Syagnik Banerjee | |
Nationality: | Indian & American |
Occupation: | Scholar, author, professor |
Education: | Presidency University, Kolkata (BSc)International Management Institute- New Delhi(MBA)University of Rhode Island (PhD) |
Main Interests: | Marketing, data science, public policy |
Syagnik “Sy” Banerjee is an American (of Indian origin) scholar, author, and professor affiliated with the University of Michigan-Flint. He is known for publishing literature on the subjects of digital marketing, data sciences, and public policy. He co-authored the book M-Powering Marketing in a Mobile World.[1]
Banerjee graduated from Presidency University, Kolkata with a bachelor's degree in economics in 1997. He earned an MBA in marketing from International Management Institute in 1999 and a PhD in marketing from the University of Rhode Island.[2] [3]
Before pursuing a career in academia, Banerjee worked in several jobs for companies such as Eveready Industries, Venture Infotech Group, and Bharti Telecom Group.[4]
In 2006, Banerjee was named a fellow of the AMA-Seth Doctoral Consortium. Banerjee joined the faculty of the University of Michigan-Flint in 2008 as an assistant professor. Banerjee also taught a course at Northwestern University, developing and teaching the first academic course on mobile marketing at Northwestern.
He also became an associate professor at the University of Michigan-Flint in 2014 and a professor of marketing in 2020.[5] As of 2022, he is an affiliate professor at the University of Michigan's Michigan Institute for Data Science (MIDAS).[6]
Banerjee also participated in the OakGov Challenge in 2010, winning third place for his web application OMG Campus.[7]
Banerjee is also an associate editor for the Journal of Consumer Marketing and a member of the editorial board for the European Journal of Marketing and the Journal of Research in Interactive Marketing.[2]
Banerjee co-authored the 2017 book M-Powering Marketing in a Mobile World with Ruby Roy Dholakia and Nikhilesh Dholakia. Banerjee also contributed a chapter titled “India: The Awakening of M-Commerce” to the book M-Commerce: Global Experiences and Perspectives.[8]