Arnab Choudhury is currently a doctoral student (PhD – Strategy) at the Columbia Business School, Columbia University. His research interests are in the area of Economics of Technology and Innovation.

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His research focusses on how and when the convergence of radical and new technologies impacts a firm's competitive edge and longevity. He studies broadly two main avenues: firstly, how technological blend can shift industry borders, ushering in new competitors with unique skills, and altering a firm's capability balance. And secondly how and when this technology fusion affects product market rivalry.

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Furthermore, Arnab is also interested in strategic decision making in situations of uncertainty. He focusses on the integration of topological methods into strategic decision-making, thereby advancing the existing frameworks which are mostly withing planar scope, and also offering a nuanced and comprehensive method to understand and navigate the multi-dimensional space of decision-making.

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Arnab earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in mathematics and computation before enrolling in Columbia University's PhD program. He then spent two years conducting pre-doctoral research at the Indian School of Business, specializing in strategy and innovation research.