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Joining Date

July 16, 2005

Experience

Industry: 1 Year
Academic: 23 Years

 

Dr. Alok Bansal

Professor and Head

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Data Analytics and Information Systems

Dr. Alok Bansal is highly proficient and an authority on advanced MS Excel, Business Intelligence using Power BI, Business Analytics using IBM SPSS/R, Data Visualization using Tableau, Information Systems, IT for Managers, Business Research Methods, and Decision-Making Skills. As a successful corporate trainer with 23 years of subject knowledge expertise, he creates value through advanced Excel, Data Analytics, and Business Intelligence training for saving time and increasing employee productivity by 20% and decision accuracy above 90%, thus immensely benefiting employees and the organization. 

He successfully took corporate training sessions on Advanced MS Excel in Volvo Eicher Commercial Vehicles, Pithampur; Force Motors, Pithampur; Indira Securities, Indore; etc. He also took corporate training on Business Analytics using Power BI and Advanced Excel for senior managers of Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. at IndianOil Institute of Petroleum Management (IIPM), Gurgaon. He is a recognized Ph.D. Guide of Management in Devi Ahilya University, Indore. Thirteen Ph.D. degrees were awarded under his guidance. He has Eighty-five publications to his credit. He has also worked as a referee on the editorial review board of AIMS International Journal of Management and as managing editor of Prestige International Journal of Management and Research.

Subjects

Data Visualization using Tableau, Business intelligence using Power BI, Analysis through Spreadsheets, Information Systems, IT for Managers, E-Business Applications, Business Analytics, Business Research Methods, and Decision-Making Skills.

Area of Training and Consultancy

Advanced Excel, Data Analytics, Business Intelligence, and Business Research Methods

Professional Affiliation

  • Life member and member of the executive council of the Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) – Indore Chapter.
  • Member of AIMS International.
  • ORCID 0000-0003-0320-6197
  • MBA (Information Systems)
  • Ph.D.
  • Certification course in “Machine Learning with Business Applications with a Primer on Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, and Deep Learning” from the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore in association with the Analytics Society of India.
  • Two Online Certifications of Tableau and Power BI
  • Six Month Diploma in Computer Science from Indo-German Computer Center, Indore
  • Certificate Course on Internet Awareness from NeuroNet, Indore
  • Five best research paper awards during International Conferences organized by BITS, Pilani; Nirma Universit/y, Ahmedabad; IBS Mumbai, K.K. Wagh Arts, Commerce, Science & Computer Science College, Nasik and Altius Institute, Indore.
  • Three times Best Teacher award from the Prestige Institute of Management and Research, Indore for the years 2015-16, 2017-18, and 2020-21.
  • Nominated as Subject Expert by the Vice-Chancellor, DAVV, Indore to conduct Faculty Interview for the selection of Professor / Associate Professor under college code 28 in PMB Gujarati Commerce College, Indore under the faculty of Management and Computer Science. Interviews were conducted on June 25, 2021.
  • Appointed as Member of BOS Constitution for the Institute of Management Studies, SAGE University, Indore. Participated in the BOS Meeting on June 18, 2021.
  • Appointed as Chairman (Local State M.P.) for the Management Science Research Committee of the 44th Indian Social Science Congress entitled “New Global Technological Society” held on March 15-19, 2021.
  • Chaired a technical session at Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Hyderabad in their International Conference 12-14 Feb 2021 organized in association with – College of Business at Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, USA; Manukau Institute of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand; NWU Business School, North-West University, South Africa.
  • Dewang Mehta National Education Award (Regional Round) of Best Professor in Systems and Quantitative Techniques in 26th Business School Affaire at Pride Hotel & Convention Center, Indore on June 01, 2018.
  • Posted as President of the Indian Society of Technical Education (ISTE) -Indore Chapter (from 2012 to till date).
  • Posted as Honorary Secretary-cum-Treasurer of Indian Society of Technical Education (ISTE) -Indore Chapter (from 2006-2011).
  • Distinguished Service Award of AIMS International during annual International Conference on Management, Indian Business Academy, Greater Noida, December 2008.
  • Session Chairman of Technical Session entitled ‘Customer Relationship Management’ during Fifth AIMS International Conference on ‘Technology & Management’, IBS, Hyderabad, Dec. 27–30, 2007.

