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Hewlett-Packard Chair Professor in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for Sustainable Economic Development, Quantitative Methods & Information Systems Area, IIM Bangalore.

EDUCATION

Doctor of Philosophy, J.M. Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh, 1993.

Master of Business Administration, Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi, 1985.

Bachelor of Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, 1983.

AWARDS

Outstanding Paper Award for the most Interdisciplinary and Innovative Research Contribution given to paper titled "Caste Structures and E-Governance in a Developing Country" at the Eighth International Conference on Electronic Government, EGOV 2009, at Linz, Austria, September 2009.

The Rene Wagenaar Outstanding Paper Award for the most compelling research reflection, awarded at the Sixth International Conference on Electronic Government, EGOV 2007, September 3-7, Regensburg, Germany. Awarded by the European eGovernment Society.

OPEN SOURCE REPORT

Economic Impact of Free and Open Source Software - A Study in India. Septeber 2009.

MEDIA REPORTS ON RESEARCH

“Votary of Free Software for Low Cost Solutions,” The Hindu, 2 October, 2008.
“Free Software Centre Proposed,” The Hindu, 18 September 2008.
“Policy Note on IC-FOSS,” The Express Buzz, 18 September 2008.
“Free Software Centre in Kerala,” The Hindu, 02 August, 2008.

E-Governance: Contrarian," CIO India, 15 May, 2007.
Of an Untapped Market," CIOL, February, 2007.

ICT must be able to meet the needs of people," The Hindu, Friday, 03 Feb, 2006.

PUBLICATIONS IN JOURNALS

1. "Whose Gain is it Anyway? Structurational Perspectives on Deploying ICTs for Development in India's Microfinance Sector" in Information Technology for Development, 15(4), pp 259-282, 2009. (With A. Ratan.) (Link)
2. "Importance of Development Context in ICT4D Projects : A Study of Computerization of Land Records in India," in Information Technology and People, Vol.20, No.3, pp.262-281, 2007. (With Amit Prakash.) (Pdf .)
3. "The Impact of Indian E-Government Initiatives: Issues of Poverty and Vulnerability Reduction,” in Regional Development Dialogue, Vol 27,No. 2, 2006.(Pdf .)
4. “E-Government Systems in Developing Countries: Issues and Concerns – Discussion,” in IIMB Management Review, Vol 18, No 4, pp. 377-388, December, 2006. (Non-refereed publication. (Pdf .)
5. “Critical Constructs for Analyzing E-Businesses: Investment, User Experience and Revenue Models.” In the Journal of Logistics Information Management . Vol 14, No 1/2, pp. 137-148, 2001. (With B. Mathew and D.M. Abraham.)
6. “Issues in the Management of Web Technologies: A Conceptual Framework. ” In International Journal of Information Management . Vol. 19, No. 6, pp. 427-447, 1999. (With B. Mathew.)
7. “Using Operational Planning Horizons for Determining Setup Changes. ” In Omega: The International Journal of Management Science . Vol. 26, No. 5, pp. 581-592, 1998. (With J.H. May.)
8. “Decision Histories: Information Structures for Reviewing Decisions.” In Business Journal . Vol. 13, No. 1&2, pp. 41-47, Fall-Spring 1998. (With B. Mathew.)
9. “A Knowledge-Based System for Scheduling Setup Changes: An Implementation and Validation.” In Expert Systems With Applications: An International Journal . Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 63-74, 1996.
10. “MEDIN: An Expert System for Processing Medical Insurance Claims.” In Expert Systems With Applications: An International Journal . Vol. 2, pp. 211-218, 1991. (With J.J. Cierniakoski and J.H. May.)

“FOSS Business Models for Developing Countries in Asia,” published by International Open Source Network South Asia Node (CDAC Chennai), 57 pages, 2008. (Online access .)

