Sandeep Krishnamurthy Named Dean At Cal Poly Pomona

India-West Staff Reporter

POMONA, CA – Sandeep Krishnamurthy has been named the new Singelyn Family Dean of the College of Business Administration and the Singelyn Graduate School of Business at Cal Poly Pomona.

The university is one of the most diverse polytechnic universities in the nation and is part of the California State University system.  The business college has more than 5,000 undergraduate and graduate students — comprising one of the largest business schools in the nation.

Krishnamurthy, a university statement said, is committed to supporting first-generation students, mentoring faculty of color, and creating diverse leadership capacity in higher education. He has consistently worked with community colleges, advocated for the affordability of higher education programs and modeled allyship with community partners.

He comes from the University of Washington – Bothell, where he was the founding dean of the School of Business in 2012. He joined the UW faculty in 1996 and in 2010 was promoted to full professor and named director of the business administration program with the goal of elevating it to a separate school.

Krishnamurthy’s research is widely published in internationally recognized journals.

He holds a B.Tech. in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, a post-graduate diploma in business management from Xavier School of Management, and his Ph.D. in marketing from the University of Arizona with a minor in economics.