Ajit Sharma

Ph.D., Technology and Operations, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan

M.B.A., Technology & Strategy, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan

M.S. Industrial Management, National Institute of Industrial Engineering, India

Bachelor of Technology, Manufacturing Engineering, National Institute of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, India

• Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
• Generative AI
• Business Analytics
• Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
• Electric and autonomous mobility

Teaching 

• Artificial intelligence
• Generative AI
• Business Analytics
• Emerging technologies
• Innovation
• Entrepreneurship

Research

• Artificial Intelligence
• Generative AI
• Robotics
• Business Analytics
• Innovation
• Entrepreneurship
• Industry 4.0
• Social and Mobile Worlds
• Sustainability

Sharma, Ajit. "Artificial intelligence for sense making in survival supply chains." International Journal of Production Research. (2023): 1-24.

Sharma, Ajit.. "Making electric vehicle batteries safer through better inspection using artificial intelligence and cobots." International Journal of Production Research (2023): 1-20.

Sharma, Ajit, and Manoj Kumar Tiwari. "Digital twin design and analytics for scaling up electric vehicle battery production using robots." International Journal of Production Research (2022): 1-35.

Sharma, Ajit, Zhibo Zhang, and Rahul Rai. "The interpretive model of manufacturing: a theoretical framework and research agenda for machine learning in manufacturing." International Journal of Production Research 59.16 (2021): 4960-4994.

Heart, Tsipi, Ragowsky, Arik, and Sharma Ajit. (2021). ”ISM Special Issue Editorial: The Business Value of Data Analytics.”, Information Systems Management, 2021. 38(3), 183-184, DOI: 10.1080/10580530.2021.1934806

Sharma, Ajit, Philip Zanotti, and Laxmi P. Musunur. "Drive through robotics: Robotic automation for last mile distribution of food and essentials during pandemics." IEEE Access 8 (2020): 127190-127219.

Mithas, Sunil, Charles F. Hofacker, Anil Bilgihan, Tarik Dogru, Vanja Bogicevic, and Ajit Sharma. "Information technology and Baumol's cost disease in healthcare services: a research agenda." Journal of Service Management 31, no. 5 (2020): 911-937.

Sharma, Ajit, Philip Zanotti, and Laxmi P. Musunur. "Enabling the electric future of mobility: robotic automation for electric vehicle battery assembly." IEEE Access 7 (2019): 170961-170991.

Prahalad, C.K. Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid. Wharton School Publishing, 2003. (Co-Authored chapter on Affordable Housing)

Learning in a Disruptive Customer Engagement Platform: An Empirical Analysis in the Banking Industry. Sharma, Ajit; Huang, Yan; Krishnan, Mayuram S. (Under 2nd round review at Management Science)

Success Factors of Supply Chain Centers of Excellence: An Empirical Analysis. Sharma, Ajit; Huang, Yan; Vessal, Sara; Kapuscinski, Roman; Krishnan, Mayuram S. (Under 1st round review at Management Science)

2022: Distinguished Alumni Award, Indian Institute of Management, Mumbai, India.

2016: Dean's Teaching Excellence Award, Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA. USA.