Probal Mojumder

Chairperson of the PhD Programs (Regular & Executive)
Associate Professor of Information Systems (OM/QM/IS Area)
Indian Institute of Management Udaipur

Current City: Udaipur, Rajasthan, India.

E-mails: probal.mojumder@iimu.ac.in

Citizenship: Indian

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About Me

Dr. Probal Mojumder currently serves as an Associate Professor of Information Systems at the Indian Institute of Management Udaipur (IIMU). He is also the Chairperson of IIMU's PhD Programs (Regular & Executive) and Advisory Board Member for IIMU’s Center for Digital Enterprise.

His research spans a wide range of business and societal questions, employing methodologies such as econometrics, AI/ML, and randomized experiments. Probal investigates how IT artifacts shape digital platforms, with a particular focus on addressing societal challenges. His recent work explores topics including digital crisis communication and AI ethics, alongside his continuing interest in online platform research.

Probal's research findings have been published in prestigious international academic journals, including Management Science (MS), Information Systems Research (ISR), and Production and Operations Management (POM). Additionally, his work has been showcased at prominent national and international conferences such as the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Workshop on Information Systems and Economics (WISE), INFORMS Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST), Workshop on Statistical Challenges in E-Commerce Research (SCECR) and the India Management Research Conference (IMRC) at IIM Ahmedabad. His research and profile have garnered attention in various media outlets and university magazines, including Financial Express, Phys.org, Forensicmag.com, HBS Working Knowledge, NYU Stern News, UMN News, Maryland Smith Research, Simon Business Magazine, and ISB Canvas.

Probal earned his Masters in Quantitative Economics (MSQE) from the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) Kolkata in 2010. In 2018, he obtained his doctoral degree in Business Administration (Information and Decision Sciences track) from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota.

Awards

Research Interests

Work Experience

Years Position Organisation
5/2024 – Present Associate Professor Operations Management, Quantitative Methods and Information Systems Area, Indian Institute of Management, Udaipur, India.
2/2021 – 5/2024 Assistant Professor Operations Management, Quantitative Methods and Information Systems Area, Indian Institute of Management, Udaipur, India.
2018 – 2019 Post-Doctoral Research Associate Department of Data Sciences and Operations, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA.
2012 – 2018 Graduate Assistant Department of Information and Decision Sciences, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA.
2010 – 2012 Research Associate Srini Raju Center for IT and the Networked Economy (SRITNE), Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, India.

Education

Years Degree University
2012 - 2018 Ph.D. in Business Administration (Track: Information and Decision Sciences) Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA
2008 - 2010 M.Sc. in Quantitative Economics Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India
2005 - 2008 B.Sc.(Hons.) in Economics University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India

Journal Publications

  1. Bapna, R., McFowland, E., Mojumder, P., Ramaprasad, J. and Umyarov, A. (2023) "So, Who Likes You? Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment” Management Science, vol. 69(7), pp. 3939-3957. (authors contributed equally)
  2. Huang, N., Mojumder, P., Sun, T., Lv, J. and Golden J.M. (2021) “Not Registered? Please Sign-up Now: A Randomized Field Experiment on the Timing of Registration Request” Information Systems Research, vol. 32(3), pp. 914-931. (authors contributed equally)
  3. Chan, J., Mojumder, P. and Ghose, A. (2019) “The Digital Sin City: An Empirical Study of Craigslist’s Impact on Prostitution Trends,” Information Systems Research, vol. 30(1), pp. 219-238.
  4. Mehra, A., Seidmann, A. and Mojumder, P. (2014) "Product Life Cycle Management of Packaged Software,” Production and Operations Management, vol. 23(3), pp. 366-378.
  5. Bhattacharya, D., Mojumder, P., Sanyal, S. and Kabiraj S. (2008) “Micro-Credit: A West Bengal Perspective,” Journal of Environment and Sociobiology, vol. 5(2), pp. 259-274.

Conference Proceedings

  1. Bhattacharyya, S. and Mojumder, P. (2023) “Save Our Souls: Study of Twitter Use during India’s COVID-19 Pandemic,” ICIS 2023 Proceedings. 5. (authors contributed equally)
  2. Mojumder, P., Chan, J. and Ghose, A. (2016) “The Digital Sin City: An Empirical Study of Craigslist’s Impact on Prostitution Trends,” ICIS 2016 Proceedings. 13.

Book Chapters

  1. Mojumder, P. and Mandal, D.R. (2011) “Economic Environmental Zones and Poverty Alleviation,” in Dey, D. and Gopichandran, R. (Eds.), BIORIGHTS: The Conservation Paradigm for Poverty Alleviation, published by South Asian Forum for Environment (SAFE).

