Gaurav Shekhar
Gaurav Shekhar
Program Director, MS Business Analytics at University of Texas-Dallas
Gaurav Shekhar is a two-time TedX speaker. He is the Program Director of the Graduate Business Analytics Program at the University of Texas Dallas, JINDAL School of Management. He is an Assistant Professor of Instruction in the Information Systems area and teaches courses like Business Intelligence, Digital Consulting, and Robotic Process Automation to both Graduate and Undergraduates. He is a two-time TEDx speaker and was named as the 40 Under 40 Data Leaders for the year 2022 by the CDO Magazine. He enjoys working with students and works with them across academic and non-academic areas. He has been instrumental in setting up student and corporate engagement programs at The University of Texas at Dallas. He is one big believer in Servant Leadership which is the base of most of his initiatives. He leads the Young Entrepreneurs Program and serves on the board of the US-India Chamber of Commerce. He is also a member of the Academic Panel for Peoplecert. He works with Fortune 500 CXOs and advises them on their strategic initiatives, especially from the point of view of Technology.
Track: Industry & Academia Integration
Ushering the Industry Into Your Classrooms – Creating High Impact Engagements
This presentation will cover the aspects that companies look for in academic institutions that make it viable for both the entities to enter into a partnership. The session would talk about certain templates or frameworks that have successfully helped drive engagement at course, program, school and university levels. Participants will receive information about how such partnerships were crafted and what are some of the opportunities that can be explored. Real cases will be used to illustrate programs already running at the University of Texas at Dallas, which is home to the largest in person Graduate Business Analytics program in the United States.
