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“Program Director, Project Management programs at UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School Dublin, Ireland E: joe.houghton@ucd.ie

Joe co-created the MSc in Project Management at Smurfit and currently delivers to many of the Management programs. He also consults, trains & coaches in the areas of risk management, problem projects, project management processes, charity governance & management to corporates, Govt. departments, and non-profits. ORCID ref: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5100-5069 . Joe runs “The Plus One podcast” on innovative education where he interviews educators from around the globe on inspirational teaching & learning practices – see https://plusonepodcast.podbean.com/ – the first season of interviews is currently being written up as a book.

As an entrepreneur, Joe has run several businesses and currently operates Houghton Photography. He was Nikon’s trainer in Ireland from 2006-2018, released his first book “Streets of Dublin: a street photography guide” in Sept 2019 & his second “Take Your Time – the art and craft of long exposure photography” in July 2021, both available on Amazon. He regularly delivers talks all over the world to camera clubs on many topics.

His latest entrepreneurial venture is Sherpa Press, a publishing house set up to help people publish their book ideas through Amazon KDP. See www.sherpa-press.com for more.

Rebuild: The Economy, Leadership, and You–A Toolkit for Builders of a Better World (Evolutesix, London 2020; co-authored with Graham Boyd), American Book Fest Awards Finalist, 2021.

Introducing a New Economics: Pluralist, Sustainable, and Progressive (Pluto Press, London, 2018; co-authored with Maria Madi and Molly Scott Cato).

The Handbook of Pluralist Economics Education (Routledge, London, 2009; re-issued in paperback 2014).

The Economics Curriculum: Towards a Radical Reformulation (World Economics Association Books, Bristol, UK, 2014; co-authored with Maria Madi)

Dr David Briggs, Member, of the Order of Australia (AM), Deputy Chair HNECCPHN, Former Editor, Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management, Honorary Editor in Chief, ASEAN Journal of Health Development, Adjunct Professor, AIHD, Mahidol University, Thailand. Adjunct Professor Faculty of Medicine and Health, UNE, Immediate Past National President Society for Health Administration Programs (SHAPE). Director, DSB Consulting A/Asia P/L Experienced CE, rural health, primary health care, education and professional development of health managers, conference presentations, Journal reviewer and editor, executive management, financial management, general management, research, teaching, Recognized by ACHSM with College Gold Medal and life membership.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/prof-dr-alok-satsangi-ba9b6714/

Prof. (Dr.) Alok Satsangi hails from Dehradun and has a rich blend of academic, research & leadership experience. He believes in providing quality education through Innovation in the existing education system. He holds an MBA with a specialization in Marketing and HR, an MPhil in Disaster Management, a PGDDM (Post Graduate Diploma in Disaster Management), and a Ph.D. in Stress Management. Dr. Satsangi has rich experience and has worked in all facets of administration and governing of a College from Admissions to Placement, Teaching, Training, and Mentoring to Major Event Hosting like the HR Summit and national and International conferences. He has to Lead the Academics and Operations of several Institutions and coordinated with all departments not just for successful day-to-day operations of the Institute but also for meeting growth and profitability goals through the proper management of resources His numerous roles of distinction as, Vice President – Corporate Relations & Marketing and Associate Professor at NIILM School of Business, New Delhi, as Associate Director, Delhi Business School, Registrar with NIILM University, Haryana, Campus Head with Indraprastha College of Advanced Studies (IPCAS), New Delhi & Director at St. Catherine Institute of Management & Technology, New Delhi. Both articulate & erudite he has authored numerous books, refereed International journals, and Research Papers in both National and International forums.  

Marko Perić is a Full Professor and Vice Dean for International Affairs at the University of Rijeka, Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management (Croatia). His research and teaching activities have concentrated in the area of strategic management in tourism and hospitality, project management and sports management in the context of tourism and hospitality. Main results of his work have been published in prestigious international journals such as International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, The Service Industries Journal, Small Business Economics – An Entrepreneurship Journal, Tourism Management Perspectives, Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism, Journal of Sport & Tourism, International Journal of Tourism Futures, Event Management, Economic Research – Ekonomska Istraživanja, European Journal of Tourism Research, Sport, Business and Management: An International Journal, Sustainability, Kybernetes, Local Economy, and others. He is the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Tourism and Hospitality Management journal, Associate Editor of the European Journal of Tourism Research, and member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Event Management journal.

