Udai Pareek

Udai Pareek was the chairman of the Academy of Human Resource Development and of the Institute of Developmental Research and Statistics. He was a distinguished visiting professor at the Indian Institute of Health Management Researh, and also vice-president of its management board. He was on the management/governing boards of JIM, NIMID, NIA, NAM, RSIHFW, EMI, etc. He was also the editor of the Journal of Health Management and consulting editor of the Journal of Applied Behavioural Science. 

He served as chairman of the governing boards of the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), the South Asian Association of Psychologists (SAAP), the National HRD Network and of the Indian Society of Applied Behavioural Science and also of the Scientific Advisory Committee of IIHMR. He was the only Asian to become fellow of the National Training Laboratories (NTL), USA, and the only fellow from Indian Society for the Study of Social Issues (SPSSI). He was fellow of the Indian Society of Extension Education.

He served as US-aid HRD/OD Advisor to the Ministry of Health, Government of Indonesia; L&T Professor of Organizational Behaviour, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad; Director, School of Basic Sciences and Humanities, University of Udaipur; Director in CEET Institute; and Professor at IARI NIHAE. He was the first editor of Vikalpa and was on the editorial boards of Administrative Science Quarterly, Organization and Group Studies, Psychologia, etc. He authored and edited about 50 books and about 350 papers. He received several national awards, and has been cited in a large number of national and international reference books.