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Soumitra Dutta was born on 27 August 1963 in [[Chandigarh|Chandigarh, India]].[[<ref>{{Cite web |title=Soumitra Dutta#%20ftn1 Biography, Age, Height, Wife, Net Worth, Family |[1]]]url=https://www.celebsagewiki.com/soumitra-dutta |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=Celebrity Age Wiki |language=en-US}}</ref>.

He undertook his first degree at [[Indian Institutes of Technology|the Indian Institute of Technology]] in [[New Delhi]], graduating with a B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science in 1985. In 2017, he received a Distinguished Alumnus Award from IIT.[[Soumitra<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Cornell |title=Faculty & Research |url=https://www.johnson.cornell.edu/faculty-research/ |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=Cornell Johnson Dutta#%20ftn2|[2]]]language=en-US}}</ref>

He continued his education at Berkeley University of California, gaining an M.S in computer science in 1987, an M.S in Business Administration in 1989 and a Ph.D in computer science in 1990. [[Soumitra<ref Dutta#%20ftn3|[3]]]name=":0" />

He joined INSEAD faculty, as an Assistant Professor of Information Systems, Technology Management Area in 1989, later serving as the Dean of Technology and E-learning, Dean of Executive Education, and the Dean of External Relations.[[Soumitra<ref Dutta#%20ftn4|[4]]]name=":0" />

In 2008, he founded Fisheye Analytics, which provided analytics for social media. In 2013, it was acquired by the [[WPP plc|WPP group]]. <supref>[[Soumitra{{Cite web |title=Tech in Asia - Connecting Asia's startup ecosystem |url=https://www.techinasia.com/singapores-fisheye-analytics-acquired-subsidiary-wpp-16-billion-marketing-giant |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=www.techinasia.com Dutta#%20ftn5|[5]]]language=en-US}}</supref>

In 2012, he joined [[Cornell University]], as Dean of the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management and later became the founding dean of its business school - SC Johnson College of Business - in 2016. Dutta played a key role in the establishment of Cornell Tech campus in New York and the launch of a unique one year MBA program focused on the digital economy. He led the global growth of the school, including the setting up of the Cornell-Tsinghua dual degree MBA program across Beijing and New York, which remains the only American Ivy League MBA degree offered in mainland China. During his time as dean, Dutta was tasked with leading the integration of Cornell’s three business schools: SC Johnson, the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, and the Peter and Stephanie Nolan School of Hotel Administration, into one unified college; The Cornell College of Business, which was established in March, 2016. It was renamed the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business in January 2017. [[Soumitra<ref Dutta#%20ftn6|[6]]]name=":0" />Dutta enlarged the faculty size by 50%. He collaborated with the President and Provost of Cornell University to raise a $150m naming gift for the college from [[Herbert Fisk Johnson III|Fisk Johnson]] and the [[S. C. Johnson & Son|SC Johnson company]]. To date, it remains the second-largest gift to a business school in history.[[Soumitra<ref>{{Cite web Dutta#%20ftn7|[7]]]last=WSJ |title=SC Johnson CEO gives $150 million to Cornells Business college |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/sc-johnson-ceo-gives-150-million-to-cornells-business-college-1485630180 |website=Wall Street Journal}}</ref> Dutta served as dean until 2018.[[Soumitra<ref Dutta#%20ftn8|[8]]]name=":0" />

So far in his career, Dutta has taught in [[University of Oxford|Oxford]], [[University of California, Berkeley|Berkley]], [[Cambridge Judge Business School|Cambridge]], [[Vrije Universiteit Brussel|Brussels]], Athens, [[INSEAD]] and [[Cornell University|Cornell]].[[Soumitra<ref Dutta#%20ftn9|[9]]]name=":0" />

In 2014, he was part of [[Barack Obama|President Obama's]] White House roundtable with business school deans on effective workforce policies.[[Soumitra<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-04-16 |title=Business School Deans Meet to Discuss Best Practices for a 21st Century Workplace |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2014/04/16/business-school-deans-meet-discuss-best-practices-21st-century-workplace |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=whitehouse.gov Dutta#%20ftn10|[10]]]language=en}}</ref>

Dutta has been a member of the board of [[Sodexo]] between 2014 and 2020. [[Soumitra<ref>{{Cite web Dutta#%20ftn11|[11]]]title=1. Integrated report - Page 215 {{!}} Sodexo - Fiscal 2020 Universal Registration Document |url=https://sodexo.publispeak.com/fiscal-2020-universal-registration-document/article/215/ |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=sodexo.publispeak.com |language=en}}</ref>He is also a board member of [[Dassault Systèmes|Dassault Systemes]], which he has been on since 2017.[[Soumitra<ref name=":1">{{Cite web Dutta#%20ftn12|[12]]]title=Board of Directors - Dassault Systèmes |url=https://investor.3ds.com/governance/board-of-directors/home/ |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=investor.3ds.com |language=en}}</ref>

In 2018, he was appointed as a Member of the Shareholder Council, at [[ZS Associates|ZS Consulting]]. [[Soumitra<ref Dutta#%20ftn13|[13]]]name=":1" />

He has been the Chair of the Board of the [[Global Business Network|Global Business School Network]] since 2018.[[<ref>{{Cite web |title=Soumitra Dutta#%20ftn14 |url=https://gbsn.org/profile/soumitra-dutta/ |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=GBSN |[14]]]language=en-US}}</ref>

Dutta is the president and Co-Founder, Portulans Institute which was set up in 2019, as an independent non-profit research institute based in [[Washington, D.C.|Washington DC]].[[<ref>{{Cite web |title=Soumitra Dutta#%20ftn15 |url=https://portulansinstitute.org/team/soumitra-dutta/ |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=Portulans Institute |[15]]]language=en-US}}</ref>

He is a member of the [[Davos]] Circle, serving as the Co-Chair of the Global Future Council on Innovation Ecosystems for the [[World Economic Forum]].[[Soumitra Dutta#%20ftn16|[16]]]

In 2022, it was announced Dutta will become the new Dean of  Saïd Business School at Oxford University. He will take up his position on 1 June 2022, replacing interim dean Sue Dobson.<ref>{{Cite [[Soumitraweb Dutta#%20ftn17|[17]]]title=University of Oxford appoints new Dean for Saïd Business School {{!}} Saïd Business School |url=https://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/news/university-oxford-appoints-new-dean-said-business-school |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=www.sbs.ox.ac.uk |language=en}}</ref> His research interests include, [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] and the future of work; [[social media]] and [[big data]] analytics; [[Technological innovation|technology and innovation]] policies. [[Soumitra<ref Dutta#%20ftn18|[18]]]name=":0" />