BOOK CHAPTERS

1. “Conflict in E-Government Systems: Analysis and Policy Implications for Developing Countries” in R. Traunmuller (ed.) Knowledge Transfer for eGovernment: Seeking Better eGovernment Solutions, Trauner Verlag, Linz, Austria, pp. 159-167, 2006.
2. “Implementation of e-Government Systems in Developing Countries” in Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko and M. Malkia (eds.) Encyclopedia of Digital Government, Idea Group Reference, London, ISBN:1-59140-789-3, pp:995-999, 2007.
3. “Social Resistance in Virtual Communities” in Clarke, S., & Coakes, E. (eds.) Encylopedia of Communities of Practice in Information and Knowledge Management, Idea Group Reference. London. ISBN: 1591405564. pp:487-493. 2006.
4. “Assessment of E-Government Projects – A Case Study of Bhoomi” in Marshall, S., Taylor, W., & Yu, X. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Developing Regional Communities with Information and Communication Technology . Idea Group Reference, London. ISBN: 1591405750. pp:35-39. 2006.
5. “Knowledge Based System Techniques in the Design, Implementation and Validation of Resource Scheduling on the Shop Floor of Manufacturing Systems.” In Artificial Intelligence and Robotics in Manufacturing edited by C.T. Leondes. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. Pp. 1-1 – 1-20. 2001. (Google Books Link.)
6. “An Implementation of a System Using Heuristics to Support Decisions About Shop Floor Setup Changes.” In Industrial Applications of Combinatorial Optimization edited by Gang Yu. Kluwer Academic Publishers. Pp. 206-211, 1998.

REFEREED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

1. "Caste Structures and E-Governance in a Developing Country," in the Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Eletronic Government, EGOV 2009, Linz, Austria, , published in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer-Verlag, Vol 5693, pp. 40-53, 2009. (Pdf paper and link.)
2. "Predictive Models in Cybercrime Investigation - An Application of Data Mining Techniques" in the Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference of the Society for Global Business & Economic Development, Bratislava, Slovak Republic, 27-30 May 2009. (With A.S.N. Murthy and V. Nagadevara.)
3. “Electronic Governance Theory: Tutorial and Workshop,” in the Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance, Eds. T. Janowski and T.A. Pardo, pp. 11-15, Cairo, Egypt, 1-4 December, 2008. (Pdf paper, slides.)
4. “Work-In-Progress: Agent Based Social Simulations by Cross-Cultural Teams,” in the Proceedings 38th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference, Saratoga Springs, New York, pp. S4E23-24, October 22-25, 2008. (With A. Duran, I. Garcia, E. Giraldo, M. Castro). (Pdf.)
5. “Control, De-politicization and the eState,” in the Proceedings of the Electronic Government 7th International Conference, EGOV 2008, Springer-Verlag (Berlin): Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5184, pp 61-72, Turin, Italy, September 1-5, 2008. (Pdf.)
6. “Antecedents of Corruption and the Role of E-Government Systems in Developing Countries,” in the Electronic Government 6th International Conference, EGOV 2007, Proceedings of Ongoing Research, Trauner Verlag Schriftenreihe Informatik 24, pp 167-174, Regensburg, Germany, September 3-7, 2007. (Pdf.)
7. “Enactment of Technology Structures in ICT4D Projects: A Study of Computerization of Land Records in India,” in the Proceedings of the 11th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS 2007), Auckland, New Zealand, July 3-6, 2007. (With Amit Prakash.)
8. “Evaluation of E-Government Systems: Project Assessment vs Development Assessment,” in the Proceedings of the Electronic Government 5th International Conference, EGOV 2006, Springer-Verlag (Berlin): Lecture Notes in Computer Science 4084, pp 317-328, Krakow, Poland, September 4-8, 2006. (Pdf.)
9. “Use of ICTs for Encouraging Participative Development: A Critique of the Indian Experiment,” in the Proceedings of the International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development 2006, pp 285-293, Berkeley, California, USA. 25-26 May, 2006. (With Amit Prakash.)
10. “E-Government Systems in Developing Countries: Stakeholders and Conflict,” in the Proceedings of EGOV05: International Conference on E-Government, Springer: Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3591, pp. 26-37, Copenhagen, 22-26 August, 2005. (Pdf.)
11. “The Complex Nature of E-Government Systems: A Case Study of Bhoomi, an Initiative in Karnataka, India,” in the Proceedings of EGOV the Third International Conference on Electronic Government, pp. 556-557, Zaragoza, Spain, Aug 30 – Sep 3, 2004. (With Chiranjib Sen.)
12. “Social Resistance and the Self in Virtual Communities.” In the Proceedings of the Ninth Americas Conference on Information Systems, pp. 373-380, Tampa, Florida, August 2003.
13. “Issues in the Management of Web Technologies: A Conceptual Framework.” In the Proceedings of the 1999 Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, New Orleans, November 20-23, 1999. (With Dolphy M. Abraham and B. Mathew.)
14. “Adapting a Process Model of Initial Representation Formation to a Knowledge Management Application.” In the Proceedings of the Fifth Americas Conference on Information Systems, pp. 450-452, Milwaukee, August 1999. (With Dolphy M. Abraham.)
15. “Reinforcement Learning for Solving the 2-Machine Sequencing Problem: Learning Johnson’s Rule.” In the Proceedings of the 1998 Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, Vol. 2, pp. 696-698, Las Vegas, November 21-24, 1998. (With Candace Philander.)
16. “Learning to Simulate: Issues for Designing Intelligent Scheduling Agents.” In the Proceedings of the INFORMS Conference on Information Systems and Technology, San Diego, May 4-5, 1997. (With Dolphy M. Abraham.)
17. “Requirements Analysis and Design of Intelligent, Adaptive Agents to Support Decision Making.” In the Proceedings of the 1996 Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, Vol. 2, pp. 562-564, Orlando, November 24-26, 1996. (With Dolphy M. Abraham.)
18. “An Architecture for a Scheduling Agent.” In the Proceedings of the INFORMS Conference on Information Systems and Technology, Washington DC, May 5-8, 1996.
19. “Using Intelligent Agents in Decision Support Systems.” In the Proceedings of the INFORMS Conference on Information Systems and Technology, Washington DC, May 5-8, 1996. (With Dolphy M. Abraham.)
20. “Intelligent Agents for Decision Support.” In the Proceedings of the 1995 Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, pp. 592, Boston, MA. (With Dolphy M. Abraham.)
21. “Managing the Shop-Floor at XYZ Specialty Tubes Plant.” In the Proceedings of the 1995 Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, pp. 148-150, Boston, MA. (With Dolphy M. Abraham.)
22. “An Error-Based Model for Validating Expert Systems.” In the Proceedings of the Midwest Business Administration Association Conference, Chicago, IL, March 29-31, 1995.
23. “Empirical Estimation of Operational Planning Horizons.” In the Proceedings of the Intelligent Scheduling Systems Symposium: Focus on Expert and Heuristic Scheduling Techniques, Eds W.T. Scherer and D.E. Brown. pp. 137-147, San Francisco, CA, Nov 1, 1992. (With J.H. May.)
24. “MULTEX: The Medium-Term Expert Scheduling Subsystem.” In Proceedings of the Northeast DSI, Editor P. Mangiameli, pp. 378-380, Pittsburgh, PA, April 1991.

