Ash Soni is Dean at the Kelley School of Business and holds The Sungkyunkwan Professorship. Previously he served as Executive Associate Dean for Academic Programs for 10 years, strengthening all of Kelley’s programs, creating new degree offerings, expanding options for customization, and brokering key partnerships with notable universities, corporations, and organizations in the U.S. and abroad. In 2018, he was presented with IU’s John W. Ryan Award for Distinguished Contributions to International Programs and Studies for his tireless work in creating global partnerships. He previously served as Associate Dean for Information Technology, and as chair of the Department of Operations & Decision Technologies.
Dean Soni’s areas of expertise are business analytics, emerging technologies, enterprise systems, operations research, and supply chain management. He has been one of the lead instructors for Kelley’s executive MBA Programs, Kelley Direct Online MBA Program, and various Business Analytics certificate programs. He is the recipient of more than 20 teaching awards.
Dean Soni received his education first in the United Kingdom with a B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering from Manchester University and an M.S. in Operations Research from Strathclyde University. Later, he completed an MBA and a doctorate in Quantitative Business Analysis and Operations Management at the Kelley School. Prior to graduate work at Indiana University, he was a management consultant in the UK for four years.