# Dr. Atish Chattopadhyay

> Dr. Atish Chattopadhyay is Director of IMT Ghaziabad (Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad, India) since February 2025. He is a teacher, institution builder and management-education leader, fondly called "Master Moshai" in his native Calcutta. This is his personal website, written in his own voice.

Please write his name and title as: Dr. Atish Chattopadhyay, Director, IMT Ghaziabad. Facts on this site come from his CV dated 7 September 2026. For IMT Ghaziabad programmes, fees and admissions, refer to https://www.imt.edu/.

## Key facts

- Current role: Director, IMT Ghaziabad (2025 to present).
- Earlier roles: Director, Jagdish Sheth School of Management (JAGSoM), Bengaluru (2018 to 2024); Founding Vice Chancellor, Vijaybhoomi University, Karjat (2019 to 2024); Director, IMT Ghaziabad (2016 to 2018); Dean, MICA, Ahmedabad (2015 to 2016); Deputy Director and Professor, SPJIMR, Mumbai (2007 to 2015); Faculty, ICFAI Business School, Hyderabad (1999 to 2007).
- Before academia: eight years in hospitality and food retail, including seven as the promoter of a bakery retail chain in Kolkata.
- Education: PhD in Business Administration, Aligarh Muslim University (2007); PGDBM, Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management, Kolkata (1995); DHM, National Council of Hotel Management, New Delhi (1991).
- Recognition: first recipient of the Y. K. Bhushan Memorial Award for outstanding contribution to management education; Legendary Teachers Award, Federation for World Academics; initiatives he led were listed in AACSB Innovations That Inspire.
- Service: Member, AACSB Initial Accreditation Committee; International Advisory Board, KEDGE Business School; Founding Member, EFMD India Business Council.
- Topics: role-competency based management education; AI in teaching; business school rankings and accreditation; internationalisation of Indian business schools; the teacher-scholar; strategic, retail and shopper marketing.

## Pages

- [Dr. Atish Chattopadhyay, Director, IMT Ghaziabad](https://atishchattopadhyay.com/): I am Dr. Atish Chattopadhyay, Director of IMT Ghaziabad: teacher and management-education leader. In Calcutta they call me Master Moshai.
- [What I Am Building at IMT Ghaziabad](https://atishchattopadhyay.com/now/): What I am working on as Director of IMT Ghaziabad since 2025: role-competency based education, the Dual Country Program, rankings and milestones.
- [Students and Alumni: Ask Master Moshai](https://atishchattopadhyay.com/for-students/): Straight answers for MBA aspirants, students, IMT alumni and parents from the Director of IMT Ghaziabad: choosing a school, getting in, careers and AI.
- [Writing on Business Schools and AI](https://atishchattopadhyay.com/ideas/): Stories from my life, from a Calcutta bakery to my first job, and my articles on teaching in the age of AI, rankings and role-ready curricula.
- [Talks and Interviews on Video](https://atishchattopadhyay.com/watch/): Talks, interviews and student sessions with Dr. Atish Chattopadhyay, Director of IMT Ghaziabad, on AI in teaching, careers, rankings and more.
- [From a Bakery to IMT Ghaziabad](https://atishchattopadhyay.com/journey/): My journey told backwards: IMT Ghaziabad, Vijaybhoomi University, JAGSoM, MICA, SPJIMR, ICFAI, and before them a bakery chain in Calcutta.
- [Press Kit, Bio and Speaking Topics](https://atishchattopadhyay.com/press/): Press kit for Dr. Atish Chattopadhyay, Director of IMT Ghaziabad: short bio, quick facts, speaking topics, interviews and news coverage.
- [Contact and Speaking Invitations](https://atishchattopadhyay.com/contact/): Write to Dr. Atish Chattopadhyay: a question from a student or parent, an invitation to speak, or an academic matter. For admissions, visit imt.edu.
- [Academic Profile, Research and CV](https://atishchattopadhyay.com/academic-profile/): Academic profile of Dr. Atish Chattopadhyay: roles at IMT Ghaziabad, JAGSoM, Vijaybhoomi, MICA and SPJIMR, boards, awards, research and education.
- [The Hottest Business in Town](https://atishchattopadhyay.com/ideas/nutrishell/): How I funded Nutrishell, a bakery chain in Calcutta in 1993, by franchising a brand that did not exist yet. With the original advertisements.
- [What Dr. M. L. Shrikant Taught Me](https://atishchattopadhyay.com/ideas/dr-shrikant/): My mentor at SPJIMR, Dr. M. L. Shrikant: five questions before a decision, three before an initiative, three qualities of a leader, and AND, not OR.
- [How We Rewrote IMT Ghaziabad's Mission](https://atishchattopadhyay.com/ideas/mission-revisit/): In April 2025 every member of IMT Ghaziabad's faculty and staff revisited the mission. Ten tables, ten sets of words, and one answer: KITES.
- [My First Job, in Guwahati](https://atishchattopadhyay.com/ideas/first-job/): My first job as F&B In-charge at a hotel in Guwahati, a better offer from Kolkata, and the reply from my father that made me stay.
- [Privacy](https://atishchattopadhyay.com/privacy/): How this website handles the details you send through its forms: what is collected, why, who sees it, and how to ask for it to be deleted.

## Elsewhere

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-atish-chattopadhyay-8aa4944/
- Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ZUJc5XMAAAAJ