Sunil Kumar (academic administrator)
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| name = Sunil Kumar
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| office = President of Tufts University
| term_start = 1 July 2023
| term_end =
| predecessor = Anthony Monaco
| successor =
| office1 = Provost of Johns Hopkins University
| term_start1 = 1 September 2016
| termend1 = 30 April 2023
| predecessor1 = Robert C. Lieberman
| successor1 = Stephen Gange (acting)
| education = National Institute of Technology, Karnataka (BEng)
Indian Institute of Science (MEng)
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (PhD)
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| fields = Information technology
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| thesis_title = Techniques for the Performance Analysis of Queueing Networks
| thesis_url = https://www.proquest.com/docview/304310966/
| thesis_year = 1996
| doctoral_advisor = Panganamala Kumar}}
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Sunil Kumar is an Indian-born academic administrator serving as president of Tufts University since 1 July 2023. He was previously the provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Johns Hopkins University from 2016 to 2023.
Early life and education
Kumar was born in India.{{Cite news |title=Eminent Indian-origin academician Sunil Kumar named as next President of Tufts University |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/study/eminent-indian-origin-academician-sunil-kumar-named-as-next-president-of-tufts-university/articleshow/95598781.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2022-12-21}} He is the son of a police officer. He earned a bachelor of engineering from National Institute of Technology Karnataka in 1990. In 1992, he completed a master of engineering in computer science and automation at the Indian Institute of Science. Kumar received a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 1996.{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiawest.com/news/global_indian/indian-american-dean-sunil-kumar-named-provost-at-johns-hopkins/article_0c7a6178-536e-11e6-a287-7b368fd2784b.html|title=Indian American Dean Sunil Kumar Named Provost at Johns Hopkins University|date=July 26, 2016|work=India West|access-date=2019-04-19}}{{Cite web|url=https://provost.jhu.edu/members/sunil-kumar/|title=Sunil Kumar|date=2016|website=Johns Hopkins University|access-date=2019-04-19}}
Career
Kumar worked for 14 years at Stanford Graduate School of Business. He was the Fred H. Merrill Professor of Operations, Information and Technology. He was also a senior associate dean of academic affairs and oversaw the MBA program. Kumar was later the George Pratt Shultz Professor of Operations Management at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business where he also served as the dean since 2011. On 1 September 2016, Kumar became the 15th provost of Johns Hopkins University. On 30 April 2023, he was succeeded by interim provost Stephen Gange.{{Cite web |date=2023-02-22 |title=Stephen Gange named interim provost and senior vice president for academic affairs |url=https://hub.jhu.edu/2023/02/22/stephen-gange-interim-provost/ |access-date=2023-07-02 |website=The Hub |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Stephen Gange {{!}} Office of the Provost |url=https://provost.jhu.edu/members/stephen-gange/ |access-date=2023-07-02 |language=en-US}}
On 17 November 2022, Kumar was announced as the 14th president of Tufts University, succeeding Anthony Monaco.{{cite web |title=Provost Sunil Kumar named president at Tufts University |url=https://hub.jhu.edu/2022/11/17/sunil-kumar-named-tufts-university-president/ |publisher=Johns Hopkins University |access-date=November 21, 2022 |date=November 17, 2022}} He assumed the position on 1 July 2023, becoming the first person of color to hold the position.
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External links
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