Prof. Janat Shah is the Director of Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Udaipur since 2011. He obtained his B.Tech. degree in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Bombay in 1980, and is a Fellow in Operations Management from Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (1989). After graduating from IIT Bombay, Prof. Shah worked with Neeka Tubes Ltd., as Planning Manager from 1980-82 and with Jaydeep Engineering Pvt. Ltd. in Ahmedabad as Joint Managing Director from 1982-85, then did his Fellow programme in Operations Management from Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad in 1989.nnBefore joining IIMB, Prof. Shah was Assistant Professor of Production and Operations Management with the Institute of Rural Management in Anand from 1989 to 1991.