Krishna Kumar Balaraman
Krishna Kumar Balaraman
Associate ProfessorAbout
Dr. Krishna Kumar Balaraman is an Associate Professor at the School of Management and Entrepreneurship (SME) at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Jodhpur. He specializes in the Strategic and Public Policy area and is affiliated with IIT Jodhpur's Center for Technology Foresight and Policy (CTFP), and the School of AI and Data Science (SAIDE) . He has been the Head of both SME (Feb. 2021- Aug. 22) and CTFP (Sept 2021-Aug 2024) and was an affiliate faculty at the Center for Emerging Technologies for Sustainable Development (CETSD) (April 2020 – Dec 2024).
Krishna earned his Ph.D. from IIT Madras, focusing on strategic foresight and alliances. He also holds an MBA (PGSEM) from the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, a Post Graduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Rights from the National Law School of India University, and is a B.E. in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Madras. Before transitioning to academia, Dr. Balaraman has over two decades of international leadership experience in developing products and solutions in advanced technologies.
His research and teaching interests encompass strategic and technology foresight, Institutions, microfoundations of strategic capabilities, AI strategies, governance, public policy, international business, entrepreneurship, behavioral strategy, and Indian Knowledge System. He regularly presents papers in international conferences such as Strategic Management Society (SMS) and Academy of International Business (AIB) conferences. He is a reviewer for journals. He received AOM 2019 Best Reviewer recognition by Strategising Activities and Practices (SAP) Division of AOM. He has taught at IIM Shillong, and a faculty at IFMR GSB, Krea University.
He is a invited speaker and trainer at various institutions such as NCGG, CDTI, OPSA, RIS, CSIRNIScPR, IIM Bangalore etc. He also publishes thought pieces in the popular press. Krishna is constantly seeking curious and brilliant minds to collaborate with.
He is in the Editorial Board of “The IUP Journal of Entrepreneurship Development and an invited member of editorial board of “AIMBIG Strategic Review” (ISSN 3048-9865), and has been in Editorial Review Board of IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management (Jan 2022- Dec 2023).
email: krishna@iitj.ac.in
Office : +91-291-280-1815
Strategic and Public Policy
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