Prabakar Kothandaraman

Dr. Kothandaraman most recently served as professor in the Department of Professional Sales in the Cotsakos College of Business at William Paterson University (New Jersey). In addition to this classroom post, he has served as chair of the Department of Professional Sales since 2014, and executive director of the Russ Berrie Institute for Professional Sales since 2010.

Prior to his time at William Paterson University, Dr. Kothandaraman was a faculty member in the Marketing Department at Drexel University, Texas A & M University, and Xavier Institute of Management in Bhubaneswar, India. He also served as interim executive director and senior researcher at Harvard Business School’s India Research Center.

He received a PhD in Business Administration from The Smeal College of Business at The Pennsylvania State University, an MBA from the Xavier Institute of Management (Bhubaneswar, India), and earned his B.E (with Honors) in Chemical Engineering from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (Pilani, India).

Companies

• Dean School Of Business & Professor of Marketing State University of New York College at Oswego (2019)
• Professor of Sales & Executive Director, Russ Berrie Institute for Professional Sales William Paterson University (2015 — 2019)
• Chair, Department of Professional Sales William Paterson University (2014 — 2019)
• Executive Director & Associate Professor, Russ Berrie Institute for Professional Sales William Paterson University (2010 — 2015)
• Interim Chair, Department of Professional Sales William Paterson University (2014 — 2014)
• Associate Clinical Professor of Marketing Drexel University's LeBow College of Business (2008 — 2010)
• Interim Executive Director & Sr. Researcher Harvard Business School (2005 — 2008)
• Assistant Professor of Marketing Drexel University's LeBow College of Business (2002 — 2004)
• Assistant Professor of Marketing Texas A&M university (2001 — 2002)

Education

• Ph.D. in Business Administration Penn State University (1997 — 2001)
• Master of Business Administration (MBA) Xavier Institute of Management (1991 — 1993)
• BE(Hons) Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani (1982 — 1986)