IIT Madras
IIT Madras

R K Amit

Professor · Department of Management Studies · IIT Madras

Better decisions. By design.

Exploring how incentives, information, and strategic interaction shape decisions in business and society.

Research

My research focuses on operations research, game theory, mechanism design, and pricing. I study how incentives and information shape decisions in business and society.

DEEP Lab

Decision Engineering & Pricing Lab

At the Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras, DEEP Lab brings optimization, game theory, mechanism design, and pricing to the study of decision problems.

Current Teaching

Data Analysis for Research 
Research design, statistical reasoning, and learning from evidence.

Competitive Intelligence and Strategies 
Competitor analysis, strategic information, and collective intelligence.

Books

Game Theory with Applications in Operations Management
R. K. Amit · Springer, 2024
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Spieltheorie mit Anwendungen im Operations Management
R. K. Amit · German edition · Springer Gabler, 2026
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Advances in Digital Manufacturing Systems: Technologies, Business Models, and Adoption
Edited by R. K. Amit, Kulwant S. Pawar, R. P. Sundarraj, and Svetan Ratchev · Springer, 2023
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Contact

Department of Management Studies
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Chennai, India 600 036

Email: rkamit@iitm.ac.in

Phone: +91-44-2257 4575