Dear Friends and Well Wishers,

Announcing the launch of my business venture, Sushantanu Enterprises, www.sushantanu.in a business venture providing products and services primarily in Management and Digital Technology solutions. The company is named after my 3 most favorite people in the universe.

SUnil, SHANta and ANU ( papa,aai and my sister). I kindly request your blessings and support as I put my business education into practice in the laboratory of real world to MAKE LIFE BETTER! 

I am keen on working with people having similar values to mine and open to collaboration in any field. I love my profession/occupation and hence any activity I undertake will be part-time alongside my regular job. I look forward to mutually beneficial interactions with people from governments, academia, corporations and  other institutions/ngos and across the world.

My current research interests are in education and how education can adopt digital interactive technologies like the internet and world wide web to scale up education so that every individual gets the opportunity to pursue education of choice on a lifelong basis.

1. 4.1 Mumbai university's Alkesh Dinesh Mody Institute of Management and Financial studies 

Assistant Professor (Management): Subjects taught/teaching includes:

1.  2015-16: E-commerce (Third Year Bachelor of Management Studies 40 students),

2. 2015-16: Introduction to Computers, Management (First Year Bachelor of Management Studies, 120 students),

3. 2015-16: Information Systems (Masters in Management, 120 students)

4. 2015-16: Business Research Methods (Second Year Bachelor of Management Studies 100 students),

5. 2015-16: Business Research Methods (Masters in Management, 120 students),

6. 2015-16: Business Research Methods MFSM (for working professionals) (7 students)

7. 2016-17: E-commerce and Digital Marketing (Third Year Bachelor of Management Studies 40 students),

8. 2016-17: Communication Skills-1 (First Year Bachelor of Management Studies, 120 students),

9. 2016-17: Management Information Systems (Masters in Management, 120 students)

10. 2016-17: Business Research Methods (Second Year Bachelor of Management Studies 100 students),

11. 2016-17: Business Research Methods (Masters in Management, 100 students),

12. 2017-18: E-Commerce ((Masters in Management, 120 students)

13. 2017-18: Information Technology in Business Management (Second Year Bachelor of Management Studies 100 students),

14. 2017-18: E-commerce and Digital Marketing (Third Year Bachelor of Management Studies 40 students)

15. 2017-18: Business Research Methods (Second Year Bachelor of Management Studies 120 students),

16. 2017-18: Business Research Methods (Masters in Management, 106 students),

17. Guide for master’s projects and bachelor’s projects for students (about 20) 

18. 2018-19: E-Commerce ((Masters in Management, 120 students)

19. 2018-19: Information Technology in Business Management (Second Year Bachelor of Management Studies 100 students),

20. 2018-19: E-commerce and Digital Marketing (Third Year Bachelor of Management Studies 40 students)

21. 2018-19: Business Research Methods ((Masters in Management, 120 students)

22. 2018-19: Business Research Methods (Second Year Bachelor of Management Studies 120 students),

23. 2019-20: Information Technology in Business Management (Second Year Bachelor of Management Studies 100 students)

24. 2019-20: E-Commerce ((Masters in Management, 120 students)

25. 2019-20: Business Research Methods ((Masters in Management, 120 students)

26. 2019-20: Business Research Methods ((Second Year Bachelor of Management Studies 120 students)

27. 2020-21: Information Technology in Business Management (Second Year Bachelor of Management Studies 100 students) (on-going)

Recommended software for conducting exams to ADMI. (2020)

Converted word questionnaires to google forms for ADMI exam committee (2020)

Currently undergoing training for 8 modules of The National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research (NITTTR) by AICTE at Online Degree SWAYAM portal.

Conducted an advertising campaign for M.Sc. Finance program for ADMI. (2020)

Approved as a Ph.D. guide in Management in Mumbai university in the field of management (January 2019)

4 students have been admitted with me as the Ph.D. guide at Alkesh Dinesh Mody Institute (ADMI)

Supervising BMS and MMS projects for summer and final year projects.

PhD Coordinator for Alkesh Dinesh Mody College (ADMI) (2018 onwards)

Member: Unfair Means Committee, 

Member: Disciplinary Committee

Performed invigilation, question paper setting and all other duties as given /allotted to me by the Director and the Institute

Arranging for lectures by eminent people in ADMI.

