About
Debasis Mallik is a PhD (Econ) with 30 years of experience in teaching, research, accreditation, academic leadership and international collaborations. He views himself as a change agent. He has been a conscientious contributor to SP Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai for 18 years and later Prestige Institute of Management & Research (PIMR), Indore for over two years, and now with the Institute of Management, Nirma University, Ahmadabad. He has published extensively in international peer-reviewed journals. He loves working on accreditation & ranking, students' learning experience, curriculum management and alumni engagement.
After a short stint at St Xaviers, Sahibganj, he joined ICFAI Hyderabad teaching Economics & Statistics. After working with ICFAI for over 7 years, Debasis joined ISB, Hyderabad as a Consultant, in 2002.
He moved to SPJIMR, in 2004 where he taught courses like Microeconomics, Multivariate Techniques and Research Methodology. He started the Global Management Program (GMP) at SPJIMR in 2010, with ESB Business School, Reutlingen University, Germany. Within a year, GMP expanded to collaborate with new partners in Europe, UK and the US. Today the program has over 10 partner schools that also help in its global initiatives, including global placements. Apart from this, Debasis also worked on AACSB accreditation and NIRF ranking. He served as visiting faculty to B-Schools in Netherlands, Germany, France, US, UK, Singapore, and Dubai.
From April 2022 to June 2024, he was associated with PIMR, Indore as the Senior Director – in-charge of the entire operations of PG, UG and Law. He has been instrumental in starting two Centres of Excellence, namely, Exponentia (a training and consulting wing for family businesses) and CorpX (Prestige Centre for Organizational Research, Practice & Excellence). He has also successfully launched a new program – Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration (PGDBA) – equivalent to a 1-year MBA program with an option of completing MS from partner schools in the US, UK or Europe. He has also been able to successfully revamp the teaching-learning pedagogy to customize it as per the requirements of the students of PIMR, Indore.
Debasis joined the Institute of Management, Nirma University on July 01, 2024. He initiated three major collaborations namely, Eli Broad College of Business, Michigan State University; Graduate School of Management, UC Davis; and Business, University of Illinois, Chicago. The Institute has also started a Global Immersion Program with the Eli Broad College.