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BIO
Dr. Vikas Anand serves as Dean of the Grossman School of Business at the University of Vermont. He brings to the role more than two decades of academic leadership, a distinguished record as a scholar and teacher, and deep experience building innovative business programs that connect academic excellence with student success, industry engagement, and societal impact.
Dr. Anand joins Grossman at an important moment in the school’s history. The Grossman School has earned national and international recognition for its leadership in sustainable business education, experiential learning, family business, and the preparation of graduates who are ready to address complex economic, social, and environmental challenges. He is committed to working with stakeholders to build on these strengths while advancing the school’s research profile, deepening partnerships with alumni and employers, ensuring the career readiness of students and expanding opportunities for them, and reinforcing Grossman’s role as a distinctive business school within a newly designated R1 research university.
Prior to joining UVM, Dr. Anand served as Associate Dean for Academic Programs and Professor of Management, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship at the Poole College of Management at North Carolina State University. In that role, he oversaw a broad portfolio that included undergraduate programs, graduate programs, executive education, global programs, career services, college marketing, and key advisory boards. His leadership helped advance curricular innovation, enrollment growth, student outcomes, global learning, external partnerships, and lifelong learning initiatives. At Poole, undergraduate applications nearly doubled, graduate enrollment grew for three consecutive years, graduate programs achieved a Net Promoter Score of 60, and career outcomes strengthened through a unified career center and an expanded corporate partnership strategy.
Dr. Anand also led or supported the development of new programs and credentials in areas central to the future of business education, including business sustainability, marketing analytics, risk analytics, sales leadership, innovation and entrepreneurship, and business artificial intelligence. His work has consistently emphasized academic relevance, interdisciplinary collaboration, and the integration of emerging business trends into the student experience. He has also been a strong advocate for experiential learning, global engagement, and career readiness, including programs that connect students with corporate projects, global immersions, internships, alumni networks, and high-impact learning experiences.
Before his tenure at NC State, Dr. Anand spent nearly two decades at the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas, where he held several leadership positions, including Executive Director of MBA Programs and Graduate Innovation, Chair of the Department of Management, Faculty Director of MBA Programs, Executive Director of the Career Center, PhD Coordinator, and Executive Director for Strategic Planning and Innovation. In these roles, he led MBA program redesigns, strengthened graduate education, expanded executive and professional education, enhanced corporate engagement, supported faculty hiring and mentoring, and advanced student career outcomes.
As a scholar, Dr. Anand’s research focuses on organizational ethics, organizational knowledge, organizational identity, corruption, and decision-making in organizations. His work has appeared in leading journals and scholarly outlets, including Academy of Management Review, Organization Science, Leadership Quarterly, Research in Organizational Behavior, Academy of Management Executive, Journal of Business Ethics, Group & Organization Management, and Computers in Human Behavior. His publications have been cited thousands of times, and his article with Blake Ashforth and Mahendra Joshi on the acceptance and perpetuation of corruption in organizations received the Academy of Management Executive Best Paper Award and was later republished as one of the journal’s ten most influential articles over a 20-year period.
Dr. Anand has also been widely recognized for excellence in teaching and mentorship. He has received numerous teaching awards, including awards from the Walton College of Business, Beta Gamma Sigma, the University of Arkansas Alumni Association, the University of Arkansas Teaching Academy, the Honors College, and student government. He has taught undergraduate, MBA, executive, and doctoral students in areas such as strategy, decision-making, international management, organizational ethics, innovation, and global business. He has chaired doctoral dissertations and more than 30 undergraduate honors theses, and he has led international study programs that combined academic learning with corporate engagement, cultural immersion, and experiential projects.
Earlier in his career, Dr. Anand held management roles in international business with ITC Ltd. and Eicher Goodearth Ltd. His private-sector experience included global marketing, international trade, operations, logistics, business development, and distributor relationships across South Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and other global markets. This business background continues to inform his approach to management education, particularly his belief that business schools must prepare students to lead in complex, global, technologically dynamic, and ethically challenging environments.
Dr. Anand earned his Ph.D. in Management from Arizona State University, a Masters in International Business from the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, and undergraduate degrees in Civil Engineering and a graduate degree in Physics from Birla Institute of Technology and Science. Across his career, he has combined scholarly rigor, administrative innovation, and a deep commitment to students. At Grossman, he is focused on advancing the school’s mission, supporting faculty and staff excellence, expanding research and external partnerships, and preparing students to become principled, innovative, and sustainable business leaders for Vermont, the nation, and the world.