Improvement in exam mark sheet software

Developed an intranet and extranet portal for ADMI.

Developed software program for assessing faculty feedback.

Participated in evaluation of software for purchase by ADMI for exam and mark sheet purposes.

Participated in faculty development program for the university and college teachers organized by Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar school of thought

Conducted mock placement vivas of students for the Master of Management projects.

Member Research Advisory Committee

Designed online forms for feedback and analysis, about courses and faculty in software and web-based format

Analyzed the student feedback data.

Conducted a quality improvement program for the faculty in ADMI for IT skills.

Participated in a Faculty Development program on the 'Learning technologies: learning an overview’. on June 13 & June 14, 2019 conducted by a faculty team from Harrisburg University of Science & Technology at Mumbai University.

Handled IQAC criteria 3 for the department.

Coordinated the Ph.D. review and progress meeting of existing PhD students (2019)

Coordinated and participated in the selection of new Ph.D. students in the institute. (2019-20)

Coordinator for Institute, Avishkar research convention (2019)

Part of organizing team for IMRC international management research conference in ADMI, Mumbai University (2020)

Session chair for 2 sessions of international conference organized by K. J. Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research (SIMSR), Mumbai titled, Ninth International Finance Conference (SIFICO 2020) on January 17-18, 2020 whose theme was “Risk Management in Banks and Financial Markets”.

Participated in IPR Seminar hosted at University of Mumbai on 30th September 2019.

Reviewed a paper for inderscience as part of the Somaiya conference.

Facilitating in organizing the international conference IMRC 2020 at ADMI, MU.

Confirmed in service of Mumbai university from 14-07-2016 after probationary period.

Completed two election duties as a Presiding officer and a reserve presiding officer at a booth. (2018-19)

Completed a Four Day Faculty Development Program and Workshop on 'MOODLE Learning Management System - 11th to 14th May, 2020 organized by IQAC - University of Mumbai

Participated as a resource Person in the Capacity Building programmed organized by ICSSR- WRC in collaboration with Department of Commerce, University of Mumbai which was a one-week CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMME IN RESEARCH METHODOLOGY from 8th June to 13th June, 2020. My session was on 9th June from 2.30 to 4.00 pm.

Other duties as assigned by the Director and the Institute.

Duration of service: 14 July 2015-present Joining Report no. TAU/T-ICD/2015-16/15491 dated 24th Aug 2015 

Date and number of appointment letter: TAU/ICD/2015-16/106 dated 9th June 2015

4.2 Institute of Management Technology, Nagpur 

Assistant Professor in MIS/IT Department. (Postgraduate Diploma in Management)

Subjects taught:

1. Information Technology Business Analysis (13 students),

2.  Digital Marketing (half part, 200 students) and along with Dr. Vinod Kumar Mehta

3. Management Information Systems (60 students)

Supervised the Summer Internship Projects of 18 M.B.A students.

Assisted in a training program for IT skills to school students from the village in Dorli

Assisted in the digital campaign for admission for M.B.A program 2014-15.

Participated in 3-day AICTE workshop on Research Methodologies organized at IMT-Nagpur 

Other duties as assigned by the Director, Dean and HOD.

Duration of service: 24-Feb 2014 to 10 July 2015 

4.3 Shailesh Mehta School of Management, Indian Institute of Technology -Bombay. 

Shailesh J. Mehta Endowment Research Scholar and Teaching Assistant. 

Assisting professors in conducting classes and in the evaluation of papers. 

Cross-disciplinary management research 

Helped in organizing international conference

Duration of service: 2 Jan 2007- 31 June 2011

4.4 Zeus Numerix Pvt Ltd. 

Manager, Human Resources. 

Heading recruitment, performance management. 

Develop knowledge management and talent management culture.

Reported to the Chairman of Zeus Numerix. 

Duration of service: 10 Oct 2006- 31 Dec 2006 

4.5 Microsoft India R&D 

Program Manager, Microsoft Office Business Applications Group 

Define the scope and specification of a product. 

Work with Development and testing streams 

Use the product Lifecycle model to develop products.

Duration of service: 1 May 2006- 9 Oct 2006 

4.6 Summer Internship (IIM-Calcutta) At ICICI Bank, Mumbai 

Faculty Guide: Mr. Chattopadhyay.

