Honoree for the 2025 Golf Classic

Rakesh Gupta, Associate Professor, Willumstad School of Business, Adelphi University

Rakesh Gupta is an associate professor in the Decision Sciences and Marketing Department at Adelphi University’s Robert B. Willumstad School of Business and an inaugural Bhisé Faculty Fellow, playing a key role in Adelphi’s Bhisé Center for Global Understanding. He specializes in strategic management, business ethics, technology management, financial literacy, and action learning.

Gupta has more than 50 years of teaching experience, including faculty positions at Adelphi University, LIU Post, and Baruch College. He previously served as dean and associate dean of the Willumstad School of Business. He has consulted for corporations and educational institutions in the U.S. and abroad and has led student trips to China, India, Finland, Germany, and France. As a Bhisé Faculty Fellow, he co-leads the annual winter intersession Bhisé Global Experience, an immersive study tour of India since January 2023.

His research has been published in Contemporary Issues in Education Research, Applications of Management Science and the Encyclopedia of Business and Professional Ethics. A frequent media contributor, he has been featured in U.S. News & World Report, Newsweek, and Newsday. Gupta holds degrees from Baruch College, City College of New York, and St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University.