Prof. Himanshu Rai teaches PG and Doctoral students at Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, India, his core area being Human Resource Management, Negotiation, Mediation, Arbitration, and Leadership. He has also taught at XLRI Jamshedpur. Apart from academia, he had a corporate stint with Tata Steel for eight years where he played a pivotal role in developing Quality Systems for his Departments and the Communication Policy for the Company.