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Soumitra Dutta, a management expert who served as visiting professor in the Haas School of Business at Berkeley, has been appointed the dean and professor of management of the new Cornell College of Business.
Cornell University announced Jan 30 that its new College of Business to be launched during the 2016-17 academic year, will comprise Cornell’s three accredited business programs – the School of Hotel Administration, the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, and the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management.
Each school will maintain its unique identity and mission, while their collective capabilities will be strengthened by bringing together faculty, curricular offerings, and programs within a cohesive College, a press release from the university said.
Dutta, who is an authority on the impact of new technology on the business world, especially social media and social networking, and on strategies for driving growth and innovation by embracing the digital economy, most recently served as the Roland Berger Chaired Professor of Business and Technology at INSTEAD, a top ranked business school in Fontainebleau France, and was the founder and academic director of the eLab at INSEAD.
During his 23-year tenure at INSEAD, Dutta served as dean of external relations; dean of executive education; and dean of technology and e-learning. He has served as a visiting professor in the Haas School at Berkeley, Oxford Internet Institute at University of Oxford, and Judge School at University of Cambridge in England. He has lived and worked in the U.S., Europe, and Asia, including stints as an engineer with GE in the U.S. and Schlumberger in Japan.
He is the co-editor and author respectively of two influential reports in technology and innovation — the Global Information Technology Report, co-published with the World Economic Forum, and the Global Innovation Index, to be co-published with the World Intellectual Property Organization.
Dutta received a B.Tech. in electrical engineering and computer science from the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, and has an MS in business administration, an MS in computer science, and a PhD in computer science from the University of California at Berkeley.
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