She received her Ph.D. in Information and Decision Sciences from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota, Twin cities, United States. In addition, she holds a Masters in Computer Science and a Masters in Applied Economics from the University of Minnesota-Twin cities. Her primary research interest lies in exploring value creation through Information Technology. She uses IT outsourcing, sharing economy platforms and digital platforms as contexts to understand business value of IT. Her research has appeared in Information Systems Research, International Conference on Information Systems, Statistical Challenges in E-Commerce Research and Workshop on Information Systems and Economics. Her research has also won the Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship and the McNamara fellowship from the University of Minnesota, Twin cities.