Prof Arun Elias
Director and Dean, Rajagiri Business School, Kochi, India
Professor Arun Elias is the Dean, College of Business, Hospitality and Tourism Studies, Fiji National University from November 2021.
Prior to joining FNU, Prof Elias was associated with Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand for more than 22 years. He held positions like Associate Dean (International and Accreditation), Director MBA and Post Experience progarmmes, and Associate Professor in Management.
In addition to his PhD in Management from Victoria University of Wellington, Arun has two master’s degrees, in Industrial Engineering and Management from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur and in Agricultural Engineering from Allahabad University. Before joining Victoria, he worked in Tata Steel India as an Industrial Engineer; in academia as a lecturer in Agricultural Engineering with Allahabad University; and in R & D as an Agro specialist in Sustainable Agriculture.
He has extensive experience in international accreditation of business schools, being both a mentor for the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) and a panel member of the Association of MBAs (AMBA) Accreditation Panel.
Yes, with interest in the following topics:
Systems Approaches to Complex Problems in Agriculture
Supply Chain Management
Stakeholder Management
Agri-business Management