Dr. Prateek Kalia is a post-doctoral researcher at the Department of Corporate Economy, Faculty of Economics and Administration, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic. Earlier, he worked as Director and Professor at a leading university in North India. He is a specialist in the field of management with a keen interest in digital analytics, electronic commerce, e-service quality, and consumer behavior. His articles are published in leading international journals like the International Journal of Operations & Production Management, Computers in Human Behavior, Journal of Innovation & Knowledge, The TQM Journal, etc. He is a reviewer for various A- category journals. He has presented his work at several national and international conferences and received awards and accolades. Currently, he is editing a book related to digital analytics for Apple Academic Press (CRC Press). He is very well known for his novel smartphone user classification metrics called Cellulographics and holds a copyright for it.

Prior to his present position as Professor in Finance, at Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research, Mumbai Prof. Prasada Rao has held several administrative portfolios at GITAM University such as Centre for Learning & Sustainability, Director, Academic Affairs, Founder Dean & Director of Hyderabad Business School (GHBS), Founding Director, Internal Quality Assurance Cell, and Founder Director, GITAM Centre for Distance Learning, Member of the Academic Council among several other positions. He was also on the Advisory Board of The Indian Management Researcher, a bi-annual journal of HBS. He also served as the Chairman of the Association of Indian Management Schools (AIMS), AP Chapter, and Executive Board Member of AIMS. Currently, he is serving as a Member of BoS/Advisory Council of many academic institutions. He was on the Expert Committee for the faculty recruitment of various institutions including IIMs. Prof. Prasada Rao is a member of many professional bodies such as Global Economic Progress & Research, Commerce Association, Economic Association, HMA, NHRD Network, and All India Management Association (AIMA). Prof. Prasada Rao believes in lifelong learning, and hence he has earned certifications from various globally reputed institutions/universities such as Financial Markets, and Yale University. Accounting for Decision Making, Michigan University.

Private Equity and Venture Capital, University of Bocconi, Finance for Non-Financial Professionals, University of California, Irvine, AI for Everyone, deep learning ai, USA. Finance for Startups, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, KAIST. Design Thinking for Innovation, Darden School of Business, University of Virginia. Leadership and Emotional Intelligence, Indian School of Business. Blended Learning: Personalizing Education for Students, Critical Thinking for University Success, University of Sydney, University Teaching, The University of Hong Kong and Foundations of Virtual Instruction, University of California, Irvine.

Dr. Vu Thanh Huong is working as Vice Dean with Faculty Vietnam National University, Hanoi. She has completed Ph. D in International Economics. She has an impressive publication with ten books to her credit, sixteen book chapters and various research articles in Scopus and other reputed journals. She has completed twenty-seven research projects and she have an overall experience of twenty-one years.

Rumki Bandyopadhyay possesses rich experience of 22+ years in institutional leadership, training, research, publications, and teaching. Her expertise lies in accounting, finance, entrepreneurship, and international education. By education, she is a qualified master’s in commerce and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). She also studied for Certificate of Teaching in Higher Education from the Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom. Dr. Bandyopadhyay has published several research papers and journal articles in national and international reputed conferences, symposiums, journals, and books. World’s one of the most reputed research and publication company named Emerald Publications from the UK has awarded her with ‘Best Research Paper Award’ for her research work. She is regularly invited as keynote speaker and trainer by various corporate and academic organizations. She was invited by the government of India to undertake the Investors Education Protection Fund project and a major European funded (ERASMUS+) project which she completed successfully. To her credit she has two patents published under Intellectual Property Rights, Government of India and one patent is Granted, German Patent and Trademark office. She is on the editorial and review boards of highly reputed national and international journals, professional bodies including the International Management Research Academy (IMRA), London, UK.

