
Kumble R. Subbaswamy
Dean, IU College of Arts and Sciences
| “Swamy enjoys a reputation for energy, enthusiasm and experience. I believe he will set a high standard for the College of Art
s and Sciences, which already has done so much to distinguish the Bloomington campus.”
—Kenneth R. R. Gros Louis,
IU vice president for academic affairs and chancellor of the Bloomington campus |
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Subbaswamy, who goes by the name Swamy, served as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Miami, Coral Gables, Fla., before beginning his tenure at IU July 1, following former Dean Morton Lowengrub and acting Dean Russell Hanson. Sub
baswamy also holds an appointment as professor of physics.
At the University of Miami, he was a leader in efforts by the College of Arts and Sciences there to recruit students more aggressively, review its curriculum, establish faculty workload policies and undertake a vigorous advancement effort.
Subbaswamy is an IU alumnus, having earned a doctorate in physics in 1976. He has previously taught at the University of California-Irvine and the University of Kentucky, where he served as chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy as well as assoc
iate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
While at the University of Kentucky, he served on the Chancellor’s Task Force on Realignment and Restructuring, the university’s self-study team, and the Advanced Science and Technology Commercialization Center Planning Committee. He was an invited partic
ipant in the Pew Higher Education Roundtable.
He is an elected fellow of the American Physical Society, and he has research interests in computational chemistry and condensed matter physics.
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