{"id":2,"date":"2017-04-25T13:41:23","date_gmt":"2017-04-25T13:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faculty.wcu.edu\/vittal\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-05-26T15:52:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T19:52:57","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.wcu.edu\/vittal\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module et_pb_text_align_left\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-245\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.wcu.edu\/vittal\/files\/2017\/04\/Vittal-cropped-2017.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"260\" \/><\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Vittal S. Anantatmula<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Professor<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> <strong>Director, Project Management Programs<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> <strong>vittal@wcu.edu<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module et_pb_text_align_left\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Vittal Anantatmula is a Professor of Project Management in the College of Business, Western Carolina University. He is also the Director of Graduate Programs in Project Management. Dr. Anantatmula\u2019s current research is focused on project management teams, risk management, integrating knowledge management and project management, knowledge management effectiveness, project management performance, and leadership.<\/span><u><br \/>\n<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><u>Academic Awards and Recognition:<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>University Scholar Award<\/strong>, WCU: 2017<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Excellence in Research Award<\/strong>, College of Business, WCU: 2012<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Graduate Faculty Teaching Award<\/strong>, College of Business, WCU: 2011<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Appointed as Global Guest Professor<\/strong>, Keio University, Japan: 2015-2020<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><u>Contact Information:<\/u><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> 315E Forsyth<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Global Management and Strategy Department<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> College of Business<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Western Carolina University<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Cullowhee, NC 28723<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> 828.227.3990<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:vittal@wcu.edu\">vittal@wcu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":155,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.wcu.edu\/vittal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.wcu.edu\/vittal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.wcu.edu\/vittal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.wcu.edu\/vittal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/155"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.wcu.edu\/vittal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.wcu.edu\/vittal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":265,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.wcu.edu\/vittal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.wcu.edu\/vittal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}