MY VITAE

Dr. Jagdish Pathak

Louise & Edmond Odette School of Business

University of Windsor

Windsor  N9B 3P4  ON

Canada

jagdish@uwindsor.ca

jppathak@computer.org

OFFICIAL WEBSITE AT SCHOOL: http://www.uwindsor.ca/business

Personal Website: http://www.jagdishpathak.com

Phone:  (519)253-3000 Ext 3131 (office.)

Career Objectives

My ambition is to pursue a high impact research, development and education program in Auditing and Corporate Governance, Information Systems/Technology Assurance, security and its relationship in the success of e-commerce systems. The ability to develop and educate need-based accounting specialized graduates amidst rapid technological change is critical for our information-based society.  This requires continued advances in basic technology and science of auditing & especially IT Auditing, applied research and development. My goal is to play a lead role in the research effort in this direction.

Degrees

Research Activities

My principal research activities are in information systems assurance, with special emphasis on IT Auditing in relation to e-commerce, distributed systems and computer networks. I am in the process to develop a Center for Applied Research in e-Commerce Assurance in Odette School of Business, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, to take up applied research activities in this area. So far I have published my articles and papers in the International journals, including the Internal Auditing (Boston), The CPA Journal (New York), Information Control Journal (ISACA), Internal Control (UK), Corporate Governance (Singapore), International Journal of Auditing (US), Managerial Auditing Journal (Emerald), EDP Auditing Journal (US), and Journal of Accounting & Public Policy (JAPP). Some of the reputed professional organization’s Websites of USA also host my selected papers, viz., http://www.isaca.org.hk/ , http://www.auditnet.org/ , http://www.theiia.org/itaudit , and http://www.ssrn.com/author=106409 (Social Science Research Network/Accounting Research Network, USA).I  also guest-edited a special issue of “Managerial Auditing Journal” published in  2005. My research monograph is  released in March, 2005 by Springer-Verlag, Germany/USA/UK/Japan titled: Information Technology Auditing-An Evolving Agenda. I have used concept building, analytical/theoretical and empirical research methods in my researches.

Research Interests:

1.      Information Systems Assurance, Security & Controls

2.      Auditing, Internal Controls & Corporate  Governance

3.      e-Commerce Assurance

4.      Application of Artificial Intelligence & Other technologies in IS Assurance

5.    Enterprise Systems and Business Performance

My Teachings @University of Windsor

1.      Assurance & Controls

2.      IS Auditing

3.      Accounting Information Systems

Honors/Awards

1. 2008-9, Chairman, Outstanding Dissertation Award Committee, American Accounting Association, (Information Systems Section).

2. 2008-9, Chairman, Research Committee, American Accounting Association (Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technology Section)

3. 2009 Annual Meeting Coordinator, Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technology Section, American Accounting Association.

4. 2007 Odette Award for Research Excellence awarded for continuous research productivity in Faculty of Business Administration/University of Windsor.

5. Associate Editor (Accountancy), International Journal of Applied Decision Science, (Inderscience) since 2007

6. Nominated for Annual Research Award of Faculty Research Recognition, by the University of Windsor (Once in life time) by Odette School of Business for 2004 Award.

7. University of Windsor Research recognition Award in 2005 for publishing a monograph and obtaining two external grants.

8. Odette New Faculty Research Achievement Award, 2002-3. (Awarded on October 30, 2003)

9. Vice President’s Competitive Travel Grant in 2002 & 2004 for presenting paper in Hong Kong & Orlando. 

10. Invited as GUEST EDITOR of a special issue of MANAGERIAL AUDITING JOURNAL on Complex Integrated Accounting Systems & Auditing.

11. Invited as GUEST EDITOR of THE CPA JOURNAL published by the New York State Society of CPAs (NYSSCPA) New York for March-April, 2003 issue. The guest editorial is available online also at http://www.nysscpa.org/cpajournal/2003/0403/dept/p80.htm .

