IIM-L: Prof Bharat Bhasker awarded aBest Professor in IT 08a

Prof Bhasker holds a Ph.D in Computer Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Dissertation: aQuery Processing in Heterogeneous Distributed Database Management Systemsa. He has published over 80 research papers in International Journals and Conferences and is the author of three books in Electronic Commerce: Framework, Technologies & Applications. He has been a Visiting Professor at ESSEC Business School, Paris, France and University of Texas, Dallas, USA. He was a Distinguished Professor at Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea, was a Research Professor at University of California, Riverside, USA and Adjunct Faculty at Information Systems, Univ. of Maryland, College Park.

Also, Prof Bhasker as a principal investigator is responsible for setting up Internet Commerce Research Center at IIM Lucknow, to conduct research and development in the focus area of Internet Commerce with the objective of growth of Internet Commerce in India. He received and managed a grant for implementing the IIMNet (an Intranet of four Indian Institute of Management in India) worth Rs.1, 000,000 from Digital Equipment Corporation (India) Ltd. He has worked at NASA for seven years as Group Manager, Hughes STX Inc, 4400 Forbes Blvd., Lanham, MD 20706 at Goddard Space Flight Center of NASA; He has worked in the corporate sector in the US having been a Consultant at Connectix Corp., San Mateo, California; Project Director at SYBASE INC, Emeryville, CA; Principal Scientist at MDL Information Systems Inc., San Leandro, CA and as a Systems Analyst, Computer and Information Systems, Tata Steel Ltd., India.