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Nripendra P. Rana

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Adjunct Professor, Marketing
E-mail: n[dot]rana[at]iimj[dot]ac[dot]in

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Enthusiastic academic, researcher, social scientist and IS/IT specialist with more than 19 years of experience in teaching (computer science, management, e-business and information systems modules), mentoring, software development, leading team of dedicated software developers and researchers. Have published more than 200 research papers in high impact factor, an association of business schools (ABS) listed journals, edited books and international conferences. Throughout these years applied my expertise in imparting training on various technical and software applications, developing various software applications and published academic research in the area of cutting-edge technology adoption in general and e-commerce, m-commerce, e-government and m-government adoption and diffusion in particular. I have also demonstrated excellent problem-solving skills in developing various software projects. There is a proven record of accomplishment of increasing the profitability of some IT companies.
  • Post Graduate Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education (PGCtHE) (2013-2016) from Swansea University, UK
  • Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) (2010-2013) on the topic Toward a Unified Model of
  • Electronic Government Adoption (UMEGA) from Swansea University, UK
  • Master of Business Administration (MBA) with distinction from Swansea University, UK with 71% marks in the 2009-10 cohort
  • Master of Philosophy (MPhil) (Computer Science) with distinction from The Global Open University, Nagaland, India with 78% marks in the 2008-2009 cohort
  • Master of Computer Applications (MCA) from Assam Engineering College, Gauhati University, Assam, India with 71% marks in 1998-2001 cohort
  • Bachelor of Science (BSc) (Mathematics Honors) from BBA Bihar University, Bihar, India with 71% marks in the 1992-1996 cohort
  • Intermediate/10+2 (Mathematics) from Bihar Intermediate Education Council, Bihar, India with 73% marks in the 1990-1992 cohort
  • Matriculation from Bihar School Examination Board, Bihar, India with 72% marks in 1990

   

  • Chatterjee, S., Rana, N. P. & Dwivedi, Y. K. (2020). Social Media as a Tool of Knowledge Sharing in Academia: An Empirical Study Using Valance, Instrumentality and Expectancy (VIE) Approach. Journal of Knowledge Management , (ABS,ABDC)
  • Tamilmani, K., Rana, N. P., Nunkoo, R., Raghavan, V. & Dwivedi, Y. K. (2020). Indian Traveller’s Adoption of Airbnb Platform. Information Systems Frontiers, (ABS,ABDC)
  • Dwivedi, Y. K., Hughes, L., Coombs, C., Constantiou, I. & Duan, Y., (2020). Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Information Management Research and Practice: Transforming Education, Work and Life. . International Journal of Information Management, (ABS,ABDC)
  • Ismagilova, E., Hughes, L., Rana, N. P. & Dwivedi, Y.K. (2020). Security, privacy and risk issues in smart cities: A systematic literature review. Information Systems Frontiers, (ABS,ABDC)
  • Algharabat, R. & Rana, N. P. (2020). Social commerce in emerging markets and its impact on online community engagement. Information Systems Frontiers, (ABS,ABDC)
  • Singh, J. P., Kumar, A., Rana, N. P. & Dwivedi, Y.K. (2020). Attention-based LSTM network for rumor veracity estimation of tweets. Information Systems Frontiers, (ABS,ABDC)
  • Patil, P., Tamilmani, K., Rana, N. P. & Raghavan, V. (2020). Understanding consumer adoption of mobile payment in India: Extending Meta-UTAUT model with personal innovativeness, anxiety, trust, and grievance redressal. International Journal of Information Management, 54, (ABS,ABDC)
  • Kizgin, H., Jamal, A., Rana, N. P. & Dwivedi, Y.K. (2020). The Impact of Online vs. Offline Acculturation on Purchase Intentions: A Multigroup Analysis of the Role of Education. Journal of Business Research, (ABS)
  • Dwivedi, Y. K., Rana, N. P., Tamilmani, K. & Raman, R. (2020). A Meta-Analysis Based Modified Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (Meta-UTAUT): A Review of Emerging Literature. Current Opinion in Psychology, 36, 13-18
