Probal Mojumder

Assistant 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 Assistant Professor of Information Systems at the Indian Institute of Management Udaipur (IIMU).

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

Research Interests

Work Experience

Years Position Organisation
2/2021 – Present 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 Bidhannagar College, 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. "Save Our Souls: Study of Twitter Use during India’s COVID-19 Pandemic" (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.*

Teaching

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

In the Media

Mentoring