinary insight. Dr Singhis the author of seven critically acclaimed books, three of whichare award winning. He has also published over 60 research papersin various national and international journals. He is a globallysought-after speaker and has addressed various Indian and globalaudiences, including Chambers of Commerce in various countries,notably, Holland, France, Germany, Greece, Russia, UK, USA,Thailand, Mauritius, Egypt, etc.
As an academic administrator, Dr Singh has an unparalleledrecord. With his entrepreneurial vision and path-breaking innovativemethods, Dr Singh turned around the fortunes of bothMDI-Gurgaon (where he was the director from 1994 to 1998 andfrom 2003 to 2006) and IIM Lucknow (1998-2003). He steeredInternational Management Institute (IMI) for a period of threeyears until October 2014, and during this period IMI improved tremendouslyin reputation and ranking. Quite fittingly, therefore, heearned the repute of Midas Touch Director.
As the Chairman and member of several policy-making committeesand bodies of the Government of India, he has stampedhis perspective on policy issues that surround both managementeducation and corporate management in India. He is currently onthe Board of 10 reputed private- and public-sector organizations,helping them initiate the change process and charter a winningcorporate strategy.
He has been conferred the prestigious 'Padma Shri'-a first inthe field of management education. He has also been the recipientof several other prestigious awards, the most notable amongthem being the 'Global Thought Leader' 2006-2007 by MIRBIS(the Russian School of Business in Moscow), where he was the firstAsian to be thus awarded. Thinkers50 India ranked him 27 out of 50Indian Thinkers (both in India and globally) in 2014.