Neeli Bendapudi | |
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19th President of Pennsylvania State University | |
Assumed office May 9, 2022 | |
Preceded by | Eric J. Barron |
18th President of the University of Louisville | |
In office May 15, 2018 – December 9, 2021 | |
Preceded by | James R. Ramsey |
Succeeded by | Lori Stewart Gonzalez (interim) |
Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor of the University of Kansas | |
In office July 1, 2016 – April 27, 2018 | |
Preceded by | Jeffrey Vitter |
Succeeded by | Carl Lejuez (acting) |
Personal details | |
Born | 1962 or 1963 (age 61–62) Visakhapatnam, India |
Education | Andhra University (BA, MBA) University of Kansas (PhD) |
Neeli Bendapudi is an Indian-American academic administrator who is the 19th president of Pennsylvania State University.[1] From 2018 until 2021, she served as the 18th president of the University of Louisville.[2] In December 2021, Penn State announced Bendapudi as the university's president; she succeeded Eric J. Barron following his retirement.[3] She assumed office in May 2022 and is the first woman and the first non-white person to serve as Penn State's president.[4]