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DR S RAJA SABAPATHY BHARAT N. ANAND

Surgeon takes over as Stern School of Business

President of IFSSH names new dean

ew York University, recently announced that, following an internation-
al search, Bharat N. Anand—a vice provost at Harvard University and
Na chaired professor and renowned teacher at Harvard Business School
(HBS)—has been named the Richard R. West Dean of NYU’s Leonard N.
r S Raja Sabapathy, chairman of the Department of Plastic, Hand, and Stern School of Business and professor of business administration. He assumes
Microsurgery and Director of Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore, took over his new duties in August 2025.
Dthe Presidency of the International Federation of Societies for Surgery Professor Anand comes to NYU from Harvard University, where he has
of the Hand (IFSSH) on 28 March. He took over at the closing ceremony of been a member of the HBS faculty since 1998, when he joined as an assistant
the Federation’s triennial congress in Washington, DC, USA. professor of business administration, after previously serving on the faculty at
IFSSH is a Federation of 62-member nations and is the world’s largest Yale University’s School of Management. He was named the Henry R. Byers
body of hand surgeons. It was formed in 1966 to coordinate the activities of Professor of Business Administration in 2006, the faculty chair in 2013 and
the various Societies for Surgery of the Hand across the globe and, in this way, later senior associate dean of Harvard Business School Online, and Harvard
to increase and spread knowledge of hand surgery. University’s vice provost for advances in learning in 2018. He is the chair of
It holds congresses once every three years to discuss the latest advances Harvard’s Generative AI Working Group for Teaching and Learning.
and lay out the best practices. In its 59-year history, this is the first time an Dean Anand said, “I am honored to be named dean of the Leonard N.
Indian surgeon has taken over the Presidency of the organisation. Stern School of Business. Stern not only has a superb reputation, it possess-
In his address to the delegates on taking over as President, Dr Raja Sa- es a remarkable spirit—entrepreneurial, determined, energetic, resourceful,
bapathy accepted the honour and said that the theme of the term would be and global. I was so delighted and impressed with everyone I met during the
to help ‘Provide Quality Hand Surgery care to the millions who are less priv- search process, and I’m excited to join this vibrant community and contribute
ileged.’ to all that Stern is and aspires to be in the years ahead.”
In his role, he is responsible for steering the organisation toward achiev- An expert in corporate, media, and digital strategy, Professor Anand’s
ing its goals. An executive committee of representatives from the USA, UK, work has focused on the central challenges for digital businesses of “getting
China, Japan, Belgium, Columbia, and Ecuador will assist him. noticed” and “getting paid.” An influential voice in the area of digital trans-
Dr S Raja Sabapathy was the President of the Asian Pacific Federation formation, he created HBS’s first executive program on digital strategies for
of Societies for Surgery of the Hand and has been the President of the Indian media companies. As the founding faculty chair and first senior associate
Plastic Surgery, Hand Surgery, Microsurgery, Burns, Brachial Plexus Associ- dean of HBS Online, he helped launch and grow its innovative new model for
ation. business education.
The Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery department of Ganga Hospital is As Harvard’s vice provost for advances in learning, he helped steer
considered one of the preferred centres for teaching and training across the Harvard’s teaching through the pandemic; convened the university-wide
world. Formed in 1991, over the years, it has attracted 3,300 surgeons from 83 task force on the future of learning; contributed to the creation of Axim, a
countries, which is a record for any surgical unit in the country. non-profit dedicated to expanding access in education; and led the creation of
Dr Raja Sabapathy had earlier been conferred the Honorary fellowships a new learning experience platform—helping shape the University’s strategy
of the Royal College of Surgeons of Glasgow and England and the American for residential and online education.
College of Surgeons. Continued on next page... >>

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