About the Director

Dr. Ashok Joshi - Director, IndSearch - Founder Dean, Faculty of Management, University of Pune - Former President, Association of Indian Management Schools - President Elect, Association of Management Development Institutions in South Asia

Dr. Ashok Joshi is the Director of the Indian Institute of Cost and Management Studies and Research (IndSearch), Pune, and is the Vice-President and the President Elect, Association of Management Development Institutions in South Asia (AMDISA), A SAARC affiliated Body. He is also the Editor AMDISA Newsletter. Dr. Joshi was the President, Association of Indian Management Schools (AIMS ) in 1999-2000.

The Founder Dean, Faculty of Management, University of Pune, between 1992 and 1995, Dr. Joshi has recently been appointed once again as the Dean of the Management Faculty at the University of Pune. Dr Joshi has also been the Chancellor's Nominee on the University Senate  and the Vice-Chancellor's Nominee on the Academic Council  between 1995 and 2000 at the University of Pune. Currently he is a Member, Academic Council, University of Pune and Symbiosis International University.

Dr. Ashok Joshi is the recipient of the prestigious Ravi J. Mathai National Fellow award of AIMS; he has also been conferred the honorary Fellow Membership of the Institute of Certified Professional Managers of Sri Lanka.

“The Achiever of Excellence” award has also been conferred on Dr. Joshi by the Bombay Management Association. Dr. Ashok Joshi is also the recipient of Prof. Dharni Sinha Memorial Award by Dr. P.N. Singh Foundation.

Dr. Ashok Joshi has obtained M.Com. (Costing), M.A. (Economics), MMS (Marketing) and Ph.D. (Cost Accounting) degrees from the University of Pune. He led pioneering research projects in
Socio-economic Development sponsored by the Planning Commission, ICAR, ICFTU, NCDC etc. His books include the critically acclaimed Essays on Political Economy, "No Water in the Tap" and "Chachanchya Hataat Arthavyavastha" (Economy in the hands of pirates) in Marathi. Widely traveled at home and abroad, Dr. Joshi is also an advisor to several reputed business schools and is also the President, Council of University Management Schools, Pune.

More than 30 scholars have received their Ph.D. degree under the guidance of Dr. Ashok Joshi.