AUSTRALIA-INDIA HUB | AI INNOVATIONS INSTITUTE

Distinguished Professor Kamaljeet Sandhu Named Inaugural Executive Director of the AI Innovations Institute (AIII).

After conducting an international search, the AI Hub will welcome Distinguished Professor Kamaljeet Sandhu as the inaugural executive director and chair of research & international programs of the newly established AI Innovations Institute (AIII).

Under Prof. Sandhu's leadership, the AIII will expand internationally and establish advanced research collaborations and projects with universities, businesses, and governments. Prof. Sandhu is an internationally recognized, multi-award-winning research leader with over 28 years of experience in IT and advanced expertise in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Quantum Computing, Cybersecurity, Fintech, Blockchain, Venture Capital, Data Analytics, and Digital Enterprise Innovations. Editor of 8 Books & published internationally over 220 articles in peer-reviewed (refereed) journals, conferences, & book chapters.

Prof. Sandhu’s cutting-edge research gained him international acclaim and received prestigious and competitive research grant awards (2024 & 2023), including two grants in Cybersecurity and AI, from the Australian Government to lead a world-first project aimed at preventing and detecting cybersecurity threats, and providing leadership to international universities in Cybersecurity and AI Innovations. Dr. Sandhu, who was named an Australian Principal Investigator (PI), was one of just six high impact projects, in other was one of just twelve Australian researchers, and the only Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Innovation project to receive this honor from the Australian government, ARCH-India, Australia India Institute, at the University of Melbourne, and the Australian Consulate-General Chennai. Other funding was awarded from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA), and the 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, Prof. 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 and 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 and 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).

Throughout his advanced career, Prof 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.

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