Dr. Pawan Kumar Chugan

Biography

Prof. Chugan holds a first class M.A. degree in Economics from the University of Rajasthan; a Master of Population Studies (MPS) degree from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) New Delhi, Ph. D. in Economics from Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi and a Post Masters Diploma in Economic Planning from Warsaw School of Economics, Poland. He has varied experience of about 38 years in trade, industry, teaching and research. Before joining the Institute of Management at Nirma University, he was Manager, India Trade Promotion Organization (ITPO), where he worked in various capacities for over 24 years in the area of International Business. He has also headed the Western Region office of Federation of Indian Export Organizations (FIEO), Mumbai as a Deputy Director General and also served as the Hon. Executive Secretary to India Iran Chamber of Commerce under the aegis of FIEO Mumbai. He has visited about 25 countries and implemented several export development programmes with financial assistance from international organizations like ITC/UNDP, CFTC/UKTA (London), JETRO (Tokyo) and Ministry of Commerce and has led industrial/trade delegations to Japan, Thailand, South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Argentina & Chile. He has also organized students’ study cum business tours to China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea, USA & U. K. and has established several international linkages abroad. A recipient of Polish Government’s Scholarship at Warsaw School of Economics and UGC’s Teachers Fellowship at JNU, New Delhi, Dr. Chugan has organized/chaired/participated in several international and national seminars/conferences/meetings, has to his credit six books and several papers published in national and international journals, and is a member of editorial advisory board of several international and national journals. He is a regional editor Asia for Journal of Global Business and Technology, New York and Editor-in-Chief for Universal Journal of Industrial & Business Management published by Horizon Research Publishing, Corporation, Alhambra, CA, USA. Dr. Chugan is a Ph.D. guide at Nirma University and Kadi University, Gandhinagar, and International Examiner for the Doctoral Thesis at School of Business, University of Kwazulu, Natal, South Africa. As a visiting professor he has taught at Mazandaran University of Science & Technology (MUST), Babol, Iran; EDI, Gandhinagar; and Amity Global Business School, Ahmedabad and was an expert panel member/examiner of Institute of Company Secretaries of India. He is a member of several professional/management associations such as: ISM, Tempe, USA; AIMS, Houston; ISLE, New Delhi; ISTD, New Delhi; Regional Science Association India, Kolkata; Indian Economic Association, Allahabad; AIMA, New Delhi; and Universal Association of Computer & Electronics Engineers (UACEE), Santa Barbara, California, USA. He has been the recipient of “Global Excellence Award” (two times 2007 & 2012) from the GBATA at SUNY, Old Westbury, NY, USA.

Research Interest

Intl. Business, Economics, Supply Chain & Logistics Management, International Marketing