About
A quarter-century of asking: what is growth for?
- Education
- Ph.D. in Applied Economics, M.A. Economics
- Executive Education
- Harvard University — Management & Leadership in Higher Education
- Current role
- Professor & Director (Academics), Jaipuria Institute of Management
Dr. Prabhat Pankaj is a postgraduate in Economics and a Ph.D. in applied economics. He has taught Economics at the postgraduate and undergraduate level for more than 30 years, in universities and B-Schools in India and abroad — including six years at Sherubtse College, Bhutan.
He has won prestigious engagements and fellowships from the Government of India and undertaken assignments in Europe, Thailand, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Sri Lanka. He is an expert on Bhutan's economic and social development, worked extensively with the Centre for Bhutan Studies, Thimphu, and represented the Royal Government of Bhutan at the UNESCAP meet on the Post-Cancun Agenda.
A keen researcher and resource person on the economics of happiness, faculty leadership, effective teaching and brain-based learning, his work appears in the Times of India and the Economic Times. He was an invitee at the World Government Summit 2019 in Dubai by the UAE Ministry of Happiness.
At Jaipuria Institute of Management, his initiatives of blending formal and non-formal learning have been documented in an IIM-Ahmedabad case study on student engagement. He created a Happiness Laboratory and brought the teaching of happiness into management education, receiving the prestigious ‘National Happiness Unicorn’ award by the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), Government of India.
Recognition
Awards & features
- 2023
Cover story — Simply Jaipur
Featured on the cover page of Jaipur-based popular magazine Simply Jaipur.
- 2022
National Happiness Unicorn Award
Conferred by the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), Government of India.
- 2013
High on Passion Style Icon Award
Recipient of the award by High on Passion Style Magazine, Jaipur, and featured in their coffee-table book.
Trajectory
Selected milestones
- 2025
Director — Academics, Jaipuria Institute of Management
Assumed the role of Director (Academics) for Jaipuria's four B-Schools across Lucknow, Noida, Jaipur and Indore. Based in New Delhi.
- 2023
TEDx Speaker — From Struggles to Smiles
TEDx talk at Abhimaan Institute, Jodhpur on the science of happiness and resilience.
- 2019
Executive Education, Harvard University
Management and Leadership in Higher Education (MLE Class of 2019).
- 2019
World Government Summit, Dubai
Invitee of the UAE Ministry of Happiness.
- 2013
Director, Jaipuria Institute of Management, Jaipur
Led the Jaipur campus for 12+ years; the IIM-Ahmedabad case study on Jaipuria's student engagement model documents this work.
- 2010
Professor & Dean (Academics), Jaipuria Institute of Management
Three years shaping curriculum, pedagogy and faculty development.
- 2004
Director, School of Economics — Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University
Established and led the School of Economics at SMVDU, Katra, Jammu.
- 1998
Senior Lecturer, Sherubtse College, Bhutan
Six years teaching and researching the Bhutanese economy in Kanglung; long-standing collaborator with the Centre for Bhutan Studies, Thimphu.
- 1991
Lecturer, Arunachal University
Began his academic career teaching economics in Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh.
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