U. C. Berkeley Professor Saikat Chaudhuri

is the inaugural Faculty Director of the Management, Entrepreneurship, & Technology (M.E.T.) program, which is a flagship dual-degree program in engineering and business at UCB.

He is also the inaugural Faculty Director of the Berkeley Haas Entrepreneurship Hub, a startup incubator that aims to make entrepreneurship accessible and easier for everyone across the campus. 

Chaudhuri holds the Grimes M.E.T. Chancellor’s Chair at the university, with a joint faculty appointment in the Entrepreneurship & Innovation as well as Management of Organizations groups at the Haas School of Business, along with the department of Mechanical Engineering in the College of Engineering.

Chaudhuri is an expert on corporate growth and innovation, mergers and acquisitions, strategic partnerships, outsourcing, and technological disruption.

Professor Chaudhuri’s work has been cited by leading media, and he is often interviewed or quoted by the global press on contemporary business affairs. He is regularly invited to speak at corporate forums, industry events, and academic conferences across the United States, Europe, and Asia.