Bio
Dr. Vikas Anand serves as Dean of the Grossman School of Business at the University of Vermont. He brings to the role more than two decades of academic leadership, a distinguished record as a scholar and teacher, and deep experience building innovative business programs that connect academic excellence with student success, industry engagement, and societal impact.
Dr. Anand joins Grossman at an important moment in the school’s history. The Grossman School has earned national and international recognition for its leadership in sustainable business education, experiential learning, family business, and the preparation of graduates who are ready to address complex economic, social, and environmental challenges. He is committed to working with stakeholders to build on these strengths while advancing the school’s research profile, deepening partnerships with alumni and employers, ensuring the career readiness of students and expanding opportunities for them, and reinforcing Grossman’s role as a distinctive business school within a newly designated R1 research university.
Prior to joining UVM, Dr. Anand served as Associate Dean for Academic Programs and Professor of Management, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship at the Poole College of Management at North Carolina State University. In that role, he oversaw a broad portfolio that included undergraduate programs, graduate programs, executive education, global programs, career services, college marketing, and key advisory boards. His leadership helped advance curricular innovation, enrollment growth, student outcomes, global learning, external partnerships, and lifelong learning initiatives. At Poole, undergraduate applications nearly doubled, graduate enrollment grew for three consecutive years, graduate programs achieved a Net Promoter Score of 60, and career outcomes strengthened through a unified career center and an expanded corporate partnership strategy.
Dr. Anand also led or supported the development of new programs and credentials in areas central to the future of business education, including business sustainability, marketing analytics, risk analytics, sales leadership, innovation and entrepreneurship, and business artificial intelligence. His work has consistently emphasized academic relevance, interdisciplinary collaboration, and the integration of emerging business trends into the student experience. He has also been a strong advocate for experiential learning, global engagement, and career readiness, including programs that connect students with corporate projects, global immersions, internships, alumni networks, and high-impact learning experiences.
Before his tenure at NC State, Dr. Anand spent nearly two decades at the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas, where he held several leadership positions, including Executive Director of MBA Programs and Graduate Innovation, Chair of the Department of Management, Faculty Director of MBA Programs, Executive Director of the Career Center, PhD Coordinator, and Executive Director for Strategic Planning and Innovation. In these roles, he led MBA program redesigns, strengthened graduate education, expanded executive and professional education, enhanced corporate engagement, supported faculty hiring and mentoring, and advanced student career outcomes.
As a scholar, Dr. Anand’s research focuses on organizational ethics, organizational knowledge, organizational identity, corruption, and decision-making in organizations. His work has appeared in leading journals and scholarly outlets, including Academy of Management Review, Organization Science, Leadership Quarterly, Research in Organizational Behavior, Academy of Management Executive, Journal of Business Ethics, Group & Organization Management, and Computers in Human Behavior. His publications have been cited thousands of times, and his article with Blake Ashforth and Mahendra Joshi on the acceptance and perpetuation of corruption in organizations received the Academy of Management Executive Best Paper Award and was later republished as one of the journal’s ten most influential articles over a 20-year period.
Dr. Anand has also been widely recognized for excellence in teaching and mentorship. He has received numerous teaching awards, including awards from the Walton College of Business, Beta Gamma Sigma, the University of Arkansas Alumni Association, the University of Arkansas Teaching Academy, the Honors College, and student government. He has taught undergraduate, MBA, executive, and doctoral students in areas such as strategy, decision-making, international management, organizational ethics, innovation, and global business. He has chaired doctoral dissertations and more than 30 undergraduate honors theses, and he has led international study programs that combined academic learning with corporate engagement, cultural immersion, and experiential projects.
Earlier in his career, Dr. Anand held management roles in international business with ITC Ltd. and Eicher Goodearth Ltd. His private-sector experience included global marketing, international trade, operations, logistics, business development, and distributor relationships across South Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and other global markets. This business background continues to inform his approach to management education, particularly his belief that business schools must prepare students to lead in complex, global, technologically dynamic, and ethically challenging environments.
Dr. Anand earned his Ph.D. in Management from Arizona State University, a Masters in International Business from the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, and undergraduate degrees in Civil Engineering and a graduate degree in Physics from Birla Institute of Technology and Science. Across his career, he has combined scholarly rigor, administrative innovation, and a deep commitment to students. At Grossman, he is focused on advancing the school’s mission, supporting faculty and staff excellence, expanding research and external partnerships, and preparing students to become principled, innovative, and sustainable business leaders for Vermont, the nation, and the world.