AUSTRALIA-INDIA HUB

Distinguished Professor Kamaljeet Sandhu, Ph.D., MBA, CPA, CA 

Director, AI Hub, Chair of Research & International Programs and Partnerships, and Treasurer 

Australian Principal Investigator (PI), 

Honorary Distinguished Professor of Cybersecurity, 

Data Scientist, 

Venture Capitalist, and 

Juror at the Office of the Sheriff, New South Wales.

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A warm welcome to the AI Hub.

Prof. Sandhu is the Director of AI Hub, Chair of the Cybersecurity Leaders Alliance, an Honorary Distinguished Professor, and & an internationally recognized multi-award winning research leader with over 28 years of experience in IT, and advanced expertise in Cybersecurity, Fintech, Venture Capital, Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Quantum Computing, Metaverse, Data Analytics, and Digital Enterprise Innovations, that are modernizing societies, economies, businesses, universities, and governments. Editor of 8 Books and published internationally over 220 articles in peer-reviewed (refereed) journals (several high-ranking journals, A Rank, ABDC Journal Quality List), conferences, and book chapters.  He earned his Ph.D. from the Deakin University Melbourne campus. 

He serves on the board of reviewers for several top A Rank prestigious 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).

Dr. Sandhu’s cutting-edge research gained him international acclaim & received prestigious and competitive research grant awards (2024 & 2023), including two grants in Cybersecurity & AI, from the Australian Government to lead a world-first project aimed at preventing & detecting cybersecurity threats and providing leadership to international universities in Cybersecurity & 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 project to receive this honor from the Australian government, ARCH-India, Australia India Institute, at the University of Melbourne, & the Australian Consulate-General Chennai. 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.

He is the founder/Director and Chair of the Research & International Programs of the AI Hub for Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence Innovation which provides collaboration opportunities for scientists, researchers, academics, practitioners, universities, businesses, and government. He is also the Chair, of the Australia-India Cybersecurity Leaders Alliance, and Chair of the International Conference on Business Innovation Technology Startups (ICBITS 2024), AI Cybersecurity Leaders International Conference (AICLIC 2024), hosted at: San Jose State University, Silicon Valley California USA, and was awarded Lifetime Achievement Award, Outstanding Leadership Award, & Distinguished Professor Award in recognition of his outstanding leadership contribution to promoting Australian-Indian research, teaching, & scholarly eminence in Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech & Digital Innovations, and his significant international efforts in advancing Australian-Indian Governments, Universities, & Businesses collaborations. His dedication and innovative approach have significantly impacted and advanced the scientific field of business and new technological innovations. On his visit to California, he was invited to share his research with the Data Institute of the University of San Francisco (USF), and the University of California Berkeley.

He also hosted Australia-India Cybersecurity International Symposiums 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 Professor at the University of Northern British Columbia Canada, Senior Research Fellow at the University of South Australia, and other Senior Academic positions at the University of Wollongong, Charles Darwin University, Deakin University, & University of South Pacific at Fiji. He is a Visiting Professor at Punjab Agricultural University, and Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode and an Honorary Distinguished Professor of Cybersecurity at Swami Vivekananda University. 

Having extensive expertise as a Ph.D. Principal Supervisor (Advisor & Ph.D. thesis examiner), and mentored several Ph.D. Research students to successful completion with the highest merit award of the Chancellor’s Doctoral Research Medal, and students have successfully gained academic and research appointments at leading international universities. 

He is the recipient of the Vice Chancellors & Pro Vice Chancellors Teaching Commendation Awards. Enjoy teaching international and local students and have multidisciplinary experience working across different Faculties such as Business, Accounting, Finance, Management, IT & IS, Software, and Computer Science. Before that having held industry Senior Consulting positions in Sydney & India.

Serves on committees at the university and professional associations, editorial boards (editor), and working with industry leaders.