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{{short description|Indian academic and author}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2018}}
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{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix = Professor
| name = Soumitra Dutta
| image =Soumitra Dutta Portrait Cornell.jpg
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| education = [[Indian Institute of Technology Delhi]] <small>([[Bachelor of Technology|B.Tech.]])</small>
[[University of California, Berkeley]] <small>([[Master of Science|M.S.]], [[Ph.D.]])</small>
| occupation = University Dean, academic, author and entrepreneur
| spouse = [[Lourdes Casanova]]
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'''Soumitra Dutta''' is an Indian academic, author and entrepreneur. He was the dean of [[Saïd Business School]] at the [[University of Oxford]] from June 2022 to September 2025 when he resigned.<ref>{{Cite web |title= Oxford’s Business School Names Interim Leader After Dean Resigns |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-11/leader-of-oxford-university-s-said-business-school-soumitra-dutta-resigns |access-date=2025-09-11|website=Bloomberg.com|language=en}}</ref><ref name="sbs.ox.ac.uk">{{Cite web |title=University of Oxford appoints new Dean for Saïd Business School {{!}} Saïd Business School |url=https://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/news/university-oxford-appoints-new-dean-said-business-school |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=www.sbs.ox.ac.uk |language=en}}</ref> His resignation followed allegations of sexual harassment towards a junior academic.<ref name =oneill0126>{{Cite web |title= Oxford Don Quit After Harassment Inquiry |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/education/article/oxford-don-quit-after-harassment-inquiry-632fn9mrm |access-date=2026-01-26|website=TheTimes.com|language=en}}</ref> He was previously a professor of management, as well as the former founding dean, at the [[Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management|SC Johnson College of Business]] at [[Cornell University]] in New York. He was Dean of [[Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management|SC Johnson College of Business]] from 2012 to 2018 from which he was suspended, investigated, then resigned without official explanation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cornell Gives No Reason for Business College Dean's Sudden Departure |url=https://www.cornellsun.com/article/2018/01/cornell-university-business-college-dean-abruptly-resigns |access-date=2026-03-27 |website=Cornell Gives No Reason for Business College Dean's Sudden Departure - The Cornell Daily Sun |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Cornell Silent for Second Day as Mystery of Business Dean's Exit Grows |url=https://www.cornellsun.com/article/2018/02/cornell-silent-for-second-day-as-mystery-of-business-deans-exit-grows |access-date=2026-03-27 |website=Cornell Silent for Second Day as Mystery of Business Dean's Exit Grows - The Cornell Daily Sun |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Offering No Clues to Dean's Mysterious Exit, Cornell President Says Business College is 'Healthy' |url=https://www.cornellsun.com/article/2018/02/offering-few-clues-to-deans-mysterious-exit-cornell-president-says-business-college-is-healthy |access-date=2026-03-27 |website=Offering No Clues to Dean's Mysterious Exit, Cornell President Says Business College is 'Healthy' - The Cornell Daily Sun |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Cornell Kept Business College Dean's Impending Resignation Secret from Top Administrators |url=https://www.cornellsun.com/article/2018/02/cornell-kept-business-school-deans-impending-resignation-secret-from-top-administrators |access-date=2026-03-27 |website=Cornell Kept Business College Dean's Impending Resignation Secret from Top Administrators - The Cornell Daily Sun |language=en-US}}</ref> A student Republican newspaper rebutted rumors of sexual misconduct.<ref>{{Cite web |last=students |first=Review Staff Cornell |last2=Members |first2=Community |last3=articles |first3=alumni contribute to the Cornell Review Staff consists of student writers collaborating on |last4=Well |first4=With Occasional Guest Submissions as |date=2018-02-08 |title=Dutta doesn’t deserve it |url=https://www.thecornellreview.org/dutta-doesnt-deserve/ |access-date=2026-04-09 |website=The Cornell Review |language=en-US}}</ref> Before his appointment to Cornell, he was the [[Roland Berger]] professor of business and technology at [[INSEAD]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Cornell |title=Faculty & Research |url=https://www.johnson.cornell.edu/faculty-research/ |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=Cornell Johnson |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Early life and education==

