A strong faculty base is necessary to producing quality graduates for industry. MIS is the largest major at Iowa State. As part of the professorship, Premkumar will develop partnerships with Iowa businesses. Premkumar is involved in the development of graduate and undergraduate MIS programs and serves as the chair of the college of business' curriculum committee. In 1999, Premkumar was a nominee for the Teaching Innovation Award from the college of business for creating an interactive network lab for MIS students.
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He also teaches graduate courses in electronic commerce, telecommunications and networking. CBTs enable students to learn new concepts and software through web-based training. The gifts from Cargill, Inc., and the Union Pacific Foundation were part of the ISU Foundation's Campaign Destiny to Become the Best, which officially ends June 30. Premkumar's research interests include strategic information systems planning, telecommunications, electronic commerce, and adoption and diffusion of innovations. He came to ISU in 1989.