Samrat Gupta

Samrat Gupta is an Associate Professor in the Information Systems area at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA), with additional roles as a Senior Researcher at the University of Agder (Norway) and visiting researcher at Bratislava University of Economics and Business (Slovakia). His academic foundation includes a doctoral fellowship from the Indian Institute of Management Lucknow and a bachelor's degree in Information Technology from Punjab Engineering College Chandigarh.

His research centers on four interconnected themes: 1) Network theoretic modelling and analytics, 2) Information disorder driven by social media, 3) User engagement dynamics on digital platforms, and 4) User-centered digitalization frameworks. These interests bridge computer science, behavioral economics, and social media analytics, with applications in misinformation detection, governance systems, and consumer behavior.

Gupta's publications demonstrate consistent focus on network analytics and digital society challenges, with recent work emphasizing AI transparency, social media polarization, and data quality. His research consistently integrates computational methods with social science frameworks, particularly through graph theory applications and user-centered design paradigms.

Awards & Grants:

• SPARC Research Grant from Ministry of Education, Government of India (2019)
• Best Paper Award at ALLDATA International Conference (2019)
• EU Horizon-funded FAME Project: Federated decentralized data marketplace
• Ministry of Education-funded project on polarization dynamics and echo chambers

He maintains active editorial roles including Associate Editor positions for ICIS, ECIS and PACIS conferences, and contributes to doctoral education through courses on network modeling and database systems. His funded projects include European Commission initiatives on data marketplaces and Indian government collaborations on socio-cultural polarization.