Prof. Ajai Prakash (Ph.D. in Business Administration, LLB, MBA, B.Com) has travelled widely across the globe in his academic rigour. He has worked as Dean, Graduate School at KCA University, Nairobi, Kenya and Professor of Management. He started his career with the industry and later joined as a faculty in the Department of Business Administration, University of Lucknow, India. He works on issues of sustainable development, anti-corruption and globalisation.

He is a member of the UN Principles for Responsible Management Education group. He has been the First Director of the B.Com (Hons.) course, he has been among top management contributors at his institution with presence in The Planning and Development Board, Member of the Internal Quality Assurance Cell, Placement Coordinator, Member of the Research Committee and at many other important positions. He has the distinction of being awarded the Career Award for Young Teachers by All India Council of Technical Education, India. He has a few projects to his credit. His research contributions count to over 40 research papers, around 100 conferences and 4 books. His interest in innovation and technology has strongly developed his skills and he is well versed with DBMS applications.

There are 8 doctoral works under his supervision and five of these works are on allied issues of sustainable development with areas spanning from Banking, Education, Microfinance, Smart Cities, Railway transport to FMCG products. He teaches strategic management, managing for sustainability, international business and business environment. Currently he is working on issues related to corruption in the corporate sector.