Bala Mulloth

Bala Mulloth

Assistant Professor of Public Policy


Education & Training
Ph.D., Technology Management, New York University Tandon School of Engineering, 2011
M.S., Technology Management, New York University Tandon School of Engineering, 2007
M.S., Telecommunication Networks, New York University Tandon School of Engineering, 2004
B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Bombay, 2002

Bala Mulloth is an assistant professor of public policy at the University of Virginia's Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. Mulloth is a globally oriented educator whose focus areas are innovation and social entrepreneurship. He has lived and worked in Asia, Europe and North America, is a Research Fellow at the U. S Army Research Laboratory and is the Co-Founder of Hava, Inc., a materials science venture that creates advanced fabrics that help people breathe cleaner air.

Previously, he was an assistant professor of entrepreneurship and innovation management at Central European University in Budapest, Hungary and the Program Director of CEU’s experiential New York City MBA program; a visiting faculty fellow at the National Defense University; and the senior manager of New York University Tandon School of Engineering’s Office of Innovation Development, Technology Transfer and Entrepreneurship.

He holds a PhD in Technology Management from New York University Tandon School of Engineering.