Speakers
Vivek Choudhary
Assistant Professor, Nanyang Technological University
Vivek is an Assistant Professor in ITOM at Nanyang Business School, Singapore. He studies behavioral operations problems, with research spanning last-mile delivery, health tech, and insurtech platforms. He employs methods such as field experiments, machine learning, and econometrics in his work. He holds a PhD from INSEAD. Prior to his academic career, he worked as a consultant with McKinsey & Co. and managed operations at an FMCG company. He is the coordinator for the OM PhD program and serves as an advisor to several startups.
| Date: |
| Friday, 3 October 2025 |
| Time: |
| 10:00 am - 11:30 am |
| Venue: |
| HSS 4-1 |
Abstract
In this early-stage paper, we focus on reducing the time required to complete criminal investigations. We collaborated with the state police force in India to collect data from a six-month field experiment involving nearly 4,000 investigating officers. Officers were randomly assigned to one of three groups: a control group that received no intervention, a punitive group that received messages framed around potential negative consequences, and a prosocial group that received messages emphasizing the benefits to victims. Our preliminary analysis suggests that these cost-effective messages have the potential to reduce investigation time. However, we find significant heterogeneity in the effects across geographic and demographic contexts.