Dr. Harshal Lowalekar Is InsideIIM's Professor of The Year At IIM Indore - Here's Why MBA Students Love Him

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Professor Lowalekar is an Associate Professor at IIM Indore and teaches the subject Operations Management & Quantitative Techniques Area at the institute.

Dr. Lowalekar, a Mechanical Engineer, was a participant of the FPM program at IIM Ahmedabad, and later went on to become a Fulbright-Nehru Postdoctoral Fellow at the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University.

Professor Lowalekar began teaching at IIM Indore as a visiting professor in 2010, and has been associated with the institute for a decade. At IIM Indore, he has received the 'Best Teacher Award' in 2019, 2016, and 2012, so it doesn't come as a surprise that he has been voted by 1st and 2nd year MBA students at IIM Indore as the InsideIIM Professor of The Year in 2020! In fact, in 2019, Professor Lowalekar missed out on this accolade by a whisker to Professor Manoj Motiani. Professor Motiani has been the first runner-up this year, which clearly shows how much students at IIM Indore value these professors' vast base of knowledge, domain expertise, and method of teaching.

(Below) Professor Lowalekar being facilitated with the 'Best Teacher of The Year' award at IIM Indore in 2019.

Read more about Professor Harshal Lowalekar here.

InsideIIM Professor of The Year 2020 - What IIM Indore Students Have To Say About Professor Lowalekar

"The content in his courses gives an entirely different perspective of managing business operations smoothly. Command on the concepts and excellent delivery of the content makes him really exceptional." - 2nd year MBA student at IIM Indore

"He has the art of making a difficult subject like Operations a piece of cake for the students. He is extremely witty, funny, knowledgeable and committed to make every single lecture worth every penny!" - 1st year MBA student at IIM Indore

"His ability to connect theoretical concepts with real life problems and to give a solution by making the most from the class discussion is brilliant. And also, he values every point made by students." - 1st year MBA student at IIM Indore

"He once said, "Kindly come to the class; the rest I will take care of." His classes make us go crazy about the concept of Operations Management. Even people from non-mechanical backgrounds like Operations Management a lot." - 1st year MBA student at IIM Indore

Here's what the Professor of The Year series is all about, and why it matters.

The following are professors at IIM Indore who just missed out on winning the title of InsideIIM's Professor of The Year in 2020, but are loved by IIM Indore students:

Professor Manoj Motiani - "Even a person who wouldn't like Marketing as a subject would want to pursue a career there after being taught by him."

Professor Ganesh Kumar N. - "Savage emails and dialogues, Bollywood references and a subject expert."

Professor Gaurav Singh Chauhan - "Excellent teaching skills, knows the best way to explain a concept. Humor sense is top notch. Answers every question to the point and teaches the subject qualitatively and quantitatively."