Anil Gaba

Anil Gaba is the ORPAR Chaired Professor of Risk Management and Professor of Decision Sciences at INSEAD, serving as Academic Director of the Centre on Decision Making and Risk Analysis. Previously, he held leadership roles as Dean of Faculty (2006-2009) and Dean of Faculty and Research at INSEAD Asia Campus (2002-2006), and was instrumental in establishing INSEAD's Singapore campus.

He earned a Ph.D. in Decision Sciences from Duke University and a B.A. (Hons) in Economics from St. Stephens College, New Delhi.

His research focuses on subjective information assessment and decision-making under risk/uncertainty, with expertise spanning Incentive Schemes, Contests and Tournaments, Risk Analysis, Bayesian Statistics, and Decision Analysis. His work bridges theoretical decision science with real-world financial applications.

Recent publications demonstrate interdisciplinary reach: the 2025 M6 Forecasting Competition study connects forecasting methodology to investment decisions, while the 2024 epistemic rationality paper examines statistical evidence interpretation in philosophical contexts.

Key recognition:

• Outstanding Teacher Award INSEAD MBA Core Course (Uncertainty, Data, and Judgment) (awarded fourteen times)

Professor Gaba teaches across MBA, PhD, and Executive programs including Bayesian Analysis and Risk Management courses, and co-directs the International Directors Program. He provides strategic consulting to global firms including Netflix, Goldman Sachs, and World Economic Forum, specializing in judgment, decision-making, and risk frameworks.

He leads INSEAD's Centre on Decision Making and Risk Analysis, driving research on behavioral economics and quantitative risk assessment methodologies.