 IIM Lucknow is an autonomous institution established as a registered society under the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development , Govt. of India . The IIM Council acts as an overseeing body to facilitate coordination among the different IIMs . The Board of Governors of IIM Lucknow is chaired by Jamshed J. Irani , the former Managing Director of Tata Steel . The board consists of 10 industrialists , four Government representatives and three academicians in addition to the Director and two deans of the institution . 
