Santanu Chatterjee will officially become dean at Georgia Terry College of Business, after serving as interim since last year. Chatterjee, here teaching a class in 2024, has been on the Terry faculty since 2001. Terry photo
The interim tag is gone.
Santanu Chatterjee has been named the 13th dean of the University of Georgia Terry College of Business following a national search, the university announced this week. His appointment becomes effective April 1.
Chatterjee has served as interim dean since 2025, when former Dean Benjamin Ayers was named provost of the University of Georgia.
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Georgia Terry Dean Santanu Chatterjee: “I am eager to work alongside our world-class faculty, staff, students and alumni to build on our strong foundation and reach even greater heights”
Chatterjee is hardly a newcomer to the Terry College. He joined the faculty in 2001 and has held a wide range of leadership roles, including associate dean for graduate programs and director of both the full-time MBA and MS in Business Analytics programs.
A Dr. Harold A. Black Distinguished Professor of Economics and Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor, Chatterjee earned his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Washington, a master’s degree from the University of Delhi, and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Calcutta.
Over more than two decades at Terry, he has helped shape many of the college’s signature graduate programs, including the MS in Business Analytics launched in 2018.
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In an interview with Poets&Quants late last year, Chatterjee described the moment facing business schools as one defined by rapid technological change and broader uncertainty.
“The elephant in the room is academic honesty,” he said, referring to the rise of generative AI tools in the classroom.
But Chatterjee also stressed that artificial intelligence should ultimately be treated as “just another tool” – powerful, but not a substitute for learning.
FOCUSING ON WHAT SCHOOLS CAN CONTROL
In the same conversation, Chatterjee said the key for business schools navigating political, technological, and economic uncertainty is to focus on what they can control.
“I’m going to focus on the things I can control – our students, their experience, their preparation,” he told P&Q.
Under his leadership, Terry has continued to gain visibility in rankings, including The Financial Times Global MBA ranking, where the program recently placed No. 1 worldwide for value for money for the third straight year.
“It is an honor and privilege to be named dean of a college that has been my professional home for over two decades,” Chatterjee says in a news release announcing his appointment as dean. “I am grateful to President Morehead and Provost Ayers for their confidence in me, and I am eager to work alongside our world-class faculty, staff, students and alumni to build on our strong foundation and reach even greater heights. Together, we will continue to build the nation’s most globally engaged, student-centered and future-ready business school.”
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