Dipak Jain

Education

Gauhati University.

Career

The announcement of his appointment as Director of Sasin was made on June 7, 2014. He is also European Institute of Business Administration (Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires) Chaired Professor of Marketing. He had served as Dean of European Institute of Business Administration (Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires) since his appointment from May 2011 to March 2013.

He was Dean of Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management from 2001-2009.

He has had more than 50 articles published in leading academic journals. From March 2011, he took office as Dean of European Institute of Business Administration (Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires), one of the world"s most prestigious business schools, with campuses in France, Singapore and Abu Dhabi.

Jain also serves as an Independent Director on the Board of Indian Conglomerate Reliance Industries Limited which is also the largest refiner in the world at a single location. He has served as a consultant to Microsoft, Novartis, American Express, Sony, Nissan, Eli Lilly and Company, and Hyatt International.

He is also a former director at United Airlines, Hartmarx Corporation and Peoples Energy.

He did his schooling from Rastrabhasa Hindi School at Tezpur, Assam. He went on to earn his bachelor"s degree in Statistics (Honours) in 1976 from Darrang College, Tezpur (affiliated with Guwahati University) and his master"s degree in Statistics in 1978 from Gauhati University in India. He taught at Gauhati University for the next five years before coming to United States to pursue his Doctor of Philosophy in Marketing at the University of Texas at Dallas under the direction of Frank M. Bass.

Achievements

• Dean Jain’s teaching honors include: 1. The Sidney Levy Award for Excellence in Teaching in 1995. 2. The John District of Columbia Little Best Paper Award in 1991. 3. Kraft research professorships in 1989-1990 and 1990-1991. 4. The Beatrice research professorship in 1987-1988. 5. The Outstanding Educator Award from the State of Assam in India in 1982. 6. The Gold Medal for the Best Post-Graduate of the Year from Gauhati University in India in 1978. 7. The Gold Medal for the Best Graduate of the Year from Darrang College in Assam in India in 1976. 8. The Gold Medal from Junior Chamber of Commerce International in 1976. 9. The Youth Merit Award from Rotary International in 1976. And 10. The Jawaharlal Nehru Merit Award, Government of India in 1976.

Membership

He was also Sandy and Morton Goldman Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies & Professor of Marketing at the Kellogg School of Management, where he had been a member of the faculty since 1987. He also serves as a member of the board of directors of Deere & Company and Northern Trust Corporation. He is also a former member of the editorial board of the Journal of Marketing Research.