Arpit Agrawal

Assistant Professor of Marketing

About

Arpit Agrawal is an Assistant Professor of Marketing at the Lally School of Management at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. His research lies at the intersection of selling and sales management, behavioral economics, and digital transformation. He studies how psychological forces and structural changes shape salesperson performance, career trajectories, and organizational outcomes.

Education & Training

PhD in Marketing, University of Houston (2025)

PGDBM (MBA), XLRI Jamshedpur (2018)

B.Tech in Biotechnology, IIT Roorkee (2013)

Research

Primary Research Focus
Sales, Organizational Frontline, Public Policy and Marketing

Teaching

Current Courses

MGMT 6580 - Marketing High-tech Products

MGMT 2430 - Marketing Principles

Recognition

Awards & Honors

Fellow, AMA-Sheth Foundation Doctoral Consortium, 2024

Winner, ISBM Doctoral Support Award Competition, 2024

Winner, 2023 Informs Society of Marketing Science Doctoral Dissertation Early-Stage Research Grants

Winner, Organizational Frontline Research (OFR) Symposium: Young Scholar Research Award, 2024

Runner-up, 2023 Sales SIG Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Award

AMA Winter Academic Conference: Best Paper in Track–Sales Management and OFR, 2024

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