A warm welcome from Param Chhabra!
I am an Assistant Professor of Operations Management at the University of Alberta’s School of Business. I conduct empirical research in New Product Development, Crowdfunding, AI implementation in Operations, and Innovation with a specific focus on improving the outcomes of entrepreneurs and inventors. I teach the core course Operations Management to undergraduate students at the Alberta School of Business.
I have recently joined the AI Cenre for Decision Analytics (AI4DA) at the University of Alberta as the Director of Outreach.
Media Mention
- Designing the Best Reward Structure for Crowdfunding Campaigns, Business Analytics Center, Scheller College of Business, February, 2020.
Education
- Ph.D. in Operations Management, Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- M.S. in Management, Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- M.E. in Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
- B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering, NIT Jalandhar, Jalandhar, India (Previously RECJ)
Honors and Awards
- Advancement of Scholarship (EFF-SAS) Research Fund, University of Alberta - 2023-2024
- Departmental Undergraduate Research Funding, University of Alberta - 2023
- Faculty Startup Funding, University of Alberta - 2021 to 2026
- Finalist, Chan Hahn Best Paper Award, OSCM Division - AOM 2019
- Doctoral Student Fellowship, Georgia Tech - 2016 to 2021
- Employee of the Month Award at GE Aviation - 2015
- Engineering Excellence Award at Infosys - 2009
- Winner, Science Day Paper Presentation Competition at DRDO - 2003 to 2005
Service & Professional Activities
- Track Chair
- DSI 2025 Annual Conference: Co-chaired the Project Management track with Dr. Mona Jabbari.
- POMS 2025 Annual Conference: Co-chaired the Product Innovation and Technology Management track with Dr. Lakshminarayana Nittala.
- POMS 2024 Annual Conference: Co-chaired the Product Innovation and Technology Management track with Dr. Sina Khorasani.
- DSI 2022 Annual Conference: Co-chaired the Innovation and New Product Development track with Dr. Morvarid Rahmani.
- Session Chair
- POMS 2023 Annual Conference: Chaired a session entitled ``Empirical Research in Innovation and Product Development’’ in the Empirical Research in Operations Management track.
- INFORMS 2022 Annual Meeting: Chaired a session entitled ``Decision Making in Innovation Settings’’ in the New Product Development track.
- POMS 2022 Annual Conference: Chaired a session entitled ``Empirical Studies on Innovation Management’’ in the PITM track.
- DSI 2021 Annual Conference: Chaired a session entitled ``Business Analytics in Operations Management’’ in the Business Analytics track.
- POMS 2021 Annual Conference: Co-chair for the session entitled ``Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Crowdfunding’’ with Dr. Morvarid Rahmani in the PITM track.
- POMS 2020 Annual Conference: Co-chaired a session entitled ``Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Crowdfunding’’ with Dr. Morvarid Rahmani in the PITM track (Finalized the session but the event got canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic).
- Assistant to Professor Cheryl Gaimon - June 2018 to July 2020
- Provided support to Dr. Gaimon in her research activities and in her position as Department Editor, Production and Operations Management.
- Editorial Support for OM e-Newsletter, Scheller College of Business - 2018 to 2020
- Reviewer for AOM (annual meeting), DSI (annual meeting)
- Member of INFORMS, M&SOM, POMS, AOM, and DSI
Contact Details
Alberta School of Business
University of Alberta
3-30G Business Building, 11203 Saskatchewan Drive NW, Edmonton
AB, Canada T6G 2R6
Email: param.chhabra@ualberta.ca
Phone: +1(780)492-1145