She has to her credit experience of academic leadership and institutional building both in India and abroad. She has been actively involved with the All-India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). Currently she is actively involved with the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) Government of India, National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), National Board of Accreditation (NBA), Accreditation Service for International Schools (ASIC) United Kingdom and Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). A Ph. D scholar was conferred with Ph. D degree under her able guidance. Currently she is the Director for the academic operations with University of the People, Pasadena, California, USA and is consultant to university for successful completion of UGC inspection and NAAC accreditation.

Dr. Anoop Pandey is top grade professor with over 20 years of commendable success in teaching, training, research, development, and knowledge management. He has more than seventy quality research paper published in various reputed journals including ABDC, WOS, SCOPUS, UGC Care etc. and successfully completed six research projects including Major research project under Research Promotion Scheme funded by AICTE. Three research scholars have successfully awarded doctorate under his supervision and five research scholars are working under his guidance. He was invited as keynote speaker in International and National Seminars organized by Reputed University and Institutions. He was also conducted research methodology workshop on research paper writing, SPSS, and publishing research paper in reputed journal etc. He received best paper presentation award in International and national conferences in India and Abroad. He is a blind peer reviewer of many reputed research Journals. Presently he is working on ICSSR funded major project on SMEs and technology in the capacity of project director.

Prof. Anuj Kumar is currently an Assistant Professor at the Apeejay School of Management, Dwarka, Delhi. His significant thrust areas are marketing, international business, and general management. He holds a double master’s degree in management with a specialization in International Business. He has completed M.Sc. in International Business from University College Dublin, Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, Ireland (Ranked among the top 200 colleges of the world – QS World ranking). He has published research papers in reputed SCOPUS/Web of Science/SCI/ABDC/UGC Care Journals. Prof. Kumar has more than sixty publications in total (Scopus- 25, ABDC- 20, Web of Science- 15, SCI-4). He also has three e-books and five book chapters to his credit (two are Scopus indexed). He has published several cases in Case Centre, ABDC-B, and Scopus journals. He has three internationally granted patents by South Africa and two more patents filed for a grant in India. Prof. Kumar has more than 600 citations on Google Scholar with an h-index (14) and i10-index (18). He has 535 citations on the research gate with an h-index of 13 (Research interest-422) and total reads 25,810. He has attended/organized more than 50 conferences (National/International/ICSSR/AICTE) and 40 FDPs. Prof. Kumar has been invited as session chair, resource person, keynote speaker, and judge at various conferences in India and outside. He is also invited to guest lecture series at Vietnam National University, Hanoi, University College Dublin, and other foreign universities. He also got a grant for a major research project from the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) in the capacity of the co-project investigator. He has handled various Scopus/ABDC/Web of Science journals in the capacity of Special Issue Editor. He is also a reviewer in several Scopus/ABDC/ABS journals. He is the India Country Head for International Management Review (UGC-CARE-I). He received several academic awards/recognitions- Best Researcher, Outstanding Academician, Dynamic Leader, Best Mentor, Young Achiever award, etc. Overall, he is a very dynamic, creative, and positive individual. He has received grants from AICTE and ICSSR.

Nithesh Naik is a visionary entrepreneur, distinguished academician, and accomplished researcher. He is currently Faculty of Engineering at Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal, India. He also serves as Chief Technical Officer at Curiouz TechLab Private Limited. He is Secretary of the International Training and Research in Urooncology and Endourology (iTRUE) an Editorial Board Member for Therapeutic Advances in Urology, Engineered Science, and a Guest Editor in several journals like Electronics, Frontiers in Surgery, Frontiers in Medicine, Engineering Proceedings and many more.

His research contributions are nothing short of remarkable, with over 165+ journal publications to his credit in renowned Scopus and SCI-indexed journals.

