Q&A with Rakesh Khurana
Rakesh Khurana, the Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development at Harvard Business School (HBS) and co-master of Cabot House, will become dean of Harvard College on July 1. Khurana has been a member of the Harvard community for 16 years, earning his Ph.D. through a joint program between HBS and Harvard’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in 1998. Since 2010, he and his wife, Stephanie, have lived as co-masters at Cabot with their three children, Sonia, 17, Nalini, 14, and Jai, 11, and with the 375 undergraduates. Khurana is an award-winning teacher and widely recognized scholar. In a question-and-answer session, he recently spoke about his appointment, the challenges facing the College and higher education in general, and the role of the College dean. GAZETTE: When you were younger, thinking about a career path, did you ever imagine that one day you would be dean of Harvard College? KHURANA: It was not...