CONFERENCE/ WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS

1. “Elections, Representation and ICTs.” At the Workshop on Democratic eGovernance, Crown Regency Conference Centre, Makati City, Manila, Philippines, 12-13 June, 2008. (With R. Gowda.)
2. “eGovernment Systems in Developing Countries.” Seminars offered at Orebro University, Sweden, 1st -7th March, 2008.
3. “Design and Evaluation of the Societal Impact of e-Government Systems.” At the Workshop on Development in the Information Society – Exploring a Social Policy Framework, IT for Change, Bangalore, 18-20 January 2007.
4. “Targeting the Vulnerable with e-Government – What are the Main Challenges?” Panel presentation in the eGov Asia 2006 Conference, Bangkok, Thailand. 26-28 April, 2006.
5. “The Impact of Indian e-Government Initiatives: Issues of Poverty and Vulnerability Reduction, and Conflict,” in the Regional Workshop for ‘Capacity Building of Asia-Pacific e-Government Initiatives’ held by the United Nations Centre for Regional Development and UNDP Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme, Bangkok, Thailand. 24-25 April, 2006.
6. “The Bhoomi Project in Karnataka,” at Workshop on Innovation and Excellence in Governance, Centre for Public Policy, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore. 29-30 December, 2005.
7. “Learning to Simulate: Issues in Structure Learning and Dispatch Learning. ” INFORMS Dallas, October 26-29, 1997.
8. “Learning to Simulate: Issues for Designing Intelligent Scheduling Agents.” Maryland Information Systems Workshop, Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Oct. 5, 1996.
9. “Learning the Structure of the Scheduling Environment: Design Issues.” INFORMS Washington DC, May 5-8, 1996.
10. “A Case for Operational Planning Horizons.” INFORMS New Orleans, Oct 29-Nov 1, 1995.
11. “Empirical Estimation of Operational Planning Horizons: Some Results.” TIMS/ORSA Joint National Meeting, Chicago, IL, May 16-19, 1993. (With J.H. May.)
12. “A Knowledge-Based System for Generating and Updating Manufacturing Plans.” ORSA/TIMS Joint National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, October 29-31, 1990. (With J.H. May and L.G. Vargas.)
13. “Using Explanations to Update Manufacturing Plans in a Knowledge-Based System.” TIMS/ORSA Joint National Meeting, Nashville, TN, May 12-15, 1991. (With J.H. May and L.G. Vargas.)
14. “A Prototype Expert System for Shop-floor Management.” TIMS/ORSA Joint National Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, May 7-9, 1990. (With J.H. May, L.G. Vargas, T.E. Morton, and S. Slotnick.)

