Ramesh ShardaProfile page
Professor
Management Science & Information Systems
- ProfessorManagement Science & Information Systems
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BIO & RESEARCH INTERESTs
Ramesh Sharda is the ConocoPhillips Chair and a Regents Professor of Management Science and Information Systems in the Spears School of Business at Oklahoma State University. He recently returned to faculty after serving as the Vice Dean for Graduate Programs and Research in Spears Business for more than 10 years. He has coauthored two textbooks ( Analytics, Data Science, and Artificial Intelligence: Systems for Decision Support, 11th edition, Pearson and Business Intelligence, Analytics, and Data Science: A Managerial Perspective , 5th Edition, Pearson). His research has been published in major journals in management science and information systems including Management Science, Operations Research, Information Systems Research, Decision Support Systems, Interfaces, INFORMS Journal on Computing, and many others. He is a member of the editorial boards of journals such as the Decision Support Systems, Decision Sciences, ACM Database, and Information Systems Frontiers. He served as the Executive Director of Teradata University Network through 2020 and was inducted into the Oklahoma Higher Education Hall of Fame in 2016. Ramesh is a Fellow of INFORMS and AIS.
He was the winner of 2020 OSU Eminent Faculty Award. Ramesh also won the Fulbright Distinguished Chair Award at Aalto University in Finland for 2022-2023.
Research Interests:
Analytics/AI/Data Science applications in various domains including health, business, natural resource management, etc.
OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY APPOINTMENTS
- ProfessorOklahoma State University, Management Science & Information Systems, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States1989 - present
OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY GROUPS MEMBERSHIP
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Vice Dean for Graduate Programs and ResearchOklahoma State University, Spears School of Business, USA8 Sep 2014 - 30 Jun 2025
- Director, PhD in Bus. for Executives ProgramOklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States1 Jan 2011 - 30 Jun 2015
- Director of the Institute for Research in Information Systems (IRIS)Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States1 Jan 2002 - 31 Dec 2014
- Visiting ProfessorUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison1 Aug 1997 - 1 May 1998
- Interim Director, MS in Telecommunications Management ProgramOklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States1 Jan 1994 - 1 Jun 1997
- ProfessorOklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States1 Jul 1989 - 1 Jun 1997
- Academic Coordinator of the MBA Program/Chair- MBA Core FacultyOklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States1 Jan 1992 - 1 Jan 1995
- Associate ProfessorOklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States1 Jul 1984 - 1 Jun 1989
- Assistant ProfessorOklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States1 Sep 1980 - 1 Jun 1984
- LecturerUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison1 Sep 1978 - 1 May 1980
- Teaching AssistantUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison1 Sep 1976 - 1 May 1978
- Teaching and Research AssociateOhio State University1 Sep 1975 - 1 Aug 1976
NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Systems SpecialistWisconsin Survey Research Laboratory1 Mar 1979 - 1 Aug 1980
- Computer ProgrammerRehabilitation Research Institute1 Jun 1977 - 1 May 1978
DEGREES
- Doctor of Philosophy, Business Management And AdministrationUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison, United States, Madison, Wisconsin1981
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
- 3 Good Health and Well Being
- 4 Quality Education
- 9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
- 10 Reduced Inequalities
- 7 Affordable and Clean Energy