Rajeev Aggarwal

Prof Rajeev Aggarwal is a Canadian citizen, currently based in Nagpur, India, and is engaged as an Adjunct Faculty at our institute based on his extensive industry experience. He also serves as an Independent Director as well as on the advisory board of select governmental organisations. He also writes a regular column on Empirical Management based on his extensive field experience.

He has earned the above by virtue of over 40 years of experience primarily in the sector of management and development of projects of varied sizes, from small to mega projects valued at approximately $1B USD each spread over the globe. He has held CEO / C-Suite positions in Fortune 500 companies in Canada and the Middle East, managing offices across 30 countries spanning all continents. He has set up joint ventures, consortia agreements, licensing agreements and handled mergers & acquisitions or companies. He has extensive experience in setting up and managing complex contracts and projects from bidding, through execution and closure. He attributes this expertise as a main reason of his successful career. He has successfully turned around stressed organisations and accomplished multi-fold growth of the organisations by revamping systems and processes, teams and business strategies. He has worked in various leadership capacities as Client, PMC, Owner’s Engineer, EPC Contractor, and Construction contractor.

He is on the Executive bodies of NGOs engaged in economic development of the region.

Professional Papers, Presentations and Publications

• Writes a regular fortnightly column since Jan 2022 on “Empirical Management - A Glimpse into Factual Success Mantras of Business” being published in The Hitavada, a leading newspaper in Central India, and other journals
• Delivers talks on Management, Entrepreneurship, International Business Development, Sales Pitching on different management and entrepreneurship forums, and schools.
• Presented paper on “Winning Contracting Strategies” at the World Oil & Gas Congress held in Accra Ghana in 2011
• Presented papers on “Managing Business Risks”, and other topics at Global Conferences & International Forums.

• Advanced Project Management
• Business & Contract Management
• Advanced Contracting Strategy and Management
• Leadership in International Business
• Organizational Leadership

• Independent Director on board of companies
• On Advisory Committee of key government organizations
• Mentoring Individuals and Organisations

• On Executive Committee of NGOs engaged in economic growth of the region