Dr. Alok Bansal, Prerna Bagadia (2023). An Empirical Analysis of Financial Risk Tolerance of Mobile Banking Users According to their Demographic Profile. International Journal of Business Excellence, DOI: 10.1504/IJBEX.2022.10052772. (Accepted for publication in SCOPUS Listed Journal)

Dr. Alok Bansal, Dr. Minal Uprety, Sumit Zokarkar (2022). Consumer’s Attitude Towards Mobile Marketing Communication of Fashion Products: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis, Manager – The British Journal of Administrative Management, Vol 58, Special Issue 3, pp 21-39, June, ISSN: 1746 – 1278. (Published in C-category of ABDC list)

Ashish Agrawal, Dr. Alok Bansal (2021). A Study of Promotion Factor Affecting Anti-Smoking Measures. Qualitative and Quantitative Research Review, Malaysia Vol. 6, Issue 1, pp. 23-35, ISSN: 2462-1978, eISSN: 2462-2117.

Alok Bansal and Vanita Joshi (2019). An Empirical Study of Factors Influencing Consumer’s Perception Towards Use of E-Wallets, ELK’s Asia Pacific International Journal of Marketing and Retail Management- Special Issue ISSN 0976-7193 (Print) ISSN 2349- 2317 (Online), Impact Factor 3.99, 320-332, April.

Jitendra Patel and Alok Bansal (2018). Effect of Demographic Variables on E-marketing Strategies: A Review. International Journal of Academic Research and Development (ISSN: 2455-4197), Impact Factor: RJIF 5.22, www.academicsjournal.com, Volume 3; Issue 1; pp. 311-321; UGC Approved List of Journal (No. 48808) January.

Veena Jha and Alok Bansal (2018). “Effect of Select Demographic Variables on the Purchase Decision of Khadi Cloth”. Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (IJTSRD), ISSN No: 2456-6470, www.ijtsrd.com, Vol.  2, Issue 2, with Impact Factor 4.101, pp. 617-627 (Jan-Feb).

Alok Bansal and Prerna Bagadia (2018). “Effect of Financial Risk Tolerance on Adoption of Mobile Banking in India: A Study of Mobile Banking Users”. The IUP Journal of Bank Management (ISSN: 0972-6918), Vol. XVII, No. 1, pp. 50-76, February.

Alok Bansal and Prerna Bagadia (2018). “Profiling of Mobile Banking Adopter Categories: An Empirical Study in India”. Anvesha–Journal of Management (I.SSN 0974-5467), published by Indian Education Society’s Management College and Research Centre, Mumbai. Vol. 11 (1), pp. 01-13, Jan-March.

 

Syed Razia Sultana, Alok Bansal, M. Vasim Khan (2018). Consumers Decision-Making Styles of Working Women in Buying Apparel: An Empirical Study of Indore City. Prestige International Journal of Management and Research (ISSN: 0974-6080), Vol. 10, No. 05: 100-107. A Bi-Annual Refereed Journal Published by PIMR, Indore, Included in UGC Approved List of Journal (No. 63500), Indexed in ProQuest, April.

Meenal Agrawal and Alok Bansal (2018). A Review Study on Electronic Payment System. Prestige International Journal of Management and Research (ISSN: 0974-6080), Vol. 10, No. 05: 01-12. A Bi-Annual Refereed Journal Published by PIMR, Indore, Included in UGC Approved List of Journal (No. 63500), Indexed in ProQuest, April.

Monica Bhatia, Sachin Mittal, Alok Bansal (2018). Evolution of the Indian Health Insurance Sector: A Review, Journal of Management Research and Analysis (ISSN: 2394-2770), Vol. 5, No. 02:107-112, April-June.

Meenal Agrawal and Alok Bansal (2018). Factors Influencing Consumer’s Intention to use E-payment System: An Empirical Study, Unnayan-International Bulletin of Management and Economics (ISSN: 2349-6622, E-ISSN 2349-7165, UGC Sr. No.: 64424), Vol. IX, 14-28, July.

