Dr. Justin Paul
Dean SBM & Provost - Management Education
Dr. Justin Paul, the Dean of the School of Business Management and Provost of Management Education at NMIMS, is a distinguished academic with a remarkable educational journey. He holds three doctoral degrees, one from the University of Brighton, England, another from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, and an honorary doctorate from Calcutta. His academic prowess is further demonstrated by his three Master's/PG degrees/diplomas and a Bachelor's degree with a Gold Medal.
Dr. Paul brings extensive experience as a tenured full Marketing and International Business Professor at the University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, USA, and as a visiting professor for three years at the University of Reading, Henley Business School, UK. Since 2020, he has been serving as the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Consumer Studies (IJCS), the leading consumer research journal with an A rank and the highest impact factor in the world.
Dr. Paul's leadership acumen is evident from his various administrative roles in esteemed universities. He has served as the Director of Research, Director of the Dual Degree MBA Program, Department Chair, Chair of the Library & IT Committee, Faculty Council Member Secretary, and Chair of Faculty Selection and Promotion Committees at Nagoya University, Japan-UPR San Juan, USA, IIM Indore, and the University of Agder, Norway. His contributions have been recognized globally, as he is among the world's top 82 Highly Cited Researchers in Business and Economics (Web of Science, 2023 Press Release). He is the most cited professor in Business and Economics in India, with an H-Index of 87.
Previously, Dr. Paul served as a full-time faculty member at Rollins College, Florida, and the University of Washington. He is well-known for his authorship and co-authorship of several books, including Business Environment, International Business, International Marketing, Management of Banking & Financial Services, and Export-Import Management, published by McGraw-Hill, Pearson, and Oxford University Press, respectively. His articles have been downloaded over 1,000,000 times.
Dr. Paul introduced the Masstige Model and Measure for Branding, the CPP Model for Internationalization, the SCOPE Framework for Small Firms, the 7-P Framework for International Marketing, the COPS Framework for Managing Complex Organizational Problems, and the ADO, TCCM Frameworks, and SPAR-4-SLR Protocols for Literature Reviews.
As a visiting professor, Dr. Paul has taught full courses at Aarhus University, Denmark; Grenoble École de Management; EM Strasbourg, France, Université de Versailles, France, ISM University, Lithuania, and Warsaw University, Poland. He has also been a regular invited speaker and trainer at Vienna University of Economics and Business, Deakin University, Australia; University of Queensland; University of Chicago; and numerous institutions in UAE, Barcelona, Madrid, Prague, Shanghai, and Beijing. He has been a keynote speaker at over 100 conferences worldwide, has visited more than 500 universities, including Harvard Business School and MIT, Boston, and has traveled to over 100 countries for speeches and presentations.
Dr. Paul has conducted corporate training sessions for managers and diplomats in the UAE, Oman, Mauritius, India, the USA, Europe, and Africa and has served as the Director of such programs. He holds or has held honorary or distinguished positions, including Professor of Eminence, at several universities such as the University of Porto, Portugal; Lebanese American University; University of Economics and Human Sciences, Poland; IIM Kozhikode; and MS University, Tamil Nadu.
He is also the author of four case studies published by Ivey-Canada and distributed by Harvard Business School. Dr. Paul is proficient in English, Japanese, Hindi, Malayalam, and Spanish.