Dr Kamaljeet Sandhu

Senior Lecturer - UNE Business School

Kamaljeet Sandhu

Phone: +61 2 6773 3494

Email: ksandhu@une.edu.au

Biography

Dr. Sandhu is an internationally recognised research leader with advanced expertise in Cybersecurity, Fintech, Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Metaverse, Data Analytics, and Digital Enterprise Innovations that are modernising societies, economies, businesses, universities, and governments.

Dr Sandhu’s research in digital innovation has gained him international acclaim and received prestigious & competitive research grants, including a grant from the Australian Government to lead a world-first project aimed at preventing and detecting cybersecurity threats. Dr. Sandhu, who was named an Australian Principal Investigator, was one of just twelve Australian researchers, and the only Cybersecurity project to receive this honor from the Australian government, ARCH-India, Australia India Institute, based at the University of Melbourne. Other funding was awarded from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA), and Reserve Bank of India for his Fintech Innovation research in Central Bank Digital Currency, and funding from Henry Ford Health Systems USA for his research in Digital Health.

In addition, Dr. Sandhu’s research has been published in several high-ranking journals (A Rank) and at leading conferences. He serves on the board of reviewers for several top A Rank journals (e.g. International Journal of Consumer Studies, International Journal of Accounting & Information Management, Economics Letters, and several others) and is an invited Guest Editor for journals special issues in Cybersecurity and Blockchain FinTech Innovations (Guest Editor of International Journal of Accounting & Information Management, to lead the Special Issue: Blockchain and Fintech Innovation, on the invitation from the regular Editor Prof. Han Donker, Central Washington University, USA; and Guest Editor of Emerging Applications of Information Security Technology in Digital Environment).

He is also the founder/Director and Chair of the Research & International Programs of the Australia-India Hub for Cybersecurity and Digital Innovation which provides collaboration opportunities for scientists, researchers, academics, practitioners, universities, businesses, and government. He is the Chair, of the Australia-India Cybersecurity Leaders Alliance, and the Australia-India Cybersecurity International Symposium hosted at Hilton Sydney, Hilton Melbourne, Hotel Leela Palace New Delhi, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) at Punjab India, and the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIMK), at Kerala India. The Symposiums were attended by large numbers of senior delegates from the Australian-Indian universities, VC (PAU), PVCs, Deans, Heads, Directors of Research, Professors, Senior Ministerial Government delegations, and  Industry  Senior  Executives from Microsoft, IBM,  HCL  Technologies Limited, Amazon Web Services, Ernst & Young Australia, CSIRO, ING Australia, Deloitte (San Francisco), Grant Thornton LLP, Arlington, Virginia, United States, LogRhythm, Gulf & India, Paramount Doha Qatar, VARINDIA, Former National Cyber Coordinator India, Defence Services Australia-India, Indian Administrative Services, Power Grid Corporation of India, Western Australia Police Force, IIT Delhi, Scientist G- DST India, and IWA Digital Water India.

Throughout his advanced career, Dr Sandhu has held several senior academic teaching and research positions at leading universities across the world, including the University of Northern British Columbia Canada, the University of South Australia, the University of Wollongong, Charles Darwin University, Deakin University, and the University of South Pacific in Fiji. He is invited as a visiting Professor of Fintech & AI to deliver keynote lectures to postgraduate MBA students at the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, and Punjab Agricultural University, India; and is an Honorary Distinguished Professor of Cybersecurity at Swami Vivekananda University.

His main teaching expertise is in Computer Information Systems (CIS) and Management Information Systems (MIS), Accounting, Finance, Small Business, Entrepreneurship, and Management. He was recently awarded a unit commendation and has received UNE Vice Chancellors and Pro-Vice Chancellors unit commendations in the past.

As a Ph.D. Principal Supervisor at UNE, Dr. Sandhu has supervised and mentored several Ph.D. research students to successful completion, with students successfully gaining academic and research appointments, and receiving the UNE Chancellor’s Doctoral Research Medal. His Ph.D. students’ research has been funded by international government and industry scholarships.

