20122025

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Research interests

I am an Assistant Professor in Information Systems  at the Department of ISOM. Prior to joining Tilburg University, I completed my Ph.D in Information Systems from HEC Paris. My research interests lie in the areas of project management, open-source software development, online communities, and methodological applications of machine learning techniques in research. My research has been published in top journals such as Information Systems Research, Research Policy, European Journal of Information Systems, Decision Support Systems and in the proceedings of several leading conferences such as the International Conference on Information Systems, Association for Computing Machinery, Statistical Challenges in Electronic Commerce Research and Academy of Management. I have been nominated for several awards including the HEC Paris Best Dissertation award, Magid Igbaria Outstanding Conference Paper at ACM SIGMIS, Strategic Management Society Annual Conference Research Methods Paper Prize, and have won the Best Paper Award for Creativity in Research at the Strategic Management Society Annual Conference (2021), Competitive Strategy Interest Group.

 

Open-source software, IS development and project, Open collaboration, Knowledge commons

Career

Assistant Professor, Information Systems TiSEM, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands, Aug 2019 - present

Senior Business Analyst/ Consultant, Cognizant Technology Solutions, Bangalore, Jun 2010 - Oct 2013

Intern, Alghanim Industries, Kuwait, Apr 2009 - May 2009

Design Engineer, Larsen & Toubro Limited (Spectrum Infotech), India, Nov 2006 - Jun 2008

Current courses

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Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Education/Academic qualification

PhD, Information system and operation Management, HEC Paris, France, 2014- 2019

Post Graduate Diploma in Management, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, 2008-2010

Keywords

  • Open source software
  • software development

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