Bala V. Balachandran

Bala V Balachandran
Born (1937-07-05) July 5, 1937
Pudukkotai, India
Nationality India
Occupation Academician

Bala V. Balachandran (born 5 July 1937) is the J. L. Kellogg Distinguished Professor of Accounting and Information Management at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and Founder & Dean, Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai, India.

Education

He hails from Pudukkottai district in Tamil Nadu. He holds a master's degree in Applied Statistics from Annamalai University, a master's degree in Engineering from University of Dayton and an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University. He continued his PhD in Industrial Administration at Carnegie Mellon.

Bala Balachandran began his teaching career in 1960 while a graduate student at Annamalai University, India. In 1967 he moved to the University of Dayton and in 1971, to Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, where he taught management courses while working on his doctorate. In 1973 he joined the Kellogg School of Management faculty. He was Chairman of the Department of Accounting Information and Management from 1979 - 1983. In 1984 he was appointed Professor of Accounting Information and Management and was Director of the Accounting Research Center from 1985-2006.[2]

Having won numerous awards for his excellence in teaching (J.L.Kellogg distinguished Professorship in Accounting, Sid Levey Teaching Award, Alumni Faculty Choice Award, Indira Gandhi Memorial Award), Prof. Bala V. Balachandran got “Padma Shri”, the fourth most prestigious civilian award in India, in 2001.[1] Prof Bala has taught Statistics/Mathematics and Industrial & Systems engineering in various Indian and Global colleges. His present position as J L Kellogg Distinguished Professor in Accounting, Information & Management, and Decisions Sciences which shows his passion towards teaching. He is aso an Executive Professor & Strategy Advisor to the Dean of Bauer College of Business, University of Houston.

Publications

Current Research Projects

Other Research Projects

Clients for whom consulting assignments were undertaken

References

  1. "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2015.

http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/faculty/directory/balachandran_bala.aspx

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