12. Publisher’s Research Support Grant (US$500) received from Auerbach Publishers, USA (A Taylor & Francis Group Imprint) for the publication of my research monograph-cum-Reference Book titled: IT Auditing & Complex Technology: A Strategic Planning Perspective.

13.  Springer-Verlag, , An International Publisher from Germany has granted Publisher's Grant (Euro 750) for completing manuscript to be published as a Reference book, a compilation of ten scholarly essays titled: Information Technology Auditing: An Evolving Agenda.

14. I was invited to be the expert reviewer of the report prepared by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants/The Institute of Internal Auditors (US)/National Institute of Directors (USA) for the Presidential Commission of Critical Information Infrastructure Protection in United States. This report was submitted to the then President of USA, Bill Clinton, in March 2000. I was also invited to be a part of the presentation. The Title of the Report: Information Security Management and Assurance: A Call to Action for Corporate Governance. This Report is available on the website of AICPA and the IIA in USA.

15. Social Science Research Council of India (1989): Short term research grant (University of Goa)

Publications in the Refereed Academic & Professional Journals:

1. What E-Commerce Audit Planners Should Remember: The Top-10 Global CSFs for B-to-B Audit  (with Abdul Hussein and Ejaz Ahmad, (Forthcoming),  Information Systems Control Journal, 2008
2. Audit Resource Planning Success in B2B E-Commerce: Development and Testing of a Measurement Scale, (Forthcoming), Information Systems Management, Taylor & Francis, Special Issue on Accounting Information Systems, 2008, (with Amelia Baldwin)
3. Liability of Auditors: A Growing Concern (Lead authored with P. Pelekis), ICFAI Journal of Audit Practice, Vol 5, Issue 1, 2008
4. Financial Frauds: Causes, Consequences, and Accounting Profession's Role (Lead authored with A. Wells), Forthcoming in ICFAI Journal of Audit Practice, Vol. 4, Issue 4, 2007
5. General Theory of Cost Minimization Strategies of Continuous Audit of Databases; Journal Of Accounting And Public Policy (lead authored with Seveerien Nkrunzizza & Ejaz Ahmed), Vol 26, Issue 5, 2007.
6. Integrated Information Systems, SAS-94 & Auditors , with Mary Lind  in Journal of Corporate Accounting & Finance, Wiley), 2007
7. Generation-X Enterprises Technologies & Information Assurance-A Paradigm Shift in Systems Assurance & Auditing (with Amelia Baldwin) chapter in the "Handbook of Fraud Deterrence" (Wiley); 2007
8. E-Commerce Information Systems: Auditing and Control Issues, (with Tim Roberts), Internal Auditing Journal, Thompson/RIA, May/June, 2007, pp. 31-38.
9. Risk Management, Internal Controls & Organizational Vulnerabilities, (SPECIAL ISSUE EDITORIAL), Managerial Auditing  Journal, EMERALD (UK), 2005, 
10. A Fuzzy-based Algorithm for Auditors to Detect Element of Fraud in Settled Insurance Claims, Managerial Auditing  Journal, EMERALD (UK), 2005, Co-authored with Navneet & Scott Summers.
11. Minimizing the Cost of Continuous Assurance of Databases, Journal Of Accounting And Public Policy, Vol 24, No. 1, 2005, Co-authored with Ben Chaouch & Ram Sriram.
12. Information Technology Auditing & Cyber Commerce: A Risk Perspective, Information Systems Control Journal, ISACA(USA), 2004, Vol. 6 Nov/Dec. 
13. Audit Risk, Complex Technology & Auditing Processes, ICFAI Journal of Audit Practice , Institute of Certified Financial Analysts of India, Hyderabad, India & The Society of Certified Public Accountants, India, 2004, Vol 1, No 1; pp.27-35, REPRINTED FROM EDPACS
14. Internal Audit & Corporate Governance: A Program for Information Security Review Audit, EDPACS, Auerbach Press, USA, 2004, Vol XXX11, No 1 (Jan), Reprinted from EDP Auditing
15. A Conceptual Risk Framework for Internal Auditing in e-Commerce, Managerial Auditing  Journal, EMERALD (UK), 2004, Vol 19 No 4 (June) 
16. Audit Risk, Complex Technology & Auditing Processes, EDPACS, Auerbach Press, USA, 2003, Vol XXXI, No 5, (Nov ), pp.1-9, Co-authored with Mary Lind, Professor of MIS North Carolina A&T State University, NC, USA. LEAD PAPER) (This Paper is reprinted by the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India Journal of Auditing Practices
