Dr. Dhrupad Mathur

Areas of Competence and Interest
e-Business, Internet Governance, ICTD, Consulting

Education

• Ph.D - Doctor of Philosophy in Management: The Challenges of e-Business: A study of Business Process transformations for developing new business models. JNVU.
• MBA - Master of Business Administration. MLSU Udaipur.
• Masters degree in Public Administration. Pondicherry University
• B.Sc- Bachelor of Science. JNVU Jodhpur.

Notable recognitions

• Appointed to the Strategy Council of the United Nations- Department of Economic and Social Affairs Global Alliance for ICT and Development. ( 2009 )
• Emerging Leaders of the Digital World - by Diplo Foundation, Geneva. ( 2007 )
• Recipient of United Nations Fellowship (UN-DESA) at UN-WGIG, Geneva. ( 2005 )

Professional Certifications

• IBM Certified Solutions Developer (IBM, USA)
• IBM Certified Solutions Developer (IBM, USA)
• Sun Certified Programmer for Java 2 Platform (Sun Microsystems, USA)
• Certificate in Public Information Services (ADBI Japan)
• Certificate in e-Governance (ADBI Japan)
• General course on Intellectual Property (WIPO, Geneva)
• Internet Governance Capacity Building Programme (Diplo Foundation, Geneva)
• Internet Governance Research Programme (Diplo Foundation, Geneva)

Corporate Experience

• Over 11 years of experience in Program Management, policy, IT and education including:
• Appointment as Senior Consultant at the National e-Governance Plan - Programme Management Unit at Department of Information Technology, Govt. of India, New Delhi
• UN-DESA fellow & worked with WGIG (Working Group on Internet Governance) secretariat at United Nations in Geneva on fellowship assignment.

Academic Experience

• Worked as full-time faculty at S. P. Jain Institute of Management & Research, Mumbai
• Tutor and Research Supervisor for IGCBP, Diplo Foundation, Geneva
• Teaching assignments at: Dept. of Computer Science, Faculty of Engineering, JNVU, Jodhpur. National Productivity Council, Govt. of India.

Research/ Publications /Conference Papers

• Good Governance Magazine Feb 2010. Article - Nurturing the Next-Gen ICTD champions
• Good Governance Magazine Jan 2010. Article -Capability Approach towards e-Governance
• Good Governance Magazine Dec 2009. Article - Targeting Millennium Development Goals
• Good Governance Magazine Nov 2009. Article -Technology Governance for e-Governance: Addressing standards, interoperability, scalability and integration
• Dataquest Nov 2009. Article -Gearing up for Gov 2.0: A perspective from policy to development
• Dataquest Quarterly special issue on e-Governance, Sept 2009. Article -Transforming e-Governance
• Dataquest special issue on e-Governance, July 2009. Article- Clicking the right button
• Business Process Transformation Grid: An empirical model towards strategic decision making for IT enabled transformations. (April 2009) Workshop on Application of Knowledge Technologies in Business. 12th International Conference on Business Information Systems. Poznan University of Economics, Poland.
• IT-enabled Transformations in Public sector and Government (March 2009). International conference on Technology and Business Management, Al-Ghurair University, Dubai, UAE.
• Transforming Government - E-governance Initiatives in India 2009 (Book by Computer Society of India, NISG and Nihilent) contributed chapter titled "e-Governance Approach in India - The National e-Governance Plan", co-authors Piyush Gupta, A Sridevi
• I4D (ICTD Magazine & web portal), Dec 2008. Article "Plan now for an informed future". Special edition on Internet Governance launched by the Hon. Minister of Communications and IT, Govt. of India, at IGF 2008, Hyderabad.
• Dataquest magazine and Portal, Jun 2008. Article - Building Capacity, Managing Knowledge
• I4D (ICTD Magazine & web portal), June 2007, -Internet Governance Capacity Building in Asia"
• I4D (ICTD Magazine & web portal), March 2007, -Internet and Openness: A Human Rights Perspective" reprint.
• Diplo Research Portal, Feb 2007, -Internet and Openness: A Human Rights Perspective"
• Diplo Research Portal, March 2007, -e-Governance Capacity Building" reprint.
• e-Gov Asia International Conference, Feb 2007, Kualalumpur, Malaysia. Paper title -Internet Governance Capacity Building in Asia"
• Dataquest, Jan 2007. Article -Building Capacity. About e-governance capacity building in India.
• e-Gov (The e-Government magazine for Asia and the Middle East), Nov 2006. Article titled -Developing mechanism for instant electoral system"
• JIBC International Journal of Internet Banking and Commerce, Sept 2005. Paper titled -Technical and Entrepreneurial Research Information System: An Applied e-model for Sustainable Entrepreneurship Development" Reprinted.
• International Conference on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development, 10-13 August 2005, Saint. Berchman's College, Kerala, India. Paper titled -Fundamental interventions to promote sustainable development & Corporate Social Responsibility with reference to India: A sustainable science approach"
• ICFAI Journal on Entrepreneurship Development IJED, Dec 2004. Research paper titled: -Technical & Entrepreneurial Research Information System".
• The Second International Conference on Electronic Business ICEB 2002, December 10-13, 2002. Taipei, Taiwan. Paper title - Offline Empowerment: Key to the Success of E-Business in India.
• Nirma International Conference on Management NICOM-2002, Nirma Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. January 3-6, 2002. Paper title- Competitiveness in E-business through Business Process Transformation: The Virtual Showroom model.
• UGC National Seminar on- Problems & prospects of management education in India, organized by department of Business Administration, JNV University, Jodhpur on 10-11 March 2002. Paper title-"Applying Systems approach to the upgradation of management education in India".
• National Seminar on- Role of HRM in Service Sector, organized by Department of Business Administration, MLS University, Udaipur, on 16-17 March 2002. Paper title- "Technology, taking up the HR Challenge".

Recent Web-site publications

• Web-site publications by the United Nations-DESA Global Alliance for ICTD
• Statement and Position Paper: ICT and Innovation for Education - Emphasis on Traditional Knowledge Resource Management,
• ICTD Ecosystem Framework, Dhrupad Mathur
• Government Technologies Conference. FEB 2010, New Delhi Panel Discussion: Managing IT Projects