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'''Rangarajan K. "Raghu" Sundaram''' is an Indian-born American academic. He is the Dean of the [[New York University Stern School of Business]], and the author or co-author of two books.

==Early life==
Sundaram was educated in India, where he earned a [[Bachelor's degree]] from the [[University of Madras]] in 1982 and a master in business administration from the [[Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad]] in 1984.<ref name="nyusternbio">{{cite web|title=Rangarajan K. Sundaram|url=http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/rangarajan-sundaram|website=NYU Stern|publisher=New York University|accessdate=March 1, 2018}}</ref> He earned a master's degree and a PhD in Economics from [[Cornell University]] in 1987 and 1988 respectively.<ref name="nyusternbio"/>

==Career==
Sundaram taught economics at the [[University of Rochester]] from 1988 to 1996, when he joined the [[New York University Stern School of Business]].<ref name="nyusternbio"/> He has served as its dean since January 2018.<ref name="nyusternbio"/> Since 2020, he serves as an academic council member of [[Krea University]], a liberal arts and sciences private university located in Sricity, Andhra Pradesh, India.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dean of NYU Stern joins Krea University academic council |url=https://bloncampus.thehindubusinessline.com/b-school-corner/dean-of-nyu-stern-joins-krea-university-academic-council/article32487710.ece |access-date=April 3, 2021 |work=BLoC |date=31 August 2020}}</ref>

Sundaram is the author or co-author of two books, including one about [[Derivative (finance)|derivatives]]. He won the [[Jensen Prize]] from the ''[[Journal of Financial Economics]]'' in 2000.<ref name="jensenprizes">{{cite web|title=Jensen Prizes for the Best Papers Published in the Journal of Financial Economics in the Areas of Corporate Finance and Organizations|url=http://jfe.rochester.edu/winners.htm|website=Journal of Financial Economics|accessdate=March 1, 2018}}</ref>

Sundaram has one daughter, Aditi, a student at Harvard University.

==Works==
*{{cite book|last1=Sundaram|first1=Rangarajan K.|title=A First Course in Optimization Theory|date=1996|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge, U.K.|isbn=9780521497701}}
*{{cite book|last1=Sundaram|first1=Rangarajan K.|last2=Das|first2=Sanjiv R.|title=Derivatives: Principles and Practice|date=2010|publisher=McGraw Hill|location=New York|isbn=9780072949315|oclc=741054756}}

==See also==
* [[Indians in the New York City metropolitan region]]
* [[New York University]]

==References==
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