G. "Anand" Anandalingam | |
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| Born | Anand Anandalingam |
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| Fields | Decision, Operations and Information Technology |
G. "Anand" Anandalingam is Ralph J. Tyser Professor of Management Science at the University of Maryland. He was dean of Imperial College Business School at Imperial College London from 2013 to 2017. [1] Prior to that, from 2008 to 2013, he was dean of Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland. [2] Before joining the Smith School in 2001, Anandalingam worked at the University of Pennsylvania. [3]
Anandalingam received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1981, [4] and his B.A./M.A. in electrical sciences from Cambridge University. Before joining the Smith School in 2001, Anandalingam was a faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania for nearly 15 years. At Penn, he was the National Center Professor of Resource and Technology Management and a professor in both the Engineering School and the Wharton School. [3] He also served as the chair of the Department of Systems Engineering [5] and directed the Executive Master's Program in Technology Management.
Anandalingam was appointed dean of the University of Maryland's Smith School of Business in 2008. [6] The school was ranked 24th best business school in the United States by Bloomberg BusinessWeek at the time of Anandalingam's departure as dean. [7] U.S. News ranked the school 37th and Poets and Quants ranked the school 31st at the same time. [7] Anandalingam raised $45 million in donor contributions in five years at Smith despite the 2008 financial crisis. [8]
In 2017, the American University in Cairo (AUC) School of Business announced Anandalingam as a Dean's Strategic Advisory Board member. [9]