About Us

Name : Dr. Ashim Raj Singla

Specialization : Technology

Designation : Professor & Controller of Examination, Head (Computer Centre)

Email : arsingla@iift.edu

Qualification

·         PhD. from Faculty of Business Management, Punjabi University, Patiala.

·         Masters in Computer Applications (MCA) from Dept. of Computer Science, Punjabi University, Patiala.

Areas of Interest / Specialization

     Data Analytics, Big Data Analytics, Databases, Excel Modeling, Microsoft Web technologies, ERP, Information Systems, System Analysis and Design, E-Business.

Skill Set:

Packages/Tools: SAP R/3 (SD, MM, HR)/ Advanced MS Excel, Power BI, R/Python, SAP BO, Hadoop

Databases: Oracle, MS SQL Server, MS Access

Development Environment and web server: MS Visual Studio; ASP .NET, IIS

Work Experience

·         Professor (IT & Knowledge Management), Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), New Delhi, Feb 2022 - Present

·         Associate Professor (IT and Knowledge Management), IIFT, New Delhi, Feb 2018 - Feb 2022

·         Assistant Professor (IT & Knowledge Management), IIFT, New Delhi, Jan 2009 - Feb 2018

·         Assistant Professor, IMT Ghaziabad, Dec 2002 - Dec 2008

·         Lecturer, MRSIIT, Punjabi University, Patiala, Mar 2002 - Dec 2002

·         Software Engineer, Punjab Communications Ltd., Feb 2001 - Mar 2002

·         Associate Consultant, Networld Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Jan 2000 - Feb 2001

      23+ years of experience in academics, Information systems development & implementation. Worked in the field of     Data Analytics, Developing e-Commerce solutions, Enterprise Applications and Embedded systems.

Publications

 2.    Munshi, A. Singla, A. R. (2022), Deciphering the landscape of food science research footprints: Scientific specialties and SDGs, Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research (JSIR), Vol.81(10) [Oct 2022], pp. 1114-1128 DOI: 10.56042/jsir.v81i10.64115 http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/60739, SCOPUS Indexed

3.    Singla, A.R. (2022), “Exploring Key Growth Drivers and Strategies for Enhancing Performance of Indian Food Tech Startups”, Indian Journal of Marketing, Vol. 52 No.1, 42-57, January 2022.  DOI: 10.17010/ijom/2022/v52/i1/159847, SCOPUS Indexed, ABDC(C) Indexed.

4.      Singla, A.R. (2021), "Modelling and analysis of factors for implementation of smart   cities: TISM approach", Journal of Modelling in Management, Emerald, 9 Sept, 2021. Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/JM2-07-2020-0192, Indexed, ABDC(C) Indexed.

5.    Singla, A.R (2020), “Dynamics of e-Governance in Post COVID Era: India”, The Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries, ISSN: 1681-4835, Wiley, 03, January, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1002/isd2.12168, Scopus Indexed, ABDC(C) Indexed.

6.      Singh, A. and Singla, A.R. (2021), "Constructing definition of smart cities from systems thinking view", Kybernetes, ISSN: 0368-492X, Vol. 50 No. 6 pp. 1919-1950 https://doi.org/10.1108/K-05-2020-0276 ,Emerald Insight, Scopus Indexed

7.   “A Strategic and Adaptive Plan for Resurgence of Food-Tech Delivery Service Sector During and Beyond Public Health Pandemic Crisis”, Journal of Economics, Management & Trade ISSN: 2456-9216, 2020, Article No: JEMT61435, page 109-123, https://doi.org/10.9734/jemt/2020/v26i830284

8. “ERP Systems Implementation: A Literature Analysis”, International Journal of Business System Research (IJBSR), Vol. 3 No 2, pp 170-185, 2009, Scopus Indexed

9.   “Success factors in ERP system design implementation: An Empirical investigation of Indian industry” International Journal of Business Information System (IJBIS), Vol. 2, No. 4, 2007. ISSN: 1746-0972, 1746-0980, ABDC (C) Indexed, SCOPUS Indexed

10. “Integrating SOA and Cloud Computing for SME Business Objective”, WSEAS Transactions on Computers, USA, Issue 3, Volume 11, March 2012, pp 77-87. http://www.wseas.org/wseas/cms.action?id=2797, Scopus Indexed

11.   “Estimating Reliability of Service-Oriented Systems: A Rule Based Approach”, published in International Journal of Innovative Computing, Information and Control (IJICIC), Japan, Vol.10, No.2, 2014, Scopus Indexed

