Kumble R. Subbaswamy

Kumble Subbaswamy
11th Chancellor of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst
In office
July 1, 2012 – June 30, 2023
Preceded byRobert C. Holub
Succeeded byJavier Reyes
Personal details
BornBangalore, India
EducationBangalore University (BS)
University of Delhi (MS)
Indiana University, Bloomington (PhD)

Kumble R. Subbaswamy is an Indian physicist and college administrator who served as the 11th chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Amherst.[1][2] He currently serves as Interim Senior Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs and Equity, serving the five-campus University of Massachusetts system.[3] He formerly served as the provost of University of Kentucky.

He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences[4][5] and also an elected fellow of the American Physical Society, and has research interests in computational chemistry and condensed matter physics.

On June 2, 2022, Subbaswamy announced that he would retire from being the chancellor by the end of June 2023.[6]

  1. ^ "Biography of Chancellor Subbaswamy". University of Massachusetts Amherst. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  2. ^ "UMass Amherst Inaugurates Kumble Subbaswamy as Chancellor". University of Massachusetts Amherst. Archived from the original on 31 October 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ "Outgoing UMass Amherst Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy Named Interim Senior Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs and Equity". University of Massachusetts. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Kumble Subbaswamy Elected To American Academy Of Arts & Sciences". businesswest.com. 3 May 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Kumble R. Subbaswamy has been elected as a new member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences". University of Massachusetts Amherst. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Umass Amherst chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy announces plans to retire at the end of June 2023". University of Massachusetts Amherst. Retrieved 2 June 2022.