Dutta attended the [[Indian Institutes of Technology]] in [[New Delhi]], graduating with a B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science in 1985. In 2017, he received a Distinguished Alumnus award from IIT. He continued his education at Berkeley University of California, earning an M.S in computer science in 1987, an M.S in Business Administration in 1989, and a Ph.D in computer science in 1990.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Soumitra Dutta|url=https://www.asiaglobalinstitute.hku.hk/about/people/soumitradutta|access-date=2025-12-14|website=www.asiaglobalinstitute.hku.hk|language=en}}</ref>

== Career ==
Dutta joined INSEAD's faculty as an Assistant Professor of Information Systems, Technology Management Area in 1989, later serving as Dean of Technology and E-learning, Dean of Executive Education, and Dean of External Relations.<ref name=":0" />

In 2008, he founded Fisheye Analytics, which provided analytics for social media. In 2013, it was acquired by the [[WPP plc|WPP group]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tech in Asia - Connecting Asia's startup ecosystem |url=https://www.techinasia.com/singapores-fisheye-analytics-acquired-subsidiary-wpp-16-billion-marketing-giant |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=www.techinasia.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2012, he joined [[Cornell University]] as Dean of the [[Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management]] and later became the founding dean of its business school - SC Johnson College of Business - in 2016.{{cn|date=March 2026}} Dutta served as dean until January 2018 when he resigned abruptly with neither Dutta or the university providing an explanation.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bogel-Burroughs |first1=Nicholas |title=Cornell Silent for Second Day as Mystery of Business Dean's Exit Grows |url=https://www.cornellsun.com/article/2018/02/cornell-silent-for-second-day-as-mystery-of-business-deans-exit-grows |access-date=19 March 2026 |work=Cornell Silent for Second Day as Mystery of Business Dean's Exit Grows - The Cornell Daily Sun |date=1 February 2018}}</ref>

In 2014, he was part of [[Barack Obama|President Obama's]] White House roundtable with business school deans on effective workforce policies.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-04-16 |title=Business School Deans Meet to Discuss Best Practices for a 21st Century Workplace |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2014/04/16/business-school-deans-meet-discuss-best-practices-21st-century-workplace |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=whitehouse.gov |language=en}}</ref> Dutta has been a member of the board of [[Sodexo]] between 2014 and 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1. Integrated report - Page 215 {{!}} Sodexo - Fiscal 2020 Universal Registration Document |url=https://sodexo.publispeak.com/fiscal-2020-universal-registration-document/article/215/ |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=sodexo.publispeak.com |language=en}}</ref> He is also a board member of [[Dassault Systèmes]], which he has been on since 2017.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Board of Directors - Dassault Systèmes |url=https://investor.3ds.com/governance/board-of-directors/home/ |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=investor.3ds.com |language=en}}</ref>

In 2018, he was appointed as a Member of the Shareholder Council, at [[ZS Associates|ZS Consulting]].<ref name=":1" /> He has been the Chair of the Board of the [[Global Business Network|Global Business School Network]] since 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Soumitra Dutta |url=https://gbsn.org/profile/soumitra-dutta/ |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=GBSN |language=en-US}}</ref> Dutta is the president and Co-Founder, Portulans Institute which was set up in 2019, as an independent non-profit research institute based in [[Washington, D.C.|Washington DC]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Soumitra Dutta |url=https://portulansinstitute.org/team/soumitra-dutta/ |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=Portulans Institute |language=en-US}}</ref>