17. IT Audit & Electronic Funds Transfers, Internal Auditing Journal, Thompson/RIA Press, NY, USA, 2003, Vol 18, No 5, pp.28-37.
18. A Model of Audit Engagement Planning for e-Commerce, International Journal Of Auditing, (theme issue on e-Commerce auditing), Blackwell (USA/UK), 2003, July, This Paper is being reprinted by the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India Journal of Auditing Practices too, for which permission is granted.
19. Assurance and e-Auction: Are the Existing Business Models Still Relevant? Managerial Auditing  Journal, EMERALD-UK, 2003, Vol 18, No 4, This Paper was rated by Emerald Management Review Service (formerly ANBAR) as a three star paper for its research contribution, the highest ranking given to any paper.
20. Internal Audit & Corporate Governance: A Program for Information Security Review Audit, EDP Auditing Journal, CRC Press, WASHINGTON-DC, USA., 2003, April.
21. Whose Ball Is It? Understanding How the Game is Played, (Guest Editorial) The CPA Journal, New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants, NY, 2003, pp. 80, April, I was the Guest Editor for this Journal and the paper is my Guest Editorial written as the Chief Editor. 
22. Internal Audit and e-Commerce Controls, Internal Auditing Journal, Thompson/RIA Press, NY, USA, 2003, Vol 18, No 2
23. Information Systems (IS) Security Supports the Mission of the Auditors & the Clients: Why & How? Internal Controls, Institute of Chartered Accountants of England & Wales (ICAEW), UK.2002, December.
24. Information Systems Security Audit & Corporate Governance: A Program for Security Review Audit, Corporate Governance, FTMS-Singapore,  2002, December
25. EDI: Getting rid off the Paper Trail, ACCOUNTANCY SA, South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA), 2001, January, pp3-4.
26. Are E-mails Boon or Bane for the Organizations? Information Systems Control Journal, Information Systems Audit & Control Association (ISACA), (USA), 2000        Issue 1; pp27-29,         This paper has been cited as recommended readings in the Text book, Core Concepts of Information Technology Auditing by James Hunton, Stephanie M Bryant & Nancy Bagranoff (2004), published by John Wiley & Sons, USA [ISBN:0-471-22293-3 (US Edition) & 0-471-45181-9 (International Edition)]
27. E-Commerce: Website Audit Review, Chartered Accountant ,  Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), New Delhi, 2000, March, pp 25-29. 
28. Application of Data Analysis Tools in IT Audit, Accountancy SA, South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA), 2000, June.
29. E-commerce and its Ramifications for an IT Auditor, ISACA HONG KONG FOCUS, Chapter Newsletter, Information Systems Audit & Control Association, Hong Kong , www.isaca.org.hk, 2000, 15th ,July, The Spanish version of this paper is hosted by Uruguay Chapter @ Montevideo titled: Potencial del Comercio Electrónico y sus ramificaciones en la Auditoria de Tecnología Informática, and is available at http://www.isaca.org.uy/web/pub/v3/v3art8.htm This paper is also hosted by another Knowledge portal to assist the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India candidates to pass the ‘Information Systems Auditor’ (ISA) specialty examination. It is available at http://www.themanagementor.com/
30. Is Your Executive Effective Enough? PRABANDH (Management), Bureau of Public Enterprises- UP, 1997, April-June.  
31. Management Of MIS-A Challenge to Management Accounting Sphere, RESEARCH BULLETIN OF ICWAI, Institute of Cost & Works Accountants of India (ICWAI), Calcutta, 1991,        VOL. X, No. 1&2, pp.23-27
32. On Concurrent Auditing Of EDP-Flowchart Algorithm, CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), New Delhi, 1990, June, pp.932-944
33. Goal-Oriented Programme Efficiency Test In Operational EDP Audit-A Markovian Experiment, RESEARCH BULLETIN OF ICWAI, Institute of Cost & Works Accountants of India (ICWAI), Calcutta, 1988, VOL.VIII , No. 1&2; pp.9-17

