Professor Rajendra Srivastava has been named the new Dean of the Indian School of Business (ISB), effective from January 1, 2016. Currently the Provost and Deputy President (Academic Affairs) and Professor of Marketing at the Singapore Management University, he will succeed Ajit Rangnekar, the outgoing Dean, who has held this position since January 2009. The announcement was made on Friday by Adi Godrej, Chairman of the ISB Board.
Prof. Srivastava comes with an experience of over 30 years as an academic and administrator. Prior to SMU, he held research chairs and senior management positions at the University of Texas at Austin and Emory University in Atlanta. He has an MBA and Ph.D. (Business Administration) from the University of Pittsburgh, an MS in Industrial Engineering from the University of Rhode Island, and a B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering) from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India.
His research interests are in the area of marketing and brand strategy. He is known globally for his work examining the impact of marketing investments on business performance, business model innovation and marketing metrics. He has been actively involved in setting up several new postgraduate and doctoral programmes as well as research centres and initiatives in close collaboration with industry. This appointment, ISB stated, comes after an extensive global search across three continents for a dean with leadership and personal commitment to research. According to Pramath Raj Sinha, Founding Dean and Chair of ISB’s Dean Search Committee, the mandate was to identify and recruit a high-standing international academician capable of integrating research, education and practice with the proven ability to build and manage a high-quality academic institution. “Prof. Rajendra Srivastava’s appointment as the new Dean of ISB marks a significant step towards ISB’s mission of consolidating and strengthening its position as a world class business school. I wish him success,” Adi Godrej said making the announcement.
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“I am delighted that ISB will be led by a renowned academician and an able administrator like Raj Srivastava,” Ajit Rangnekar said.
Commenting on his appointment, Prof. Srivastava said his goal was to work with corporate and academic partners in developing ISB into a premier institution known globally for insights related to emerging markets.
ISB stated that the appointment came after an extensive global search across three continents for a dean with leadership and personal commitment to research