Neeli Bendapudi
Neeli Bendapudi | |
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Neeli Bendapudi in 2024 | |
| 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 (née Dutta) is an Indian-American academic administrator who is the 19th president of Pennsylvania State University. From 2018 until 2021, she served as the 18th president of the University of Louisville. In December 2021, Penn State announced Bendapudi as the university's president; she succeeded Eric J. Barron following his retirement. She assumed office in May 2022 and is the first woman and the first non-white person to serve as Penn State's president.