  • Tamilmani, K., Rana, N. P. & Dwivedi, Y. K. (2020). Consumer acceptance and use of information technology: A meta-analytic evaluation of UTAUT2. Information Systems Frontiers, (ABS,ABDC), DOI : https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-020-10007-6
  • Kizgin, H., Dey, B., Dwivedi, Y. K., Hughes, L. & Jamal, A., (2020). The Impact of Social Media on Consumer Acculturation: Current Challenges, Opportunities, and Agenda for Research and Practice. International Journal of Information Management, 51, 1-15. (ABS,ABDC)
  • Alalwan, A. A., Algharabat, R., Baabdullah, A., Rana, N.P. & Qasem, Z., (2020). Examining the Impact of Mobile Interactivity on Customer Engagement in the Context of Mobile Shopping. Journal of Enterprise Information Management, (ABS,ABDC)
  • Kumar, A., Singh, J. P., Dwivedi, Y. K. & Rana, N.P. (2020). A deep multi-modal neural network for informative Twitter content classification during emergencies. Annals of Operations Research, (ABS,ABDC)
  • Hughes, D. L., Dwivedi, Y. K. & Rana, N. P. (2020). Elucidation of IS/IT project success factors - an Interpretive Structural Modelling approach. Annals of Operations Research, 285, 35-66. (ABS,ABDC)
  • Rana, N. P., Luthra, S. & Rao, H. R. (2020). Key challenges to digital financial services in emerging economies: The Indian context. Information Technology & People, 33(1), 198-229
  • Hughes, D. L., Dwivedi, Y. K., Rana, N. P., Williams, M.D. & Raghavan, V., (2019). Perspectives on the future of manufacturing within the Industry 4.0 era. Production Planning & Control , (ABS,ABDC)
  • Kumari , K., Singh, J. P., Dwivedi, Y. K. & Rana, N.P. (2019). Towards Cyberbullying Free Social Media in Smart Cities: A Unified Multi-modal Approach. Soft Computing,
  • Hughes, D. L., Dwivedi, Y. K. & Rana, N. P. (2019). Assessing the dominating factor interdependencies with government IS project failure: A methodological critique of the Interpretive Ranking Process. Information Systems Management, (ABS,ABDC)
  • Baabdullah, A., Alalwan , A. & Rana, N. P. (2019). Examining the Impact of Social Commerce Dimensions on Customers’ Value Co-Creation: The Mediating Effect of Social Trust. Journal of Consumer Behaviour, 18(6), 431-446. (ABS,ABDC)
  • Mishra, D., Dwivedi, Y. K., Rana, N. P. & Hassini, E. (2019). Evolution of supply chain ripple effect: A bibliometric and meta-analytic view of the constructs. International Journal of Production Research, (ABS,ABDC)
  • Obeidat, Z., Algharabat, R. S., Alalwan, A., Xiao, S.H. & Dwivedi, Y. K. (2019). Narcissism, interactivity, community, and online revenge behavior: The moderating role of social presence among Jordanian consumers. Computers in Human Behavior, (ABS,ABDC)
  • Dwivedi, Y. K., Hughes, L. D. & Rana, N. P. (2019). Artificial Intelligence (AI): Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Emerging Challenges, Opportunities, and Agenda for Research, Practice and Policy. International Journal of Information Management , (ABS,ABDC)
  • Rana, N. P., Slade, E., Kitching, S. & Dwivedi, Y.K. (2019). The IT Way of Loafing in the Class: Extending the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) to Examine Students’ Cyber-Slacking Behavior. Computers in Human Behavior, 101, 114-123. (ABS,ABDC)
  • Shareef, M. A., Dwivedi, . K., Hughes, L., Rana, N.P. & Kizgin, H., (2019). The Inherent Tensions within Sustainable Supply Chains: A Case Study from Bangladesh. Production Planning & Control, (ABS,ABDC)
  • Janssen, M., Mangla, S., Luthra, S., Rana, N.P. & Dwivedi, Y. K. (2019). Challenges for Implementing the Internet of Things (IoT) in Smart Cities: An Integrated MICMAC-Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM) approach. Internet Research, 29(6), 1589-1616. (ABS,ABDC)
  • Ismagilova, E., Slade, E., Rana, N. P. & Dwivedi, Y.K. (2019). The effect of electronic word of mouth communications on intention to buy: A meta-analysis. Information Systems Frontiers, (ABS,ABDC)
  • Jamal, A., Kizgin, H., Rana, N. P., Laroche, M. & Dwivedi, Y. K. (2019). Impact of Acculturation, Online Participation and Involvement on Voting Intentions. Government Information Quarterly, 36(3), 510-519. (ABS)