His innovative ideas and dedication to pushing the boundaries of technology have resulted in the filing of an impressive total of 7 patents at the Indian Office of Patents. These patents span a diverse range of technologies, from automated gear hobbing fixtures to cutting-edge medical devices like the scissors-needle system for intra-cavitary hydro-dissection and excision of tissues. His pursuit of patents reflects his drive to contribute to real-world solutions and make a tangible impact on industries and healthcare.

Dr. Rasheedul Haque is Associate Professor of Accounting and Finance. Outstanding Fellow of Faculty of Business, Accounting and Finance (FOBAF) and working HOP of Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) at MAHSA University, Malaysia. He has more than 28+ years of experiences in academic and corporate. Dr. Haque contributed in publication a number of research papers in the top journals and participated in International and National conferences, having in his credit more than 200+ research articles. Out of 98+ research articles published in SCOPUS/ISI/Book chapter and pursuing to publish more research papers in near future. His area of interest in Strategic Management Accounting, Corporate Finance and Entrepreneurship. He is approved faculty from MQA Malaysia. Delivered lectures as keynote speakers in various international conferences viz; Malaysia, India other places. IKSAD Institute (The Institute of Economic Development and Social Research) awarded Outstanding Scientist Award, 13th IKSAD 2022 commission for outstanding scientific performance, Turkey, and another award received as ICON OF INDIA – 2023 Academic Achievement Award for Contribution in Management and Gurukul’s Bharat Gaurv Puruskar 2023 in Academic Achievements Award. He serves for community services as a member of board of editors, reviewer, supervisors for PhD thesis & evaluator from global.

Dr Pushan Kumar Dutta is an accomplished Assistant Professor Grade III in Electronics and
Communication Engineering Department at ASETK, Amity University Kolkata. He completed his
PhD from Jadavpur University in Kolkata in 2015, and subsequently pursued a post-doctorate with a full fellowship from Erasmus Mundus Association. During his tenure at the University of Oradea in Romania, he presented a keynote speech in Bucharest. Dr Dutta is the recipient of the Young Faculty in Engineering award from Venus International awards, Chennai in 2018. Dr Dutta is a prolific editor, having edited three books for publishers such as IET Press and Elsevier, and indexed more than 20 book chapters in Springer, Wiley, CRC, Apple Academic Press, Taylor, and Francis. He has published over 90 articles in international and reputed journals and serves as a lead guest editor in several journals published by Bonview publisher, Metaverse, Izmirakademy, American Scientific Publishing Group, and IET. Dr Dutta is a member of the technical programming committee for various noted conferences in 2022 and 2023, including Smart Cities, Arab Science and Information, and the IEEE Region 10 HTC Conference. In 2022, he delivered a keynote speech on the role of robotics in Data Science Europe, held in Belgrade, Serbia. Dr Dutta is also a coordinator at Amity University Kolkata for sports and innovation competitions, leading students to participate in national competitions.

Jeevanand Seshadrinath : received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the Electrical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India, in 2013. Durin 2015–2016, he was a Research Fellow with Rolls Royce @ NTU Corporate Lab, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He is currently an Assistant Professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee),
Roorkee, India. His main research interests include topics related to diagnosis and prognosis of electrical machines, power electronic drives and Renewable energy systems.

Dr. Jeevanand is a senior member of IEEE, and a member of the Industry Applications Society (IAS) and Industrial Electronics Society (IES). He is the advisor for IEEE IAS Student Branch in IIT Roorkee. He was also previously an Execom Member of the IEEE (PES-IAS and PELS-IES) Chapters of the IEEE Delhi Section.

