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Professor Gurmeet Singh is the Head of the School of Business and Management and Director of MBA programme. He teaches Marketing in the MBA programme. He has over 25 years of experience in teaching, research, consultancy, and executive training for industries. Prior to his current role of HOS, he was Associate Dean of Research, Postgraduate Affairs, and Internationalisation for seven years in the Faculty of Business and Economics. Professor Singh is the recipient of 2008, “Japanese Award for Outstanding Research on Development.” Professor Singh has made a significant research contribution to the discipline of Marketing, Retailing, Information Management, and Consumer behaviour. Professor Singh has contributed more than 120 articles to leading international journals. His current research interests include Marketing, Information Systems, Social Entrepreneurship, Small Businesses, food consumption behaviour, Technology adoption, open innovation and service operations management. Professor Singh’s work appears in prestigious A*, A (ABDC) and Q1(SJR) ranked journals in his field such as the International Journal of Information Management, European Journal of Marketing, Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing, Australasian Journal of Information Systems, Tourism Recreation Research, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Psychology and Marketing, International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management, Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Public Management Review, International Journal of Project Management, Telematics and Informatics. He is also an Associate Editor for the Journal of Global Marketing (ABDC ranked Routledge journal). Publications Please click here to view Prof. Singh’s publications on USP Electronic Research Repository. Scopus Profile: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57201766361 Research Gate Profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gurmeet-Singh-8 Google Scholar Profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=hmYP_hoAAAAJ&hl=en Professor Gurmeet Singh _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
He is an accomplished scholar who has published in internationally ranked journals. He joined the University of the South Pacific in 1992 as a Teaching Assistant in Economics and rose up the ranks to become Associate Professor of Economics and Head of the School of Economics. He later became the Dean of the College of Business, Hospitality and Tourism Studies at Fiji National University. Dr. Reddy has also served as the Chairperson of the Fiji Competition and Consumer Commission and as a Director of the Reserve Bank of Fiji’s Board. In 2014, he resigned from academia and contested in the national election and won a seat in Parliament. He was appointed as Minister for Education, Heritage and Arts. In July 2017, he resigned from Cabinet but was later reappointed as Minister for Waterways and Environment. In 2018, he contested in the general elections again and won and was appointed as Minister for Agriculture, Rural and Maritime Development, Waterways and Environment.
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Dr. Shavneet Sharma is a Lecturer in the Graduate School of Business at the University of the South Pacific. He teaches Marketing in the MBA programme. Dr Sharma received the B.Com. Degree in Accounting and Management and the M.Com. Degree in 2015 and 2018, respectively, from the University of the South Pacific. He went on to obtain his PhD degree in marketing from the same university in 2021. He is also a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) from USA. Dr Sharma was awarded the Gold Medal and Vice-Chancellor and President’s Prize for being the most outstanding graduate with a Management and Public Administration Major. From January 2015 to February 2016, he was a Graduate Accountant with the Audit Division, KPMG. In 2016, he joined the University of the South Pacific as a Teaching Assistant. In 2021, he was appointed as an Assistance Lecturer at the School of Business and Administration before being appointed as a Lecturer at the Graduate School of Business in 2022. Dr Sharma has published more than 25 journals article and seven book chapters articles in leading international journals such as the International Journal of Consumer Studies, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, International Journal of Information Management, Psychology & Marketing, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Journal of Internet Commerce, Australasian Journal of Information Systems, The TQM Journal, British Food Journal, among others. His research interests are in digital and social media marketing, consumer behaviour, information systems, artificial intelligence, and online Gaming Behavior RESEARCH LINKS ORCID Profile Dr Shavneet Sharma |
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Dr. Atishwar Pandaram is a lecturer at the School of Business and Management, USP. Dr. Pandaram teaches MBA438 – Operations and Quality Management course with the Graduate School of Business. He joined the School from the beginning of semester two in 2003. Earlier, he had his secondary and tertiary education in Fiji and Australia. His undergraduate specialization includes mathematics, science, accounting and financial management and economics. Furthermore, he possesses postgraduate qualifications in accountancy, management and economics. Dr. Pandaram has industry experience, from both Fiji and Australia. These encompass management consulting, accountancy, taxation, and information technology. In addition, he has participated in a number of consultation projects. These include UNDP/UNESCO projects. Publications Please click here to view Dr. Pandaram’s publications on USP Electronic Research Repository. |
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Subhash completed his PhD (D-Phil) in Governance at Swinburne University (Melbourne). Prior to this, he taught at the University of Auckland (2002-4) and was Research Coordinator MBA (2009-12) at the Auckland Institute of Studies. A respected researcher and political commentator, Subhash has published and presented papers in noted journals and international conferences. Subhash’s involvement in training and development has not been confined to academia; he has conducted a wide range of training in leadership development and performance management for both the public and private sectors. Some of his clients include AusAID, Transparency International, Pacific Islands Centre for Public Administration (PICPA), Social Leadership Training Institute (SLTI), Training and Productivity Authority of Fiji (TPAF), UNIFem, Fiji Public Service Commission, Telecom Fiji Limited, Yatu Lau Limited, Fiji Airways, Ministry of Health (Kiribati), etc. Publications Please click here to view Dr. Appana’s publications on USP Electronic Research Repository. |
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Publications Please click here to view Dr. Naidu’s publications on USP Electronic Research Repository. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Dr. Mahendra Reddy is a Senior Fellow at the Graduate School of Business. Dr. Reddy obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture from the University of the South Pacific in 1989. In 1994, he was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Hawaii where he obtained his Master’s degree and Doctor of Philosophy in Agricultural and Resource Economics in 1998.
Dr. Subhash Appana is a Deputy Head of School (LTQ), School of Business and Management, USP and a Senior Lecturer with the School of Business and Management. He teaches Operations, Productivity and Quality Management, Strategic Management, Public Policy Analysis, Public Sector Reforms and Governance. Subhash joined USP in 1991 after completing an MA (International Business) from Sophia University in Japan. Since then, he has held various academic and senior administrative positions within the Faculty of Business and Economics. In 1994 he returned to Japan as a Japan Foundation Fellow and worked with the Japan Union of Scientists and Engineers (JUSE) and the Japan Management Association (JMA). He is a member of the Association of Japan Business Scholars (AJBS), Pacific Islands Political Studies Association (PIPSA), Asia-Pacific Forum for Academic Integrity (APFEI) and Eastern Regional Organization for Public Administration (EROPA).
Dr. Suwastika Naidu is working as a Senior Lecturer at the School of Business and Management, University of the South Pacific. She is currently teaching project management in the MBA programme. She has around 12 years of experience delivering undergraduate and postgraduate courses at the University of the South Pacific. Over the last 12 years, Dr. Naidu has contributed around 55 articles to leading international journals and conferences. Out of these 55 articles, around 34 articles are published in international ranked journals. She is currently serving as the co-editor for Island Studies Journal which is based at the University of Prince Edward Island, Canada. Her current areas of research interest include project management, human resource management, digital currency, marketing, e-government, public sector reforms, and small business.
Dr. Maureen Fatiaki Karan is a Lecturer at the School of Business and Management, University of the South Pacific. Maureen has worked on numerous projects serving the Pacific Island Countries. She completed her Bachelor of Arts in Management and Public Administration and Tourism Studies in 2004, her Postgraduate Diploma in Management and Public Administration, and Master of Commerce in Management and Public Administration (Thesis) (Graduate Assistant Scholarship (