On 1 June 2022, Dutta became the new Dean of Saïd Business School at Oxford University, replacing interim dean Sue Dobson.<ref name="sbs.ox.ac.uk"/> Dutta resigned in September 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brown|first=Jeanette|date=2018-01-31|title=Inaugural Dean of Cornell’s Johnson College of Business Steps Down Abruptly, No Reason Given|url=https://www.clearadmit.com/2018/01/johnson-college-of-business-dean-resigns/|access-date=2025-10-22|website=Clear Admit|language=en}}</ref><ref name="BWE25">{{cite web|url=https://www.bweducation.com/article/oxford-appoints-mette-morsing-as-interim-dean-after-dutta-resigns-571317|title=Oxford Appoints Mette Morsing As Interim Dean After Dutta Resigns|last=|first=|date=2025-09-12|publisher=BW Education|access-date=2025-09-29}}</ref>, when the university concluded a five-month investigation that substantiated three complaints of sexual harassment made by a female academic.<ref>{{Cite web |title= Third senior Oxford academic quits over misconduct claims|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/education/article/oxford-university-third-academic-resign-misconduct-claims-6cwwsp87h |access-date=2026-01-26|website=TheTimes.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title= Harassment Findings Triggered The Fall Of Oxford Saïd’s Dean|url=https://poetsandquants.com/2025/11/18/harassment-findings-triggered-the-fall-of-oxford-saids-dean/?pq-category=business-school-news |access-date=2026-01-26|website=poetsandquants.com|language=en}}</ref> The inquiry found that on one occasion he "made a romantic advance" towards a female colleague after she had sought protection from him from an incident of sexual assault.<ref name =oneill0126/> It is alleged he said "I feel very attracted to you. Can something happen between us?" which Dutta denies. He told ''The Times'' through his lawyer "I deeply regret causing any distress or offence by anything I said".<ref name="oneill0226">{{cite news |last1=O’Neill |first1=Sean |title=Oxford University drops bid for anonymity in harassment tribunal |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/education/article/oxford-university-anonymity-tribunal-xzmg9k03s |access-date=18 March 2026 |work=The Times |date=22 February 2026}}</ref>

== Personal life ==

Dutta is married to fellow academic [[Lourdes Casanova]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Soumitra Dutta to become dean of Oxford business school |url=https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2022/01/soumitra-dutta-become-dean-oxford-business-school |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=Cornell Chronicle |language=en}}</ref>

== Publications ==
Dutta is the founder and co-editor of fourteen editions of the Global Innovation Index which is published with the [[World Intellectual Property Organization]].

Dutta is a founding co-editor of the annual ''[[Global Information Technology Report]]'' published by the [[World Economic Forum]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Press Releases |url=http://wef.ch/1Ncrs2x |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=Global Information Technology Report 2015 |language=en-US}}</ref> and the founder of the annual [[Global Innovation Index]] published by the [[World Intellectual Property Organization]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pulakkat |first=Hari |title=A look at India's 15-place jump in Global Innovation Index |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/indicators/a-look-at-indias-15-place-jump-in-global-innovation-index/articleshow/53852329.cms |access-date=2022-05-25}}</ref>

His other books include:

* ''Throwing Sheep in the Boardroom: How Online Social Networking Will Transform Your Life, Work and World'', with [[Matthew Fraser (journalist)|Matthew Fraser]]. Wiley 2008.
* ''Innovating at the Top: How Global CEOs Drive Innovation for Growth and Profit'', with [[Roland Berger]], Geoffrey Samuels and Tobias Raffel. Palgrave MacMillan 2009.
* {{cite book | last1=Finger | first1=Lutz | last2=Dutta | first2=Soumitra | title=Ask, measure, learn : using social media analytics to understand and influence customer behavior | publication-place=Sebastopol | date=2014 | isbn=978-1-4493-3684-4 | oclc=869548397}}
* ''Entrepreneurship and the Finance of Innovation in Emerging Markets'', with Lourdes Casanova and Peter Cornelius. Elsevier 2018.
* {{Cite book |last=Dutta |first=Soumitra |title=The world after Covid-19 |date=2021 |others=Dan LeClair, Veneta Andonova, Global Business School Network |isbn=979-8-7436-5644-8 |location=Washington, DC |oclc=1258545837}}

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