Prof. R.M. Srivastava, a Ph.D. has been Senior Professor of Management, and Head and Dean, Faculty of Management Studies, B.H.U. He also served as Professor of Management at the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok. Taking cognizance of his dexterous experience and experties, he was nominated as Directory by the Government of India on the Board of Northern Coal Fields (Coal India Group). Expert Member of the All India Management Panel of the UGC and AICTE and Panel Member of Management in the Ministry of HRD. Besides providing training and updating university teachers as UGC resource person and coordinating several Quality Improvement Programmes of AICTE, he has been regularly conducting in-house Management Development Programmes for the managers of various financial and industrial organizations to develop their skills and competencies. He has made seminal contribution in the fields of management through publications of 118 research papers and management tratises in the area of strategic management and finance. Prof. Srivastava is presently a Team Member of National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), Government of India.