Charmaine Gangen’s experience spans Four continents (Africa, Asia, North America, South America) over the last 30 years, having worked in South Africa, UAE, Saudi Arabia, India, Philippines, and North Africa. She found her niche in the Entrepreneurship Ecosystem across the globe and made her mark as a global Entrepreneurship collaborator where she organized one of the largest global Entrepreneurship Catalyst Symposiums in February 2022. She is a seasoned business academic and a Subject Matter Expert on 25 Business areas and has lectured, facilitated, mentored, and coached students in Health Sciences and a spectrum of Business programs in various Universities and private colleges in South Africa. (University of the Western Cape, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, University of Cape Town, Management College of Southern Africa, Boston City Campus, and Cornerstone), India and Philippines.
Charmaine is also a highly qualified healthcare professional, with more than 25 years’ experience in clinical care, private healthcare management and education in the public and private healthcare sector across South Africa, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. She has assisted with the implementation of the Vermont Oxford Network (a US based) global neonatal database in one of the biggest private healthcare groups in SA. In 2011, she conducted a detailed case study on the First paperless hospital in South Africa with a group of MBA students. In 2019, her thesis on “challenges of undergraduate students in private institutions” made its way to the 3rd World conference on Education in Malaysia.

He graduated in the year of 2004 and has a total teaching experience of 13years. He completed an M.E from PEC University of Technology, Chandigarh. He completed his PhD in the field of Power system stability from PEC University of Technology, Chandigarh. Presently, He is at Department of Electrical Engineering, Chandigarh University since Jan 2013. He is awarded with the ISTE Best teacher Award 2015. Outstanding Educator Award, Best Researcher Award from International Institute of organized Research in a year of 2017. He is also awarded with Best Teacher ITSR Award 2017. He also got the award of Best Teacher from his present University in the year of 2016. He conducted International Symposium on Real World Simulators in Higher Education in Philippines. He is on International Advisory Panel of MALTEAS (Malaysia Technical Scientist Association), Editor of International Journals of repute and Technical Program Committee of Various International and National Conferences (IEEE and Springer). He is on the Advisory Panel of Springer and was given responsibility of Session Chair in Springer International Conference. He also delivered many Guest lectures and Expert Talks in India and abroad. He is active member in organizing Workshops for students and participation in National and International Competitions. He was Member of External Judge in 5th Conference on Engineering Undergraduate Research Catalyst 2015 Malaysia. He filed 06 Patent, and published 79 papers in International Journals, International and National Conferences including IEEE Sponsored Conferences of repute.

She is an academician and researcher with close to two decades of experience, with a specialization in online education, accreditations, and validations. During her career, she served as Dean and Programme Director of the triple-accredited (AACSB, EFMD, and AMBA) UK-based program and head of partnerships of validated and franchisee programs. Due to my passion and innovative recommendations in Academics, She got an opportunity to work in quality academics in Europe, India, and the USA.

Krešimir Mikinac is an Assistant Professor with specialization in food and beverage operations in the tourism and hospitality industry. He is head of the study program Business economics in tourism and hospitality in the Faculty of tourism and hospitality management Opatija. Professor Mikinac is involved in a number of projects and regularly advises and contributes to the Association of employers in Croatian hospitality (AECH) and the Croatian chamber of economy (CCE) in the field of hotel operations, food and beverage management and Eno gastronomy. He is an active hospitality practitioner, co-creating innovations and re-engineering business process for hotel operations and food and beverage. Krešimir is researching, lecturing, advising and facilitating progress in hospitality organizations. His current research focus includes: Gastronomic experience, Working conditions in hospitality, Wine management and Technology in the hospitality industry.

Presently, operates as the Chief Strategy Officer at Jaipuria Group, a dynamic and multifaceted
business conglomerate with a rich heritage and a global vision. With a substantial presence in
over 35 locations and a dedicated workforce of more than 2000 people, Jaipuria Group has
transformed from its modest origins into a diversified company operating across India.
He has served as Executive Director at Apeejay Dwarka Campus, oversees two top-ranked
institutions in management and mass communication in Delhi NCR. With over four decades of
experience at global FMCG majors like DS Group, Dabur, PepsiCo (FOBO), Baidyanath, Tata,
and Hallmark, he is a seasoned marketing veteran. His leadership skills have led diverse teams
to achieve remarkable business results, focusing on revenue growth and profitability, and he has
successfully launched over 50 brands during his career.
Mr. Khanduja had a successful corporate career and was involved in various social initiatives
such as BETI BACHAO CAMPAIGN, child welfare projects, women’s rights advocacy, fighting
against crime, women empowerment, and environmental conservation. After spending many
years in the corporate world and building several brands, he decided to give back to society.

