Dr. Gupta is Chair of the Management & Organization Department, Ralph J. Tyser Professor of Strategy and Organization, and Research Director of the Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship at the Robert H. Smith School of Business, The University of Maryland at College Park. He has also served as a visiting professor at Stanford University, at Dartmouth College, and at SDA Bocconi (Italy). Dr. Gupta earned a Bachelor of Technology from the Indian Institute of Technology in 1970; an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management in 1972; and a Doctor of Business Administration from the Harvard Business School in 1980.

Dr. Gupta has been recognized by Business Week as an Outstanding Faculty in its Guide to the Best B-Schools and serves as a consultant, executive program faculty, and keynote speaker with multinational corporations and other organizations worldwide. His books include The Quest for Global Dominance (coauthored with Vijay Govindarajan) and Smart Globalization (coauthored with Eleanor Westney) published by Jossey-Bass/John Wiley in 2001 and 2003 respectively. He is also the author of more than 60 highly cited papers in major journals and has been honored with inclusion in the Academy of Management Journals’ Hall of Fame. In 1997, one of his papers was recognized as one of the ten most-often cited articles in the entire 40-year history of the Academy of Management Journal. In 1994, he was ranked by Management International Review as one of the Top 20 North American Superstars for research in strategy and organization.

Dr. Gupta serves on the board of directors of NeoMagic Corporation (NASDAQ) and has earlier served as a board member of Omega Worldwide (NASDAQ) and Vitalink Pharmacy Services (NYSE). He has been quoted by The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, USA Today, Red Herring, The Industry Standard, ComputerWorld, CIO Magazine, as well as the leading publications in Italy, India, and China.