Professor Jitendra Vir Singh Singh, has been appointed as the Dean of the School of Business and Management at HKUST with effect from September 1, based on an open and competitive worldwide search.
Singh, an IIM-A alumnus, who left India in 1978, is currently the Saul P Steinberg Professor of Management at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania in the US, where he has played a number of significant roles in boosting the school's global presence since joining the faculty in 1987.
"I look forward to working with the university and business school leadership to build on the strong foundations that are already in place, and strive toward ever higher goals, while contributing both to the region and to global society," Singh said.
Professor Tony F Chan, President of HKUST, said he was very pleased that the University has found such an acclaimed scholar and able administrator to lead the Business School.
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As Wharton's Vice-Dean, International Academic Affairs, from 1998 to 2001, Singh contributed to the establishment of the Singapore Management University in Singapore, the worldwide alliance between Wharton and INSEAD, and the foundation of the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad.
From 2007 to 2009, while on leave from Wharton, he was Dean and Shaw Foundation Chair Professor of Strategy, Management and Organisation of Nanyang Business School at Nanyang Technological University, during which time the School's profile enjoyed a substantial international ascent.
He has written four books and published over 45 papers in leading management and social science journals, and has lectured to executive and academic audiences in North America, Europe, Asia and South America.
His research interests broadly span strategy and organisation, with an emphasis on multinational corporations, emerging economies, organisational evolution, and entrepreneurship.