Uttam Kumar Sarkar (KGP '87, '89, '94) appointed new director of IIM-Calcutta
The Indian Express (August 18, 2021)
IIM-Calcutta appoints Uttam Kumar Sarkar as new director
In March, the Board of Governors at IIM-Calcutta accepted the resignation of institute director Anju Seth and had appointed the senior most professor, Subir Bhattacharya, as the acting head of the institute.
Professor Uttam Kumar Sarkar is the new director of Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta, the institute informed today. Sarkar is a professor at the Management Information Systems Group of the Institute. He has obtained his BTech, MTech, and PhD degrees in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT Kharagpur.
In March, the Board of Governors at IIM-Calcutta accepted the resignation of institute director Anju Seth and had appointed the senior most professor, Subir Bhattacharya, as the acting head of the institute.
As first reported by The Indian Express, Seth had resigned citing a “breakdown of confidence” between her and board chairman Shrikrishna Kulkarni. (Read More)