Professor Aggarwal earned his PhD in Strategy from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He has done his BTech in Production Engineering from G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology. His professional experience includes working at Steel Authority of India Limited as a front line executive.

His research program's overall goal is to open the black box of healthcare ecosystem and study interdependencies between physicians, scientists, patients, pharmaceutical firms, and regulatory institutions. His research has appeared in top network journals such as social networks. Professor Aggarwal has presented his work at several national and international conferences, including those organized by the academy of management and strategic management society.
 

• Aggarwal, M., Chakrabarti, A. S., & Dev, P. (2020). Breaking “bad” links: Impact of Companies Act 2013 on the Indian Corporate Network. Social Networks, 62, 12-23.
• Aggarwal, M., Chakrabarti, A. S., Chatterjee, C., & Higgins, M. J. (2023). Research and market structure: Evidence from an antibiotic-resistant pathogenic outbreak. Research Policy, 52(1), 104633.