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Moments in Time: Reflections and Reviews

A collection of personal reflections and reviews about my life.

From Enabler to Crutch: The Double-Edged Sword of AI in Education

From Enabler to Crutch: The Double-Edged Sword of AI in Education

We are living in extraordinary times. Things were markedly different around this time last year. Today, almost everyone has access to generative AI, and they use it confidently. This marks a fundamental shift, at least in the domain of education. As an early-career faculty member, I thought it would be

Reflections on the Consumer Behavior Course

Reflections on the Consumer Behavior Course

Introduction It's hard to believe a week has already passed since the consumer behavior course wrapped up. With research deadlines approaching, I've not been able to dive into grading your projects and answer scripts. But, taking a pause, I felt the urge to document our journey.

AI, AI on the screen, what’s the best use case of them all?

AI, AI on the screen, what’s the best use case of them all?

Introduction About a month ago, a few of my friends and I started discussing how it was going to be changing the classroom. In the true spirit of intellectual extrapolation, we meandered through many potential future timelines and discussed ethics, operations, customer service and everything else in between. We also

In Pursuit of Perfection

In Pursuit of Perfection

Introduction: Over the course of the last week, I’ve spent over a half a day correcting answer papers. The process, to say the least, has been tiring. When I started off correcting, I was hoping I’d complete correcting in about 6 hours and started off with much enthusiasm.

Cold Emails: A Gateway to Warm Opportunities

Cold Emails: A Gateway to Warm Opportunities

Imagine running a bustling hospital in Lusaka, the capital city of Zambia. Every day is chock-full of work, leaving you with little to no time to think about anything other than your KPIs. One day, you find an intriguing email in your inbox, which reads: “Hi Mr. Karthik, I was

From Raw Numbers to Narratives: Some thoughts on the fine Art of Data Visualization

From Raw Numbers to Narratives: Some thoughts on the fine Art of Data Visualization

A few months ago, I saw a very interesting chart in the Financial times. Let me show you: Is your spidey sense tingling? Something about this chart seems off, does it not? Well, if you have not figured it out already, this line chart tried to depict two variables that

The question of integrity

The question of integrity

A few days ago Infoedge founder Sanjeev Bikhchandani posted something interesting on his twitter handle . He shared an anecdote about a convocation speech at IIM A given by Dr. Verghese Kurien, the then Chairman at NDDB. The speech was far from the usual sugar-coated advice, filled instead with harsh realities