Worked under Mr.  Mohan Jayaraman., Asst.Manager at Retail Credit department at ICICI Bank

Developed a statistical model for the valuation of used cars for the auto-loan department of ICICI Bank and received the highest grading for the project. (A+) 

Evaluated the internal data sources of ICICI for quality. 

Determined the factors associated with the pricing of used cars and assessed their price. Assessed the price of a used car with a fair degree of accuracy. 

April 2005-June 2005 

4.7 Engineering Project (Mumbai University) At IIT-Bombay 

Title: File and Document Manager: at KReSIT department, IIT-Bombay under the initiative and guidance of Dr. D.B. Phatak and Mrs. Vijayalakshmi.

It was implemented in PHP, Apache Web Server and MySQL and was based on a Linux platform

The project involved creating a document management system, customizable for any organization 

It was completed with the following facilities: 

Maintenance of hierarchy in the organization with the workflow system. 

Page-wise organization of files with random insertions, deletions and the facility to approve/reject files. 

June 2003-May 2004

4.8 Consulting Assignments

1. Part of the Expert committee for recruiting teachers for Kendriya Vidyalaya, IIT-Bombay (2017)

2. Vidyalankar Institute of Technology: assessing/improving teaching methods and syllabus for the management domain in Human Resources. (2017)

3. Parle Tilak Vidyalaya Association (PTVA) Institute of Management: Teaching, on invitation, the course of business research methods, to part-time masters in management students (2018)

4. Part of Reviewer Panel for Education & Self Development., a SCOPUS listed International journal. (2018)

5. Job offers:   on-campus job offers from Tata Consultancy   the post of Assistant Systems Engineer –Trainee. (2004), the first company to come to campus (2003)

6. Invited speaker for GMNV MAtunga for talk on the topic “Entrepreneurial Opportunities in the Education sector” for Samavesh Entrepreneurs on 19/11/2018 

7. Paid for a review of a book for consideration for publication by Routledge publishers.2019.

8. Invited and  part of IITB -SJMSOM MBA interview panel to select new students through the admission process (07/03/2020)

4.9 Extra curricular

1. Participated in Artificial intelligence summit (2019) organized by the Government of Maharashtra 

2. Mentoring junior students from my alma mater IIT Bombyliid-Calcutta, RAIT and sometimes strangers.

3. Conducted GD/PI workshops for junior students while doing Ph.D. at IIT Bombay

4. Conducted mock interviews for ADMI MMS students. (2015-2019)

5. participation in IPR Seminar hosted at University of Mumbai on 30th September 2019

6. Conducted mock interview session of students at IIT-Bombay (2019)

4.10 Funded Research

1. date 02-07-2019

starting date 19-07-2019

P1042: Assessing the effectiveness of SWAYAM (Technology enabled education program offered by the government of India):  List of proposals approved by the Steering Committee under First Call of IMPRESS scheme

Domain: Science and Education

 Sub Domain: Access, Equity & Quality in Higher Education

funding amount 3,87,000 duration: 24 months

4.10 Current Applications/Work-in-Progress

2 papers pending to be submitted

Currently working on a book on education and technology based on my Ph.D. thesis.

Updated list here:  https://goo.gl/vDGzL5

5.1 International Book Chapter

1. "The Impact of Information Technologies on Indian Businesses: Annual Report 2005-06", a book chapter as part of the UCLA Anderson Business and Information Technologies (BIT) Project: a global study of business practice: (Co-authored with Prof Atanu Ghosh and Gargi Banerjee) ISBN: 9789812839466

5.2 International Conferences and Proceedings

1. "Enhancing the Quality and accessibility of higher education through the use of ICT" presented at the International Conference on Emergent Missions, Resources, and the Geographic Locus in Strategy as a part of the 11th Annual Convention of Strategic Management Forum (SMF), 2008. (Co-authored with Prof Atanu Ghosh). 50+ CITATIONS

2. "A cost-benefit analysis at a macro level for making decisions about innovative use of Information and Communication Technology in education" presented and published in the proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Decision Sciences in Global Enterprise Management, 2009, Macmillan Publishers, ISBN 023-063- 725-6 (co-authored with Prof Atanu Ghosh and Prof. Shishir Jha). 

