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Jagdish Sheth to retire from Emory after 35 years
During his tenure, Sheth authored more than 80 books and served on nearly 70 doctoral dissertation committees.
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Malvika Choudhary - Wed, 15, Jul 2026
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Jagdish Sheth / Emory University
Indian American marketing scholar Jagdish N. Sheth will retire from Emory University's Goizueta Business School on Aug. 31, concluding a 35-year career.
Sheth, the Charles H. Kellstadt Chaired Professor of Business, joined Goizueta in 1991 after teaching at institutions including the University of Southern California, the University of Illinois, Columbia University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Pittsburgh, the Copenhagen School of Economics and Business, and the Indian Institute of Management.
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In 1993, he founded Emory's Center for Relationship Marketing and served as its director until 2004. During his tenure, he also served on university and business school committees and participated in nearly 70 doctoral dissertation committees at Emory and other universities.
Sheth has authored or edited more than 80 books and nearly 300 scholarly papers, book chapters, and journal articles. According to Emory, his research has been cited more than 75,000 times. In 2025, he was included in the Stanford University and Elsevier database of the World's Top 2 Percent Scientists.
In 2020, the Government of India awarded Sheth the Padma Bhushan, the country's third-highest civilian honor, for his contributions to literature and education.
He has also received all four of the American Marketing Association's top honors and is a fellow of organizations including the American Marketing Association, the Association for Consumer Research, the Academy of International Business, the American Psychological Association, and the Academy of Marketing Science.
At Emory, Sheth received the Thomas Jefferson Award, the Marion Creekmore Award for Internationalization, and the Distinguished Faculty Lecture Award. He has also received lifetime achievement awards from the American Marketing Association for Sustainable Marketing and Innovation, Sankara Nethralaya USA, Emory's Emeritus College, and the USA India Business Summit/Georgia Tech Global Business Forum.
Reflecting on his tenure, Sheth said the growth of Goizueta Business School stood out most.
"Looking back over 35 years at Goizueta, what has meant most to me is the world-class reputation and growth of the business school," Sheth told the University press. "It also meant a lot to meet colleagues across the campus from different disciplines; getting to know and work with them on various projects and committees."
Outside the classroom, Sheth and his wife, Madhu Sheth, established the Sheth Family Foundation, the Madhuri and Jagdish Sheth Foundation, and the Sheth Education Foundation.
Through these organizations, they have supported educational, healthcare, sustainability, and cultural initiatives in the United States and India. At Emory, the family's philanthropy includes the Sheth Fellowship for doctoral students and the Sheth Distinguished International Alumni Award.
Born in Burma (now Myanmar) in 1938, Sheth moved to India with his family in 1941 and completed much of his schooling in Madras (now Chennai). He earned an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh in 1962 and a PhD from the university's Katz Graduate School of Business in 1966.
He is the author or co-author of more than 80 books, including The Accidental Scholar, Chindia Rising, The Rule of Three, and India's Road to Transformation: Why Leadership Matters, published in 2024.
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