Business Analytics
Data-Driven Decision Making
Social Media Analytics
Sports Analytics
Text Mining
Natural Language Processing
Stochastic Models
Aishvarya holds a Ph.D in Decision Sciences from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIMB). During her time at IIMB, she not only pursued her doctoral research but also gained valuable experience as a post-doctoral fellow for a year. She has completed her Master’s and Bachelor’s in Statistics from Banaras Hindu University (BHU). Prior to her doctoral studies, Aishvarya excelled as a Data Scientist at IBM, where she was awarded the IBM Eminence & Excellence Rising Star Award. Additionally, she was honoured with the Intel India Research Fellowship for her dissertation project and has collaborated with organisations such as Intel, Dream11, ONE Championship, Gameskraft, and more.
Her thesis focuses on addressing contemporary business and legal challenges in the online gaming sector through data-driven methodologies. Her research interests span business analytics, sports analytics, data-driven policy-making, social media analytics, and the application of statistics across various sectors, including retail. Through the application of rigorous academic research to practical industry scenarios, she aims to make substantial contributions to academia, business, and society.
Ph.D. (2023). Focus: Decision Sciences
M.Sc. (2016). Major: Statistics
B.Sc. (2014). Major: Statistics
Business Analytics
Data-Driven Decision Making
Social Media Analytics
Sports Analytics
Text Mining
Natural Language Processing
Stochastic Models
Aishvarya, Das, T., Kumar, U.D., (2024), Decision support system for policy-making: Quantifying skill and chance in daily fantasy sports. Decision Support Systems, Volume 182. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dss.2024.114237
Aishvarya, Sringeswara, S., Grover, S., U Kumar, D. (2023). “Online Gaming: A Data-Driven Regula- tory Framework”. Economic and Political Weekly, 58(21)
Governing the Online Gaming Sector: Challenges and the Way Forward. Artificial Intelligence Applications in Environmental, Social, and Governance, IIM Bangalore (December 2023) [Invited Talk]
What Drives Acceptance of a New Technology? A Data-Driven Approach (with Dinesh Kumar U, Denis Dennehy). EurOMA Conference, Berlin, Germany (July, 2022)
Fantasy Sports: A Game of Skill or Chance? (with Tirthatanmoy Das, Dinesh Kumar U). European Conference on Stochastic Optimization (ECSO), Italy (June 2022)
Fantasy Sports: A Game of Skill or Chance? (with Tirthatanmoy Das, Dinesh Kumar U). International Conference on Business Analytics and Intelligence (ICBAI) (December 2021)
Do Users’ Experiences Speak Louder than the Firm’s Official Tweets? The Case of Daily Fantasy Sports (with Dinesh Kumar U, Denis Dennehy). Annual International Research Conference (AIRC), IIM Lucknow (December 2022)
Aishvarya, Das, T. & U Kumar, D. “A Decision Support System for Policy-Making: Quantifying Skill and Chance in Daily Fantasy Sports”.
Seth, N., Aishvarya, Rahul & U Kumar, D. “Predicting Customers’ Forgetfulness Using Bayesian Bandits: The Case of Online Grocery Shopping”.
Aishvarya, U Kumar, D. & Dennehy, D. “Joining a Firm’s Online Community: Are Firm’s Tweets More Persuasive Than Other Users’ Experiences?”.
Aishvarya & U Kumar, D. “Using News Alert Systems to Identify Disruption Risk in Supply Chain: Setting Wake-Up Calls for Risk Management”
Bhattacharya, B., Aishvarya, Majumdar, A. “Business Health, Demonetisation and Political Alignment: A Subnational Analysis”
Aishvarya & U Kumar, D. “Role of Time Constraint in the Performance-Risk Relationship: Evidence from Online Rummy Contests”
Business Analytics
Sports Analytics
Foundations of Data Science
Python for Data Science
Applied Statistics Using R
PGPBA Preparatory Course “Python for Data Science” (2021 and 2022)
Pre-Doctoral Course “Probability and Statistics Theory” (Term II, 2022)
Pre-Doctoral Course “Applied Statistics Using R” (Term III, 2022)
PGP Course “Decision Sciences-II” (Regression and Optimization)
PGP Course “Business Analytics & Intelligence”
PGPBA Course “Machine Learning & Applications”
PGPBA Course “Natural Language Processing”
PGPBA Course “Machine Learning Operations & System Designs”
PhD Course “Statistics for Management Research”
Intel India Research Fellowship (2021 – 2022)
Prof. S.N. Singh Memorial Gold Medal Award, B.H.U. (2016)
Best Paper Award, AIRC Conference, IIM Lucknow (2022)
IBM Eminence and Excellence: Rising Star Award (2016)
Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
Data Scientist
Intel: Using Artificial Intelligence in Building a Resilient Semiconductor Supply Chain
Gameskraft: Evaluating Players’ Decision-Making Behaviour and Performance in Online Rummy Contests
ONEChampionship: Designing Skill-Dominant DFS Platform
Reviewer, Decision Support Systems
Reviewer, IIMB Management Review
Reviewer, 29th EurOMA Conference, Berlin
Reviewer & Program Committee Member, 20th IFIP Conference, NUI, Ireland
Tutor, Office of Disability Services (ODS), IIMB
Member, Production and Operations Management Society (POMS)
Member, EQUIS Re-Accreditation Student Team
Intel India Research Fellowship (2021-2022)