{"id":3713,"date":"2010-07-14T10:50:57","date_gmt":"2010-07-14T18:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=3713"},"modified":"2010-07-14T10:50:57","modified_gmt":"2010-07-14T18:50:57","slug":"dipak-jain-hits-the-insead-rumor-mill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/dipak-jain-hits-the-insead-rumor-mill\/","title":{"rendered":"Dipak Jain hits the INSEAD rumor mill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Word has it that Dipak Jain, former dean of Kellogg, is tipped to become the next dean of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/INSEAD.aspx\">INSEAD<\/a>. According to a recent <em>Financial Times <\/em>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.)<\/p>\n<p>A little about Prof. Dipak Jain:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Prof. Jain was born in Assam, India.<\/li>\n<li>He is 53 years old, making him one of the youngest business school deans on the international scene.<\/li>\n<li>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\"\u2014one of the qualities that appealed to the Insead board.<\/li>\n<li>He was dean of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/NorthwesternKellogg.aspx\">Northwestern Kellogg<\/a> for eight years, until he stepped down in 2009.<\/li>\n<li>He is a prolific marketing scholar.<\/li>\n<li>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.\"<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Jain is \"a thoroughbred academic,\" in contrast to INSEAD's current dean Frank Brown, who is more of a business professional. INSEAD, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/LondonBusinessSchool.aspx\">London Business School<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/IMDbschool.aspx\">IMD<\/a>, top international business schools, all <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/acceptedcom_blog\/2010\/7\/11\/mba-admissions-news-and-a-little-college-too.html?utm_campaign=MBAContent&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_source=BlogVisitors&amp;utm_content=Roundup\">hired non-academic deans in the recent past<\/a>, and are all now\u2014after deeming that strategy a mistake\u2014replacing them with academic deans.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The appointment process should be completed in the next few weeks.<\/p>\n<p>(Source: <em>Financial Times<\/em>, \"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/cms\/s\/2\/43471b3c-8b43-11df-a4b4-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=a9543bac-edcc-11db-8584-000b5df10621.html\" target=\"_blank\">Dipak Jain Tipped for Insead<\/a>\")<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/MBA\/Default.aspx?utm_campaign=MBAContent&amp;utm_medium=Blog&amp;utm_source=BlogVisitors&amp;utm_content=MBAIcon\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"full-image-block ssNonEditable\"><span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/profile.ak.fbcdn.net\/object3\/947\/54\/s8255073883_9880.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1260090948492\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/span>Accepted.com<\/a> ~ Helping You Write Your Best<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Word has it that Dipak Jain, former dean of Kellogg, is tipped to become the next dean of INSEAD. 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