Pratyush Sharma

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 Pratyush Nidhi Sharma 

E-mail: psharma@katz.pitt.edu
Office: 229 Mervis Hall, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA - 15260
Phone: 716-361-3532


Pratyush Nidhi Sharma is a Doctoral Candidate, the Roger S Albrandt Sr. Fellow and Teaching Fellow at the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh. A Computer Science Engineer by training, he is majoring in Information Systems and started in Fall 2008. The Information Systems program at Katz was recently ranked ninth in the world in terms of research output in the topmost journals in the field. 

Pratyush hails from Bhilai, India which is a beautiful, green and multi-cultural city renowned for its steel plant, quality education and is the seventh fastest growing city in the world. He feels indebted to his grandfather Mr. Gopal Nidhi Sharma who is a civil engineer, scientist and a scholar, for teaching him the tenets of scientific thought. Mr. Gopal Nidhi Sharma has held 5 patents, of which two are active and are listed here and here.


Degrees -

Research Interests -

  • Open Source Software Development
  • Social Networks 
  • Technology Adoption
  • Human Computer Interaction
  • Quantum Computation  


Publications - 

  • Gonzalez, G., Sharma, P.N and Galletta, D. "The Antecedents of Internal Auditors' Use of Continuous Auditing Technology", forthcoming in the International Journal of Accounting Information Systems. 
  • Sharma, P.N and Kim, K.H. (2012) "A Comparison of PLS and ML Bootstrapping Techniques in SEM: A Monte Carlo Study", the 7th International Conference on Partial Least Squares and Related Methods, Houston, Texas.   
  • With Gonzalez, G and Galletta, D. (2012) "Continuous Monitoring: Are Non-Adopters with Future Adoption Plans More Enlightened than Non-Adopters with No Adoption Plans?", the Information Systems and Strategic & Emerging Technologies Section of the 2012 American Accounting Association Mid-Year Conference, Scottsdale, Arizona. 
  • With Gonzalez, G. and Galletta, D. (2011) "Adoption of Continuous Monitoring and Continuous Auditing: A Multi-Group Partial Least Squares Approach", SIG-ASYS Workshop on Accounting Information Systems, Shanghai, China. 
  • Gonzalez, G., Sharma, P.N and Galletta, D. (2011) "The Antecedents of Internal Auditors' Use of Continuous Auditing Technology", 7th University of Waterloo Research Symposium on Information Integrity and Information Systems Assurance, Toronto, Canada. 
  • Sharma, P.N, Daniel, S. and Chung, R. (2010) "The Impact of Person-Organization Fit on Turnover in Open Source Software Projects", Thirty First International Conference on Information Systems, St. Louis, Missouri. 


Work in Progress - 

  • Sharma, P.N and Kim, K. "A Monte Carlo Simulation Based Evaluation of Bootstrapping Techniques and Confidence Intervals in Partial Least Squares Based Structural Equation Modeling", Targetted at Information Systems Research'.
  • Sharma, P.N, Hulland, J and Daniel, S. "The Effect of Social Identity in Prediction of Developer Turnover in Open Source Software Projects."
  • Sharma, P.N, Hulland, J and Butler, B. "Niche Effects and the Ability to Gain Incoming Links: A Study in Open Source Software Context."


Under Review - 

  • With Gonzalez, G. and Galletta, D. "Continuous Monitoring: Are Non-Adopters with Future Adoption Plans More Enlightened than Non-Adopters with No Adoption Plans?", Fast Tracked to the Journal of Information Systems. 


Unpublished Manuscripts - 


Teaching -

  • Lecturer (Introduction to Information Systems), Spring 2012, Joseph M Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh. 
  • Lecturer (Introduction to Information Systems), Spring 2011, Joseph M Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh.
  • Lecturer (Concepts of Programming Languages), Summer 2008, Department of Computer Science, University at Buffalo.
  • Lecturer (Concepts of Programming Languages), Summer 2007, Department of Computer Science, University at Buffalo.


Other Work - 


Research Grants -

  • Primary Investigator, Joseph M Katz Graduate School of Business Research Grant, January 2011, $2,000.
  • Co-Investigator (with Dr Dennis Galletta and George Gonzalez), Institute of Management Accountants Research Grant, January 2011, $2,430.
  • Co-Investigator (with Dr Dennis Galletta and Ilana Diamant), Joseph M Katz Graduate School of Business Research Grant, December 2010, $4,000.


