Gaurav Karkhanis

FPM Behavioral Information Security – (Nov 2016 Onwards) S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai

• Continuing doctoral thesis work post completion of 30 credit coursework and qualifying exam (expected date of thesis submission – June 2021)
• Proposed doctoral research area – Behavioral Information System Security Theory Building
• Specialised doctoral courses –Text Mining, and User Generated Content Analysis, Behavioral Decision Theory, Basic Econometrics, Applied Econometrics and Micro-OB.

MBA Information Management – (2009) SP JAIN School of Global Management, Singapore/Dubai

BE Electronics and Telecommunication – (1999-2003) St. Francis Inst. of Technology (Mum Univ.), Mumbai

Teaching Experience:

• Data Visualisation using Tableau (PGMPW – SPJIMR, 2018/2019/2020)
• Design Thinking Bootcamp (MBA – XIME, Kochi, January,28, 2015)
• Student Centric Design Thinking Workshop (FDP – St Francis Inst. Of Technology, Mumbai, October 18, 2014)

Workshops on teaching skill development

• 5-day Faculty Development Programme (FDP) in SPJIMR, Mumbai, April 23-27, 2018

Volunteering & Student Activities

• Academy of Management 2019 Annual Conference Paper – Peer Reviewer
• Institutionalised S.P. Jain Research Interest Group (SPRING)- doctoral student self-help group for the journey called #PhDLife

• Total industry experience: 12 years (prior roles: Business Development Manager, Business Analyst, Team Manager) across various organisations in India and Dubai
• Key Functional Expertise: Business Analytics and Business Intelligence / Human Resource AnalyticsSignificant Career Achievements:
• 1st runner up Kerala Management Association (KMA) Annual Competition for Young Managers for two consecutive years – 2015 and 2016 | Represented Cognizant
• People’s Choice Award – Most Valuable Employee 2012/Q2 | Cognizant

• Cyber-psychology and user generated content analysis (text mining)

• Collective Action on Twitter: Examining the #hongkongprotests using machine learning approach, 51st Annual DSI conference, November 2020 (virtual)
• Best Paper Award: Ranking of Indian IT Companies: Mining of employee reviews on Glassdoor.com, 2nd International Conference on Challenges in Emerging Economies, SIMSR, Mumbai (November 2019)
• Co-Author: Future well-being of management education: A historical perspective, Academy of Management Proceedings, 2018

• MIS Quarterly Virtual Reviewer Development Workshop, December 5, 2020
• 51st Annual Decision Science Institute Conference, November, 21-23, 2020 (Online)
• MIS Quarterly Virtual Author Development Workshop, August 15, 2020
• Research Workshop on ‘Manuscript Writing and High-Quality Publishing’, IIM-A, April 24-27, 2020 (facilitated by Prof. Vishal Gupta)
• Workshop on Case Writing in KJ Somaiya, Mumbai, November, 22, 2019 (Facilitated by Dr. Vidyanand Jha)
• New Doctoral Summit ISB – Strategic Management Society, Hyderabad, December 16-18, 2018
• 9th Conference on Excellence in Research and Education (CERE), May 3-6, 2018
• 5-day Faculty Development Program (FDP) in SPJIMR, Mumbai, April 23-27, 2018
• 5-day IIM – Ahmedabad Doctoral Summer School (DSS), Ahmedabad, April 1-5, 2018