ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) & ANALYTICS COMPETITION
Launched an international competition with the Association for Information Systems (AIS) Student Chapters: The Computational Society Case Study Challenge. The competition enables Information Systems (IS) students to express themselves in the domain of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and analytics. The topics covered include Retail and Analytics, Choice analytics, and Societal Well-being.
IS programs at leading universities, such as Clemson University, Georgia State University, University of Georgia, Temple University, University of Arkansas, Brigham Young University (BYU), and many others–have participated in the competition.
2018 The Computational Society Case Study Challenge, UT Dallas, Dallas, TX.
2019 The Computational Society Case Study Challenge, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.
2020 The Computational Society Case Study Challenge, Conducted Online (Due to COVID Pandemic).
KEYNOTE SPEECHES AND PANELS
Introductory Keynote, “Information Systems as a Discipline: Bridging Technology, Organizations, and Society.” 1st India Conference on Information Systems (INCIS) at IIM Calcutta, March 2025.
Book talk on "Purpose: Digital Transformation of Individuals, Organizations, and Societies," at 1st India Conference on Information Systems (INCIS) at IIM Calcutta, March 2025.
Keynote Speech, Purpose: The Drive for Digital Transformation, Digital Transformation Track, India Management Research Conference (IMRC), IIM Ahmedabad 2024.
Keynote Speech at SAMAVAYA 2025, Purpose: Transforming our lives and organization, L J University 2025.
Purpose: The Drive for Digital Transformation, Keynote, Conference on Technology for Disabled Persons (CTDP), IIM Ahmedabad 2025.
Panel Discussion on E-Governance for Effective Government at the Annual Conference on Digital India: Policy, Society, and Governance, at IIM Kozhikode (EPS), 13-Nov-2021
Panel Discussion on Augmented AI: Opportunities and Challenges, as a moderator, Centre for Digital Transformation, at IIM Ahmedabad. 2021.
Keynote Speech on Slavery in Supply Chains: XXIV Annual International Conference of The Society of Operations Management (SOM-2021), XLRI, Jamshedpur
Keynote speech on Purpose of Digital technologies in our organizations and societies, at International Conference on Interdisciplinary Research in Technology and Management (IRTM 2022), Delhi, 24-Feb-22
Panel Discussion on “Innovation and Technology in Behavioural Science impacting Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management” during Behavioral Science in Marketing (BSIM) 2021 conference, 9-Apr-21
Panel Discussion on Quantum Information and Computation: From Foundations to Applications – 2021: as Moderator, Academia-Startup discussion, IIT Jodhpur, 21-Oct-21.
Panel Discussion on the AI panel–Business of Future–as Moderator at The Red Bricks Summit, IIMA, October 2020.
Keynote Speech: Emotionalizing Retail: How to Leverage Technological Capabilities for Creating Retail Value in the 21st Century. International Workshop on Information and Business Process Management. University of Chile, Santiago, Chile, August 2019.