Job Title: Visiting Faculty – Behavioural Economics and Decision Making

Location: Pune (On-campus – Abasaheb Garware College)

Job Type: Visiting / Part-Time

Program: B.Sc. Data Science (Second Year – Undergraduate Students)

Course Duration: 30 Hours (Across One Semester)

About the Role

The School of Data Science & Business Intelligence (SDBI) is seeking a Visiting Faculty member to teach Behavioural Economics and Decision Making to second-year undergraduate students in the B.Sc. Data Science program.

The ideal faculty member should possess strong industry or research experience and be able to make behavioural concepts engaging through case studies, experiments, discussions, and practical applications relevant to contemporary organizations.

Key Responsibilities

Deliver 30 hours of engaging classroom instruction during the semester.

Explain fundamental concepts of behavioural economics and decision science using practical examples.

Conduct classroom activities, behavioural experiments, simulations, and case-based discussions.





Connect behavioural theories with real-world business, consumer, financial, and policy decisions.

Design assignments, quizzes, and group activities that promote analytical and critical thinking.

Encourage students to evaluate decision-making using evidence rather than intuition alone.

Support internal assessments and provide constructive academic feedback.

Coordinate with the academic team to ensure timely completion of the syllabus.

Topics to Be Covered

Foundations of Behavioural Economics

Introduction to behavioural economics

Rational choice versus bounded rationality

Decision-making under uncertainty

Heuristics and intuition

Cognitive Biases and Human Behaviour

Anchoring and framing effects

Loss aversion and prospect theory

Confirmation bias

Availability and representativeness heuristics

Overconfidence and optimism bias

Behavioural Decision Making

Risk perception and decision-making

Time preferences and present bias

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