Professor Amarlal Kalro is an educationist with over 50 years of experience in academic institutions in India and abroad. He has contributed extensively to educational policy and establishment of educational institutions. He is presently Professor Emeritus, Ahmedabad University and Academic Adviser, Ahmedabad Education Society.

He was the first Provost of Ahmedabad University (July 2009 to September 2014). He was a member of the Second Administrative Reforms Commission (2005-2009) Government of India. He was Director, Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode from November 1998 to February 2004 and Chairman, Ravi J Mathai Centre for Educational Innovation (1994-1998) at Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad.

Professor Kalro obtained his B.Tech (Hons.) degree in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur in 1963, and his MS and PhD in Industrial Engineering from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA in 1967 and 1969 respectively.

He has served on the Board of Directors, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (August 2003 – February 2010); Bharat Oman Refineries Limited (July 2008-July 2014); Torrent Power SEC Limited (February 2003 – December 2006) and Chairman of their respective Audit Committees. He was also a Member, South Western Regional Committee, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).

He is presently Member, Governing Board, Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, Ahmedabad; Member, Governing Council, Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad, Nagpur and Hyderabad; Chairman, Board of Management, IMT Ghaziabad; Chairman, Board of Management; IMT Nagpur; Trustee, Tolani Foundation, Adipur; Trustee, Tolani Eye Hospital and Research Centre, Adipur; Chairman, South Asian Quality System Committee, Association of Management Development Institutions in South Asia; Chairman, Management Evaluation and Accreditation Committee, National Board of Accreditation.

Professor Kalro has received various awards in his career one of which being “The Life Time Achievement Award” from The Indian Society of Operations Management (December 2006) and awards from Ahmedabad Management Association, Ahmedabad (February 2007) and School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi (April 2009) for his “Contributions to Management”.