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Praharshita Krishna is an Assistant Professor at the School of Management, Mahindra University, and a doctoral candidate in Management Information Systems at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (2019–2025). She holds a B.Tech. in Information Technology from Keshav Memorial Institute of Technology and has two years of industry experience in product management at a mid-sized mobile application development platform. Her research focuses on social media, open source software, online communities of practice, and innovation dispersion, and she received the Best Paper Award at the 9th PAN-IIM World Management Conference 2024, covered by India Today.
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Praharshita Krishna
Assistant Professor
Praharshita Krishna is currently an Assistant Professor at the School of Management, Mahindra University. She is also a doctoral candidate at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad in Management Information Systems. She holds a Bachelor of Technology degree in Information Technology. Her research interests include social media, open source software, communities of practice and innovation dispersion. She received the Best Paper Award at 9th PAN-IIM World Management Conference in 2024 held at IIM Sambalpur and it was covered in India Today.
- Ph.D. Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad – Management Information Systems (2019 – 2025)
- B.Tech. Keshav Memorial Institute of Technology (2013 – 2017)
- Assistant Professor, School of Management, Mahindra University (2025 – Present).
- Junior Product Manager, Kony.
- Software Developer, Kony.
Interest areas:
- Open-Source Software Communities
- Digital Platforms
- Gender Online
