• Pioneered the initiative to plan and raise money for Capitol Federal Hall
• School’s overall enrollment grew by almost 40 percent under her leadership
• Served as KU’s Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor
• Named President of the University of Louisville in Spring 2018
• Named President of Penn State University in Spring 2022

Bendapudi earned her doctorate at KU in 1994. Prior to becoming the dean of the School of Business, she taught at Texas A&M and Ohio State University and served as executive vice president and chief customer officer of Huntington National Bank. Bendapudi has taught at the undergraduate, MBA, Executive MBA and Ph.D. levels and has received numerous college, university and national teaching awards.

As dean, Bendapudi pioneered the initiative to plan and raise money for Capitol Federal Hall, a $70.5 million 166,500-square-foot building. The school moved from Summerfield Hall, its home of 56 years, to Capitol Federal Hall in May of 2016. Under her leadership, the school’s overall enrollment grew by almost 40 percent, and undergraduate enrollment grew by more than 60 percent.

She served as KU's Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor from fall 2016 to spring 2018. She was named President of the University of Louisville in spring of 2018, and she was named President of Penn State University in spring of 2022.