Email: vsridhar@iiitb.ac.in
Dr. V. Sridhar works in the area of telecommunications technology, management and policy. He has published many peer-reviewed articles in leading telecom and information systems journals. His book titled The Telecom Revolution in India: Technology, Regulation and Policy was published by the Oxford University Press India (2012). He has co-authored a recent book titled The Dynamics of Spectrum Management: Legacy, Technology, and Economics, published by the Oxford University Press (2014).
Dr. Sridhar has taught at Ohio University and American University in the U.S.; visiting scholar at Aalto University, Finland and University of Auckland, New Zealand; and was in the faculty of IIM Lucknow and Management Development Institute, Gurgaon, India. Prior to joining IIITB, he was a Research Fellow at Sasken Communication Technologies, Bangalore, India.
He has been a member of Government of India committees on spectrum allocation and pricing. He has written more than 200 articles on telecom regulation and policy in prominent business newspapers and magazines. Dr. Sridhar has a Ph.D. from the University of Iowa, U.S.A.; PGDIE from the National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Mumbai, India and Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Madras, India.
His complete profile and work can be accessed at: http://www.vsridhar.info
Only the very recent ones are presented here. For complete list of publications, please refer to www.vsridhar.info
Books:
Recent Peer Reviewed Journal Articles:
Sridhar, V. (2018). Vistaar lends itself to small businesses. Asian Business Case Centre. Case No: ABCC-2018-029. Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, Singapor
Sridhar, V., Selvaraj, V. (2017). Management of Outsourced Satellite Phone Development Project: Sasken’s Experience. Journal of Information Technology Teaching Cases. DOI: 10.1057/s41266-017-0019-1.
Sridhar, V. (2016). Two-Sided Markets, Platforms and their impact on Economy. In (Ed. CUTS International). Pursuing Competition and Regulatory Reforms for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals. 253-278. (Also selected as one of the best 3 papers for presentation in the session on Competition Reforms as a Tool for Public Welfare, Fourth CUTS-CIRC Biennial Competition, Regulation & Development Conference, Nairobi, Kenya, 12-13 December 2015).
Prasad, R., Sridhar, V., and Bunel, A. (2016). An Institutional Analysis of Spectrum Management in India, Journal of Information Policy, 6, 252-293.
Yadav, V., Adya, M., Nath, D., and Sridhar, V (2016) "Considerations for Effective Requirements Analysis in Offshore Software Development Projects: Lessons from Multi-method Research," Communications of the Association for Information Systems: Vol. 39, Article 11.
Basaure, A., Sridhar, V. and Hämmäinen, H. (2016). Adoption of dynamic spectrum access technologies: a system dynamics approach. Telecommunication Systems. 63(2), 169-190, DOI 10.1007/s11235-015-0113-7.
Recent Articles in Newspapers and Magazines:
Edited Books:
Sridhar, V. and Saha, D. and (2013). (Ed.) Web-Based Multimedia Advancements in Data Communications and Networking Technologies (as part of the series in Advances in Business Data Communications and Networking), Hershey, PA, USA: IGI Global, ISBN: 978-1-4666-2026-1 (Hardcover); ISBN: 978-1-4666-2027-8 (eBook).
Saha, D. and Sridhar, V. (2012). (Ed.) Next Generation Data Communications Technologies: Emerging Trends (as part of the series in Advances in Business Data Communications and Networking), Hershey, PA, USA: IGI Global, ISBN: 978-1-61350-477-2(Hardcover), ISBN: 978-1-61350-478-9 (eBook).
Sridhar, V. and Saha, D. (2011). (Ed.) Recent Advances in Broadband Integrated Network Operations and Services Management (as part of the series in Advances in Business Data Communications and Networking), Hershey, PA, USA: IGI Global, ISBN: 978-1-60960-589-6 (Hardcover), ISBN: 978-1-60960-590-2 (eBook).
Post Graduate Courses (currently teaching):
Undergraduate Courses(currently teaching):
Ongoing Funded Research Projects:
Sridhar, V. “Cross-border Digital Flows and its Economic Impacts”, selected for funding of $9,600 (one of 10 selected) in the South Asia Network of Economic Research Institutes (SANEI) 16th Round Regional Research Competition. Feb 2015-Jan 2016.
Sridhar, V., & Prasad, Rohit. A techno-economic study of Spectrum of the Commons and associated policy implications. Funded by the Indian Institute of Management IDEA Telecom Centre of Excellence for Rs. 488,750), (Jan 2015-Dec 2015).
Government and Professional Committees
Fellow Programme (equivalent to Ph.D.) Thesis Guided
Ph.D./ Fellow Programme/ M.S. Thesis Currently Guiding
Editorial Board
Administrative Position Held