{"id":28319,"date":"2022-05-23T10:00:01","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T14:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/?p=28319"},"modified":"2022-05-23T17:57:56","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T21:57:56","slug":"professor-profiles-gautam-kaul-university-of-michigan-stephen-m-ross-school-of-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/professor-profiles-gautam-kaul-university-of-michigan-stephen-m-ross-school-of-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Profiles: Gautam Kaul, University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross School of Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Gautam-Kual-Ross-School.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-18563 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Gautam-Kual-Ross-School-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Professor Profiles: Gautam Kaul, University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross School of Business - mbaMission\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Gautam-Kual-Ross-School-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Gautam-Kual-Ross-School.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Many MBA applicants feel that they are purchasing a brand when they choose a business school. However, the educational experience you will have is what is crucial to your future, and no one will affect your education more than your professors. Today, we profile\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/michiganross.umich.edu\/faculty-research\/faculty\/gautam-kaul\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>Gautam Kaul<\/em><\/strong><\/a><em>\u00a0from the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross School of Business.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Gautam Kaul<\/strong>, professor of finance and the Robert G. Rodkey Collegiate Professor of Business Administration, teaches both core curriculum courses and electives. Kaul also served as the Special Counsel for Digital Education and Innovator in Residence at the University of Michigan from 2012 to 2018. He has served as a board member for the school\u2019s Social Venture Fund since 2014.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to referencing his intellectual capabilities, students with whom mbaMission spoke described Kaul as extremely friendly and having a great sense of humor. He is also known for his willingness to help students both inside and outside the classroom. In 2005, in direct response to student interest, Kaul developed the elective course \u201cFinance and the Sustainable Enterprise.\u201d In return, students recognized his efforts and awarded him the Sustainability Pioneer Award and a plaque in his honor on one of the chairs in the main auditorium of the university\u2019s School of Natural Resources and Environment.<\/p>\n<p>Kaul has been nominated for an MBA Teaching Excellence Award (which is voted on by the student body) numerous times, most recently in 2019, and he won the award five times. He is also the 2009 recipient of the Victor L. Bernard Leadership in Teaching Award from the university\u2019s Center for Research on Learning and Teaching.<\/p>\n<p><em>For more information about Michigan Ross and 16 other top-ranked business schools, check out our free\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.mbamission.com\/collections\/insider-s-guides\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>mbaMission Insider\u2019s Guides<\/em><\/strong><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many MBA applicants feel that they are purchasing a brand when they choose a business school. However, the educational experience you will have is what is crucial to your future, and no one will affect your education more than your professors. Today, we profile\u00a0Gautam Kaul\u00a0from the University of Michigan Stephen M. 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