Soumitra Dutta has been the dean of Said Business School at the University of Oxford since 1 June 2022.
19 Facts About Soumitra Dutta
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Soumitra Dutta was previously a professor of management, as well as the former founding dean, at the SC Johnson College of Business at Cornell University in New York.
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Soumitra Dutta was Dean of SC Johnson College of Business from 2012 to 2018.
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Soumitra Dutta joined INSEAD's faculty as an Assistant Professor of Information Systems, Technology Management Area in 1989, later serving as Dean of Technology and E-learning, Dean of Executive Education, and Dean of External Relations.
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Soumitra Dutta played a key role in the establishment of Cornell Tech campus in New York and the launch of a unique one year MBA program focused on the digital economy.
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Soumitra Dutta led the global growth of the school, including the setting up of the Cornell-Tsinghua dual degree MBA program across Beijing and New York, which remains the only American Ivy League MBA degree offered in mainland China.
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Soumitra Dutta collaborated with the President and Provost of Cornell University to raise a $150m naming gift for the college from Fisk Johnson and the SC Johnson company.
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Soumitra Dutta has been a member of the board of Sodexo between 2014 and 2020.
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Soumitra Dutta is a board member of Dassault Systemes, which he has been on since 2017.
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Soumitra Dutta has been Vice Chair and Chair of AACSB Intl between 2016 and 2018.
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Soumitra Dutta has been the Chair of the Board of the Global Business School Network since 2018.
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Soumitra Dutta is the president and Co-Founder, Portulans Institute which was set up in 2019, as an independent non-profit research institute based in Washington DC.
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Soumitra Dutta is a member of the Davos Circle, serving as the Co-Chair of the Global Future Council on Innovation Ecosystems for the World Economic Forum.
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Soumitra Dutta is deeply involved with non-profits and is on the boards of several global business schools including Centrum Catholica, HEC Montreal, University of Los Andes, ESADE and others.
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In 2022, it was announced Soumitra Dutta will become the new Dean of Said Business School at Oxford University.
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Soumitra Dutta will take up his position on 1 June 2022, replacing interim dean Sue Dobson.
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Soumitra Dutta is the founder and co-editor of fourteen editions of the Global Innovation Index which is published with the World Intellectual Property Organization.
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Soumitra Dutta is a founding co-editor of the annual Global Information Technology Report published by the World Economic Forum, and the founder of the annual Global Innovation Index published by the World Intellectual Property Organization.
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Soumitra Dutta received the European Case of the Year from the European Case Clearing House in 2002,2000,1998, and 1997.