Avant Kumar

Faculty Profile

AVANT KUMAR

Assistant Professor

Area:

Information Systems and Analytics

Edu:

PhD (Thesis Submitted), IIM Lucknow

Date of Joining:

22nd August 2024

Biography

Avant Kumar pursued a PhD from the Indian Institute of Management Lucknow, specializing in Information Technology and Systems. He has submitted his thesis and expects to defend it soon. He holds a bachelor’s degree in technology (Civil Engineering) from HBTI Kanpur. Before embarking on his PhD journey, he gained valuable experience working in the field of ML/AI. His research interests encompass digital transformation, privacy, affordances, analytics, and AI.

Teaching

IT Consulting & Business Analysis, IT For Business, Digital Transformation, Risk Management & Cybersecurity

Research

Digital Transformation, Privacy, Affordances, and AI

Publications

Kumar, A., Agrahari, A., & Kumar, A. (2024). TagTaste: From transformation to disruption. Journal of Information Technology Teaching Cases.

Kumar, A., Attili, P., & Kumar, A.. Smart home adoption: A threat mitigation perspective. International Journal of Business Information Systems.

Conferences and Workshops

Kumar, A., Agrahari, A., & Kumar, A. (2023). Data-Driven Decision-Making for Digital Transformation: A Practice View. International Conference on Digital Organizations (ICODO), Paper presentation, Ahmedabad, IIM Ahmedabad.

Schwehm, S., Schwehm, K., Sandhyaduhita P, Kumar, A., Das S., Choi B., Miranda S. (2023). Generosity of online platform communities (ICIS-Paper-a-thon), Hyderabad. Association for Information Systems.

Kumar, A., & Kumar, A. (2023). Digital Platform Envelopment and Consumer Engagement: An Affordance Perspective. In International Conference on Reimagining Marketing with Technology (ICRMT), Jammu. IIM Jammu-Deakin University.

Kumar, A., & Kumar, A. (2023). Impact of Hedonic Motivations on Smart Voice Assistant Use Across Adoption Stages. In International Conference on Reimagining Marketing with Technology (ICRMT), Jammu. IIM Jammu-Deakin University.

Kumar, A., Attili, V. S. P. (2020). Fear Appeals and Privacy Literacy. In Bright Internet Global Summit, Post-International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Hyderabad. Association for Information Systems.

Awards

Not Applicable

Media Coverage

Not Applicable