3. "A literature review of the perceptions of faculty about technology-enabled distance education" presented at the International Journal of Arts and Sciences Conference at Toronto, 2010 and published in its peer-reviewed International journal (Co-authored with Prof Atanu Ghosh and Prof. Shishir Jha). ISSN: 1944-6934 10+ CITATIONS

4. Ashish Hattangdi, "Information and Communication Technologies for a sustainable society", presented at International Conference on Sustainability and Management Strategy (ICSMS), 21&22nd Mar 2014, IMT-Nagpur, 2014 

5. Ashish Hattangdi "Evolution-of-research-and-knowledge. “Published on April 29, 2014 "The Hitavada:"

6. "Education: Reflections, Issues and Solutions" presented at the International Conference on Entrepreneurship, Global Business, Economics, Finance and Social Sciences (IC16Mumbai Conference) ISBN: 978-1-943579-23-5, 12-14 February 2016 

7. “A Review of The International Experiences in The Field of Distance Education Enabled by Information and Communication Technology” presented at. Multidisciplinary International Conference On “Science, Sustainability and Society in the Current Scenario: Challenges & Opportunities held on 20th February 2016 

8. An exploration of critical success factors for use of Information and Communication Technology used in distance education. (Presented and in published proceedings of International Management Research Conference 2016 (Leading business in VUCA times) at Alkesh Dinesh Mody Institute, Mumbai University)

9. . “A comparative analysis of interaction and satisfaction levels between traditional face to face students and students participating in technology-enabled education” accepted at the “International Multidisciplinary Conference on Commerce, Management, Technology and Environmental Science” to be held on Friday 29th September 2017.

This Paper will be published in UGC listed ISSN Journal “Royal” ISSN 2278 – 8158 with Impact Factor: 4.42 (UGC list Journal No. 47037)

10. “Role of intelligent systems in internet businesses” has been accepted at the “International Multidisciplinary Conference on Commerce, Management, Technology and Environmental Science” held on Friday 29th September 2017. This Paper will be published in UGC listed ISSN Journal “Royal” ISSN 2278 – 8158 with Impact Factor: 4.42 (UGC list Journal No. 47037) 

11. A System Dynamic Analysis On Driving Factors Behind Dotcom Businesses  co-authored by Dr. Ashish Hattangdi and  Vishal Injewar presented at the 4th International Conference on Advancement in Engineering, Applied Science and Management (ICAEASM-2017) and published in proceedings (ISBN number 978-81-934288-6-3) and in UGC approved journal International Journal of Innovations & Advancement in Computer Science IJIACS ISSN 2347 – 8616 Volume 6, Issue 10 October 2017

12. Integrating Information and Communication Technology in education: bottlenecks and solutions. Co-authored by Dr. Ashish Hattangdi Prof. Shishir K. Jha and  Prof Atanu Ghosh  resented  at the 4th International Conference on Advancement in Engineering, Applied Science and Management (ICAEASM-2017)  and published in  proceedings (ISBN number 978-81-934288-6-3 and in UGC approved journal International Journal of Engineering Technology Science and Research IJETSR www.ijetsr.com ISSN 2394 – 3386 Volume 4, Issue 10 October 2017

13. Inculcating scientific temper through education, presented at International Multidisciplinary Conference on Commerce, Management, Technology, Engineering and Environmental Sciences to be held on Saturday 18th November 2017.

14. Digital education: Opportunities for India to participate in the studying and teaching process globally by Dr. Ashish Hattangdi “International Conference on Commerce, Banking, Economics, Management, Law, Social Sciences and Environmental Concerns”,

15. The Benefits of Openness as A Theme in A Knowledge Economy: Dr. Ashish Hattangdi, International Conference on the “ISSUES, CHALLENGES & REMEDIES OF GLOBAL HIGHER EDUCATION WITH REFERENCE TO EMPLOYABILITY”

16. Reviewing the progress made in the usage of digital tools in Indian education: a case study Dr. Ashish S. Hattangdi, International Management Research Conference 2017-18 ADMIFMS 2017-18

5.3 International Peer-Reviewed Journals (UGC Approved)

1. "A literature review of the perceptions of faculty about technology-enabled distance education" presented at the International Journal of Arts and Sciences Conference at Toronto, 2010 and published in its peer-reviewed International journal (Co-authored with Prof Atanu Ghosh and Prof. Shishir Jha). ISSN: 1944-6934 (UGC approved journal) Citations: 10 

