CHANDIGARH: Professor Dr. R.K. Uppal has been appointed principal of Guru Gobind Singh College of Management and Technology, Gidderbaha. A prolific writer, a Man of Letters, an eminent academician, a research stalwart, and the most ingenious guide, Dr. Rajinder Kumar Uppal has received accolades not only from the academic world but also from the genre of research.
Dr. Uppal is also the MTC Global Chair Professor of Banking and Finance and Research Professor at the Indian Institute of Finance. He is also a visiting professor at several national and international institutions/universities. He is also a professor of practice in finance at Narayana Engineering College, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh.
Dr. Uppal has 87 books on his credit and has completed seven post-doctoral major research projects at UGC and ICSSR, New Delhi. As well as publishing an Encyclopedia on the Indian Banking Industry, he has also authored 35 national and international patents. In addition to being a member of many professional research bodies, he serves on the advisory board of numerous research journals. It was under the guidance of General Secretary S. Gurcharan Singh that he joined the GGS Group of Institutions as a principal. He expressed his gratitude to the Badal family for appointing him principal.