Prof Archana Shukla

Prof Archana Shukla appointed director-in-charge of IIM Lucknow

Prof Shukla specialises in Human Resource Management at IIM Lucknow and brings over three decades of teaching and research expertise to her role.

The Chairperson of the IIM Lucknow Board of Governors, N Chandrasekaran, has appointed Prof Archana Shukla as Director-in-charge of IIM Lucknow with effect from 4th April 2024 till a regular director is appointed. Prof Shukla is the senior most Professor at IIM Lucknow and her appointment is as per Clause (9) of IIM Act 2017.

Prof Shukla specialises in Human Resource Management at IIM Lucknow and brings over three decades of teaching and research expertise to her role. An IIT Kanpur graduate with a PhD in Psychology, she was the inaugural chairperson of the Dr Ishwar Dayal Chair for Futuristic Issues in the Behavioural Sciences from 2015 to 2017. Additionally, Prof Shukla has authored a book, numerous papers, and several case studies in the fields of knowledge management, organisational adaptation, and organisational structure.

She has over 28 years of teaching, training and research experience and has also written a book on knowledge management architecture.