Arpan K. Kar — CEO
Prof. Arpan Kar is Professor and holds an Endowed Chair in Information Systems in Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India. He has a joint appointment in the Department of Management Studies and School of Artificial Intelligence. Administratively he chairs Information Systems Group and Corporate Affairs and is member of multiple administrative committees. He supports multiple ministries (DST, MeiTY, DoT) in different senior advisory committees and universities (IITs/IIMs/etc) in faculty selection/promotion committees. He works on the adoption, appropriation and user experiences of emerging ICTs like artificial intelligence, social media, digital platforms, mobile apps, etc, often using computational mixed research methods. He has authored 150+ journal papers, 60+ conference papers, 30+ book chapters and 14 edited books, of which 100+ publications are in ABDC A, ABS 3 and WoS Q1 level journals, and 20 papers are in ABDC A* journals. He has over 27,000 citations and H index over 68. He has undertaken over 50 research, consultancy and training projects from organizations like BASF, PwC, Fidelity, EY, World Bank, Facebook, CIPPEC, Govt. of India (MEITY, DST, MoT, DRDO, MHRD, etc), which has generated revenue exceeding 200 Million INR. He is the Editor for Analytics Section in Applied Operations & Analytics (T&F, OR Society). He is Associate Editor in ABDC A journals like Communications of the AIS, Journal of Computer Information Systems, Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management, Int. J. of E-Govt Research, etc. He is in the Editorial Board for JSIS, GIQ, JBR, JGIM, etc. He was the Editor in Chief of IJIM Data Insights (2020-2024). He was earlier Senior / Associate Editor in Decision Support Systems, International Journal of Information Management, Journal of Public Affairs and Sage Open. He has been a Guest Editor for ABDC A* journals like JAIS, DSS, IJIM and IMM and ABDC A ranked journals like ISF, AJIS, etc. He has also been AE for SIs in MISQ, DSS, etc. He received the Research Excellence Award by Clarivate for highest WoS citations from 2015-2020. He received the BK Birla Distinguished Researcher Award for the count of ABDC A* publications over 5 years. He received 3 Best Seller Awards from Ivey / Harvard / The Case Center for his teaching cases. He received over 20 other awards like 3 IFIP Best Paper awards, ACM ICEGOV Best Paper, Careers 360 Outstanding Researcher Award, Tata Consultancy Services Gold Medal, Project Management Institute Award, AIMS Best Researcher, IIT Delhi Teaching Excellence, and many reviewing awards, etc.
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Location: South Delhi, Delhi, India
Experience: 18 yrs 4 mos
Career Highlights
- Over 150 journal papers authored.
- 27,000+ citations with H index over 68.
- Generated revenue exceeding 200 Million INR from projects.
Work Experience
Delft University of Technology
Visiting / Guest Professor (1 yr)
XLRI Jamshedpur
Research Advisory Board (2 yrs 6 mos)
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Professor (3 yrs)
Chair Professor (4 yrs 2 mos)
Associate Professor (4 yrs 5 mos)
Assistant Professor (4 yrs 1 mo)
Taylor & Francis Group
Editor / Associate Editor (6 yrs 2 mos)
IGI Global
Associate Editor (6 yrs 2 mos)
Elsevier
Editor / Senior Editor / Associate Editor (5 yrs)
Wiley-Blackwell
Associate Editor (2 yrs)
Springer Nature Technology and Publishing Solutions
Associate Editor (9 yrs 2 mos)
IIM Rohtak (IIM-R)
Assistant Professor (2 yrs)
Cognizant Business Consulting
Consultant (1 yr)
TechTalk
Managing Editor - Tech Talk (12 yrs)
IBM Research Laboratory
Research & Business Development (9 mos)
Business Blogging
Editor - Business Fundas (13 yrs 1 mo)
Education
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at XLRI Jamshedpur
Master of Business Administration - MBA at XLRI Jamshedpur
Executive Programme in Management at Asian Institute of Management
Bachelor in Engineering at Jadavpur University