2. “Impact Of Rewards And Recognition As Retention Strategy Adopted By SME’s In Mumbai” ((Co-authored with Prof  Radha Iyer, Prof. Naina Kurne, Dr Ashish Hattangdi) published in blind peer-reviewed International journal International Journal of Management Studies,(UGC approved journal) Impact Factor (GIF) : 0.684 (September 2017)ISSN Number :22490302,e-ISSN Number :22312528

3. .“A comparative analysis of interaction and satisfaction levels between traditional face to face students and students participating in technology-enabled education” has been accepted at the “International Multidisciplinary Conference on Commerce, Management, Technology and Environmental Science” to be held on Friday 29th September 2017.

This Paper is published in UGC listed ISSN Journal “Royal” ISSN 2278 – 8158 with Impact Factor: 4.42 (UGC list Journal No. 47037)

4. “Role of intelligent systems in internet businesses” has been accepted at the “International Multidisciplinary Conference on Commerce, Management, Technology and Environmental Science” held on Friday 29th September 2017. This Paper is published in UGC listed ISSN Journal “Royal” ISSN 2278 – 8158 with Impact Factor: 4.42 (UGC list Journal No. 47037) 

5. A System Dynamic Analysis On Driving Factors Behind Dotcom Businesses  co-authored by Dr.Ashish Hattangdi  and  Vishal Injewar resented at the 4th International Conference on Advancement in Engineering, Applied Science and Management (ICAEASM-2017) and published in proceedings (ISBN number 978-81-934288-6-3) and in UGC approved journal International Journal of Innovations & Advancement in Computer Science IJIACS ISSN 2347 – 8616 Volume 6, Issue 10 October 2017

6. Integrating Information and Communication Technology in education: bottlenecks and solutions. Co-authored by Dr.Ashish Hattangdi ,Prof. Shishir K. Jha  and  Prof Atanu Ghosh presented  at 4th International Conference on Advancement in Engineering, Applied Science and Management (ICAEASM-2017)  and published in  proceedings (ISBN number 978-81-934288-6-3 and in UGC approved journal International Journal of Engineering Technology Science and Research IJETSR www.ijetsr.com ISSN 2394 – 3386 Volume 4, Issue 10 October 2017.

7. Inculcating scientific temper through education, Dr. Ashish Hattangdi, presented at International Multidisciplinary Conference on Commerce, Management, Technology, Engineering and Environmental Sciences held on Saturday 18th November 2017 and published in UGC listed ISSN Journal “Galaxy Link” ISSN 2319-8508 Impact Factor: 4.361 (UGC list Journal No. 47023) URL: http://www.ugc.ac.in/journallist/ Dr. Ashish Hattangdi

8. Digital education: Opportunities for India to participate in the studying and teaching process globally:  published in the journal,  Genius (2018) vol vi issue 1 part 1 147-148 ajantha prakashan ISSN 2279-0489

9.       The Benefits Of Openness As A Theme In A Knowledge Economy Dr.Ashish Hattangdi, published in the journal, Genius (2018) volume vi part 5 pg 93-95 ajantha prakashan ISSN 2279-0489

10.     Reviewing the progress made in in usage of digital tools in indian education: a case study Dr.Ashish Hattangdi, (2018) published in  IOSR Journal of Business and Management' vol 3 ,ADMIFMS International Management Research Conference ,2018 89-90 ,e-ISSN : 2278-487X p-ISSN : 2319–7668 UGC 4481/ 46879

5.4 Papers submitted for review at UGC recognized journals/ international conferences or Work in progress

1. A review of the perceptions of students about technology-enabled distance education Co-authored by Dr. Ashish Hattangdi  Prof. Shishir K. Jha  and  Prof Atanu Ghosh

2.   An empirical study of comparison between face-to-face class and technology-enabled virtual class in terms of student interaction and satisfaction. Co-authored by Dr. Ashish Hattangdi,Prof. Shishir K. Jha and  Prof Atanu Ghosh 

1. Awarded SJMSOM Endowment Scholarship at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay for excellence in doctoral studies. (2008)

2. I was offered admission to IIM-Calcutta, IIM-Lucknow, IIM-Kozhikode, IIM-Indore, and NITIE for

Postgraduate management programs. (2004)

