Bakul Harshadrai Dholakia was a professor in economics at the Indian Institute of Management

Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad

The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad , better known as IIM Ahmedabad or simply IIM-A, is a business school located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. It is the second Indian Institute of Management to be established, in 1961.-History:...

, Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad also known as Karnavati is the largest city in Gujarat, India. It is the former capital of Gujarat and is also the judicial capital of Gujarat as the Gujarat High Court has its seat in Ahmedabad...

. From October 2002 to October 2007 he served as the ninth director of IIM A. Presently he is the financial advisor of Gautam Adani, of the Adani group of industries and "The Director" of Gujarat Adani Institute of Medical Sciences,Bhuj and Adani Institute of Infrastructure Management, Ahmedabad.

Education

Dholakia is an alumnus of the Maharaja Sayajirao University

Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, commonly referred as M. S. University , is a university in the city of Vadodara, in Gujarat state, India...

, Baroda and holds a Doctorate in Econometrics. The subject of his doctoral thesis or the year of award and the awarding institution are not presently available in the public domain.

Career

Prior to joining IIM A, Prof.Dholakia was on the faculty at Maharaja Sayajirao University.

He was Dean, IIM A from April 1998 to June 2001.

Research

Prof.Dholakia's areas of research include energy sector, fishery sector in India, economic planning, public enterprise management and privatization programme.

External links

• Article about Prof.Dholakia's stint as Director, IIM A