  • Singh, P., Dwivedi, Y. K., Kahlon, K. S., Shawney, R.S. & Alalwan, A. A. (2019). Smart Monitoring and Controlling of Government Policies Using Social Media and Cloud Computing. Information Systems Frontiers, (ABS,ABDC)
  • Hughes, L., Dwivedi, Y. K., Misra, S., Rana, N.P. & P, P. V. (2019). Blockchain Research, Practice and Policy: Applications, Benefits, Limitations, Emerging Research Themes and Research Agenda. International Journal of Information Management, 49, 114-129. (ABS,ABDC)
  • Algharabat, R., Rana, N. P., Alalwan, A., Baabdullah, A. & Gupta, A., (2019). Investigating the Antecedents of Customer Brand Engagement and Consumer-based Brand Equity in Social Media. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, (ABS,ABDC)
  • Tamilmani, K., Rana, N. P., Prakasam, N. & Dwivedi, Y.K. (2019). The battle of Brain vs. Heart: A literature review and meta-analysis of “hedonic motivation” use in UTAUT2. International Journal of Information Management, 46, 222-235. (ABS,ABDC)
  • Baabdullah, A., Alalwan, A., Rana, N. P., Patil, P. & Dwivedi, Y. K. (2019). An Integrated Model for M-Banking Adoption in Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Bank Marketing, 37(7), 452-478. (ABS)
  • Ismagilova, E., Slade, E., Rana, N. P. & Dwivedi, Y.K. (2019). The effect of characteristics of source credibility on consumer’s behaviour: A meta-analysis. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services , (ABS,ABDC)
  • Shareef, M. A., Mukerji, B., Dwivedi, Y. K., Rana, N.P. & Islam, R., (2019). Social Media Marketing: Comparative Effect of Advertising Sources. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 46, 58-69. (ABS,ABDC)
  • Rana, N. P., Barnard , D., Baabdullah, A., Rees, D. & Roderisk, S., (2019). Exploring Barriers of M-Commerce Adoption in SMEs in the UK: Developing a Framework using ISM. International Journal of Information Management, 44, 141-153. (ABS,ABDC)
  • Baabdullah, A., Alalwan, A., Rana, N. P., Kizgin, H. & Patil, P., (2019). Consumer use of mobile banking (M-Banking) in Saudi Arabia: Towards an integrated model. International Journal of Information Management, 44, 38-52. (ABS,ABDC)
  • Rana, N. P., Luthra, S., Mangla, S., Islam, R. & Roderick, S., (2019). Barriers to the Development of Smart Cities in Indian Context. Information Systems Frontiers, 21(3), 503-525. (ABS,ABDC)
  • Baabdullah, A., Rana, N. P., Alalwan, A., Islam, R. & Patil, P., (2019). Consumer Adoption of Self-Service Technologies in the Context of Jordanian Banking Industry: Examining Moderating Role of Channel Types. Information Systems Management, 36(4), 286-305. (ABS,ABDC)

  

  • Session chair at PACIS 2015 held in July 2015 in Singapore
  • Meta-Analysis workshop by Dr Michael Borenstein at Hotel Hilton, London on 16-18th May 2016
  • Chaired a session in the Post Graduate Research (PGR) conference held at the School of Management of Swansea University in the UK on 15th June 2016
  • Organising Co-Chair for IFIP Conference on e-Business, e-Services and e-Society being organized at Swansea University, UK on 13-14th September 2016
  • Member of Technical Committee of International Conference on Smart Cities 2016
  • Co-chair for the mini track on social media in AMCIS 2016 at San Diego, USA
  • Organising Co-Chair and Program Committee member for IFIP conference on eBusiness, e-Services and e-Society to be held at IIT Delhi from 21-23rd November 2017
  • Minitrack on social media under the e-government track at AMCIS 2017 at Boston, USA
  • Program Committee member for ICEGOV2017 held at New Delhi, India
  • HEA Fellow Assessor Training at the Bay Campus of Swansea University on 30th November 2016
  • Attended Leadership Training Program – Level I: “Leading for Change – Developing a Coaching Style of Leadership” at the Singleton Campus of Swansea University on 7th-8th December 2016 delivered by Karen Whittleworth
  • Delivered a talk on “How to do Pedagogic Research and Get Published” in one-day symposium organized by Teaching & Learning at the School of Management at Swansea University on 10th February 2017
