Dr. Pradeep Kumar

Director of Academic Affairs/ Co-Supervisor of Graduate Studies
MCA, Doctorate in Management Studies, PhD in ICT

Summary

Over 31 years of experience in higher education. Worked in various capacities of roles, such as Faculty member of Computer Science & engineering; Head-training & development; Academic administration, Accreditation, Ranking & Benchmarking. Involved passionately into the promotion of institutional policymaking, research & innovation, faculty/staff development, enhancing stakeholders’ satisfaction and other operational activities through academic and administrative leadership.

Service

  • Director Academic Affair, ISBAT University, Uganda from May 2022 onwards.
  • Dy. Director, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, India from August 2010 to March 2022.
  • Centre Head, Frankfinn Institute of Air Hostess Training, Delhi from February 2008 to July 2010.
  • Centre Head / Academic Head, Aptech Computer Education, from July 1997 to January 2008
  • Academic Head, Aptech Computer Education, Uganda, from January 2002 to April 2007
  • Faculty Member, International School of Computer Technology, Delhi from March 1991 to July 1997.

Education

  • PhD in Information Technology from Amity University Uttar Pradesh (AUUP) in 2021.
  • Doctorate in Management Studies from National Institute of Management (NIM), India in 2010.
  • Master of Computer Application from Sikkim Manipal University in 2012.
  • Certified Quality Management Systems Professional by British Standards Institutions (BSI) in April 2013.
  • Microsoft Certified Trainer – “Train the Trainer” (Skill Certified by NIS – India) in Sept 2001.
  • MCP (Microsoft Certified Professional) in 2001.
  • Bachelor of Arts – (Delhi University) in 1990

Research

Paper presented in international conferences

i. Pradeep Kumar, Balvinder Shukla and R. S. Rai, The Role and Impact of Accreditation: Enhancing Quality of Engineering Education, 2017, 2nd International Conference on Telecommunication and Networks (TEL-NET 2017), Noida, 2017, 10-11 August 2017.

ii. Pradeep Kumar and Balvinder Shukla, Critical Evaluation of Different Engineering & Technology Programmes for International Accreditation, 2018, 2nd International Conference on Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Leadership (ICEIL’2018), 19-21 December 2018.

iii. Pradeep Kumar and Balvinder Shukla, Enhancing Quality in Higher Education using IT and Accreditation, 2021, 9th International Conference on Reliability, Infocom Technologies and Optimization (ICRITO 2021), 3 – 4 September 2021.

Paper published in Scopus Indexed Journal

iv. Bagga T., Bansal S., Kumar P., Jain S., New Wave of accreditation in Indian Higher Education: Comparison of accreditation bodies for management programmes, Prabhandhan: Indian Journal of Management, 9(8), pp. 26-40. (DOI: 10.17010/pijom/2016/v9i8/99778)

v. Kumar Pradeep, Shukla Balvinder, and Passey Don (2020), Impact of Accreditation on Quality and Excellence of Higher Education Institutions, Revista Investigacion Operacional, 41(2), pp.151-167, ISNN 0257-4306.

vi. Kumar Pradeep, Shukla Balvinder, and Passey Don (2021), Prominence of Accreditation & Ranking Parameters and Role of IT: In Pursuit of Quality in Higher Education (Accepted)

Book Chapter Published

vii. Kumar Pradeep, Shukla Balvinder