Qualifications

  • Ph.D. (Deakin)
  • MBA (Newcastle) & Diploma in Business Administration (Newcastle)
  • B.Com Accounting Honours (Calcutta)
  • Certified Practising Accountant (CPA Australia)
  • Chartered Accountant Australia & New Zealand (CA)
  • Designing, Teaching & Assessing Higher Education Programs (Deakin)
  • Academic Leadership for Course Coordinators Program (UNE)
  • Certificate IV in Information Technology (Hunter Institute of Technology, Newcastle)
  • Diploma in Technology (Fort Electronics)
  • Entrepreneurship Development in Exports (Federation of Indian Export Organisation)
  • Software BASIC Language (Data Software Research)

Teaching Areas

Teaching areas and award

Undergraduate Level

  • AFM104 Fundamentals of Personal Finance
  • AFM322 Small Business Finance
  • AFM324 Small Business Management
  • AFM316   Issues in Management Accounting
  • AFM372   Management Information Systems

Postgraduate Level

  • AFM404 Fundamentals of Personal Finance
  • AFM522 Small Business Finance
  • AFM524  Entrepreneurship
  • AFM416   Issues in Management Accounting
  • AFM472   Management Information Systems
  • COMP504  Computer Information Systems (School of Computer Science)
  • GSB741  Management Information Systems

HDR supervision topic areas

  • Cybersecurity
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • Fintech
  • Blockchain
  • Data Analytics
  • Metaverse
  • Digital Enterprise Innovation

Primary Research Area/s

Cybersecurity; Artificial Intelligence (AI) ; Fintech; Blockchain; Metaverse; Data Analytics; Digital Enterprise Innovation

Research Supervision Experience

HDR supervision data

  • Mr. Carson Duan, (Ph.D.). Awarded Chancellor’s Doctoral Research Medal. Effects of Personal and Environmental Characteristics on Immigrant Entrepreneurial Motivation, Strategies and Outcomes: Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Perspective. Completed. (Prof. Bernice Kotey & Dr. Kamaljeet Sandhu)
  • Mr. Abdellah Al Almoush (PhD). Factors for the Acceptance of Digital Learning Management Systems at Jordanian Universities. Completed. (Dr. Kamaljeet Sandhu & Dr. Bee Moss).
  • Ms. Hadeel Alharbi (PhD). Factors that influence students’ acceptance and continued usage intention of e-learning recommender systems in Saudi Arabia. Completed. (Dr. Kamaljeet Sandhu & Prof. Trevor Brown).
  • Mohammed Alshareef (PhD). Corporate Governance Factors Affecting the Adoption of CSR Practices and Improved Financial Performance In Saudi Listed Companies. Completed. (Dr. Kamaljeet Sandhu & Associate Prof. Dessalegn Mihret, RMIT University)
  • Ayman Bazhair (PhD). Enterprise Resource Planning Systems: Factors for Acceptance, and Impact on the Financial Performance of Saudi Arabian Listed Companies. Completed. (Dr. Kamaljeet Sandhu & Associate Prof. Dessalegn Mihret, RMIT University).
  • Mr. Angelo Saavedra (Masters). Assessing Virtual Business Incubator Outcomes: The Case of the Rural Woman. Completed. (Prof. Bernice Kotey & Dr. Kamaljeet Sandhu)
  • Ralph Emlyn Morgan (Ph.D.). The Influence of Big-Five Personality Traits on the Risk Tolerance of Australian Financial Planning Clients. Work in progress (Prof. Gabriel Donleavy, Dr. Priyantha Mudalige, & Dr. Kamaljeet Sandhu).
  • Dr Edmund Thamsanqa Mazwai (PhD). The Institutional Environment and Personal Values of Soweto Entrepreneurs. Work in progress (Prof. Bernice Kotey & Dr. Kamaljeet Sandhu).
  • Mr. Joseph Quartey (Ph.D.). Supply Chain Finance: A Collaborative Approach To SMEs Sustainability In Emerging Economies. Work in progress. (Prof. Bernice Kotey, Dr. Carson Duan, & Dr. Kamaljeet Sandhu).