12.   “Service Oriented Architecture Adoption Trends: A Critical Survey” Fifth International Conference on Contemporary Computing (IC3-2012), JUIT, Noida(Contemporary Computing Communications in Computer and Information Science Volume 306, 2012, pp 164-175 ) Springer; http://rd.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-32129-0_21, Scopus Indexed

13.    “Techniques for Evaluating Service Oriented Systems: A Comparative Study” in Journal of Industrial and Intelligent Information. (JIII), USA, Vol. 2, No. 2 June 2014 pp 113-120; http://www.jiii.org/uploadfile/2014/0113/20140113031131984.pdf

14. “Framework for Business Values Chain Activities using SOA and Cloud”, International Journal of Information Technology, Communications and Convergence”.  IJITCC (InderScience) SWITZERLAND, 2013; ISSN: 2042:3225, 2042-3217

http://www.inderscience.com/info/ingeneral/forthcoming.php?jcode=ijitcc.

15.  “Unified Modeling Language for Describing Business Value Chain Activities” published by International Journal of Computer Applications® (IJCA)), USA; ISSN: 0975-8887

http://www.ijcaonline.org/proceedings/icaca/number1/8378-1004, 17-22, 2012.

16.   “Reliability Estimation of Services Oriented Systems Using Adaptive Neuro Fuzzy Inference System”, Vol 7, No 14, 2014, Journal of Software Engineering and Applications. ISSN: 1945-3116, 1945-3124

17. “Designing a SOA Based Model” ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes, Volume 36 Issue 5, September 2011 ACM New York, NY, USA, pp 5-12. (Available online at ACM digital library) http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2020993. ACM Digital Library

18.   “SOA Evolution -A review”, International Journal of Engineering Sciences, ISSN: 2229-6913, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp 3-9, 2011. UGC Journal (Till May 2018)

19.  “Aspect of Service Oriented Computing”, in JCT Journal of computing,USA (Journal under the auspices of  ISTE), (2010 spring); http://www.iste.org/learn/publications/journals/jct-abstracts.aspx

20.  “Evolution of Technology through Procedural, Object Oriented and Component Based to Service Oriented” in JCT - Online Journal for Computing Teachers, USA. (an ISTE’s Special Interest Group for Computing Teachers (SIGCT)). Issue 6, Summer 2011.

(http://www.iste.org/learn/publications/journals/jct-abstracts.aspx).

21.  “Issues of service oriented architecture - A survey” in Oriental Journal of Computer Science & Technology, Vol. 3, No.2 2010 http://www.computerscijournal.org/OJCSTAbsRead.asp.

22.   “Challenges in Enterprise Information System Implementation: An Empirical Study”, Enterprise Information System and Implementing IT Infrastructure: Challenges and Issues, Business Science Reference, IGI Global, Hershey USA, 2010.

23.    “Impact of ERP Systems on small and mid-sized Public Sector Enterprises”, International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp119-131 February 2008, SCOPUS Indexed

24.  “ERP adoption in Indian Enterprises: An Exploratory Survey of Small and Mid-sized Indian Enterprises”, Journal of Institute of Productivity and Management, Vol. 8, No 2. July December 2007.

25.  “Integrated Information System Design: An Exploratory Survey of Small and Mid-Sized Enterprises”, Samadhan, Vol. 10, No. 2, July-Dec 2007.

26.  “Managing risk factors in design and implementation of ERP systems (An empirical investigation of the Indian industry”, Journal of Advances in Management Research, (Emerald Journal) Vol. 3, No. 1, 2005., Scopus Indexed

27.   “ERP: A Framework for successful Implementation”, Paradigm, Journal of IMT Ghaziabad, Vol. 9 No. 1, 2005, SAGE Journals

Conference papers

1.   “A technology enabled framework for supplier selection for apparel manufacturing”, 3rd International Business Analytics Conference, K J Somaiya Institute of Management, 20-23 March 2023, Mumbai, India.

2.      “Supply chain challenges & Associated Digital Transformation Opportunities”, ”, 3rd International Business Analytics Conference, K J Somaiya Institute of Management, 20-23 March 2023, Mumbai, India.

3.     “Understanding Smart Cities: ICT Perspective” at Third International Conference on Facets of Business Excellence - FOBE 2018 (Think out of Box: Digital Technology for Strategic Advantage) at IMT Ghaziabad on 22nd Nov 2018. The link for published conference proceedings are:

https://www.bloomsbury.com/in/facets-of-business-excellence-in-it-9789388630061/

4.   “Future and Scope of Big Data in Indian Agriculture Sector”, International Conference on Big data Analytics, Operations Research, and IoT ICBDA 2017 – Institute of Public Enterprise (IPE), Hyderabad, 30-31 March 2017.

