Summary:
Gujarat-cadre IPS officer Rajnish Rai, whose voluntary retirement is being contested by the union and the state government, has joined India's premier management school – the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad as a faculty member. Rai was appointed an assistant professor in the public systems group on May 6, 2019. Rai has been at loggerheads with the state government after he made arrests in 2007 in the Sohrabuddin Shaikh encounter case that included IPS officers DG Vanzara (retired), Rajkumar Pandian and Rajasthan cadre IPS officer Dinesh MN. This year, the IIM-A has appointed seven new faculty members including Rai and the last appointment was made on June 7. A few years ago, Rai had taken a study leave to study LLB and the Fellow Programme of Management course at IIM-A..