Kartik Hosanagar

Assistant Professor of Operations and Information Management

Age: 33

Hometown: Bangalore, India

Institution: University of Pennsylvania Wharton School

Marital Status: Married

Children: Expecting first child.

Education: Carnegie Mellon University, PhD, Management Science and Information Systems

Carnegie Mellon University, MPhil, Management Science and Information Systems

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, MSc, Information Systems

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, BE, Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering

Courses: Enabling Technologies (course blog at http://opim.wharton.upenn.edu/enabletech/)

Decision Models & Uncertainty

At Wharton since: 2003

Extracurricular Activities:

–        Co-founder of Yodle Inc., a venture-backed firm recently listed among the top 50 fastest growing private firms in the US

–        Helped start or was the original seed investor in several student start-ups out of Wharton including web startups Homeboodle, Milo, Clipik, and NyooTV

Fun Fact: “I am a hobbyist film-maker and spend my free time making short films. One of my short films was recently placed fourth in a film festival for short films.”

Kartik Hosanagar is one of the youngest tenured professors at The Wharton School. His academic research work focuses on Internet Commerce, with a special emphasis on digital media and Internet marketing strategies. Recent work investigates how digital media influences consumer choice and how firms can better use new media in their marketing efforts.

Hosanagar has received several teaching awards including the MBA and Undergraduate “Excellence in Teaching” awards at Wharton. Hosanagar is also co-founder of Yodle Inc., a venture-backed firm recently listed among the top 50 fastest growing private firms in the US, and is an investor in several other Internet startups.

Students Say:

“Professor Hosanagar manages to keep his Enabling Technologies course absolutely current and applicable to the real world, while maintaining a very pleasant (and many times funny) atmosphere in the classroom. It is always nice to witness the clarity of his thoughts, both in class and as a project advisor. It was definitely one of my favorite courses at Wharton and I would strongly recommend it to anyone interested in a career related to the tech industry. Lots of learning, lots of laughing.”

“Professor Hosanagar’s Enabling Technologies course was one of my top 3 experiences at Wharton. For our project, he wholeheartedly supported our ideas of making the class more social via a blog/twitter/FB page/UStream video lecture. But beyond being a great instructor and mentor, he’s got a hilarious sense of humor and can dance like those kids on Glee.”

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