Publications

Recent Journal Articles (Peer Reviewed)

  • Sandhu, K., Dayanandan, A., & Kuntluru, S. (2024). Fintech Innovation for Financial Inclusion: Can India make it? International Journal of Accounting and Information Management, Special issue: Blockchain and Fintech Innovation. forthcoming. (B Rank Journal, ABDC Journal Quality List).
  • Duan, C., and Sandhu, K. (2023). Advancement for the Sharing Economy from Digital Innovation in Emerging Countries. Economics Letters. (A Rank Journal, ABDC Journal Quality List).
  • Sandhu, K., Dayanandan, A., & Kuntluru, S. (2023). India’s CBDC for Digital Public Infrastructure. Economics Letters. (A Rank Journal, ABDC Journal Quality List).
  • Das, S., Sandhu, K., & Mondal, S. (2022). Music logos drive digital brands: an empirical analysis of consumers’ perspective. Journal of Strategic Marketing, 17(6), 1-16. (A Rank Journal, ABDC Journal Quality List).
  • Duan, C; Kotey, B; & Sandhu, K. (2022). The Effects of Cross-Border E-Commerce Platforms on Transnational Digital Entrepreneurship: Case Studies in the Chinese Immigrant Community. Journal of Global Information Management (JGIM), 30(2), 1-19. (A Rank Journal, ABDC Journal Quality List).
  • Duan, C; Kotey, B; & Sandhu, K. (2022). Towards an Analytical Framework of Dual Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and Research Agenda for Transnational Immigrant Entrepreneurship, Journal of International Migration and Integration, 23(2), 473-497. (C Rank Journal, ABDC Journal Quality List).
  • Carson, D; Kotey, B; & Sandhu, K. (2021). Transnational immigrant entrepreneurship: effects of home-country entrepreneurial ecosystem factors. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research, 27(3), 711-729. (B Rank Journal, ABDC Journal Quality List).
  • Duan, C., Sandhu, K., & Kotey, B. (2021). Understanding Immigrant Entrepreneurship: A Home-country Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Perspective. New England Journal of Entrepreneurship, 24(1), 2-20. Emerald Publishing Limited. (C Rank Journal, ABDC Journal Quality List).
  • Duan, C., Kotey, B., & Sandhu, K. (2021). A Systematic Literature Review of Determinants of Immigrant Entrepreneurship Motivations. Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Vol 35, Issue 4, Pages 599-631.   (C Rank Journal, ABDC Journal Quality List).
  • Duan, C., and Sandhu, K. (2021). Immigrant Entrepreneurship Motivation – Scientific Production, Thematic Antecedents and Measurements, and Research Agenda. Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy. 16(5), 722-755. Emerald Publishing Limited. (C Rank Journal, ABDC Journal Quality List).
  • Sandhu, K., and Alharbi, H. (2021). PLS Model Performance for Factors Influencing Student's Acceptance of E-learning Analytics Recommender. International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments (IJVPLE): New Perspectives in Online Education: Environments, Approaches, & Authoring Tools. 10(2), pages 14.
  • Al-Amoush, A., & Sandhu, K. (2020). Jordan Learning Analytics Management Systems Innovation (Jordanian Universities). International Journal of Innovation in the Digital Economy (IJIDE). 11 (1), 44-59.

Books

  • Sandhu, K. (Ed.). (2021). Handbook of Research on Advancing Cybersecurity for Digital Transformation. IGI Global, USA.
  • Sandhu, K. (Ed.). (2021). Emerging Challenges, Solutions, and Best Practices for Digital Enterprise Transformation. IGI Global, USA.
  • Sandhu, K. (Ed.). (2021). Disruptive Technology and Digital Transformation for Business and Government. IGI Global, USA.
  • Sandhu, K. (Ed.). (2021). Handbook of Research on Management and Strategies for Digital Enterprise Transformation. IGI Global, USA
  • Sandhu, K. (Ed.). (2021). Digital innovations for customer engagement, management, and organizational improvement. IGI Global, USA.
  • Sandhu, K. (Ed.). (2020). Leadership, Management, and Adoption Techniques for Digital Service Innovation. IGI Global, USA.
  • Sandhu, K. (Ed.). (2020). Opportunities and Challenges in Digital Healthcare Innovation. IGI Global, USA.
  • Sandhu, K. (Ed.). (2020). Digital Transformation and Innovative Services for Business and Learning. IGI Global, USA.

