Dr. Abhishek Behl is a researcher in the area of information systems and management. He has earned his second Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay where his research is in the area of crowdfunding and gamification. He is a winner of the prestigious “Naik and Rastogi Award for excellence in PhD” from IIT Bombay. He holds a rich experience of teaching, research and consultancy. He has taught subjects like Business Analytics; Marketing Analytics; Gamification; Marketing Research and Qualitative Data Analytics. He has also served as a Senior Manager- Research at Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship, IIM Ahmedabad. His research is in the area of business analytics and decision sciences with a focus on gamification, stakeholder engagement, sustainability, and e-commerce start-ups.

He is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Global Information Management; International Journal of Manpower; International Studies of Management and Organization; Asia Pacific Journal of Business Studies; Journal of Cases on Information Technology and in an area editor (South Asia) of the International Journal of Emergency Services. He features on the editorial board of many journals like Journal of Global Marketing; Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organization; Journal of Promotion Management; Young Consumer; Management Decision; and Society and Business Review. He has edited three books and is editing a couple of Special Issues in journal of international repute. He has published in journals like Harvard Business Review; Industrial Marketing Management; International Journal of Information Management; IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management; Production Planning and Control; Annals of Operations Research; Journal of Business Research; Technology Forecasting and Social Change; International Marketing Review; Journal of Enterprise Information Systems; Industrial Management and Data Systems, etc.

He has also won research grants from AIM Sheth Foundation (2021), NASMEI(2019) and Emerald Publishers (2018) for research proposals in the area of information technology and its application in stakeholder engagement. He has presented his research work in reputable international forums like The World Bank; United Nations University; Decision Science Institute etc. He was also a visiting scholar at South University of Science and Technology, China in 2018. He has been a resource person to various Management Development Programs for companies like Wipro; Godrej; Tata Motors; CEAT Tyres etc. He is a certified trainer for Google Analytics and has offered training to more than 10 international organizations like LinkedIn; Air Liquide; Conde Nast; Bio-Rad. His area of research and teaching is along with the interface of business analytics and decision sciences for new business ventures through gamification.