Ramnath K Chellappa

Ramnath K Chellappa serves as Professor of Information Systems & Operations Management and Academic Director of the Master of Science in Business Analytics program at Emory University's Goizueta Business School, with prior roles including Caldwell Research Fellow at Emory and Visiting Professor at the Indian School of Business.

His academic credentials include:

• PhD in Management from McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin
• MS (course work) in Petroleum Engineering from Cockrell School of Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
• BTech in Mining Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi

Chellappa's research centers on electronic markets, pricing dynamics, and privacy economics, utilizing analytical modeling, empirical analysis, and social network methods to investigate digital transformation impacts across media, software, and airline industries. His work addresses critical business challenges in data-driven markets including price dispersion mechanisms, consumer privacy calculus, and competitive strategies in technology ecosystems.

Publication trends reveal consistent exploration of technology-economics interfaces, with recurring themes in digital goods valuation, privacy-risk tradeoffs in personalization, and network effects in enterprise software markets. His empirical studies bridge theoretical economic frameworks with real-world market data from e-commerce and airline pricing contexts.

Professional recognition includes:

• Best Paper Awards for information privacy research, music digitization analysis, and software pricing studies
• School-wide Adler Teaching Prize
• University-wide Provost Distinguished Teaching Award for Excellence in Graduate Education

Chellappa's academic leadership extends to editorial roles at Information Systems Research and MIS Quarterly, presidency of INFORMS Information Systems Society, and industry collaborations where he consults on media digitization and provides expert testimony in technology litigation. His educational impact spans undergraduate through PhD levels, including executive programs for medical management.

He founded the Electronic Economy Research Lab (eBizLab) at the University of Southern California, establishing foundational research in digital market structures prior to his Emory appointment.