5.   “Critical Success Factors for Service Oriented Model”, International Conference on “Emerging Research in Computing, Information, Communication and Applications”, ERCICA 2013, 2-3 Aug 2013, Bangalore, India. (Published in Elsevier Science and Technology).

http://www.elsevierst.com/ConferenceBookdetail.aspx?id=29

6.   “Green IT Model: Analysis of Practices and adoption Trends”, Conference: International Conference on Facets of Business Excellence FOBE 2011, India Habitat Center, New Delhi; Organized by University of ESSEX and IMT Ghaziabad.

7.   “Data warehousing framework for telecom revenue assurance”; Conference: International conference on Issues and challenges in networking, intelligence and computing technologies ICNICT 2011, Sept 2-3, 2011, by Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi and KIET, Ghaziabad.

8.  “Service Oriented Framework for Business Objectives”, accepted in 3rd International Conference on Computer and Communication Technology, IEEE ICCCT -2012, held at MNNIT, Allahabad on 23-25, Nov 2012 (available in IEEE Explore) ISSN 978-0- 7695-4872-2

http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=6394684

9.  Future Business Architecture Challenges; Conference: 2nd International Conference on Innovative Practices in Management and Information Technology for Excellence, 8th May, 2010 at MAIMT, Jagadhri.

10.  “Multi Rule Algorithm in Data Mining” at ETCC-08, Emerging Trends in computers and Communication’ held at NIT, Hamirpur (30-31 December 2008).

11. Critical Drivers and Restraints for Enterprise Applications among Indian SME’s; Conference: Presented in National conference on “Information Technology and competitive Dynamics” on 19-20th April 2008 at IME Sahibabad.

12. Decision making algorithm through Predictive Mining; Conference: International Conference on Knowledge management and Intellectual Capital (ICKMIC2009); jointly organized by IMT Ghaziabad, Center of Knowledge Systems. Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico and World Capital Institute, Mexico on 26-27 Feb, 2009; Published in “Knowledge Management and Intellectual Capital: Emerging Perspectives”, pp 289-295 Allied Publishers, 2009.

13. ebay Cart Road; Conference: Presented in International Conference on Management Cases (ICMC2008); jointly organized by School of Public Policy, George Mason University, Virginia and IMT Ghaziabad on 1-2 Dec 2008; Published in “Handbook of Management cases”, pp 571-585, Allied Publisher, 2008.

14. ERP: A framework for successful implementation; Conference: National Conference on Business Information Management BIMC-2005; April 9-10, 2005; by Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad.

15. Risk factors in design and implementation of ERP systems; Conference: 13th International Conference on Management of Technology IAMOT2004, April 4-7, 2004; Washington D.C. by IAMOT (International Association for Management of Technology).

16. Enterprise Resource Planning systems; (Article); Published in Expression 2003, Quarterly Newsletter of IMT Ghaziabad.

17. ERP systems: Planning, Design and Implementation Mode; Conference: Presented in AICTE sponsored National conference on “Global Competitiveness and Productivity in Indian Business” on March 21-22, 2003 at APEEJAY Institute of Management, Jalandhar.

18. A Model to Implement ERP system in small and medium scale organizations in India; Conference: Presented in National Conference conducted Department of management studies, Punjabi university Patiala (Guru Kanshi Reginal Campus).

Books Written:

Title: Enterprise Resource Planning Systems; Publisher: CENGAGE Learning; Year 2008; ISBN-13: 978-8-131-50593-9; Second Edition: 2016; ISBN-13: 978-8-315-3204-1


Professional / Academic Affiliations

·    Member, Committee for revision of remuneration of administrative & Support Staff of CRIT Centers- CTIL and CWTOS, Ministry of Commerce, Govt. of India.

·        Member, Change Advisory Board (CAB) of GeM, Ministry of Commerce, Govt. of India.

·     Member the Expert committee meeting at Department of Management Studies of IGNOU (2009) on framing the Program of MBA (e-Business).

·      Member the Expert committee meeting at Department of Management Studies of IGNOU (11/5/2011) on framing the Program of Post Graduate Diploma in Information Technology and revision of course content of MIS.

·       Member of BoS Department of Computer Science, Vanasthali University, Rajasthan (Period: 2010-12).