Gurumurthy Kalyanaram Professor,Director of MASTERS Programs -The University of Texas at UT Dallas

DALLAS - Feb. 10, 2014 - PRLog -- Gurumurthy Kalyanaram was a tenured professor at The University of Texas at Dallas. He served at UT Dallas from 1988 to 2001.  During his tenure at the University of Texas, he was Chairman of the Department of Marketing, Senior Director of the Master’s Programs, Founding Director of the Cohort MBA Program, Chair of the Master’s Program Committee, and Faculty Liaison for External Affairs.

Gurumurthy Kalyanaram is a distinguished professor with a long record of academic achievements and honors.  He received his B.E. degree in engineering in 1978 from the University of Madras, India, and his M.B.A. in 1983 from the University of Texas.  He earned his Ph.D from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1989 in the field of Management Science, where he won the prestigious Harold Lobdell award. (Read : http://kalyanaramgurumurthy.blogspot.com/)

Gurumurthy Kalyanaram was a Visiting Scholar at The Kennan Institute, The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C., during 1990 to 1994.  He was also a Fellow at the Center for Russian and East European Studies, Un   iversity of Pittsburgh, during 1995 to 1997.

Director of UT Dallas MASTERS’ Programs:-

From 1997, Dr Kalyanaram served as the Director of Masters’ Programs which included the COHORT MBA program, but also the evening and weekend MBA programs which were targeted towards working professionals.  The responsibility also included leadership of several MS programs including those in Digital Commerce, Finance, Health Care Management, Marketing, Organizational Development, and Operations Research. (Read : http://drgurumurthykalyanaram.wordpress.com/)

Under Dr Kalyanaram’s leadership, the enrollment of the graduate students grew by 20 percent. New majors, electives and courses were designed and developed. On-line teaching component was introduced.