Jamshed Bharucha
Jamshed Bharucha is an Indian-American cognitive neuroscientist who has served in leadership roles in higher education. He is the founding vice chancellor of Sai University, Chennai, and is a member of the board of advisors of India's International Movement to Unite Nations (I.I.M.U.N.).
Jamshed Bharucha | |
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| Founding Vice Chancellor of Sai University, Chennai | |
| Assumed office July 1, 2020 | |
| 12th President of The Cooper Union | |
| In office July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | George Campbell Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Laura Sparks |
| 7th Provost of Tufts University | |
| In office July 1, 2002 – July 1, 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Sol Gittleman |
| Succeeded by | David Harris |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jamshed Bharucha 1956 (age 67–68) Mumbai, India |
| Spouse | Jessie Papatolicas |
| Children | Arthur Bharucha |
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| Education | Bombay International School Vassar College (BA) Yale University (MA) Harvard University (PhD) |
Bharucha is President Emeritus of Cooper Union, a college located in Manhattan, New York City, having served as the 12th President of Cooper Union during the time of Cooper Union's financial crisis and tuition protests. Prior to becoming president of Cooper Union, Bharucha was provost and senior vice president of Tufts University and professor in the departments of psychology, music, and neuroscience.
Before his time at Tufts, Bharucha was the John Wentworth Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences and dean of the faculty of arts & sciences at Dartmouth College. Bharucha was a distinguished fellow and research professor at Dartmouth, where his research and teaching were focused on education data science. His research is in cognitive psychology and neuroscience, focusing on the cognitive and neural basis of the perception of music. He was editor of the interdisciplinary journal Music Perception.