Dr. Anil Puri is the Dean of the College of Business and Economics at California State University -- Fullerton and co-director of its Institute for Economic and Environmental Studies. Prior to becoming dean in 1998, Puri was department chair and professor of economics at Cal State Fullerton.

Puri is a noted economist and scholar who serves as the executive director of the Western Economic Association International, the second largest professional association of economists in the nation. He is also a member of the American Economic Association, the National Association of Business Economists, and the Association of University Bureaus of Economic Research.
Dr. Puri received his doctorate and master's degrees in economics from the University of Minnesota and his B.A. and M.A. in economics from Panjab University in India.

His research has been published in academic journals such as the National Tax Journal, Policy Studies Journal, Journal of Conflict Resolution and the International Journal of Forecasting. His annual Economic Forecast Conference, now in its fourteenth year, is held each October in partnership with the Orange County Business Council.