Listen to this articleNew York Institute of Technology appointed Jaishankar Ganesh as the dean for its School of Management.
As dean, Ganesh will provide academic, administrative, strategic and financial leadership for New York Tech’s School of Management. His responsibilities include managing and generating new resources for the school and engaging external constituents to raise visibility and reputation; recruiting, developing, and retaining faculty and staff; and overseeing and implementing a comprehensive curriculum review while working closely with faculty to support a culture of student success across all School of Management programs on the New York City, Long Island and Vancouver campuses.
“New York Tech presents a powerful persona of a polytechnic university embedded in centers of business, finance and commerce,” Provost and Executive Vice President Dr. Jerry Balentine said in a news release about Ganesh’s appointment.
“We welcome Jai’s expertise and leadership to define a new and compelling identity and value proposition for the School of Management,” Balentine added.
Ganesh joins New York Tech from the Rutgers School of Business-Camden, where in 2010, he served as dean and professor of marketing, serving as dean until 2019. At Rutgers, Ganesh expanded the business school’s programs. Those efforts include launching undergraduate and graduate programs, creating two online degree programs, expanding support for faculty research and fostering relationships with the business community. Under Ganesh’s tenure at Rutgers, he doubled enrollment and more than quadrupled overall revenue. He also led two successful Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) Continuous Improvement Reviews as well as the university process for Middle States Accreditation.
At New York Tech, Ganesh will run and expand the School of Management, including initiatives focusing on the faculty and student experience, as well as securing ACCSB reaccreditation, developing new programs, identifying and delivering what employers need in terms of knowledge workers, strengthening corporate partnerships, and, Ganesh said, “amplifying the value of the School of Management to students.”
Earlier in his career, Ganesh served as associate dean for six years in the College of Business Administration at the University of Central Florida. His role there included oversight of research and graduate and doctoral programs, as well as executive education. He was an assistant professor in the Department of Marketing and then associate professor of marketing. He was also a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship at the University of Houston.
Ganesh earned a Ph.D. in marketing and international business and an M.B.A. in international business from the University of Houston.