Director's Profile

Maj. Gen. S.S. Chahal (Retd.) has joined NIMS on 5thOctober, 2009. He is M.Tech in Management & Systems (Now MBA) from IIT,Delhi with a CGPA of 9.29 out of 10. He is also M.Tech in Mechanical Engineering.

Academic Background
Before assuming the charge of NIMS, he was the Director General of GNIM, Punjabi Bagh between 2005 to 2009. Before that he headed GTBIT, Rajouri Garden, from 2003 to 2005. While in service he headed the faculty of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering which is a part of Military College of Electronics and Mechanical Engineering, (MCEME), Secundrabad (AP). MCEME conducts B.Tech and M.Tech courses for Indian and foreign Army officers.

Research
Maj. Gen. S.S.Chahal was involved in a number of research projects while in the service.

a) During operation Parakram (2001 – 2003), after the attack on the parliament by terrorists, Maj. Gen. S.S.Chahal headed a study team to assess the reliability of Armoured fighting vehicles held in Indian Army. Recommendation made by the study team had far reaching effects on the engineering support being provided to the Indian Army deployed on Pak Border.

b) As Chairman and Managing Director of 512 Army Base Workshop he headed a study to enhance the Productivity and Quality of Armoured fighting vehicles (Tank T-55) in Indian Army. Recommendations of the study group were implemented which resulted in highest production output of Tank T-55 till then.

c) At Bhatinda while serving as Senior Logistics officer, he authored a study to refine the logistics support to the soldiers and equipments deployed on the western border with Pakistan. Implementation of recommendation resulted in major financial savings to the state.

d) He authored a study on automation of Punjab & Sind Bank the report was presented to the CMD, Punjab & Sind Bank, Rajendra Place, New Delhi.

e) He conducted a study on Materials Management and Inventory Control in Ordnance Depot, Iraq Army, while deputation to Govt. of Iraq. Maj. Gen. S.S. Chahal has had an illustrious career in spanning over 38 years in Army and 6 years after retirement. His contribution in the field of Equipment Management, Logistics Planning and Engineering Support is impressive. He has handled a number of research oriented assignments of national importance for The Indian Army.

Message from the Principal Director

The dominance of conventional classroom lecturing as a mode of teaching and learning management education has increasingly been questioned. Hence it is no surprise that leading Indian Business Schools, are reported to have been pursuing alternative approaches of non-classroom education. It was five years ago that we, at NIMS, realized this need. The softer but crucial aspects of management training are “character” or “attitude”building. Developing a mind-set for holistic, systematic thinking and recognizing skills for administration; all these in addition to the conventional inputs towards development of analytic, rational skills.

Pedagogic innovations based on commitment to simple but practical objectives, namely ‘influencing practice’ and ‘promoting value-based growth’, have found deep roots in our academic program. And, to our satisfaction, a few of these are now being emulated at other institutions. Recognizing the primary accountability of an adult student for learning, and being socially responsive, have been our beliefs, and are epitomized in the words of Subhash Chandra Bose that invariably appear epigraphically in all our formal communications.

Currently, our focus is on an important agenda: an effective and symbiotic relationship between us and the industry, with initiatives like internship , industry-supported project work, and lecture series that brings the student n the forefront of the business world. We, however, wish to go beyond, and are seeking a stronger and direct participation of the business community for whom we exit. We have several ideas that we propose to present to the business community. We believe that walls that current exist in the society between organizations that serve each other are a hindrance to overall social performance. We are looking forward to a positive response from the business community to our programs and plans. Any guidance and suggestions towards this end would be most welcome.