Publications in the Refereed Professional Websites:

1.      Organizations, Culture & Manager, https://www.timesjobsandcareers.com/, Times of India (Internet Edition), 1999, Dec.26.

2.      Needed: A Policy Doctrine of Information Security for Developing Countries-Part (1) www.theiia.org/itaudit Institute of Internal Auditors, Inc.(USA), 2000, Vol.3/No.5; March 1, HIGHEST RATED PAPER 5/5

3.      Standards & An IT Auditor, AUDIT_ZINE, http://www.auditnet.org/, Institute of Internal Auditors, Inc. (USA), 2000, March 1, This paper is kept in the repository of recommended papers for students of professional accounting certifications by a professional accounting body in Pakistan: http://www.accountancy.co.pak

4.      Needed: A Policy Doctrine on Information Security in Developing Countries - Part 2, IT Audit Forum www.theiia.org/itaudit, (Institute of Internal Auditors, Inc.(USA) 2000, Vol.3/No.8, April 15. HIGHEST RATED PAPER 5/5

5.      IT Audit Approach, Internal Controls, and Audit Decisions of an IT Auditor - Part 1, IT Audit Forum www.theiia.org/itaudit, Institute of Internal Auditors, Inc.(USA), 2000, 15^th June.

6.      IT Audit Approach, Internal Controls, and Audit Decisions of an IT Auditor - Part-2, IT Audit Forum www.theiia.org/itaudit, Institute of Internal Auditors, Inc.(USA), 2000, August 1,

7.      IT Audit Approach, Internal Controls, and Audit Decisions of an IT Auditor - Part-3, IT Audit Forum www.theiia.org/itaudit, Institute of Internal Auditors, Inc.(USA), 2000, October 1.

Research Work in Various Pre-Publication Stages:

1. Perceived Determinants of e-Commerce Audit Judgment (Journal of Business Research) with Mary Lind & Abdolamohammadi (Under Review)

2. A Mathematical Heuristic to Establish Criticality of Processes, Practices and Methods and Empirical Validation, (Revise & Resubmit) (International Journal of Accounting Information Systems) ( Lead authored with Hussein, Abdul & Ejaz Ahmad)

3. Evaluating the Audit Service Cycle in E-Business Audits, Journal of Service Research (Lead authored with Mary Lind), Under Review.

4. Cost Study of Information Technology Use in Supply Chain using Integer Programming; submitted for Review, The Decision Sciences Journal (with Navneet Vidyarthi)

Some of the Papers’ working paper versions are available for general download at http://www.ssrn.com/author=106409 . Professional Institutes of Chartered Accountants hosting my working papers for Membership to use in professional practice:

1.      Nederland’s Institute of Registered Accountants

2.      Institute of Chartered Accountants of New Zealand

3.      Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan

4.   German Institute of Internal Auditors, Germany

Misc. Publications

·        Agency Credit & Its Impact-A Case (Mimeo) 1981-82

·        Concept and the Need of a National-level Co-operative Bank in India; Navhind Times, dtd.20^th May, 1992

·         What Ails Polytechnics in Goa; Gomantak Times, dtd.17^th Sept, 1994

·        The Effective Manager; Times of India, dtd.27 May, 1996

·        The Magic Mantra For Manager; Times of India, dtd.25 July, 1996

·         Organization, Culture & Manager, http://www.globalcomment.com/

Book Publication

1. Auditing In Computerised Environment; Allied Publishers Limited-New Delhi. (1999) Professor (Dr) B.N.Sonde, Former Chairman and Professor, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (Karnataka) and at that time, Vice Chancellor, University of Goa, wrote foreword of this Monograph.
2. Information Technology Auditing: An Evolving Agenda, Springer-Verlag, Germany; March, 2005. 

