Justin Paul (scholar)

Justin Paul
Born
Alma materUniversity of Brighton, Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay, Christ College
Scientific career
FieldsBusiness administration
WorkplacesUniversity of Puerto Rico
Websitedrjustinpaul.com

Justin Paul is an Indian-born academic and the former Dean of the School of Business Management and Provost of Management Education at NMIMS University (2024–25).[1] He is a professor of business administration at the University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR, USA.[2] He completed a three-year visiting professor assignment at Henley Business School, University of Reading.[3] Paul also serves as Honorary Dean of the Sahrdaya Institute of Management Studies, established by the Catholic Diocese in Kerala, India.[4]

Early life and education

Justin Paul was born in Kerala, India. He received his early education from the Government LP School, St. Joseph's UP School, and Sree Krishna High School Mattathur.[5]

Paul attended the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, where he received his PhD in 2003.[6] In 2023, he obtained a second PhD in marketing from the University of Brighton.[7]

Career

Paul began his career as a bank officer at Corporation Bank.[8] In 2004, he joined Indian Institute of Management, Indore as an assistant professor and was promoted as department chair in 2005.[9]

In 2008, Paul moved to Japan to become an associate professor with Nagoya University of Commerce and Business, where he also served as MBA program director. In 2011, he joined the faculty at the University of Washington. A year later, he became an associate professor at the Graduate School of Business, University of Puerto Rico. He was promoted to full professor in 2015.[8]

Paul was editor-in chief of the International Journal of Consumer Studies from 2020 through 2025.[10][11]

In 2024, Paul was appointed as Dean of the School of Business Management and Provost of Management Education at NMIMS.[12][13]

Paul received an honorary Doctorate (Doctor Honoris Causa) from Lower Danube University, Galati, Romania in March 2026 for his contributions to research, including the Masstige Model for brand management, the 7-P framework for international marketing.[14]

Books

  • Paul, Justin (2009). International Business (6 ed.). Prentice Hall. ISBN 978-81-203-2426-8.
  • Paul, Justin; Kapoor, K (2012). International Marketing (2 ed.). McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-1259001802.[15][16]
  • Paul, Justin; Kaushal, Leena; Sebastian, VJ (2012). Managerial Economics. Cengage. ISBN 9788131516874.
  • Justin, Paul; Aserkar, R (2013). Export-Import Management (2 ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198089407.
  • Justin, Paul (2018). Business Environment: Text and Cases (4 ed.). McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-9353162498.
  • Paul, Justin; Suresh, P (2018). Management of Banking and Financial Services (4 ed.). Pearson Education India. ISBN 978-9353062378.
  • George, Babu; Paul, Justin, eds. (2019). Digital Transformation in Business and Society | Theory and Cases. Springer International Publishing. ISBN 9783030082772. Retrieved September 17, 2024.[17]

References

  1. ↑ "Prof. Justin Paul". Sahrdaya Institute of Management Studies. Retrieved 20 July 2026.
  2. ↑ "Justin Paul – University of Puerto Rico". researchers.upr.edu. Retrieved 20 July 2026.
  3. ↑ "Consumer Behavior in the Post-COVID Era – New Challenges and Perspectives According to Prof. Justin Paul". University of Economics in Katowice. Retrieved 20 July 2026.
  4. ↑ Cite error: The named reference sahrdaya was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ↑ Kuruvilla, Anu (12 December 2021). "From Kerala, among world's top 1%". The New Indian Express.
  6. ↑ Paul, Justin (2003). Impact of globalisation on industrial sector in India-a study with reference to trade liberalisation in the 1990s (PhD thesis). Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
  7. ↑ Paul, Justin (2023). Masstige marketing (PhD thesis). University of Brighton. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
  8. 1 2 "Dr. Justin Paul (homepage) | Experience" (homepage). University of Puerto Rico. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
  9. ↑ Paul, Justin; Lova, Festi (August 2005). "Biotechnology—The New Age 'Global' Industry". Global Business Review. 6 (2): 315–321. doi:10.1177/097215090500600210.
  10. ↑ "Malayali named chief editor of global academic journal". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on March 19, 2023.
  11. ↑ "Issue Information". International Journal of Consumer Studies. 49 (6). 2025. doi:10.1111/ijcs.13065.
  12. ↑ "NMIMS School of Business Management Appoints Dr. Justin Paul as the New Dean and Provost". The Week.
  13. ↑ "NMIMS SBM Appoints Dr. Justin Paul as the New Dean and Provost".
  14. ↑ Dumitru, Tatiana (March 31, 2026). "O personalitate a economiei mondiale, la Galați - Viaţa Liberă Galaţi". www.viata-libera.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 2026-04-16.
  15. ↑ "Book Review". Foreign Trade Review. 45 (2): 125–128. July 2010. doi:10.1177/0015732515100205.
  16. ↑ Bhawsar, Pragya (26 February 2010). "International Marketing Text and Cases, by Justin Paul and Ramneek Kapoor: New Delhi, India: Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Company Limited, 2008, 379 pages, ISBN 13: 978-0-07-063588-3, Rs 275". Journal of Teaching in International Business. 21 (1): 71–72. doi:10.1080/08975931003644655.
  17. ↑ Shahriar, Saleh (2020). "Digital transformation in business and society:theory and cases". Asia Pacific Business Review. 26 (4): 523–525. doi:10.1080/13602381.2020.1738074.