Faculty Directory | Bharat N. Anand

Bharat N. Anand is the Richard R. West Dean of NYU Stern and Professor of Business Administration. He began his tenure as Dean on August 1, 2025. He joined NYU Stern from Harvard University, where he was the Vice Provost for Advances in Learning and the Henry R. Byers Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, and served on the faculty for 27 years.

Dean Anand is an expert in digital strategy, media and entertainment strategy, corporate strategy, and organizational change. His work on competition in content industries has focused on two central challenges that firms increasingly face: getting noticed and getting paid. He created Harvard Business School’s first executive program on digital strategies for media companies. He has written over 60 articles and case studies, and his scholarly work has received various awards and been profiled in a range of media outlets. His work on digital transformation has influenced startups and established companies worldwide, and he has advised organizations across the globe.

His book The Content Trap: A Strategist's Guide to Digital Change has received acclaim for its perspective on strategy and digital transformation. It was named as one of Fast Company’s top 10 business books of 2016 and Bloomberg’s “Best Books of 2017”, and by Walmart’s CEO as his favorite book of the year.

In 2014, Dean Anand helped create and launch Harvard Business School Online, serving as its first faculty chair and Senior Associate Dean. HBS Online’s virtual classroom has been described by Fortune as the “Classroom of the Future.” In his role as Vice Provost, Dean Anand led Harvard’s efforts to formulate, communicate, and implement strategic priorities for teaching and learning across the University. He was part of Harvard’s central leadership team that oversaw the University’s transition to remote teaching during the pandemic; he helped create Axim, the nonprofit created by Harvard and MIT to expand educational access; he chaired the University working group on Enabling Difficult Conversations to support a culture of dialogue on Harvard’s residential campus; and he chaired Harvard’s Generative AI Working Group for Teaching and Learning, which explored the most effective and responsible use of AI across the University’s classrooms. He also oversaw the launch of Harvard’s new Learning Experience Platform (LXP), a groundbreaking modular online learning system supporting both digital and residential learning.

Dean Anand is a renowned teacher and a two-time winner of the “best teacher award” at Harvard Business School. He is a two-time recipient of the Robert F. Greenhill Award for outstanding contributions to Harvard Business School.

He received his B.A. in economics magna cum laude from Harvard College, and his Ph.D. in economics from Princeton University.