Jain Catholic Dialogue 20150524

SR No.: 007732
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Jain Society of Metropolitan Washington
Publisher: Jain Society of Metropolitan Washington
Publication Year: 2015
Total Pages: 24
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 2 MB

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Professor Dipak C. Jain, Ph.D. Director of Sasin
The INSEAD Chaired Professor of Marketing
Dipak C. Jain is a globally recognized marketing and innovation expert whose insights have inspired a generation of business leaders to pursue success with significance. As Director of the Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration of Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Dr. Jain is advancing the strategic goals of this school that has long benefited from his affiliation as a visiting professor and member of the Sasin Executive Council.
Dr. Jain's academic career began as a student in Tezpur (Assam) India. He earned his bachelor's degree in mathematics and statistics (1976) and his master's degree in mathematical statistics (1978) from Gauhati University, where he taught for four years before enrolling in the University of Texas (Dallas), where he obtained his Ph.D. in Marketing in 1987.
An award-winning scholar in his own right, Dr. Jain's areas of research expertise include the marketing of high-tech products; market segmentation and competitive market structure analysis; cross-cultural issues in global product diffusion; new product innovation; and forecasting models. He has published more than 60 articles in leading academic journals and has earned the prestigious John D.C. Little Best Paper Award. He has taught courses on marketing research, new products and services, and statistical models in marketing. Among the many distinctions for his teaching and service, Dr. Jain received the Outstanding Educator Award from the State of Assam in India. He also has received the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas from the Prime Minister of India, an award that recognizes exceptional leadership contributions.
Dr. Jain has served as the departmental editor for the journal Management Science, the area editor for Marketing Science and associate editor for the Journal of Business and Economic Statistics. He is also a former member of the editorial board of the Journal of Marketing Research.
Dipak Jain's board service also has earned him distinction. He currently serves as an Independent Director on Boards of John Deere & Company (USA), Northern Trust Corporation (USA), Global Logistics Properties (Singapore) and Reliance Industries (India). He is a former director at United Airlines, Hartmarx Corporation and Peoples Energy. He has served as a consultant to many firms, including Microsoft, Novartis, American Express, Sony, Nissan, Eli Lilly and Company, and Hyatt International. In addition, he has been appointed as Honorary Advisor of the Marketing Association of Thailand (MAT). He has designed and delivered training programs for several organizations in Thailand, such as SCG, Fiscal Policy Research Institute (FPRI) and The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
As an academic innovator with decades of leadership experience in Asia, the Americas, and Europe, Dr. Jain continuously explores new ways of anticipating and meeting global market demand. Through his teaching, research and administrative vision, he is leading Sasin's efforts to produce the next generation of management talent to create value in the ASEAN region and beyond.