Dr. Karthik Kalyanaraman

FACULTY & RESEARCH

Adjunct Faculty – Artificial Intelligence & Managerial Economics

BACKGROUND
Professor Kalyanaraman is a Bangalore-based scholar of many topics who has made valuable and pioneering contributions to the fields of econometrics, artificial intelligence, contemporary art, and financial education.

EDUCATION

A.B. from Dartmouth College (2001)
PhD from Harvard University (2009)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

University of Maryland, College Park
University College London
Harvard University

CONSULTING EXPERIENCE

American Enterprise Institute
McKinsey and Company

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Econometrics (social network analysis, causal inference)
Data Analysis and Visualization
Contemporary Aesthetics across Cultures
Creative Artificial Intelligence

CONSULTING INTERESTS

Artificial Intelligence and Public Policy
Data Analysis and Visualization
Immersive Education through Gamification
Art, Economics, and Entrepreneurship

MSB PGDM Courses for 2021-2022

Managerial Economics: This will be a core course on microeconomics for managerial decision-making and will cover the basic theory of supply and demand, pricing under different competition regimes, capital expenditure, and some basic game theory.
Artificial Intelligence: Basics, Policy Issues, and Business Relevance. The first module is lecture-based and will cover the history of AI, from the 1960’s to the present day. The second two modules will be is discussion-based and will explore a) the philosophical, socio-political, and economic issues raised by AI and b) the business relevance of AI. Students will be encouraged to apply what they have learned about AI to concrete business situations.