G. "Anand" Anandalingam

Anandalingam received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1981,^[4] and his B.A./M.A. in electrical sciences from Cambridge University. Before joining the Smith School in 2001, Anandalingam was a faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania for nearly 15 years. At Penn, he was the National Center Professor of Resource and Technology Management and a professor in both the Engineering School and the Wharton School.^[3] He also served as the chair of the Department of Systems Engineering^[5] and directed the Executive Master's Program in Technology Management.

Anandalingam was appointed dean of the University of Maryland's Smith School of Business in 2008.^[6] The school was ranked 24th best business school in the United States by Bloomberg BusinessWeek at the time of Anandalingam's departure as dean.^[7] U.S. News ranked the school 37th and Poets and Quants ranked the school 31st at the same time.^[7] Anandalingam raised $45 million in donor contributions in five years at Smith despite the 2008 financial crisis.^[8]

In 2017, the American University in Cairo (AUC) School of Business announced Anandalingam as a Dean's Strategic Advisory Board member.^[9]