Talks

Presentations given by me are marked with *.

  1. "The Digital Sin City: An Empirical Study of Craigslist’s Impact on Prostitution Trends" (co-authors: Chan, J. and Ghose, A.)
    1. at INFORMS Conference of Information Systems and Technology (CIST), Philadelphia, PA, USA, Oct 31-Nov 1, 2015.*
    2. at Winter Conference on Business Intelligence (WCBI), Snowbird, UT, USA, Mar 3-5, 2016.*
    3. at Industry Studies Conference (ISC), Minneapolis, MN, USA, 05/25/2016.*
    4. at Statistical Challenges in E-Commerce Research (SCECR), Naxos Island, Greece, 06/23/2016.*
    5. at International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Dublin, Ireland, Dec 11-14, 2016.
    6. at Conference on Digital Experimentation (CODE), MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA, Oct 27-28, 2017.
    7. at Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Fall Research Conference, Washington, DC, Nov 8-10, 2018.
  2. "So, Who Likes You? Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment" (co-authors: Bapna, R., McFowland, E., Ramaprasad, J. and Umyarov, A.)
    1. at Workshop on Information Systems and Economics (WISE), Seoul, South Korea, December 14th, 2017.*
    2. at Statistical Challenges in E-Commerce Research (SCECR), Rotterdam, Netherlands, Jun 18-19, 2018.
    3. at Indian Institute of Management Udaipur (IIMU), Udaipur, India, November 3rd, 2022.*
  3. "Not Registered? Please Sign-up Now: A Randomized Field Experiment on the Optimal Timing of Registration Request" (co-authors: Huang, N., Sun, T., Lv, J. and Golden, J.)
    1. at Conference on Digital Experimentation (CODE), MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA, Oct 26-27, 2018.
    2. at Winter Conference on Business Analytics (WCBA), Snowbird, UT, Mar 7-9, 2019.
    3. at INFORMS Conference of Information Systems and Technology (CIST), Seattle, WA, USA, Oct 19-20, 2019.
  4. “Role of Reach-Enabling Functionalities of Social Media Platforms in Crisis Communication: An Empirical Analysis of SOS Tweets during COVID-19 in India” (co-authors: Bhattacharyya, S.)
    1. at INFORMS Conference of Information Systems and Technology (CIST), Phoenix, AZ, USA, Oct 14-15, 2023.
    2. at Indian Institute of Management Udaipur (IIMU), Brown Bag Seminar, Nov 10, 2023.*
    3. at International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Hyderabad, India, Dec 10-13, 2023.*
    4. at BITS School of Management (BITSoM), Kalyan, India, Sep 3, 2024.*
  5. “Shot In the Ear: Impact of Assassination Attempt on Electional Digital Marketing Campaigns” (co-authors: Pandey A. and Bhattacharya, S.)
    1. at Technology and Societal Impact Conference (TaSIC), at SPJIMR Mumbai, Feb 21, 2025. (Poster Presentation)
    2. at Statistical Challenges in E-Commerce Research (SCECR), Paphos, Cyprus, Jun 22-24, 2025.*
    3. at 10th Pan IIM World Management Conference, IIM Rachi, Nov 27-29, 2025.
    4. at India Management Research Conference (IMRC) 2025, at IIM Ahmedabad, Dec 05-07, 2025.
  6. “Augmenting Disaster Relief with LLMs: Detecting and Mitigating Different Types of Biases” (co-authors: Bhattacharyya, S. and Bapna, R.)
    1. at Statistical Challenges in E-Commerce Research (SCECR), Paphos, Cyprus, Jun 22-24, 2025.

Teaching

Service

  1. Chairperson, PhD Programs (Regular and Executive) (4/2025 - Present)
  2. Core Team Member, India Digital Conclave 2025 and 2026
  3. Chairperson, PhD Program (7/2024 – 3/2025)
  4. Member, One-year MBA Curriculum Review Committee (5/2024 – 8/2024)
  5. Advisory Board Member, IIMU’s Center for Digital Enterprise (8/2023 - Present)
  6. Member, PhD Program Committee (4/2023 – 6/2024)

Grants

  1. IBM WatsonX credit worth $50,000 (as part of IBM SkillsBuild Student Developer Initiative, 2025)
  2. IIMU 1st Seed Grant, Aug 2022 (INR 5,00,000)
  3. SOBACO PhD Student Travel Grant, Spring 2016 ($1500)
  4. PhD Student Travel Fellowship, Spring 2016 ($500)

Review Activity

In the Media

Mentoring