Prof. Ranjit Singh

Prof. Ranjit Singh is a distinguished academic and researcher currently serving as a Professor in the Department of Management Studies at the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Allahabad, since March 2021. With a robust academic career spanning over more than two decades, he has held significant roles, including Associate Professor at IIIT Allahabad (2013-2021), Assistant Professor at Assam University (2008-2017), and Assistant Professor at Dibrugarh University (2003-2008). His administrative contributions include serving as Dean of Student Affairs (2022-2024), Chairman of the Council of Wardens (2022-2023), and Coordinator of Add-on Courses at IIIT Allahabad (2019-2023).

Prof. Singh holds a PhD and a Master's Degree from Dibrugarh University (2008) and is a Company Secretary. He is also an alumnus of the prestigious Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. His teaching and research interests encompass Behavioural Finance, Financial Management, Corporate Taxation, Islamic Finance, Entrepreneurship, and other related fields.

A prolific researcher, Prof. Singh has authored 20 books and published over 170 research papers in reputed high-impact-factor journals indexed in SSCI, SCOPUS and ABDC. Uniquely, he authored a bestselling English fiction novel, Presiding Babu (2015), alongside a Hindi poetry collection, मेरी पहचान अभी बाकी हैं (2021), making him a rare academic contributing to English literature, Hindi poetry, and management and scientific scholarship. He holds ten patents and one copyright.

Prof. Singh’s contributions to Behavioural Finance are profound, notably through initiating the Summer School on Behavioural Finance at IIIT Allahabad in 2018, which led to popularising this discipline. Its success has led to Behavioural Finance being integrated into curricula across numerous universities and business schools, with much credit attributed to Prof. Singh’s Summer School.

Prof. Singh has supervised 12 PhD theses and currently guides six scholars. He has delivered over 200 invited talks, chaired sessions at international conferences, and served as Chief Coordinator for multiple Summer Schools, Workshops and Management Development Programs. He has completed five funded projects so far. He has also been involved in creating educational content, with lectures available on YouTube covering a diverse range of management topics.

Recognised with awards like the FELLOW of the Indian Commerce Association, the Gangadhar Bajpei Samman (2024) and the Kailash Gautam Sahitya Shiksha Setu Samman (2023) for his contributions to Hindi literature. He is a life member of several professional bodies, including the Indian Commerce Association, Indian Productivity Council, Indian Accounting Association, North East India Commerce and Management Association, IIM Ahmedabad Alumni Association and Samanway CMSDU Alumni Association and serves on advisory boards of universities like VIT Bhopal, ICFAI University, Tripura, Nagaland University, Amity University and CHRIST University.

His multifaceted contributions to education, research, and societal impact reflect his commitment to advancing knowledge and fostering innovation in management studies.