Anjali Sud, the Indian-American CEO of streaming platform Tubi, has been elected to Harvard University’s Board of Overseers. She would fill the vacancy left by Mark Carney who stepped down from Harvard Board on March 9 after being elected the leader of the Liberal Party. The election comes at a time Harvard is at a crossfire with the Donald Trump administration as the university refused to comply with the administration’s demand and now risks losing its international students exchange program. As part of the administration’s crackdown on international students involved in campus violence, protests etc, the administration sought the record of foreign students in the last five years. As the university refused to comply, the administration canceled its international student exchange programs. The university filed a lawsuit against the administration and got a temporary stay on the ban on international programs. Another Indian-origin alumnus Sanjay Seth has been elected as one of the directors of the Harvard Alumni Association. Sud will assume her position on the Board of Overseers on May 30, while Seth will begin his three-year term with the HAA board on July 1.
Who is Anjali Sud ?
Born in Detroit to Punjabi immigrants, Anjali Sud was brought up in Michigan. “Anjali Sud is an influential technology and media executive who has served since 2023 as CEO of Tubi, a free TV and movie streaming service with nearly 100 million monthly active users,” the Harvard election website said about her. Sud previously served as CEO of Vimeo, was named among Fortune’s “40 Under 40”. Now, she lives in New York. “My parents came to this country to give me a shot at the American Dream. I achieved that dream through the power of a transformative education, and I want to pay it forward for the next generation. Harvard has both the opportunity and imperative to define the future of higher education at a time of existential change. I would be honored to help Harvard navigate that change and enable creative transformation,” she said ahead of the election.