About Me: Soumitra Dutta is Professor of Management at the SC Johnson College of Business at Cornell University, New York. Previously he was the founding Dean of the SC Johnson College of and on the faculty at INSEAD, France.

Soumitra Dutta research focus is on innovation in the knowledge economy, with an important global perspective. He is the co-editor and author of the Global Information Technology Report, published by the World Economic Forum and the Global Innovation Index, published by the World Intellectual Property Organization - two influential reports in technology and innovation policy.
Professor Dutta is on the boards of two listed firms Sodexo and Dassault Systemes and on the Shareholder Council of ZS Associates. He is currently the Chair of the Global Business School Network and was previously the Vice Chair and Chair of AACSB International.

Professor Dutta received a B. Tech. from the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, a MS in both business administration and computer science, and a PhD in computer science from the University of California at Berkeley. In 2017, he received the Distinguished Alumnus award from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.