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 Program.

Prior to his tenure at IIMU, Probal served as a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, from 2018 to 2019. He also held the role of Research Associate at the Srini Raju Centre for Information Technology and the Networked Economy (SRITNE) at the Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad, from 2010 to 2012.

His research encompasses diverse business and societal inquiries, utilizing methodologies such as data science, machine learning, econometrics, and randomized experiments. Probal focuses on investigating the impact of IT-artifacts on digital and physical platforms, with a particular emphasis on addressing societal issues. His studies have delved into the effects of specific IT-enabled features in areas such as online dating platforms, e-commerce portals, online classified-ad sites, and X (formerly known as Twitter).

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, he has presented his work at renowned international conferences, such as the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Conference on Digital Experimentation (CODE) at MIT, Workshop on Information Systems and Economics (WISE), INFORMS Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST), Winter Conference on Business Analytics (WCBA), Industry Studies Conference (ISC), Workshop on Statistical Challenges in E-Commerce Research (SCECR), and the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Fall Research Conference. 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 Bachelors in Economics (with Honors) from Bidhannagar College, University of Calcutta, in 2008, and 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 Systems track) from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota.

Awards

• Best Reviewer for ICIS 2021 (in Track - Digital and Mobile Commerce)
• Young Faculty Research Chair at IIM Udaipur (3/2021 - 2/2024)

Research Interests

• Online Markets
• Social Issues
• Data Science
• Machine Learning
• Deep Learning

Work Experience

Education

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 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.*

Teaching

• At IIM Udaipur:
1. ‘Empirical Applications in Information Systems,’ Term 4, 2024. (PhD Seminar Course)
2. ‘Introduction Digital Technologies,’ Term 3, 2024. (2-Year MBA - Core Course; 2 Sections)
3. ‘Artificial Intelligence and Future of Work,’ Term 5, 2023 (2-Year MBA - Elective Course; 1 Section; Co-instructor)
4. ‘Introduction to Digital Technologies,’ Term 3, 2023. (2-Year MBA - Core Course; 2 Sections)
5. ‘Introduction to Digital Technologies,’ Term 3, 2022. (2-Year MBA - Core Course; 1 Section)
• At University of Minnesota:
  1. ‘Introduction to Information Systems,’ Summer 2017. (Undergraduate class, 2 credits)
  2. ‘Electronic Commerce,’ Fall 2014. (Undergraduate class, 2 credits)

Grants

1. IIMU 1st Seed Grant, Aug 2022 (INR 5,00,000)
2. SOBACO PhD Student Travel Grant, Spring 2016 ($1500)
3. PhD Student Travel Fellowship, Spring 2016 ($500)

Review Activity

• Editorial Board:
1. Program Committee Member, Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST), 2024.
2. Associate Editor, Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS), 2024.
3. Editorial Board Member, OR/MS Tomorrow (The INFORMS Student Magazine), 2015 – 2016.
• Journal Reviews:
  1. Communications of the ACM
  2. Management Science
  3. Information Systems Frontier
• Conference Reviews:
  1. International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS)
  2. Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST)
  3. European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS)

In the Media

• "So, Who Likes You? Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment"
1. Maryland Smith Research (12/2022)
2. Financial Express (10/2022)
3. HBS Working Knowledge (04/2022)
• "The Digital Sin City: An Empirical Study of Craigslist’s Impact on Prostitution Trends"
1. Phys.org (05/2018)
2. Technology.org (05/2018)
3. UMN News (05/2018)
4. NYU Stern News (05/2018)
• "Product Life Cycle Management of Packaged Software"
1. Simon Business Magazine (04/2014)
• Personal Interviews
1. "A Researcher’s Reflections," ISB Canvas, vol. 2(2), 2012

Mentoring

• RA:
  • Nayanika Chakraborty (IIM Indore), (10/2024 – Present)
  • Suraj Bhosale (Shivaji University), (8/2024 – Present)
• CIS:
  • Maharshi Savdhariya (IIM Udaipur), (4/2024 – 5/2024)
• Interns:
  • Aryan Ray (IIT Guwahati), (5/2024 - 7/2024)
  • Prajakta Bhalerao (KC College, Mumbai), (1/2023 - 4/2023)
  • Khushi Kasturiya (IITKGP), (10/2022 - 2/2023)
  • Aniket Bhardwaj (Punjab Engineering College), (6/2022 - 7/2022)
  • Abhilasha Choudhary (IITD), (6/2022 - 7/2022)
  • Ahsan Kamal (IITD), (5/2022 - 7/2022)
  • Aniket Poddar (NIT Trichy), (3/2022 - 7/2022; 2/2023 - 6/2023)
  • Divyashree S. Vishwakarma, (6/2021 - 8/2021)