Word has it that Dipak Jain, former dean of Kellogg, is tipped to become the next dean of INSEAD. According to a recent Financial Times article, Dipak Jain is the front-runner for the position and is awaiting approval from the INSEAD board and faculty from both the French and Singapore campuses. (INSEAD has another, smaller campus in Abu Dhabi.)
A little about Prof. Dipak Jain:
- Prof. Jain was born in Assam, India.
- He is 53 years old, making him one of the youngest business school deans on the international scene.
- While the vast majority of his teaching experience has been in the U.S., he has also taught in India and has been known to have a "vision of developments in Asia"—one of the qualities that appealed to the Insead board.
- He was dean of Northwestern Kellogg for eight years, until he stepped down in 2009.
- He is a prolific marketing scholar.
- He was responsible (according to Jain himself) for altering the Kellogg culture from being an individual-driven program, as it was when Don Jacobs (his predecessor) was dean, to an institution-driven program, "with multiple associate deans and devolved responsibilities."
- Prof. Jain is "a thoroughbred academic," in contrast to INSEAD's current dean Frank Brown, who is more of a business professional. INSEAD, London Business School, and IMD, top international business schools, all hired non-academic deans in the recent past, and are all now—after deeming that strategy a mistake—replacing them with academic deans.
The appointment process should be completed in the next few weeks.
(Source: Financial Times, "Dipak Jain Tipped for Insead")
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