Pulak Ghosh

Dr. Pulak Ghosh is Professor of Quantitative Methods at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB). Prior to Joining IIMB, he was a Professor at the Georgia State University and Emory University, Atlanta, USA. He was also senior associate Director for Novartis Pharmaceuticals, USA. He has a PhD, MSc., BSc in Statistics. He was named as the “top 10 most Influential Analytics Leader” in 2015 and was the only academician in the list. He was recently rated as one among the “5 most influential Indian data scientists “by Tec radar. His rise from Assistant to Full Professor in mere 8 years is widely considered in the top 5 fastest in the history of Statistics, Analytics and Marketing globally. Dr. Pulak Ghosh is currently serving in the Advisory group of Big data at the United Nations (UN) Global Pulse, a big data initiative by UN and the knowledge commission of UNESCO-MGEIP. He is also an academic fellow at the Center for Advanced Financial Research and Learning promoted by Reserve Bank of India. He is also a senior fellow at Niti Aayog – Data Analytics Cell. He is advising several companies on analytics and big data. Based on his outstanding and innovative contribution to Statistical application, the International Indian Statistical Association awarded him with the Young Scientist Award” in 2011.