Anuj Mehrotra has been the dean of the George Washington School of Business since 2018. He will take over as dean of the Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business on January 1, 2024. GWU photo
After a six-month national search, Georgia Institute of Technology’s business school has found their new dean. The Scheller College of Business announced June 6 that Anuj Mehrotra has been selected as the school’s Stephen P. Zelnak Jr. chair and dean. Mehrotra, who received his doctorate in operations research from Georgia Tech in 1992, will begin his first term January 1, 2024.
Mehrotra has been the dean of the George Washington University School of Business in Washington, D.C. since 2018. He is credited with the launch of creative programming and achieving strong partnerships, and he notably appointed the school’s first chief diversity officer. During his nearly five years at the school, it earned recognition across MBA rankings, including a significant one-year jump to reach the Poets&Quants top 50 in 2023.
“I am particularly excited about the opportunity to serve the Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business community and continue a sustained effort in advancing diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging as a key strategic area,” Mehrotra says in a statement provided through Georgia Tech. “As an alum, I am looking forward to this homecoming and working with Scheller’s world-class faculty and its diverse stakeholders at a top public research university to further promote inclusive innovation and excellence in research and business education that best prepare our students for the shifting market demands.”
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Georgia Tech Scheller moved into 26th place in the 2023 Poets&Quants ranking, up one spot from the previous year. The Scheller College was also No. 26 in the latest U.S. News ranking.
Scheller made news last year by finding work for every one of its graduating MBA students — a 100% employment rate, highest among all top-30 B-schools. It was a fitting end (though not quite the end) for Dean Maryam Alavi, who officially steps down from her tenure leading Scheller on June 30.
Among Alavi’s other accomplishments since joining Scheller in 2014: The College launched and expanded innovative and interdisciplinary curricular and co-curricular programs and degree offerings and began key initiatives focusing on diversity, equity, and inclusion; increased philanthropic support for student scholarships and fellowships, including for women and underrepresented minorities; and Alavi obtained the named gift for the College’s newest building, Scheller Tower, in Technology Square.