Kavitha RanganathanKavitha Ranganathan is a faculty in the Information Systems Area at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA). She holds a masters and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Chicago and a masters in InformationSystems from BITS-Pilani. 

Kavitha has been teaching Data Visualization courses to MBA and doctoral students, analytics professionals and in a wide range of corporate training programs, for more than a decade now. She draws from this vast and rich experience for her book, which captures the main principles for avoiding misleading graphs and creating effective and intuitive visualizations. 

Kavitha lives in Ahmedabad with her husband, their two kids and Coco, the youngest furry canine addition to the family. Whenever she gets a free moment, Kavitha can be found walking around the IIMA campus, admiring the many species of trees and birds in this gorgeously green oasis. Read More Read Less