3. Achieved 1470/1600 in GRE with quantitative ability score 800/800, verbal ability score 670/800 and analytical writing score of 5.5/6.0 (2003)

4. Achieved 277/300 in TOEFL test (2003)

5. Achieved 99.53 percentile in the Common Admission Test (CAT 2003)

6. All India Rank of 33 (99.65%) in GATE among 9820 candidates (Information Technology).

7. Ranked in top 3 percentile in Mumbai University among 2800 students. (2004)

8. Cleared Derivatives Core Module of National Stock Exchange's Certification in Financial Market (NCFM)

achieving 87.5 %. (2005)

9. Received Maharashtra Talent Search Scholarship (1996), High School Scholarship (1994), and Bombay Talent Search (1996)

Scholarship.

10. Achieved Distinction in all India United Nations Information Test, state level and district level Maharashtra Mathematics exams.

11. Other miscellaneous awards are given for excellence in the sciences, languages, mathematics.

12. Secured 1st prizes two times in Mental Arithmetic intra-school exam. (1990) (1991)

13. Secured Distinction in district level Brihanmumbai Math Sambodh exam. (first level) (1994)

14.  Secured Distinction in district level Brihanmumbai Math Pravinya exam. (second level) (1995)

15. Secured Distinction in state-level Maharashtra Math Pradnya  exam(third level) .(1995)

16.   Displayed proficiency at district level Dr Homi Bhabha Balvaidnyanik Competition. (senior level)(1996)

17.  secured 2nd prize at Science Exhibition at an inter school competition (1995)

1. Part of the organizing team of the 10th International annual convention of Strategic Management forum at School of Management, IIT-Bombay. 

2.   Donated time, money, skills, resources to education and removal of leprosy 

3. Donated time, money, energy for educational programs.

4. Fluent in Marathi, Hindi, English, German (basic) 

5. SAS, Vensim, SPSS, Linux, Windows, Productivity software, Unix, C, C++, Primavera.

6. Participated in coaching camps for cricket, badminton, swimming, skating, karate, acting, dramatics and finally chose teaching and research as a career to serve society.

7.  Secured third prize in inter-school quiz competition on the moon at Nehru Planetarium.

8.  Active in dramatics in school and college and part of college dramatics society, “Kalaraag”’.

9.  Participated in Swimming camp at Goregaon Swimmer’s Club.

10.  Participated in Cricket camp at Prabodhan club in Goregaon.

11. Worked for the Maharashtra Lokahita Seva Mandal for the rehabilitation of Leprosy patients. (1990).

12. Member of CSI in Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology.

13. I was offered admission to IIM-C (PGDM), IIM-Lucknow, IIM-Kozhikode, IIM-Indore, NITIE

14. I had interview calls for admission to PG programs at IIM-A, IIM-B, IIM-C (PGDM, PGDCM), IIM-Lucknow, IIM-Kozhikode, IIM-Indore, NITIE, SJMSOM (IIT-B), XlRI.

15. Languages known:(read, write, speak, listen fluently), English, Hindi, Marathi and German (basic)

1. Completed the Elementary-1 course in the German language at Max Mueller Bhavan, Bombay 

2. Completed courses in Unix, C, C++

3. Completed courses in Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, Stress Management, Anger management, Yoga.

4.  Completed certificate course in Research Methodology course at IMT-NAGPUR, sponsored by AICTE

5. Successfully completed the ORIENTATION course UGC HRDC securing highest A-grade.

6. Completed a   course in Yoga for stress management offered by UGC HRDC.

7. Successfully completed the course on SWAYAM (distance education) titled Communication Technologies in Education by Dr Dhaneswar Harichandan of University of Mumbai

8. Completed certificate FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME For the University and College teachers at Mumbai University

Thesis Title: Assessing the Effectiveness of Information and Communication Technology Enabled Higher Education. 

Research Area: General Management, Cross-Disciplinary, Education, Management information systems, Information Technology. 

Keywords: Information and Communication Technology, Management, Distance Education, Statistical analysis, Quantitative, Qualitative 

9.1 Thesis Abstract: 

Education helps in creation, refinement and preservation of knowledge in a society. There are several barriers for students in India, as well as all over the world, to access quality education. One way to increase access and quality of education is to open more traditional face to face classroom universities. This study explores alternate ways of using Information and Communication Technology (ICT), especially through satellite and internet, to make education more accessible for all. The study focuses on the ICT enabled distance higher education programs, which allow for synchronous and asynchronous interaction.