Awards -

  • Roger S. Ahlbrandt Sr. Fellowship, 2008-2011, Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business
  • Tuition Scholarship Spring 2007
  • Tuition Scholarship Fall 2007
  • Tuition Scholarship Spring 2008


Professional Services -


Doctoral Seminars -

  • Foundations of IS Research, (faculty - Dr.Dennis Galletta), Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh
  • Organizational Behavior, (faculty - Dr.Mark Fichman and Dr.Carrie Leana), Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University
  • MIS Practicums, (faculty - Dr.Brian Butler), Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh
  • Technology Adoption and Diffusion, (faculty - Dr Chris Kemerer), Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh
  • Behavioral Research methods, (faculty - Dr John Hulland), Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh
  • Structural and Social Network Analysis, (faculty - Dr. Param Vir Singh), Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University 
  • Human Computer Interaction, (faculty - Dr Dennis Galletta), Joseph M Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh
  • Communication in IS, (faculty - Dr. Brian Butler), Joseph M Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh


Webpage -

My Webpage at University of Pittsburgh. 


Other Interests -

  • Science Readings (Physics, Astronomy and Evolutionary Biology are favorites!)
  • Badminton (Men's Doubles Trophy at the Mansfield Open Tournament 2008)
  • Karate (Shito Ryu, Black Belt Holder; State Level Championship - 2 Golds and 1 Bronze Medal)
  • Cricket (College Team. His first and unfulfilled love among sports!)
  • Table Tennis (Department Champion in Under Grad days)


Amazing Quotes -

  • "If you have ego, it will be hurt!" - Dr Dennis Galletta's take on publishing your research in Information Systems
  • "I don't know" & " It depends" -  According to Dr Dennis Galletta, a researcher's answer to a question before beginning the PhD and after getting the PhD
  • "I went on a trip to the southern part of Africa, there is poverty. But you know not abject poverty, you know, like you see in third world countries like India, where people lie naked on streets, you know." - Overheard from an unnamed PhD student at the Joseph M Katz Graduate School of Business (The Slumdog effect seems to be catching up, even with the purported skeptical minds in the academia. One wonders what happened to the cold war era definition of third-world as being non-aligned either with USA, the so called first world or with USSR, the second-world. Tellingly portraying how wrong one can be even while being partly correct in the same generalization, especially if one has never visited India! Also conveys the disadvantages a democracy suffers from as compared to another second world country with rampant poverty – China, but with stricter controls over media and an impossibility of the Slumdog effect.)


On Sachin Tendulkar, Strange Ideas (!) and the Occam's Razor -

  • They say that when Sachin Tendulkar bats India stops, which may be why they haven't yet taken over the global economy!  - Derek Pringle in his Telegraph Column. So much ado for nothing about Chindia. We have an Occam's Razor here!
  • I have seen God. He bats at number 4 for India. - Australian opener Matthew Hayden receives revelation about Sachin Tendulkar.    
  • He's an unlikely looking god. - Simon Hughes' observation of Sachin tendulkar in The Telegraph.
  • He was entertained. So were those around. And when Tendulkar is happy, usually so is the rest of India. - Sidharth Monga's tour diary for Cricinfo.
  • The archives recall not one single incriminating incident, not one drunken escapade, not one reported affair, not one spat with a team-mate or reporter ... As Matthew Parris wondered of Barack Obama in these pages recently, is he human? - Michael Atherton ponders the sinless Sachin Tendulkar in the Times
  • Even my father's name is Sachin Tendulkar! - Tendulkar's daughter, Sara, tells her class her father's name after the teacher informs them of a restaurant of the same name in Mumbai
  • With Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara, it was better to be friends and make them smile rather than wind them up! - Sledging doesn't work with all players, warns Shane Warne
  • Nothing bad can happen to us if we're on a plane in India with Sachin Tendulkar on it.- Hashim Amla, the South African batsman, reassures himself as he boards a flight.
  • Sachin Tendulkar is, in my time, the best player without doubt - daylight second, Brian Lara third. - Shane Warne delights the Indian press with his views on batting greats of this era
  • It's not that he can't pick my bowling, it's just that he doesn't care - Stuart MacGill on Virender Sehwag after the latter had butchered 195 from 233 balls in the 2003 Melbourne Cricket Test against Australia




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