  • Organising Co-chair for a workshop on emerging markets from a multidisciplinary perspective: Challenges, opportunities and research agenda being organized by Emerging Markets Research Centre, School of Management, Swansea University, UK in July 2017
  • Co-editor for the proposed book on “Emerging markets from a multidisciplinary perspective: Challenges, opportunities and research agenda” to be published by Springer
  • Attended a workshop on the topic “Preparing a funding proposal: Getting started” held at the School of Management, Swansea University on 9th May 2017 by David J. Menichino and Fiona Jones from Engagement and Innovation Services
  • Series Area Editor for “Advances in Theory and Practice of Emerging Markets” on the theme Technology Adoption, Electronic/Digital Government and Information Systems, Springer Publication
  • Member of organizing committee for a one-day workshop organized by Emerging Market Research Centre (EMaRC) at the School of Management at Swansea University on 3rd July 2017
  • Staff Development Activities - Ran an EMaRC funded workshop and practical training session on interpretive structural modelling (ISM) for members of teaching staff and PhD/MSc students at the School of Management of Swansea University on 12th July 2017
  • Co-editing a special issue on Social Media: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in
  • Information Systems Frontiers an ABS2015 listed 3* journal
  • Running a track on “Engagement in Government: For better or For Worse?” in 19th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research from 30th May – 1st June 2018 at the Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
  • Attended a workshop on British Academy/Leverhulme Trust Small Research Grants Information run by David Menichino from Hub at the School of Management, Swansea University Bay Campus on 4th October 2017 at 13.00-14.00
  • Delivered a Global Initiative of Academic Network (GIAN) workshop (Sponsored by Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India) on Managing Information Technology (IT) outsourcing at the Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology (MNNIT), Allahabad, India from 13th-17th November 2017
  • Running a mini track on the topic “Social Media in the Public Sector: Challenges and Opportunities” in AMCIS 2018 to be held in New Orleans, LA, USA from 16th – 18th August 2018
  • Program committee member of 19th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research (DG.O 2018) held at TU Delft, The Netherlands from 30th May – 1st June 2018
  • Chaired a session in the Newton Researcher Links Workshops on FinTech: Developing an Agenda for FinTech Research in Emerging Economies 2017 held at Le Meridian Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 31st October – 2nd November 2017
  • Presented a paper on the systematic review of citations of UTAUT2 article and its usage trends at I3E2017 held at IIT Delhi on 21st November 2017
  • Presented a paper on e-government adoption in SAARC countries’ context and received the best paper award for it at I3E2017 held at IIT Delhi on 22nd November 2017
  • Attended the business meeting of IFIP TC6 WG 6.11 as a part of I3E2017 held at IIT Delhi on 21st November 2017
  • Attended the Times Higher Education (THE 2018) award ceremony being held at Grosvenor House, A JW Marriott Hotel, London on 30th November 2017
  • Member of Technical Program Committee for the 5th International Conference on eDemocracy & eGovernment (ICEDEG 2018) to be held at Ambato, Ecuador, 4th – 6th April 2018
  • Program Co-Chair of conference proceedings for I3E2018: The 17th IFIP Conference on e-Business, e-Services and e-Society – Challenges and Opportunities in Digital Era to be held at Gulf University of Science and Technology, Kuwait from October 30-November 1, 2018 (Conference CFP Link: https://easychair.org/cfp/I3E2018)
  • Program Committee (PC) member for IFIP 8.6 2018 organised at the University of Portsmouth, UK
  • Delivered a Webinar on “Re-examining the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT): Towards a Revised Theoretical Model” organised by British Academy of Management Ebusiness & eGovernment Special Interest Group on 28th February 2018. This keynote was attended by about 20 participants from various universities in the UK through virtual channels. It was the first keynote of its type organised using the virtual channel and was a success
