Professor Anju Seth, an alumnus of IIM Calcutta, has become the first woman director of the institute.
Professor Seth has most recently held the position of Pamplin Professor of Management at Virginia Tech, USA. Prior to joining Virginia Tech, she was Professor of Business Administration at University of Illinois.
She completed her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan and has an academic career spanning over twenty five years.
She has received numerous awards for her teaching and research and is on the editorial board of many scholarly journals.
“We are delighted that Anju will be the first woman Director of IIMC. She was the unanimous choice of the search cum selection committee and the BOG,” said Shrikrishna Kulkarni, chairperson Board of IIM Calcutta, in a statement.
ET had reported on October 29 that IIM Calcutta was set to get a foreign academic as its director. The report had stated that the institute’s search panel had shortlisted three candidates, all currently teaching in US institutions — Anju Seth; Suresh Ramanathan of Mays School of Business, Texas A&M University, and Jayant Kale, teaching at D’Amore-McKim School of Business, North Eastern University.