Sunil Kumar is an Indian-born academic administrator serving as president of

Tufts University Tufts University is a private research university in Medford and Somerville, Massachusetts, United States, with additional facilities in Boston and Grafton, as well as Talloires, France. Tufts also has several Doctor of Physical Therapy p ...

since 1 July 2023. He was previously the provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at

Johns Hopkins University The Johns Hopkins University (often abbreviated as Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private university, private research university in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Founded in 1876 based on the European research institution model, J ...

from 2016 to 2023.

Early life and education

Kumar was born in India. He is the son of a police officer. He earned a bachelor of engineering from

National Institute of Technology Karnataka The National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK), also known as NITK Surathkal and formerly known as Karnataka Regional Engineering College (KREC), is a public technical university located in Surathkal, Mangalore, Mangaluru. Established in ...

in 1990. In 1992, he completed a master of engineering in computer science and automation at the

Indian Institute of Science The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) is a Public university, public, Deemed university, deemed, research university for higher education and research in science, engineering, design, and management. It is located in Bengaluru, Karnataka. The ...

. Kumar received a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC, U of I, Illinois, or University of Illinois) is a public university, public land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area, Illinois, United ...

in 1996.

Career

Kumar worked for 14 years at

Stanford Graduate School of Business The Stanford Graduate School of Business is the Postgraduate education, graduate business school of Stanford University, a Private university, private research university in Stanford, California. For several years it has been the most selective ...

. He was the Fred H. Merrill Professor of Operations, Information and Technology. He was also a senior associate dean of academic affairs and oversaw the MBA program. Kumar was later the George Pratt Shultz Professor of Operations Management at the

University of Chicago Booth School of Business The University of Chicago Booth School of Business (branded as Chicago Booth) is the graduate business school of the University of Chicago, a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1898, Chicago Booth is the second-oldest ...

where he also served as the dean since 2011. On 1 September 2016, Kumar became the 15th provost of

. On 30 April 2023, he was succeeded by interim provost Stephen Gange. On 17 November 2022, Kumar was announced as the 14th president of Tufts University, succeeding Anthony Monaco. He assumed the position on 1 July 2023, becoming the first person of color to hold the position.

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