  • Co-Editor of Conference Proceedings of the 17th IFIP Conference on e-Business, eServices and e-Society (I3E2018) “Challenges and Opportunities in the Digital Era” organised by Gulf University for Science and Technology (GUST), Kuwait
  • Program committee member of 22nd Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS 2018) held at Yokohama, Japan on 26th – 30th June 2018
  • Organised the PGR Conference at the School of Management at Swansea University, UK on 14th May 2018 in the capacity of the Director of Postgraduate Research
  • Co-Chair for a Research Workshop on Advances in Theory and Practice of Digital Marketing held at the School of Management of Swansea University, UK on 10th July 2018
  • Co-editing a special issue on the theme “Advances in Theory and Practice of Digital Marketing” for the Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services – An [ABS – 2*] journal
  • Co-editing a special issue on the theme “Consumer Behaviour and Social Media” in the Journal of Consumer Behaviour – An [ABS – 2*] journal

  • Best research paper award in ICEG 2011, Ahmadabad, India
  • opped MBA Program of the cohort of 2009-10 of Swansea University, UK
  • Best employee award from Siemens, USA for outstanding performance and dedication
  • Appreciation certificate from Susquehanna Healthcare Services (SHS), USA
  • First Runner Up award in Nascent Connections PGR Conference 2013, Swansea University, UK
  • Achieved the status of Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA), Recognition Reference – PR105911 on 1st June 2016
  •  y talk on “Interpretive Structural Modeling: An Overview” at the Department of Cyber Security and Information Systems of The University of Texas at San Antonio, USA to PhD students and members of faculty on 1st February 2017
  • Mentor and trained assessor for the Fellow PGCert Programme of Swansea University, UK
  • Delivered a seminar on Interpretive Structural Modeling for e-Government Trustworthiness and unified model of e-government adoption (UMEGA) at United Nations University, Guimaraes, Portugal on 6th June 2017
  • Received the best paper award for the paper titled “Advances in Electronic Government (e-Government) Adoption Research in SAARC Countries” at I3E2017 held at
  • IIT Delhi, New Delhi, India from 21st-23rd November 2017
  • Nominated among the top three contestants for Swansea University Research & Innovation Awards for the category of outstanding supervision for the year 2017-18
  • Nominated for the prestigious Mary Williams Award 2018 at Swansea University, UK.
  • This award is aimed to recognise the individual contributions to the University’s culture and community.
  • Received the best paper award for the paper titled “Mobile Application Adoption Predictors: Systematic Review of UTAUT2 studies using weight analysis” at I3E2018 held at Gulf University for Science and Technology, Kuwait on 29th October – 1st November 2018
  • Achieved the status of the Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) on 26th March 2019 with Recognition Reference: PR163144
  • Interviewed by a Radio Show Bradford Community Broadcast for Research Matters on 23rd July 2020

  • Life Member of the Computer Society of India (Life Membership ID# 00118583)
  • Annual Member of Association of Information systems (AIS)
  • Member of International Federation of Information Processing (IFIP) TC6 WG 6.11
  • Editorial Review Board Member for International Journal of Electronic Government Research
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
  • Member of International Federation of Information Processing (IFIP) 8.6 Working Group – conferred membership after successfully attending IFIP WG 8.6 workshop at Minho University, Guimaraes, Portugal on 5th June 2016
  • Editorial board member of Global Journal of E-Business & Knowledge Management
  • Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) in March 2019
  • Visiting Scholar for the Centre for Applied Research and Data Sciences (CARDS) at IIM Tiruchirappalli India from 1st October 2019 to date
  • Member of Academy of Marketing 2020 [For one year]