Alok Kumar Rai (born 20 January 1976) is a professor of marketing at the Banaras Hindu University, India. Currently, he is the 41st vice-chancellor of the University of Lucknow.[1][2] He is one of the youngest Vice-chancellors of the University of Lucknow.[3]

Alok Kumar Rai
Born (1976-01-20) 20 January 1976 (age 48)
Alma mater

Education and career

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Rai is a B.Sc. graduate of Allahabad University, MBA from the Banaras Hindu University, and PhD from VBS Purvanchal University.[4]

Alok Kumar Rai is a full-time professor of Institute of Management Studies, Banaras Hindu University.[5] Currently, he is on appointment as the vice-chancellor of University of Lucknow.[6] He has also held additional charge vice-chancellor of Sampurnanand Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya[7] and Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Agra.

On 30 December 2022, Rai was given a second term of three years as the vice-chancellor of Lucknow University.[8]

In February 2023, he was given the additional charge as the vice chancellor of APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU), Lucknow.[9]

Publications

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Rai has published several famous textbooks, some of which are:

  • Kumar Rai, Alok (2017). Customer Loyalty: Concept, Context and Character. McGraw Hill. ISBN 9789332902718.
  • Kumar Rai, Alok (2012). Customer Relationship Management: Concepts and Cases (2nd ed.). Prentice Hall India Learning Private Limited. ISBN 9788120346956.

Research

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