Centre for Public Policy (CPP) - Secondary Member
IIMB Chair of Excellence
Pulak Ghosh is Professor in the Decision Sciences Area at IIMB. His key specializations are in intersection of Big data, Machine learning, Artificial Intelligence and its use in Economics, Finance, Policy and Social Value Creation. He did serve in the editorial board of Journal of the American statistical Association, Journal of the Royal statistical Society and currently serves in the editorial board of Biometrics.
Based on his outstanding and innovative contribution to research, the International Indian Statistical Association awarded him with the ``Young Scientist Award” in 2011. Govt of India awarded him the prestigious CR Rao award in 2015 and Econometric Society awarded him the Mahalanobis Award in 2016.
Prior to joining IIMB, he served as Associate Director, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, USA, Assistant Professor, Georgia State University, and Associate Professor at Emory University, USA. He is a visiting faculty at several institutes of international repute.
Awards
Distinguished Alumni Award- Oakland University, MI, USA — April 2016
Prof. P. C. Mahalanobis Medal for outstanding contribution to Econometrics — January 2016
Given by Indian Econometric Society
Professor C.R. Rao National Award in Statistics — 2015, for outstanding contribution in the field of Statistics. Given by the Ministry of Planning & Programme Implementation, Government of India.
Named among the Top 10 Most influential Analytics Leaders in India (Only Academician in the list), by Analytics India Magazine — 2015
Chair of Panel Discussion on “Future Trends of Analytics in India", 4th Business Analytics Conference, IIMA —April 2015
Panel Discussant on Optimizing Financial Services Delivery in India, Geo-Spatial Analysis in the Inclusive Finance India Summit, New Delhi — December 9, 2014
Invited as a Keynote Speaker, Talk on Big Data, Bayesian and Consumer Conference on “Recent Advances in Statistics", University of Pune, India — January 2, 2015
Best Paper Award, 2013, 7th China Summer Workshop on Information Management (CSWIM) for the paper, "Do Household TV Viewing Patterns Demonstrate Efficiency and Concentration?"
Awarded Young Scientist Award, 2011 by International Indian Statistical Association for outstanding contribution in the Statistical Applications. The award recognizes outstanding contribution and innovative work on applied statistics area by someone under the age of 45 years.