Student satisfaction is important within ICT enabled distance education programs. With low satisfaction, students usually drop out of courses. This can affect the sustainability of distance education programs. This study plans to identify the critical success factors that influence the satisfaction of students who participate in a two-way interactive ICT enabled distance education process. In addition, this study compares regular traditional face to face education in a traditional campus-based mode with two-way interactive ICT enabled distance education mode on the critical success factors. It focuses on the classroom environment in both the modes of the program.

This study has attempted to understand the nuances of the learning process of students in an ICT enabled distance education process. After examining several theories through a literature review, it was found that ‘perceived interaction’ is one of the crucial parameters in the learning process. The critical factors for the success of such interactive technology-based distance education courses are that of the perceived interaction of the student, with content, with faculty, with other students, with technology and finally vicarious or indirect interaction. Grades of the students awarded by academic institutes although an indicator of academic performance or learning effectiveness were unfortunately not made available for this study.

Hypotheses were formed with the null hypothesis stating that there was no relationship between the five types of perceived interaction and perceived satisfaction in traditional face to face mode and ICT enabled distance education mode. Hypotheses also stated that there was no difference between traditional and ICT enabled education on these six measures. 

An original survey questionnaire was designed and improved iteratively, post every study. Five studies were carried out in three various settings. Ideal experimental conditions with a control group and an experimental group were sincerely attempted but the efforts were unsuccessful for reasons such as unavailability of permissions from organizations or unwillingness of students and faculty, at the designated site, to participate in the experiment. A pilot study, and later a final study, was conducted with cooperation from Organization X. 

Statistical techniques used to analyze the primary data include Exploratory Factor Analysis, Confirmatory Factor Analysis, Cronbach Alpha Reliability test, Non-Parametric tests such as Spearman rank correlation, Mann Whitney U-test and Kruskal Wallis test. An analysis was conducted on the collected primary data, which rejected all the null hypotheses except one. Similarly, open-ended qualitative data were analyzed using frequency analysis and content analysis.

The study confirmed that perceptions of different types of interactions in education are positively correlated with the perceived satisfaction levels experienced by the students in both face to face traditional and ICT enabled virtual classroom modes. It also demonstrated how traditional classroom education is perceived as superior to ICT enabled distance education in a statistically significant manner on all measures of perceived interaction except interaction with technology, and satisfaction.

The most interesting personal insight during the study, even though rather obvious, was that the educational process, even in classrooms should involve agreements, discussions as well as disagreements to create knowledge and not just passively transmit or receive knowledge.  

Keywords: Education, Distance, Information and Communication Technology, satisfaction, interaction, comparison

· Sports, including cricket, volleyball and table tennis.

· Listening to Music, Kishore Kumar being the favorite singer.

Why I chose to be a teacher by occupation :

1)Give  an individual a Fish (or a fruit if you are a vegetarian like me), and You Feed one for a Day. Teach an individual  To Fish(or agriculture, if you are a vegetarian like me), and an individual may feed all for a Lifetime

2)My government pays me to go to an educational institute :); for which earlier i had to pay huge fees , taking student loans :)

I am interested in adding value and solving problems through studying, teaching, research and consulting.  I currently have expertise in fields of Science, Research, Computers and Information and Communication Technology, Management and Education. I also have a consistent proven track record of delivering excellent  performance, in academics .

Please take an appointment to meet me else you maybe dis-appointed:)

While I would love to add value to you and your organisation at reasonable terms and conditions,I have certain time constraints. I request you to take my appointment by e-mailing me at my official email address currently at ashish.hattangdi@admi.mu.ac.in.

Thanks

Dr.Ashish S.Hattangdi 

Current Office address                       :          1st Floor, Faculty room, Alkesh Dinesh Mody Institute of Financial and Management  Studies, Joravar Bhavan, Behind Saroj Sadan, Mumbai University Campus, Vidya Nagari, Santacruz (E),  Mumbai 400 098, Maharashtra, India.

 Personal e-mail                                              :    ashishhattangdi@iitbombay.org