Prof. Ajay Manrai

Dr. Ajay K. Manrai is Professor Emeritus of Marketing at the University of Delaware. As Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Global Marketing (Taylor & Francis), a Scopus Q1, Best Quartile journal with a 2024 Scopus CiteScore of 7.7 and a Clarivate ESCI Indexed journal with a Journal Impact Factor of 3.6 in 2023) and former President of the International Management Development Association (201-2012), Professor Manrai is a marketing luminary ranked in the top 0.8% of scholars globally (ScholarGPS 2024). 

He holds a Ph.D. from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University (31st, The World University Rankings 2025), an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad and a B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. 

With over four decades of academic experience, Dr. Manrai has held faculty appointments at the Kellogg School, the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (14th, The World University Rankings 2025), and the University of Delaware’s Lerner College. He has authored over 150 peer-reviewed publications in high-impact journals, including Marketing Science (ABS 2024, 4*), Journal of Marketing Research (ABS 2024, 4*), Journal of International Marketing (ABS 2024: 3), Journal of Global Marketing, International Business Review (ABS 2024: 3), Journal of Business Research, and Psychometrika (ABS 2024: 3). Dr. Manrai’s accolades reflect his impact, including the University-wide Excellence in Teaching Award (1994) and multiple Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics MBA and EMBA Teaching Awards. As a global academic leader and mentor, he has traveled to over 150 countries across seven continents. He received a Fulbright-Nehru Senior Research Scholar grant (India, 2011) and continues to support the scholarly community through editorial leadership, mentorship, and international engagement.