Why McKinsey & Company Loves Hiring MBAs
McKinsey & Company is considered one of the most prestigious management consultancy firms in the world, with a clientele that includes 80 percent of the world’s largest corporations, along with an extensive list of governments and non-profit organisations. The firm is also a prestigious landing spot for MBAs following graduation. Continue reading…
What is Going on at the Cornell Johnson College of Business?
Cornell Business Dean Soumitra Dutta has officially stepped down from his role, but no one is saying why.
Soumitra Dutta, who has served as the first-ever dean of the S.C. Johnson College of Business at Cornell University, resigned abruptly yesterday, and neither the school nor Dutta has provided any reason for his sudden departure, according to a report in the Cornell Daily Sun.
The College of Business, launched in July 2016, merged the Johnson Graduate School of Management, the School of Hotel Administration, and the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management. Dutta also oversaw the Cornell Tech MBA program at Cornell’s campus on Roosevelt Island in New York City.
Cornell Provost Michael Kotlikoff sent an email to business college students and employees to say that he had accepted Dutta’s resignation, effective immediately, but he also did not offer an explanation for his abrupt departure, according to the Sun report.
Two days after the departure, the Cornell Sun is still looking for answers, leading with the recently released article headlined, “Cornell Silent for Second Day as Mystery of Business Dean’s Exit Grows.”
The official university response to questions has been that Cornell “does not comment on private personnel matters,” the Sun reported. Dutta has not responded to emails. His wife, Lourdes Casanova, a senior lecturer at Cornell’s Johnson Graduate School of Management, also declined to comment when approached by reporters at the couple’s home yesterday evening. “I’m sorry but we cannot say anything,” she told the Sun.
In his email announcing Dutta’s departure, Kotlikoff shared that L. Joseph Thomas, who serves as Johnson dean from 2007 to 2012, will assume Dutta’s role on an interim basis as Cornell searches for a permanent dean.
For more on Dutta’s background and the intrigue surrounding his sudden departure, read the full Cornell Daily Sun article.
This article has been edited and republished with permissions from our sister site, Clear Admit.
D’Amore-McKim Collabs with Cornell for India Economy Conference
The Center for Emerging Markets at the D’Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University has collaborated with the Emerging Markets Institute at the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University to host a conference on the “Modi-fication of the Indian Economy.” The conference will be held as part of the EMI Fifth Annual International Conference. The event will be held at the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University on Oct. 13. The conference will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The event will feature a panel discussion on the economic development of India’s economy. The economy has been growing substantially and the government has also aided in the development of the country through several new initiatives and programs. The panel discussion will focus on the opportunities that business will have for development in India over the next year as well as the foreign venture capital and development and innovation opportunities for investors.