Conference/Seminar Presentations:

1. 9^th World Congress of Accounting Educators, Hong Kong, Nov 14-16, 2002 , Paper Presented: Information Systems (IS) Audit Services & Design of Mechanism for the Future E-Commerce.(Abstract appeared in the Proceedings)
2. 12^th Annual Research Workshop of Artificial Intelligence/Emerging Technology Section, American Accounting Association, Honolulu , Hawaii ( USA ): Generation-X Technology & Auditors: A Paradigm Shift (With Co-author, Amelia Baldwin); 2003-08-02
3. Mid-Year Meeting, American Accounting Association, Clearwater, Florida (Information Systems Section & Artificial Intelligence/Emerging Technology Section): A Fuzzy-based Algorithm for Auditors to Detect Elements of Fraud in Settled Insurance Claims (with Navneet Vidyarthi & Scott Summer as co-authors); 8-9 January, 2004
4. Annual Meeting, American Accounting Association, Orlando , Florida (Artificial Intelligence/Emerging Technology Section): Minimizing the Cost of Continuous Assurance of Databases (with co-authors, Professor Ram Sriram (GSU) & Dr. Ben Chaouch (UofWindsor): presented in Concurrent Session, August, 2004.
5. Discussed a paper by Steve Sutton et al at AAA Annual session on B2B e-commerce Assurance and partners risk, San Francisco , US , August, 2005.
6. Discussed a paper on ‘Continuous Auditing” at the Mid-year AAA Conference at Scottsdale , Arizona in January, 2006.
7. Paper accepted for International Symposium of Accounting Information Systems at University of Melbourne , Australia , June 20, 2006 Titled: Key Drivers of Assurance in Business-to-Business (B2B) E-Commerce
8. Paper accepted for 2006 American Accounting Association annual international conference at Washington , DC in emerging and innovative research proposal session. Title: An Empirical Validation of Critical Success Factor Model in Business-to-Business (B2B) E-Commerce Audit
9. Chairing a research session on experimental auditing and the models at the 2006 annual meeting of American Accounting Association at Washington , DC
10. Paper accepted for the concurrent session at the 10^th World Congress of Acounting Education, Istanbul , Turkey ,  November, 2006. Title: Audit Resource Planning Success in B2B E-commerce Engagement: An Empirical Assessment of Theorized Constructs,Manifest Variables Measurement & Second order Factor Model (submitted after revising the title)
11. Paper presented at concurrent session “Audit Planning” jointly  authored with Amelia baldwin ( University of Alabama , Huntsville ) at Chicago annual convention of the American Accounting Association, 2007.
12. Paper presented at research forum session on “E-Business Audit Service Model” co-authored with Mary Lind ( North Carolina A&T State University , Greensboro ) at Chicago annual convention of the American Accounting Association, 2007.
13. Invited Seminar presented at the York University , Atkinson School in January, 2006 on An Exploratory Study of Critical Success Factors in E-Commerce Audit Resource Planning.
14. Invited Seminar presented at the School of Business , Pittsberg State University on Critical Success Factors in B2B E-Commerce Audit Engagement Planning in March, 2006.

