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''''Dipak C. Jain''' ('''दीपक चन्द्र जैन''')(''Urdu: دیپک جین'') is the former dean of the [[Kellogg School of Management]] at [[Northwestern University]]. He is also Sandy and Morton Goldman Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies & Professor of Marketing at the Kellogg School of Management, where he has been a member of the faculty since 1987. In addition to his positions at the Kellogg School, Jain has been a visiting professor of marketing since 1989 at the Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration at [[Chulalongkorn University]] in Bangkok. Dean Jain’s areas of research include the marketing of high-tech products; market segmentation and competitive market structure analysis; cross-cultural issues in global product diffusion; new product diffusion; and forecasting models. He has had more than 50 articles published in leading academic journals. A marketing expert trained in mathematics and statistics, Jain assumed leadership of the school in 2001, after serving for five years as the school's associate dean for academic affairs working with Dean [[Donald P. Jacobs]].<ref>[http://www1.kellogg.northwestern.edu/facdir/facpage.asp?sid=511 Dipak C. Jain's faculty Web page]</ref><ref>More biographical details may be located in chapter 6 of ''Wide Awake in the Windy City'' (NU Press, 2008)</ref>. After 13 years in the Dean's office, Jain stepped down on September 1, 2009 to devote more time towards family and teaching commitments. From March 2011, he will take office as Dean of [[INSEAD]], one of the world's most prestigious business schools, with campuses in France, Singapore and Abu Dhabi. Dipak C. Jain also serves as an Independent Director on the Board of Indian Conglomerate [[Reliance Industries Limited]] which is also the largest refiner in the world at a single location. He has served as a consultant to [[Microsoft]], [[Novartis]], [[American Express]], [[Sony]], [[Nissan]], [[Motorola]], [[Eli Lilly]], [[Phillips]] and [[Hyatt International]]. He also serves as a member of the board of directors of [[Hartmarx Corporation]], [[Deere & Company]] and [[Northern Trust Corporation]]. He is also a former director at [[United Airlines]] and [[Peoples Energy]]. Dean 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. ==Early life and education== Jain was born on June 9, 1957, in a small town called [[Tezpur]], [[Assam]], a state in north-eastern part of [[India]]. He did his schooling from Rastrabhasa Hindi School at Tezpur. He went on to earn his bachelor’s degree with Statistics (Hons.) in 1976 from Darrang College, Tezpur (affiliated with [[Gauhati University]]) and his master’s degree in Statistics in 1978 from Gauhati University in India. He taught at Gauhati University for the next five years before coming to US to pursue his PhD in [[Marketing]] at the [[University of Texas at Dallas]] under the direction of [[Frank M. Bass]]. ==Awards and honors== Dean Jain’s teaching honors include the Sidney Levy Award for Excellence in Teaching in 1995; the John D.C. Little Best Paper Award in 1991; Kraft research professorships in 1989-90 and 1990–91; the Beatrice research professorship in 1987-88; the Outstanding Educator Award from the State of Assam in India in 1982; the Gold Medal for the Best Post-Graduate of the Year from Gauhati University in India in 1978; the Gold Medal for the Best Graduate of the Year from Darrang College in Assam in India in 1976; the Gold Medal from Jaycees International in 1976; the Youth Merit Award from Rotary International in 1976; and the Jawaharlal Nehru Merit Award, Government of India in 1976. ==Personal life== He is married to Sushant Jain and they have three children: Dhwani, Kalash and Muskaan. He has one sister and three brothers, one of them is working in Chicago and other two are into business in India. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/Faculty/Directory/Jain_Dipak_C.aspx] *[http://www.businesseducators.com/Educators/Dipak-C-Jain Jain’s Business Educators Member Profile] *[http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/blogs/mba_admissions/archives/2010/09/its_official_dipak_jain_the.html] *[http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/Faculty/Directory/Jain_Dipak_C.aspx] *[http://www.mbamission.com/blog/2010/09/15/mba-news-dipak-jain-named-dean-of-insead/] {{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> | NAME =Jain, Dipak C. | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = 1957 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Jain, Dipak C.}} [[Category:1957 births]] [[Category:University of Texas at Dallas alumni]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Indian immigrants to the United States]] [[Category:People from Assam]] [[Category:Northwestern University faculty]] [[Category:American Jains]] [[Category:Indian Jains]]'