Pankaj Setia is Professor in the Information Systems and Strategy (secondary) Areas. He has taught at different universities across the globe and worked for over twenty years in academia or industry, mostly in the United States. Prof. Setia consults and conducts executive education programs with leading organizations and government institutions. His opinions and interviews on various aspects of digital transformation and leadership have appeared in leading outlets, such as the Business World, CIO.com, Financial Express, People Matters, Outlook, and Forbes India, amongst others. He is often quoted by leading national dailies, such as Economic Times, Indian Express, and many others. He teaches graduate-level courses on the leadership of digital organizations, strategic management of digital innovations, and digital transformation at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA).

Pankaj studies how organizations create and leverage IT applications and digital capabilities for superior organizational performance. Open-source development and diffusion are other areas of interest. His research has been published in leading academic journals such as MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, Journal of Operations Management, Decision Sciences Journal, and Journal of the Association for Information Systems. In addition, he has been featured among the top 100 researchers based on his publications in the top business journals (e.g., the Financial Times’ top 50 Journals).