  • Resource Person of Management Development Program for the 30 senior managers of the Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. on the topic of Business Analytics and Business Intelligence using Excel and Power BI organized by IndianOil Institute of Petroleum Management (IIPM) Gurgaon from Aug 07 to 11, 2023.
  • Resource Person of Management Development Program for the Officers of the Indian Postal Service organization on the topic of Windows 2000 server in January 2015.
  • Resource Person of Management Development Program on Business Problems Solving Using Advanced MS Excel 2007 for the managers of Indira Securities Pvt. Ltd. from May 19 – 27, 2014.
  • Resource Person of Executive Development Program: A Road Map to Excel 2007 for the managers of Man Force Trucks Ltd. from 21st to 22nd February 2012.
  • Resource Person of Executive Development Program: A Road Map to Excel 2007 for the executives of Man Force Trucks Ltd. from 21st to 22nd December 2011.
  • Resource Person for training in Ambedkar Bhavan, Rustumji Arms Police Training College, Indore 
  1. On the topic ‘Supervision’ during the Quarter Master / Management Course of Sub-Inspectors organized on July 20, 2015.
  2. On the topic ‘Emotional Intelligence’ to Subedars on May 09, 2014.
  3. On the topic ‘Supervision’ to 73 Platoon Commanders on December 10, 2013.
  4. On the topic ‘Supervision’ to Platoon Commanders on April 9, 2009.
    FDPs Conducted
    • Resource person in the Faculty Development Program for 50 facutly members organized by Shri Vaishnav Vidyapeeth Vishwavidyalaya, Indore under the aegis of AIU Academic and Administrative Development Centres (AIU-AADC) on “Tools and Techniques for Academic Writing” on March 13 & 14, 2023.
    • Resource person in the 7th Faculty Induction Programme (FIP) Guru Dakshata for 50 University and College teachers organized by UGC-HRDC, DAVV, Indore on “Case Based Teaching Method” on Feb 27, 2023.
  • Resource person in the FDP for 50 University and College teachers on the topic “Testing of Hypothesis and Inference” organized by UGC-HRDC, DAVV, Indore on “Recent Trends in Mathematical and Statistical Techniques and their Application in Research Methodology (11/07/2022 to 16/07/2022)” on July 12, 2022.
  • Resource Person of a Faculty Development Program for 62 teachers of SAGE University from all the streams of study, organized by the SAGE Institute of Management Studies on the topics “Experiential Learning, Online Teaching, and Student-teacher Relation” on December 11, 2021.
  • Resource Person to take two sessions on Ethical Issues and Plagiarism, Plagiarism Types and its Consequences during 8th and 9th Feb 2021 in the Faculty Induction Programme of UGC-HRDC Sourashtra University, Rajkot.
  • Keynote Speaker in two days National Webinar on Research Methodology in Social Science organized by Navyug Arts and Commerce College, Jabalpur on June 25-26, 2020 for the 100 faculty members and researchers, June 26, 2020.
  • Resource Person for the topic ‘Case Study Analysis’ taken on 16th October 2019 during a one-day workshop on “Case Study Analysis” organized by IIMR, Indore.
  • Resource Person for the ‘National Case Study Workshop 2019’ organized by Datta Meghe Institute of Management Studies, Nagpur from March 18-20, 2019 for 50 faculty members.
  • Resource Person for the topics ‘Modeling of Business Research’ and ‘Regression Analysis and Logit Modeling; taken on 28th January 2019 during a two-day national workshop on “Nuances of Data Analysis Techniques for Research in Management and Social Sciences” organized by IIMR, Indore.
  • Keynote Speaker for the topic “Knowledge Management’ in National Seminar on ‘Recent Trends in Commerce and Management’, at K. K. Wagh Arts, Commerce, Science & Computer Science College, Nasik, December 17-18, 2018.
  • Resource Person for the topic Research Methodology and SPSS for three days from August 30 to September 01, 2018, during a workshop on Research Methodology organized by P.M.B. Gujarati Commerce College, Indore for 80-100 faculty members.
  • Resource Person for the topic Research Methodology for a full three days from June 28 to June 30, 2018, during the Training Program on Research Methodology organized by the Department of Management Studies, SGSITS Indore from June 26 to 30, 2018 for 50 faculty members.