Dr. Jolly Masih is an accomplished academician and scientist in the field of marketing and agribusiness. In past, she has worked with top institutes of India like Symbiosis university, Prestige Institute and Lovely Professional University. She has written 80+ research papers, 8 books, 30 book chapters. She holds 20 + national and international patents. She has been awarded the prestigious Lilavati Award, Young Researcher Award, Rula international scientist award and Foxclues award. She has accomplished post-doctoral studies from Erasmus university, Netherlands, did Ph. D from IABM India in collaboration with Drexel University, USA and did her post-graduation diploma from IIM Indore. Over the last 10 years she has contributed actively in developing various courses, subject matter, projects and research work for institutions of national and international repute.
Charmaine is also a highly qualified healthcare professional, with more than 25 years’ experience in clinical care, private healthcare management and education in the public and private healthcare sector across South Africa, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. She has assisted with the implementation of the Vermont Oxford Network (a US based) global neonatal database in one of the biggest private healthcare groups in SA. In 2011, she conducted a detailed case study on the First paperless hospital in South Africa with a group of MBA students. In 2019, her thesis on “challenges of undergraduate students in private institutions” made its way to the 3rd World conference on Education in Malaysia.

Vernika Agarwal is currently working as an Associate Professor in operations management at Apeejay School of Management, Dwarka, New Delhi, India. Dr. Vernika Agarwal is an active reviewer in several international journals and has edited international books on Smart cities & Lean-Green & Society 4.0 in Wiley, and Springer publishers. She has organized many international conferences and workshops and has edited the proceedings by IEEE. She works in the fields of Green Supply Chain Management, Sustainable Supply Chain Management, Multi-Criteria Decision Making, Third Party Logistic Provider, Sustainable Lean Manufacturing, Circular Economy and Sustainability, cross-disciplinary research in supply and operations management, Optimization, Reverse Logistics.

Dr. Supriya Lamba Sahdev is is a certified trained academician, researcher, certified coach and trainer with 11+ years of experience in the field of Marketing and International Business, is HOD Marketing (Associate Professor) at ISBR Business School, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. She has done her double bachelors- in Commerce and Education and her double masters- in Commerce and Education. She is Ph.D. in Management where she had worked for almost 6 years in the area of open Innovation in Indian Food Processing SMEs. Started her academic career with Amity University as Assistant professor and Programme Leader of 3Continent program in 2012. Presently has to her credit more than 100 plus Research Papers in UGC and SCOPUS publications in reputed national and international journals accompanied with hundreds of Research participation in International/National Conferences including FDP, MDP and Symposiums. She has 10+ book chapters and 3 patents to her name which are granted. She is serving as a member of the review committee for conferences and journals. She has performed as the lead organizer for conducting International Conferences, IEEE Conferences- as session chair. She is acting as the special session-conference chair for International Conference on Intelligent and Innovative Technologies in Computing, Electrical and Electronics (ICIITCEE 2023) (http://iitcee-conference.org/ss23.html) which is indexed in the IEEE and Scopus. And Was the Session Chair & Core Committee Member -ICIEM Conference, Amity University-London 2020(https://amity.edu/iciem/special.asp.  She is also acting as the Lead Editor for IJASRET-Editorial Board Members, http://www.ijasret.com/EditorialBoard.aspx, ISSN: 2456-0774; Impact Factor: 4.530 and Ecronicon -Editorial Board Members, https://www.ecronicon.com/nutrition-editorial-panel.php. Has got 35+ certifications- few of them are from Infosys, International Trade Centre, Geneva, Atal Academy and ADBI to name a few. Her area of interest includes International Business, Fusion of Technology with International Marketing, Open Innovation, Sustainability, International Management and Cross-Cultural Management, International Trade Management, Entrepreneurship Development, Role of New Age Technologies. She is a member of different Societies and professional bodies including members of World Economic Association, Member of CII, IICCI, SEPC, FIEO, AIMA and many more.