About
I am a PhD candidate in Management of Organizations at the Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley. My research sits at the intersection of innovation, organizations, and technology — with a focus on how AI tools reshape knowledge production and how institutional transitions affect inventor performance. Before academia, I worked in product management and public policy across India and Europe.
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Working Papers
Impact of AI Assistance Tools on Knowledge Production in Open-Source Communities
Does Shuffling the Cards Reduce Gender Disparities in Innovation? Investigating Inventor Performance in M&A Contexts
Education
PhD in Management of Organizations
Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley
2023 – Present
MSc in International Management (CEMS)
Bocconi University
2018 – 2020
MBA
Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta
2017 – 2019
B.Tech in Engineering Design
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras
2008 – 2013
Teaching Experience
Research Associate (Strategy)
2021 – 2023
Indian School of Business, Hyderabad
- Assisted in material preparation, slide creation, and in-class observations for the Philosophy of Science course in the Executive MBA program.
Teaching Assistant – Machine Drawing
2012
IIT Madras (Undergraduate Course)
- Conducted lab sessions, graded assignments, and assisted with in-class instruction.
Teaching Coordinator
2008 – 2010
National Social Service – IIT Madras
- Designed and taught an Olympiad-focused curriculum in Math and Science to 9th-grade students from underprivileged backgrounds.
Professional Experience
Product Manager
2019 – 2021
Play Simple Games, Bangalore
- Led a team of 20 managing Word Trip, a game app with 500K+ daily active users and $70K+ daily revenue. Awarded Academic's Choice MindSpring for best educational game.
- Implemented 10+ features via data-driven research and A/B testing, boosting LTV by 4%.
Policy Assistant
2015 – 2017
Ministry of Human Resources, Government of India, Delhi
- Managed administrative concerns and policies for 3,237 national schools.
References
Abhishek Nagaraj
Associate Professor, Haas School of Business ·
nagaraj@berkeley.edu ·
abhishekn.com