  • Resource Person of one day regional Faculty Development Program on Analytical Skills in Higher Education for 50 faculty members and 120 students of P. M. B. Gujarati College, Indore on Aug. 30, 2016.
  • Resource Person for the topic Structural Equation Modeling using AMOS on Aug. 29, 2016, during the National Research Methodology Workshop organized by Maharaja Ranjit Singh College of Professional Sciences, Indore.
  • Resource Person of one-day regional Induction Program on Analytical Skills and Case Pedagogy for 120 MBA Students of Indore Institute of Management & Research, Shail Group of Institutions, Rau, Indore on Aug. 24, 2016.
  • Resource Person for the topic ‘Case Writing’ taken on 10th May 2016 from 1:00 pm to 04:15 pm during 21 days Refresher Program on “Recent Trends in Commerce & Management” organized by IIMR, Indore in association with UGC HRDC.
  • Resource Person of National Research Methodology Workshop organized by Shri Cloth Market Institute of Professional Studies for Academicians on “Research Methodology using SPSS System Version 21” from March 25 to 27, 2016.
  • Resource Person for Ph.D. Coursework and M. Phil Programs of Devi Ahilya University, Indore for Computer Application Subject which includes training in SPSS, MS Excel, etc. for research purposes for the year 2014-15 and 2015-16.
  • Resource Person of National Workshop on Research Methodology organized by Shri RGP Gujarati Professional Institute, Indore for faculty members and research scholars on November 24 and 25, 2014.
  • Resource Person of Fifth National Research Methodology Workshop organized by Prestige Institute of Management, Dewas for Academicians and Industrialists from all over India on April 11, 2014.
  • Mentor and coordinator of “Workshop on Advanced MS Excel 2007” organized by Mahankal Institute of Management, Ujjain for their faculty members and MBA students on February 19 and 20, 2014.
  • Chief Mentor of Research Methodology workshop titled “Basics of Research Methodology and Hands-on Experience with SPSS and Excel to Make Research Easier” organized by Mahankal Institute of Management, Ujjain for their faculty members and MBA students on February 11, 2014.
  • Resource Person of National Research Methodology Workshop on “Hands-on Factor Analysis using S.P.S.S. (Statistical Package for Social Sciences)” for the faculty members held at Altius Institute of Universal Studies, Indore on October 17, 2013.
  • Resource Person of Sixth National Research Methodology Workshop on “Hands-on ANOVA using S.P.S.S. (Statistical Package for Social Sciences)” for the faculty members held at Maharaja Ranjit Singh College of Professional Sciences, Indore on August 10, 2013.
  • Resource Person of one-day Research Methodology Hands-on Workshop on “S. P. S. S. (Statistical Package for Social Sciences)” version 17.0 for the students of MBA – II Semester (Batch 2012-14) at Sanghvi Institute of Management & Science, Indore on Wednesday, July 17, 2013.
  • Resource Person of Ph.D. Coursework for the Ph.D. candidate from the faculty of Management, Devi Ahilya University, Indore organized by the Institute of Management Study (IMS), Devi Ahilya University, Indore from January 19, 2013.
  • Resource Person of Seminar on the topic ‘IT Enabled Marketing Strategies in Competitive Environment’ at Devi Ahilya Centre for Computer Information Technology Pvt. Ltd., Indore for MBA Students on Sunday 25th Nov. 2012.
  • Resource Person of National Workshop on “S. P. S. S. (Statistical Package for Social Sciences)” at Vikrant Institute of Technology and Management, Indore for faculty members on November 20 and 21, 2012.
  • Resource Person of Refresher Program on Management Research for two sessions of three hours each, scheduled on June 15 and 19, 2012. This program is organized by Academic Staff College, Devi Ahilya University, Indore for the management teachers of university and affiliated colleges/institutions.
  • Resource Person of the two-day Faculty Development Program (FDP) on ‘Case Study’ and ‘Research Methodology’ organized by Vishisht School of Management, Indore for faculty members during June 7 – 8, 2010.
  • Program Coordinator of MBA (Full Time) 2023
  • Coordinator and Head of Data Analytics and Information Systems Department.
  • Coordinator and Member of the Governing Body, Academic Council, and BOS of Prestige Institute of Management and Research, Indore
  • Coordinator of Turnitin Anti-Plagiarism Software