Indian-American Rohit Verma has been appointed as the Dean of the University of Carolina’s Darla Moore School of Business, which will be effective from August 1^st.               

Indian-American Rohit Verma is appointed as the Dean of the University of South Carolina’s Darla Moore School of Business. Anticipated to take up his role from August 1^st, Dr. Verma will be joining the Moore School from Vin University in Hanoi, Vietnam. He is currently serving as the founding provost at the Moore School and a professor of operations, technology, and information management at Cornell University’s SC Johnson College of Business.

Dr. Verma’s previous roles include dean of external affairs at Cornell’s SC Johnson College of Business. The President of the University of South Carolina praised his exceptional role as an award-winning teacher, researcher, and innovative leader, welcoming him into the Carolina family.

He holds an impressive academic record and an international perspective to facilitate leading-edge work for the Darla Moore School of Business. Dr. Verma also served as the executive director for the Center of Hospitality Research and a founding executive director for the Institute for Healthy Futures at Cornell. Post which, he served in various concurrent leadership positions at VinUniversity, and won the Excellent Leader Award in 2021.

Mr. Verma expressed his interest to take up a multi-disciplinary perspective and in making active collaborations with colleagues from other fields, while asked about his nomination. He ensured that he will make feasible collaborations with his colleagues at the Moore School to restore the core values of the school and prioritize them in his work.

Dr. Verma has made a significant impact during his time at VinUniversity, recruiting highly accomplished and diverse academic leaders and faculty from various nations. He has established a fully integrated campus life system, and nurtured curriculum programs for degrees, on account of active and experiential learning.

Dr. Verma received Ph.D. in Business Administration and completed MS in Engineering from the University of Utah. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, and has published over 75 articles in prestigious academic journals.