Pradeep Sharma

Pradeep Sharma is the new provost of the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). Sharma has served as RISD’s acting provost since the beginning of 2014. Before coming to campus as dean of architecture and design in 2012, he was head of the Bath School of Art and Design at Bath Spa University in England, where he managed the school’s operations, finances, facilities, assessment and academic program development, as well as the student experience. Prior to Bath, Sharma was head of art and design at the Cardiff School of Creative and Cultural Studies at the University of Glamorgan, UK, and served as a research fellow and senior lecturer at United Institute of Technology in New Zealand. Sharma has also maintained a design management and consultancy practice since 2002. He holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in electrical and information sciences from Cambridge University, a master’s degree in industrial design engineering from Teesside University and a doctorate in management from the University of Hertfordshire.