Raghu Sundaram
American economist
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Rangarajan K. "Raghu" Sundaram is an Indian-born American academic. He formerly served as Dean of the New York University Stern School of Business, and is the author or co-author of two books.
Raghu Sundaram | |
|---|---|
| Dean of the New York University Stern School of Business | |
| In office January 2018 – July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Peter Blair Henry |
| Succeeded by | Bharat Anand |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1961 (age 64–65) |
| Children | Aditi Sundaram |
| Education | University of Madras (BA) Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (MBA) Cornell University (MA, PhD) |
Early life
Sundaram was educated in India, where he earned a Bachelor's degree from the University of Madras in 1982 and a master in business administration from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad in 1984.[1] He earned a master's degree and a PhD in Economics from Cornell University in 1987 and 1988 respectively.[1]
Career
Sundaram taught economics at the University of Rochester from 1988 to 1996, when he joined the New York University Stern School of Business.[1] He has served as its dean since January 2018.[1] Since 2020, he serves as an academic council member of Krea University, a liberal arts and sciences private university located in Sricity, Andhra Pradesh, India.[2]
Sundaram is the author or co-author of two books, including one about derivatives. He won the Jensen Prize from the Journal of Financial Economics in 2000.[3]
Works
- Sundaram, Rangarajan K. (1996). A First Course in Optimization Theory. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521497701.
- Sundaram, Rangarajan K.; Das, Sanjiv R. (2010). Derivatives: Principles and Practice. New York: McGraw Hill. ISBN 9780072949315. OCLC 741054756.