Full Time Career Synopsis

Adjunct & Visiting Faculty Assignments

 Professional Leaderships & University Services

• Member, Board of Studies for PGDM/DBM/DAM, University of Goa since 1992-93
• Executive Member, Indian Accounting Association, Goa Chapter since 1995-96.
• Executive Committee Member-at-large for the Information Systems Section, American Accounting Association in 2006.
• Convener, Courses Committee for Diploma Program in Modern Office Practices, Board of Technical Examination, Directorate of technical Education, Govt. of Goa, since 1998-2001.
• Chairman, Sub-Committee (Syllabus Drafting), Courses Committee for Diploma Program in Modern Office Practices, Board of Technical Examination, Directorate of technical Education, Govt. of Goa, since 1998-2001.
• Member, Core Committee, Multi Point Entry Exit & Credit System, Board of Technical Examination, Directorate of technical Education, Govt. of Goa, since 1997-2001.
• Executive Member, Indian Accounting Association, GOA Chapter, since 1996-2001
• Discussant in E-learning and Continuous Accounting Education Panel at 9^th World Congress of Accounting Educators, Hong Kong , Nov 2002.
• Discussant in Information Systems Section at American Accounting Association, annual meeting at Honolulu , Hawaii , USA , August, 2003.
• Moderator in Auditing Section at American Accounting Association, Annual Meeting at Orlando , Florida in August, 2004.
• Member, Editorial Board, Economic Challenger-Quarterly Journal of Business, Commerce and Economics.
• Member & Survey Coordinator, Information Technology Usage in Business Curricula at Odette School of Business, University of Windsor , Canada for 2002-3.
• Guest Editor, The CPA Journal, April, 2003 issue published by the New York State Society of CPAs, New York .
• Guest Editor, Special Issue of Managerial Auditing Journal (Emerald) Complex Integrated Accounting Systems & Auditing (2005)
• Faculty Elected Member, Search Committee for Associate Dean of Odette School of Business, University of Windsor, Canada.
• Faculty Elected Member, Search Committee for Dean of Odette School of Business, University of Windsor , Canada .
• Faculty Elected Member, University of Windsor Senate Program Development Committee, representing Odette School of Business since 2003.
• Member, University of Windsor Academic Integrity Working Group representing Business School since March 2004.
• Elected Member, Appointments Committee (Accounting & Finance Area, management Science and marketing area, Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship Area, Management and Organizational Behaviour Area,  Odette School of Business, Windsor , since 20002.
• Faculty Member, Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants.
• Member, Technical Committee & Reviewer, The 2003 International Business Information Management Conference; General Theme: e-business and organizations in the 21st Century Cairo , Egypt ; 16 - 18 December 2003; (See, at http://www.ibima.org/ ).
• Reviewer, Journal of e-Commerce Research (JECR), California State University , since 2000. (See, http://www.jecr.org/ )
• Nominated as Session Chair (Audit Quality Research Session), 2004 AAA Annual Meeting at Orlando , Florida .
• Nominated as Session Moderator for (Global Audit & Investment in IT) two research sessions, 2005 AAA Annual Meeting at San Francisco, California.
• Discussant, AI/ET Integrative session, AAA Annual Meeting, San Francisco , 2005.
• Member, Business School Ethics Committee for 2004-05 year.
• North American Editor, Managerial Auditing Journal(Emerald) since 2006.
• Associate Editor (Accountancy), International Journal of Applied Decision Science (Inderscience) since 2007.
• Ad-hoc reviewer for the Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, International Journal of Accounting Information Systems, International Journal of Auditing, Auditing journal (AAA) and Behavioural Research in Accounting (AAA).
• Ad-hoc reviewer for several mid-year and annual conferences of American Accounting Association, Decision Sciences Conference, Association of Information Systems conferences since 2002
• Officer-in-charge of Coaching and Allied Scheme at the Institute where students of lesser-privileged sections are provided pre-examination training for various competitive examinations. The Ministry of Social Welfare, Govt. of India and the Govt. of Goa sponsored this.
• Professor-in-charge for annual students youth festival (FUSION)
• As an expert appointed by the Govt. of Goa to submit the proposal on the autonomy for the technical institutions, with special reference to the Government Polytechnic Institute at Panaji. The proposal document was duly submitted to the State.
• I submitted a comprehensive proposal to the Ministry of Human Resources Development, Govt. of India for the integration of the physically handicapped candidates in the technical education. I am happy to say that based on my proposal my Institute was selected as one amongst 15 selected institutions in the country to be eligible for the grant of Rs.70,00, 000 (7 Million) during 9^th plan period.
• Acted as Liaison Officer for the Institute with the Department of Planning, Govt. Computer Centre, Govt. of Goa for the computerization of Personnel records and the Plan and Non Plan funds of the Government of Goa. In 1988
• I was instrumental in the founding of the Sikkim Commerce Association in 1983-84 at the Sir Tashi Namgyal Academy, Gangtok, and acted as its first faculty advisor.
• Founded the Junior Chamber International (also known as JAYCEE'S) Club in Gangtok and was elected its first and the founder President in 1984
• At the IIPM-New Delhi, acted as the Assistant Dean (Academic) in 1982-83
• Acted as Professor-in-charge (Survey) of the Planning Forum at the Sharda Sadan College, Mukundgarh (Rajasthan) in 1980-82
• Staff Advisor for student Cultural and Literary activities at Sharda Sadan College, Mukundgarh, Rajasthan in 1981-82

