Prof. Soumitra Dutta
Co-editor and Co-author
Soumitra Dutta is Professor of Management and the former founding dean of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business. Previously, he was the Anne and Elmer Lindseth Dean of the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management. Prior to joining Cornell in 2012, he was on the faculty and leadership team of INSEAD. Mr. Dutta is an authority on technology and innovation policy, and has engaged in a number of multi-stakeholder initiatives to shape global, regional, and industry agendas. He is the co-editor and author of The Global Information Technology Report, published by the World Economic Forum, and The Global Innovation Index, published by the World Intellectual Property Organization.
Mr. Dutta is on the global boards of Sodexo and Dassault Systèmes, and is a member of the Shareholder Council of Chicago-based ZS Associates. He serves on the advisory boards of several business schools, including HEC, Montreal; ESADE, Barcelona; and ESCP, Paris. He has co-founded two firms, including Fisheye Analytics, which WPP group acquired. He is currently Chair of the Board of Directors of the Global Business School Network.
Mr. Dutta was previously the Chair of AACSB, the leading global body for the accreditation of business schools. He is a member of the Davos Circle, an association of long-time participants in the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos. He is also the co-chair of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Innovation Ecosystems.
Mr. Dutta received a Bachelor of Technology in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), New Delhi, a Master of Science in both Business Administration and Computer Science, and a PhD in Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley. In 2017, he received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from his alma mater, IIT Delhi.