Indian American Professor Anjani Jain appointed Associate Dean at Yale School of Management

The Yale School of Management on 18 June 2012announced the appointment of Indian American professor Anjani Jain as senior associate dean for the full-time MBA programme as part of the school's expansion programme. He will contribute to the Yale SOM curriculum as a senior lecturer.

Anjani Jain a graduate from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad will join Yale on 1 July 2012. He holds a PhD. from the University of California, Los Angeles, Graduate School of Management. Jain spent the last 26 years at Wharton and served as as vice dean of its full-time MBA programme for ten years. He also worked in the capacity of the vice dean of the MBA programme for executives. He in the past served in multiple leadership roles at the Wharton School of the, University of Pennsylvania.
He taught a range of courses and conducted important research in production and operations management.  Jain was recognized for his contributions to African-American students with the Howard E. Mitchell Award.

Within the scope of a senior associate dean for the full-time MBA programme, Jain will focus on Yale's flagship full-time MBA programme. He will be expected to assume lead responsibility for admissions, career development, and student and academic services.

The Yale School of Management introduced a Master of Advanced Management programme and participated in the launch of the Global Network for Advanced Management, a collective effort by 21 international business schools to understand the challenges posed by complex global markets.