Invited Speaker

• Delivered an invited talk at Hotel Kenny, Panaji to the gathering of Women Entrepreneurs Association of Goa (WEG), 2nd July.1992, on the Marketing Problems and Issues to be Resolved.
• Delivered an Invited Talk at the Institute of Management Training and Research (IMTR) Margao, 14^th Sept. 1995 on Change Management to the gathering of IAS/IPS officers for one of the refresher programs.
• Invited to Deliver a Talk on All India Radio (AIR) on the Challenges to Indian Youths in 1995.
• Delivered an Invited Talk to the Trainees of the Small Industries Management Assistants Program (SIMAP) sponsored by the SIDBI on the Modern Office Automation Systems in April, 1996
• Delivered an invited Talk to the participants of the Refresher Program at the Academic Staff College at the University of Goa on the Business Process Re-engineering in June, 1998
• Delivered an invited Talk to the participants of the Refresher Program at the Academic Staff College at the University of Goa on the Change management in June, 1998
• Delivered an Invited Talk at the Oil & Natural Gas Commission's Institute of Petroleum Safety and Training, Betul (South Goa), 18^th May 1999 on International Cultural Communication in the Organizational Settings, for Chief Engineers of various Oil companies in India and abroad.
• Delivered an Invited Talk at the Oil & Natural Gas Commission's Institute of Petroleum Safety and Training, Betul (South Goa), 19^th May 1999 on Behavioral Aspects of Man Management, for Chief Engineers of various Oil companies in India and abroad.
• Delivered an Invited Talk on the E-Commerce and its Various Paradigms to the members of the Institution of Engineers/Institute of Electronics & Tele-communications Engineers of Goa Chapter on the World Tele-Communications Day in 1999.
• Delivered an Invited Talk at the Oil & Natural Gas Commission's Institute of Petroleum Safety and Training, Betul (South Goa), 31st March, 2000 on Group Dynamics to the Grade-II Officers of Various Oil companies in India
• Delivered Research presentation on Information Systems Auditing in Distributed Data Processing Scenario: An Exploratory Study at Odette School of Business, University of Windsor, ON, Canada in August, 2001.
• Delivered a Workshop to Senior Level Managers on Enterprise-wide Resources Planning & Information Systems Integration at Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Colombo in March, 2003.
• Delivered a Workshop to the Senior Executives of Bank of Ceylon, and other Sri Lankan Commercial Banks on Information Integration and Assurance, in March, 2003.
• Delivered invited presentation at the Rotary International, Durgapur, India in January, 2007 on Life of an International Student in Canada.
• Delivered an Invited talk at the Faculty of Business Administration, University of Goa on Current Research Directions in Accounting Domain in February, 2007.

My Hobbies

• I love gardening and writing poems.
• Playing Chess and Badminton is also my pass-time.

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