Dr. Aravinda Reddy M N is an Associate Professor and Chairperson of the Department of Business Analytics and Data Science at Ramaiah Institute of Management, Bangalore. He completed his Ph.D. in “E-Business and its Impact on the Retail Sector.” His thesis was awarded the “Distinguished Thesis” at the International Conference on Industrial Revolution and Innovation in Management, Science and Technology, Education, and Humanities Publications. He has published research papers in top-rated international peer-reviewed journals and presented his papers at several reputed national and international conferences. He is a Board of Examiner for the Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) for KAS cadre examinations. He has coached IAS aspirants in IT related topics. He is a Board of Examiner for Tumukur University, Bangalore University and Bangalore City University. He is the resource person for NET aspirants organized by an NGO – Sevabharathi. He is also a is a resource person for the UGC – Academic Staff College, Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India. Has attended many workshops, including those at IIM Bangalore, in the field of Business Analytics, Data Science and Research.

“Data is what you need to do analytics. Information is what you need to do business”