Book chapters

  • Sandhu, K. (2022). Digital Strategic Partnership for Australian and South Asian Enterprises. In A. Medhekar, S. Saha, & F. Haq, Strategic Cooperation and Partnerships between Australia and South Asia: Economic Development, Trade, and Investment Opportunities Post COVID-19, p.76-94, ch4. IGI Global USA
  • Sandhu, K. (2021). Digitalization of Social Services: Innovation for COVID-19 Pandemic. In F. Özsungur (Ed), Handbook of Research on Policies, Protocols, and Practices for Social Work in the Digital World, p. 252-266, IGI Global USA
  • Duan, C; Kotey, B; and Sandhu, K. (2021). Ecosystem Strategies for Transnational Digital Entrepreneurship: A Conceptual Framework of Three Ecosystems. In K. Sandhu (Ed), Disruptive Technology and Digital Transformation for Business and Government, p. 1-23; IGI Global, USA.
  • Carson, D; Kotey, B; and Sandhu, K. (2021). Integrated Business Strategies for Transnational Digital Entrepreneurship: Case Studies for Immigrant Startups. In K. Sandhu (Ed), Handbook of Research on Management and Strategies for Digital Enterprise Transformation, p. 1-23. IGI Global USA.
  • Sandhu, K. (2021). Advancing Cybersecurity for Digital Transformation: Opportunities and Challenges. In K. Sandhu (Ed), Handbook of Research on Advancing Cybersecurity for Digital Transformation, p. 1-17. IGI Global USA.

International conferences, symposiums, roundtables, and keynote speeches.

  • Sandhu, K. (2023). Leaders for Digital Transformation and Agribusiness Challenges. Australia-India Cybersecurity Leaders International Symposium, Punjab Agricultural University, Punjab India. Keynote speech and presentation.
  • Sandhu, K. (2023). Cybersecurity Challenges and Opportunities for Leaders. Technology will be always influenced by people. Australia-India Cybersecurity Leaders International Symposium, the Leela Palace New Delhi, India. Keynote speech and presentation.
  • Sandhu, K. (2023). Cybersecurity threats for Global Leaders. Australia-India Cybersecurity Leaders International Symposium, Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIMK), Kerala, India. Keynote speech and presentation.
  • Sandhu, K. (2023). Cybersecurity landscapes on Global Digital Platforms. Australia-India Cybersecurity Leaders International Symposium, Hilton Melbourne. Keynote speech and presentation.
  • Sandhu, K. (2023). The role of Cybersecurity Leaders to Counter Cyber Threats.  Australia-India Cybersecurity Leaders International Symposium, Hilton Sydney. Keynote speech and presentation.
  • Sandhu, K. (2023). Fintech and Digital Innovation, and Impacts of Regulations and Compliances. International Roundtable on FinTech 2023, FinTech Crossroads: Converging Ideas from Around the World. Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS), Mumbai India. Keynote speech and presentation.
  • Sandhu, K. (2023). Blockchain Fintech for Digital Innovation of the Global Financial Systems: Opportunities, Challenges, & Threats. International Conference on Global Financial and Business Environment, ICGFBE 2023,  Finance and Business with Special Focus on ESG. New Delhi Institute of Management, India.

Memberships

  • Certified Practising Accountant (CPA Australia)
  • Chartered Accountant Australia & New Zealand (CA)

Consultancy Interests

Dr. Sandhu’s consultancy interests are in Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Fintech, Blockchain, Data Analytics, Metaverse, and Digital Enterprise Innovation

Community and Advocacy Organisation Collaborations

Juror, NSW, Communities & Justice,  Office of the Sheriff.

External Profiles