He formerly served as Dean of the New York University Stern School of Business, and is the author or co-author of two books.
Sundaram was educated in India, where he earned a Bachelor's degree from the University of Madras in 1982 and a master in business administration from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad in 1984.
[1] He earned a master's degree and a PhD in Economics from Cornell University in 1987 and 1988 respectively.
[1] Since 2020, he serves as an academic council member of Krea University, a liberal arts and sciences private university located in Sricity, Andhra Pradesh, India.
He won the Jensen Prize from the Journal of Financial Economics in 2000.