Prof. Arpan Kar is full Professor in Information Systems in Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India. In IIT Delhi, he holds the AS Gupta Endowed Chair Professorship in Data & Decision Science. He has a joint appointment in the Department of Management Studies and School of Artificial Intelligence. Administratively he chairs Corporate Relations, member of Advisory Committee for the Overall Curriculum Development Cell of IIT. He also supports multiple government ministries and other universities in different boards/advisory committees. He works in the adoption, usage, user experience and impacts of emerging information technologies, often using computationally intensive theory building methods.
As of 2024, he has authored over 200 publications and edited 14 indexed books, of which over 85 publications are in ABDC A, ABS 3 and WoS Q1 level journals, and 16 are ABDC A* publications. His research has been cited over 15000 times, with an H index of 57.
He is the Editor in Chief of International Journal of Information Management Data Insights, which is a Q1 journal published by Elsevier. He is a senior Editor in Decision Support Systems (ABDC A*). He is an Associate Editor in International Journal of Information Management (ABDC A*), Communications of the Association for Information Systems (ABDC A), Journal of Computer Information Systems (ABDC A) and Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management (ABDC A). He has been a Guest Editor for reputed journals like Journal of the Association for Information Systems, Decision Support Systems, Industrial Marketing Management, International Journal of Information Management (2 SIs), Information Systems Frontiers (2 SIs), etc. He is on the Editorial Board of JSIS, GIQ, JBR, JGIM, etc.
He has undertaken over 40 sponsored research, advocacy and training projects, with revenue generation exceeding 20 Crore INR. He received the Research Excellence Award by Clarivate Analytics in 2021 for highest individual Web of Science citations from 2015-2020 in India. He received the BK Birla Distinguished Researcher Award in 2020 based on the count of ABDC A*/ABS 4 level publications over a period of 5 years in India. He is the recipient of the Best Seller Award from Ivey / Harvard in 2020 for his authored case on social media analytics. In total, he has recieved over 20 national and international awards including 8 best paper awards from ACM, IFIP and IEEE conferences.
