Prof. (Dr) Manoj Dixit

Prof. (Dr) Manoj Dixit
Vice-Chancellor, Dr Rammanohar Lohia Avadh University, Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India

Prof. Manoj Dixit is the visionary and architect of the IPARN FOUNDATION. He is Professor of Public Administration (on leave) at the Department of Public Administration, University of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. A widely known scholar in the field of Public Administration and Public Policy, Prof. Dixit was Adjunct Professor at the School of Political Science and Public Administration in the University of Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan, China from 2011 to 2014. He is also Researcher at the School of Political Science and Public Administration in the University of Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan, China from 2013 onwards. Before this Prof Dixit was Associate Professor in Public Administration at the Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia during the year 2005-06. His fields of specializations are Administrative Theory, Public Policy and Tourism Management.

A highly travelled Scholar, Prof. Dixit has presented and published more than fifty papers, acted as Chairperson and Discussant in many significant International conferences organized in Indonesia, China, Australia, Bangkok, Lithuania, Macau, Moscow, Sharjah, Dubai, Sri Lanka and the United States. Prof. Dixit is also Editor-in-Chief of one International and two national Journals. Prof. Dixit did his research on ‘Tourism Management’ in the subject of Public Administration. He was also Honorary Director of Tourism Studies Institute of Lucknow University and Kanshi Ram Tourism Management Institute of Uttar Pradesh Tourism for a long time. Prof. Dixit has authored more than ten books on tourism topics, which today are worldwide referred. He has also prepared the world’s largest dictionary on tourism. Around 850 tourism guides were prepared under his leadership at Lucknow University. Prof. Dixit has also supervised more than forty PhD Researches. He has also directed many funded/sponsored Major Research Projects and coordinated UGC-SAP DRS – II in Public Administration at the University of Lucknow.

Prof. Dixit is also a great orator. The style of his serious speech with interesting jokes at appropriate moments was found amazing and worth emulating from pretty senior academicians. Prof. Dixit has also proved himself to be a highly acclaimed academic administrator as the Vice-Chancellor of the Dr Rammanohar Lohia Avadh University, Ayodhya. Dr. Dixit’s constant efforts helped Ayodhya to be re-established on the tourism map. Before the Deepotsav in Ayodhya, he started programs like Ganga Dussehra Festival, Ayodhya Heritage Walk etc. About five years ago, under his leadership, a program called ‘Ram Rajyabhishekh’ was conceptualized in Ayodhya, whose major attraction was Deepotsav.

Under his excellent leadership, the event entered into the prestigious ‘The Guinness World Records’ in 2018. His contribution has been widely recognized and he has been awarded with many National Excellence Awards, including the prestigious ‘Paryatan Prabandh Ratna Award 2019’ from the Government of Uttar Pradesh, India. His excellent contribution to the discipline of Public Policy and Public Administration and to the country’s relatively weak stock of good academic administrators has always been appreciated.