Background
Deshpandé, Rohit was born on December 7, 1951 in Bombay. Came to the United States, 1973. Son of Prabhakar and Vimala (Waglé) Deshpandé.
Deshpandé, Rohit was born on December 7, 1951 in Bombay. Came to the United States, 1973. Son of Prabhakar and Vimala (Waglé) Deshpandé.
Bachelor of Science, University Bombay, 1971. Behavioural Science Institute, University Bombay, 1973. Master of Business Administration, Northwestern University, Evanston, 1975.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Pittsburgh, 1979. Master of Arts (honorary), Dartmouth College, 1993. Master of Arts (honorary), Harvard University, 2000.
Assistant and associate professor marketing University Texas, Austin, 1979-1987. Associate professor marketing Dartmouth College, Hanover, 1987-1989, professor, 1989-1993, E.B. Osborn professor marketing, 1993-1997. Professor Harvard Business School, Boston, 1997—1998, Sebastian S. Kresge professor marketing Cambridge, since 1998.
Fellow, business ethics Henry B. Arthur, 2008—2009. Chairman Global Colloquium For Participant Centered Learning Harvard Business School, since 2010. Director American Marketing Association, 2006—2009.
Thomas Henry Carroll Ford Foundation visiting professor business administration Harvard Business School, 1993, chairman strategic marketing management program, 2001-2006. Co-chairman, chief marketing officer Summit at Harvard Business School. Visiting scholar and visiting professor Stanford Business School, 1994, 96.
Executive director Marketing Science Institute, 1997-1999, member executive directors council, since 1999. Member advisory council David Rockefeller Center Latin America Studies, Harvard University, since 2000.
Fellow (consortium) American Marketing Association (board director since 2006). Member Association Consumer Research, American Sociological Association, Omicron Delta Kappa, Beta Alpha Phi.
Married Rebecca Schorin, December 29, 1979. Children: Jay Alexander, Neil Benjamin.