Dr Gurumurthy Kalyanaram was the founding-director of the full-time, daytime MBA program, Cohort MBA Program. In 1995, Dr. Kalyanaram was appointed as the founding-director to conceptualize, design, and develop a new full-time, daytime MBA program. Till then, UT Dallas offered only evening business programs for working adults. It was decided that the university should offer a full-time day time MBA program – Cohort MBA program – in the Cohort format. The goal was to design a high-quality and diverse MBA program in terms of students, faculty, curriculum, training and placement of students. The Cohort MBA program now stands as a viable program, and UT Dallas is ranked as one of the 50-100 business schools in the country.
Major curricular design was undertaken. Distinguished speakers series was started. Scholarship funds were instituted. The first class of 30 students started the program in 1996.
Dr Kalyanaram designed the curriculum (Innovation, Knowledge Economy), recruited the faculty and students, developed industry relations for placement, managed the budget, and led the Cohort MBA Program to be one of the top MBA programs in the country.
Major curricular design was undertaken. Distinguished speakers series was started. Scholarship funds were instituted. The first class of 30 students started the program in 1996.
Dr Kalyanaram designed the curriculum (Innovation, Knowledge Economy), recruited the faculty and students, developed industry relations for placement, managed the budget, and led the Cohort MBA Program to be one of the top MBA programs in the country.