INVITED TALKS

1. “Is Open Source the Game Changer for Hardware Industry?“ Panelist on the Executive/CTO Panel, at the 23rd International Conference on VLSI Design, NIMHANS Conference Centre, Bangalore, India, 5 January, 2010.
2. “ Caste Structures and E-Governance in a Developing Country“ at National Institute of Advanced Studies, Indian Institute of Science Campus, Bangalore, 16 December, 2009.
3. “Economic Impact of Free and Open Source Software - A Study in India.“ INTEROP Mumbai 2009, Bombay Exhibition Center, Mumbai, 7-9 October, 2009.
4. “How ICT Can Help Grow the Rural Economy.” At the C-Change 07 India CIO Forum “Consumaze: Understanding the Evolving Consumer,” at Goa, February 8-10, 2007.
5. “Design and Evaluation of the Societal Impact of GII: The Case of Bhoomi, Karnataka, India.” At the 4th Executive Seminar for National Mapping Organisations,, International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), Enschede, The Netherlands, 13-15 December 2006.
6. “Conflict and Resistance to E-Government Implementations.” Campus-wide Public Lecture given at Hyderabad Central Univeristy, 12 October, 2006.
7. “ICT for Development and Web-Based Information Systems.” Inaugural Address at the 4th International Conference on Dynamic Interoperable Web Based Information Systems CALIBER-2006, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga, Karnataka. 2-4 February, 2006.
8. “Institutional Support for Technological Development in India,” at the International Conference on School-Industry Partnership Asia-Jalisco 2005, at ITESO, Guadalajara, Mexico. Sept 26-30, 2005.
9. “Social Resistance and the Self in Virtual Communities.” Bharthiar School of Management and Entrepreneurship Development, Seminar on Trends in Computing. March 7, 2003.

FUNDED RESEARCH

1. "A Development-Based Critique of Telecentre Deployment in India.” Research Grant awarded by the Social Science Research Council (USA) as part of the Collaborative Grants in Media and Communication. Grant amount of $7,500 obtained in collaboration with IT for Change, Bangalore, for period February 2007- July 2007.
2. “Multi-Agent modelling of communication and information technology diffusion in the rural and non-organised sector.” Research Grant awarded by the Ministry of Human Resources Development, Government of India. Grant amount of Rs 600000, for period April 2003 – April 2006.
3. “Varying Learning Parameter Values to Solve the 2-Machine Sequencing Problem Using Reinforcement Learning. ” Rider University Summer Research Fellowship of $5300 for period June 2000 - May 2001.
4. “Issues in the Management of Web Technologies.” Bowie State University Model Institution of Excellence Faculty Grant amount of $7000 approved for period October 13, 1997 - June 13, 1998.
5. “Impact of Planning Horizon Considerations on Decision-Making: An Empirical Investigation.” University Research Council of Western Illinois University Grant amount of $6700.00 approved for period May 15, 1994 - May 14, 1995.

BOOK REVIEWS

1. Review of In An Outpost of the Global Economy: Work and Workers in India's Information Technology Industry, edited by Carol Upadhya and A.R. Vasavi; Routledge, London, New Delhi, 2008. (Pdf.)
2. Review of ICTs and Indian Economic Development: Economy, Work, Regulation edited by A. Saith and M. Vijayabaskar. In Current Science, Vol. 91, No. 4, 25 August 2006. Pp. 539-540.
3. A review of Artificial Life: An Overview edited by Christopher G. Langton (MIT Press, 1995). In Interfaces. Vol. 26, No. 6, Nov.-Dec. 1996, pp. 139-141.

OPINION EDITORIALS

RESEARCH SERVICE

Program Committee and Awards Committee Member for International EGOV Conference 2008, Turin, Italy, 1-4 Sept, 2008.

Program Committee Member for International EGOV Conference 2007, Regensburg, Germany. 3-7 Sept. 2007.

Program Committee Member for International EGOV Conference 2006, Krakow, Poland. 4-8 Sept. 2006.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE