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Amit Kumar

Contact

Email: akbhardwaj@thapar.edu

Research Interest

  • AI and Computing
  • Security
  • Digitalization
  • Analytics

Teaching Interest

  • AI for Business
  • Fundamental of Business Analytics
  • Big Data for Managers
  • Managing Information for Businesses
  • Excel Modelling for Decision Making
  • Business Application of cloud computing
  • Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Consulting Interest

  • Data Analytics
  • Cloud solutions
  • AI solution for a company
  • Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Amit Kumar Bhardwaj

Associate Professor

PhD, Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology (TIET)

Biography

Dr. Amit Kumar Bhardwaj is an Associate Professor at the L M Thapar School of Management, Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology (TIET), Dera Bassi campus, where he teaches and researches in Artificial Intelligence for Business, Big Data for managers, and cloud computing. Over a career spanning more than 25 years at TIET, he has combined academic leadership with hands-on technology building, curriculum design, and industry?aligned capacity development.

From 2000-2008, Dr. Bhardwaj served as System Analyst cum Programmer in the Department of Electronics & Electrical Engineering (Patiala). In that role he led software development, DSP/MATLAB lab administration, and multi-platform server management (Silvaco, Linux, Windows, Novell), maintained institutional web services, and delivered 20+ skill-development workshops-including intensive training in PCB design. He then served as Assistant Professor (2008-2022), contributing to teaching, research, and institute building, before taking up his current post as Associate Professor (2022-present).

Dr. Bhardwaj's academic portfolio spans AI for Business, Fundamental of Business Analytics, Big Data for Managers, Managing Information for Businesses, Excel Modelling for Decision Making, Business Application of cloud computing, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Information Systems Security.

He has 40+ research publications, four patents, and has supervised three PhD scholars in machine learning, AI applications in agriculture, and power optimization in edge computing.

As Co-Principal Investigator, he co-led a ?72.94 lakh MeitY (Government of India) project on AI, Big Data, and IoT capacity building for SC/ST communities under the R&D in CC&BT initiative at Panjab University. Internationally, he collaborates with Dr. Yuvraj Gajpal (University of Manitoba, Canada) and has completed three one-month research visits to Manitoba under Dr. Gajpal's sponsorship. Beyond academia, he actively mentors student and early-stage entrepreneurs, guiding them from ideation to successful market entry.

Work Experience

Institution Position Duration
LM Thapar School of Management, Derabassi Associate Professor, Business Analytics and Information Systems Nov 2022
LM Thapar School of Management, Derabassi Assistant Professor -III October 2015 – October 2022
LM Thapar School of Management Assistant Professor July 2008
ECED, Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology (Deemed to be University) System Analyst cum Programmer Feb 2000 – June 2008

Research & Publication

PHD SUPERVISION

  • Social media Rumor detection using hybrid machine learning models.
  • Power Efficient Framework for Resource Utilization in Fog Computing
  • Factors affecting Artificial Intelligence adoption in agriculture in Indian Context- Thesis is submitted

RESEARCH | PATENTS

  • “A System and Method for Automation of Manual Tasks”, Published on 10 Sep 2019, Application no. 201921036312, India. Applicants : Rakesh Singh, Amit Kumar Bhardwaj, Lalit Garg, Prabhjot Singh, Harish Sharma, Neeru Jindal, PS Rana
  • “Apparatus and Method for Real Time Navigation Assistance" Applicant no. 202011022812 published on 31 May, 2020. Applicants: Amit Kumar Bhardwaj, Lalit Garg, Divya Prakash Shrivastava, Rakesh Singh
  • “Portable Hand Acupressure Device”, Application no. 202011043141 published on 23 Oct 2020. Applicants: N Jindal, Y Gajpal, U Agrawal, Amit Kumar Bhardwaj, H Singh, N Hooda, H Sharma, M Singh, PS Rana
  • “Braille Reading Device” Application no. 202011048731, published on 20 Nov 2020. Applicants: S Saxena, A Arora, J Singh, H Singh, L Garg, Ramesh K, Y Gajpal, VK Gupta, Amit Kumar Bhardwaj, N Jindal, V Goyal, PM Pandey, M Singh, PS Rana

RESEARCH | INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES PUBLICATIONS

  • Kaushish, S., Goyal, S. and Bhardwaj, A.K. (2025), Understanding the Dynamics of Knowledge Hiding: An In-Depth Analysis, EURAM2025, University of Florence, Italy.
  • Tanveer Kajla, Sahil Raj, Amit kumar Bhardwaj, (2024) Impact of COVID-19 on the Hospitality Industry: Thematic Analysis of Global Tweets, Digital Influence on Consumer Habits: Marketing Challenges and Opportunities, Emerald Publishing Limited, pages: 57-78, doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80455-342
  • Pawan S. Budhwar Sahil Raj, Amanpreet Singh, Amit Kumar Bhardwaj, Abhishek Behl (2024), Unraveling the Ramifications of Organizational Sanctions Against Moonlighting, Academy of Management Proceedings, doi.org/10.5465/AMPROC.2024.2007
  • Solomon Olalekan Oyenuga, Lalit Garg, Amit Kumar Bhardwaj, Divya Prakash Shrivastava. Cloud-Based Clinical Decision Support System, International Conference on Deep Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, (ICDLAIR) 2019, December 07-08, 2019 Springer, http://www.icaidlr2019.iaasse.org/
  • Amit Kumar Bhardwaj, Yuvraj Gajpal, Task Scheduling of Competitive Customers in Cloud Computing Environment, POMS 2018, Hilton Americas- Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.
  • Amit Kumar Bhardwaj, Lalit Garg, Olalekan Oyenuga, Divya Prakash Shrivastava, "Cloud Based Clinical Decision Support System for Healthcare", International Conference on Information Systems and Management Science (ISMS 2018), University of Malta, Malta.
  • Amit Kumar Bhardwaj, Yuvraj Gajpal, Vipul Gupta, " Sub-task scheduling with sequence dependent switch-over time in cloud computing", International Conference on Information Systems and Management Science (ISMS 2018), University of Malta, Malta.
  • Amit Kumar Bhardwaj, Yuvraj Gajpal, Hongwei, "Heuristics for Task Scheduling in Cloud Computing Environment", International Conference Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC-2017), HEC Montreal, Canada.
  • Amit Kumar Bhardwaj, Mohit Bali, “Role of Cloud Computing in SMEs”, International Conference on Enhancing Organizational Growth through Innovation and Creativity: Issues, Opportunities and Challenges May 5 & 6, 2011, Amity University Haryana, India

RESEARCH | OTHER PUBLICATIONS

  • Bhardwaj, A. K. & Bawa, S. (2023). Understanding the Voice and Emotions of the Citizens of BRICS Nations on Outcome Based Education. European Chemical Bulletin (ISSN 2063-5346) (Scopus), 12(4), 12941-12949. doi: 10.48047/ecb/2023.12.si4.1172
  • Bhardwaj, A. K. & Bawa, S. (2023). Outcome Based Education: A Bibliometric Analysis for Assessing Future Trends Towards Quality Education. European Chemical Bulletin (ISSN 2063-5346) (Scopus), 12(4), 12929-12940. doi: 10.48047/ecb/2023.12.si4.1171
  • Rani, N., Das, P., & Bhardwaj, A. K. (2022). Rumor, misinformation among web: a contemporary review of rumor detection techniques during different web waves. Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, 34(1), e6479. DOI: 10.1002/cpe.6479L
  • Rani, N., Bhardwaj, A. K., Das, P., & Sharma, A. (2022). Bibliometric analysis of rumor detection via web of science from 1989 to 2021. Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, 34(25), e7260. DOI: 10.1002/cpe.7260
  • Bhardwaj, A. K., Garg, A., Ram, S., Gajpal, Y., & Zheng, C. (2020). Research trends in green product for environment: A bibliometric perspective. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(22), 8469. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17228469
  • Bhardwaj, A. K., Gajpal, Y., & Singh, M. (2016). Fuzzy reliability analysis of integrated network traffic visualization system. Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, 31(3), 1941-1953. DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-16128
  • Bhardwaj, A. K., & Gajpal, Y. (2016). Green Information System Framework: A Step towards Sustainable Information Technology. Academy of Taiwan Business Management Review. 12(3), 58-66. [ABDC 2016 - B]
  • Bhardwaj A. K., & Bansal S. (2016). Financial Institution System Security Framework: A Solution to Financial Frauds, Academy of Taiwan Business Management Review. 12(2), 111- 115. [ABDC 2016 - B]
  • Bhardwaj, A. K., & Singh, M. (2015). Network Traffic Threat Detection and Reporting System Validation through UML. Network, 5(2), 21-29.
  • Bhardwaj, A., & Kaur, P. (2013). Adaptive Distributed Intrusion Detection using Hybrid K-means SVM Algorithm. International Journal of Computer Applications, 74(15).
  • Kaur, P., Rattan, D., & Bhardwaj, A. K. (2010). An analysis of mechanisms for making ids fault tolerant. International Journal of Computer Applications, 1(24), 22-25.
  • Kaur, P., Rattan, D., & Bhardwaj, A. K. (2011). Emerging Trends in Technology© 2011 by IJCA Journal Number 1-Article 4 Year of Publication: 2011.
  • Kaur, P., Rattan, D., & Bhardwaj, A. K. (2011, February). Enhancement of fault tolerance of intrusion detection system using AES and DES based heart beat events. In Proceedings of the International Conference & Workshop on Emerging Trends in Technology (pp. 292-297).

Journal Publications

  • Kaushish, S., Goyal, S. and Bhardwaj, A.K. (2025), "Unveiling the veil: a comprehensive review, bibliometric analysis, and conceptual framework of knowledge hiding", Knowledge Management Research & Practice. https://doi.org/10.1080/14778238.2025.2506620. [ABDC - A]
  • Goyal, S., Chauhan, S., Gajpal, Y. and Bhardwaj, A.K. (2023), "Examining consumers' continuance and sharing intention toward food delivery apps", Journal of Enterprise Information Management, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/JEIM-01-2023-0006. [ABDC- A]
  • Gupta, P., Zhang, F., Chauhan, S., Goyal, S., Bhardwaj, A.K. and Gajpal, Y. (2023), "Understanding small and medium enterprises’ behavioral intention to adopt social commerce: a perceived value perspective", Journal of Enterprise Information Management, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/JEIM-09-2022-0356. [ABDC- A]
  • Chauhan, S., Goyal, S., Bhardwaj, A. K., & Sergi, B. S. (2022). Examining continuance intention in business schools with digital classroom methods during COVID-19: a comparative study of India and Italy. Behaviour & Information Technology, 41(8), 1596-1619. https://doi.org/10.1080/0144929X.2021.1892191, [ABDC- A]
  • Chauhan, S., Gajpal, Y., Bhardwaj, B., Kumar, P., Goyal, S., Yang, X., & Bhardwaj, A. K. (2023). Examining Consumers' Behavioral Intentions Towards Online Home Services Applications. Journal of Global Information Management (JGIM), 31(1), 1-26. https://doi.org/10.4018/JGIM.326547 [ABDC- A]
  • Goyal, S., Hu, C., Chauhan, S., Gupta, P., Bhardwaj, A. K., & Mahindroo, A. (2021). Social commerce: A bibliometric analysis and future research directions. Journal of Global Information Management (JGIM), 29(6), 1-33, https://doi.org/10.4018/JGIM.293291 [ABDC- A]
  • Njenga, K., Garg, L., Bhardwaj, A. K., Prakash, V., & Bawa, S. (2019). The cloud computing adoption in higher learning institutions in Kenya: Hindering factors and recommendations for the way forward. Telematics and Informatics, 38, 225-246. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2018.10.007 [ABDC- A]
  • Sood, A., Sharma, R. K., & Bhardwaj, A. K. (2022). Artificial intelligence research in agriculture: A review. Online Information Review, 46(6), 1054-1075. DOI: 10.1108/OIR-10-2020-0448, [ABDC- B]
  • Sood, A., Bhardwaj, A. K., & Sharma, R. K. (2022). Towards sustainable agriculture: key determinants of adopting artificial intelligence in agriculture. Journal of Decision Systems, 1-45., https://doi.org/10.1080/12460125.2022.2154419, [ABDC- B]
  • Li, J., Gajpal, Y., Bhardwaj, A. K., Chen, H., & Liu, Y. (2021). Two-agent single machine order acceptance scheduling problem to maximize net revenue. Complexity, 2021, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/6627081, [ABDC- B]
  • Li, H., Gajpal, Y., Surti, C., Cai, D., & Bhardwaj, A. K. (2020). Nature-inspired metaheuristics for two-agent scheduling with due date and release time. Complexity, 2020, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/1385049, [ABDC- B]
  • Cole, T., Bhardwaj, A. K., Garg, L., & Shrivastava, D. P. (2019). Investigation into cloud computing adoption within the hedge fund industry. Journal of Cases on Information Technology (JCIT), 21(3), 1-25. DOI: 10.4018/JCIT.2019070101, [ABDC- C]
  • Jain, A., & Bhardwaj, A. K. (2022). Power‐efficient optimized clustering method with intelligent fog computing for wireless sensor networks. Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, 34(15), e6983. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpe.6983
  • Jain, A., & Bhardwaj, A. K. (2023). Machine Learning Based Power Efficient Optimized Communication Ensemble Model with Intelligent Fog Computing for WSNs. Wireless Personal Communications, 1-15. DOI:10.1007/s11277-023-10436-x
  • Kumar Bhardwaj, A., Garg, A., & Gajpal, Y. (2021). Determinants of blockchain technology adoption in supply chains by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in India. Mathematical Problems in Engineering, 2021, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/5537395
  • Bhardwaj, A. K., Garg, L., Garg, A., & Gajpal, Y. (2021). E-Learning during COVID-19 Outbreak: Cloud Computing Adoption in Indian Public Universities, Computers, Materials & Continua, 66 (3): 2471-2492. https://doi.org/10.32604/cmc.2021.014099
  • Bhardwaj, A. K., Gajpal, Y., Surti, C., & Gill, S. S. (2020). HEART: Unrelated parallel machines problem with precedence constraints for task scheduling in cloud computing using heuristic and meta‐heuristic algorithms. Software: Practice and Experience, 50(12), 2231-2251, https://doi.org/10.1002/spe.2890
  • A. K., & Singh, M. (2014). Data mining-based integrated network traffic visualization framework for threat detection. Neural Computing and Applications, 26, 117-130. DOI: 10.1007/s00521-014-1701-2

Training & Consultancy

Expert Talk delivered

  • Expert talk on “Entrepreneurial Mindset – How to Identify the Opportunity” at National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research, Chandigarh, India in 2025
  • Expert talk on “Role of AI in Industry 4.0” at NITTTR, Chandigarh in online mode in 2025.
  • Expert talk on “Cloud Computing & Its Applications workshop at Chandigarh University in collaboration with the IEEE ComSoc CUSB Student Chapter in 2025.
  • Expert talk on “How Customers Adopt New Technologies and Innovations Spread Across Markets | Understanding Adoption Patterns and Market Dynamics in the Modern Era at Venture Lab, Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, 2025
  • Expert talk on “Metaverse: where impossible is possible” at National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research, Chandigarh, India in 2024
  • Speaker, delivered a lecture on “Utility of Metaverse in Industry Environment” at CII, Chandigarh, India in 2024
  • Speaker, Delivered a lecture on “IoT & Digitization in Manufacturing” at CII, Chandigarh, India in 2023
  • Speaker, Delivered a lecture on “Applications of Data Analytics in Manufacturing” at CII, Chandigarh, India in 2023
  • Expert talk on “Role of Machine learning in Industry 4.0” at National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research, Chandigarh, India in 2023
  • Expert talk on “Big Data Analytics & Machine Learning” at Chandigarh University, India in 2023
  • Expert talk on “Search Engine Optimization” at National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research, Chandigarh, India in 2022

SKILL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS ORGANIZED:

  • Management Development Program – 3 Days workshop on “Business Application of Hadoop, R & Arena”, LMTSM, Dera Bassi, Mohali, Punjab, India in 2017.
  • 2 days Skilled development workshop on Ethical Hacking & Cyber-security, Dera Bassi, Mohali, Punjab, India, March 2019.
  • 3 days Skilled development workshop on Data Analytics with ‘R’, Dera Bassi, Mohali, Punjab, India, April 2019.
  • One Month skill development workshop on Machine learning with Python, from 7th Sep to 7th Oct 2020 under Capacity Building and Research Entrepreneurship Centre in Artificial Intelligence, Big Data and IoT for SC/ST” sanctioned by Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India, R&D in CC&BT at Panjab University, 2020.

Awards & Honors

  • Performance Incentive Scheme Award among LMTSM faculty in 2010.
  • Best paper award for the year 2019

Professional Certifications

  • Extracurricular course on Entrepreneurship and a 3D printing workshop, University of Groningen, Netherlands, (February 24th to March 29th, 2017).