Professor, Department Head - Management, Decision Sciences & MIS, Academic Director - Dornsife Office for Experiential Learning
Drexel University
Murugan Anandarajan, Ph.D., is a Professor of Management Information Systems and Chairs both the Management Department and the Department of Decision Sciences and MIS at Drexel LeBow College of Business. He serves as the academic director of Dornsife Office of Experiential Learning and the Business Analytics Center. Dr. Anandarajan is a faculty member for Drexel LeBow Corporate and Executive Education. His research expertise intersect the areas of Crime, Internet of People, Things and Service (IoPTS) and Analytics.
Much of his recent work has focused on cybercrime in Medical IoT, and impact of digital technologies on business. He has published over fifty articles in peer-reviewed journals, including Decision Sciences, Journal of MIS, Journal of International Business Studies and Communications of the ACM among others. He has served in editorial positions for several academic journals; and has presented at many academic conferences and seminars. Dr. Anandarajan has won numerous awards for his research including outstanding researcher award from the LeBow College of Business in 2003 and 2004. He has co-authored eight books, including Internet and Workplace Transformation (2006) and its follow up volume, The Internet of People, Things and Services (2018). His observations and research have been cited in the media, including CNN, CBS News, ABC, and WMAR, Wired Magazine, CIO and Philadelphia Business Journal among others. He has been awarded over $2.5 Million in research and pedagogy grants to support his research from various government agencies including the National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice, and the State of PA as well as organizations, such as SAP America, Lockheed Martin, Accenture, and Bristol Meyers.
Dr. Anandarajan serves as an executive faculty member for Corporate and Executive Education. Courses include: Impacts of Disruptive Information Technologies on Business, Text Mining, Business Analytics for Decision Making, Decision Support Systems, and Aligning Analytics with the Business.