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Name ISHTEYAAQ AHMAD Designation Assistant Professor Area Computer Application Email [email protected] Contact No. +91-9760306690 +91-8077282219

• Assistant Professor, , (Jul 2019 – Present) • Assistant Professor, Graphic Era Hill University, Dehradun Professional Experience (Aug 2011 – Jun 2019) • Assistant Professor, Birla Institute of Applied Sciences, Bhimtal (Aug 2008 – Jul 2011) • Lecturer, Bharati Vidyapeeth Institute of Management & Research, New Delhi (Jul 2007 – Jun 2008) • Lecturer, LN Mishra College of Business Management (Sep 2003 – Jun 2007)

• PhD (Pursuing), Uttaranchal University, Dehradun • MCA (2002), Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Education Qualification Delhi • BSc. Hons Computer Application (1998), AMU, Aligarh

Area of Research Online Education, Educational Data Mining & Machine Learning

PhD Topic: Factors affecting High Attrition Rates of Online Current Research, If any Courses in Higher Education and its Prediction using Machine Learning Techniques

Publications: • I. Ahmad, S. Jasola and Anupriya, "Supplementing higher • Articles in Journals (only Scopus/SCI) education with MOOCs: A case study," 2017 International • Books edited/Chapter contributed/Books Conference on Emerging Trends in Computing and authored Communication Technologies (ICETCCT), Dehradun, 2017, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/ICETCCT.2017.8280346.

• International Conference on Information Technology and Conferences/Seminars/Workshops/FDP/MDP Management for the Sustainable Development, organised attended by Uttaranchal University, Dehradun August 9th -10th , 2019. • IEEE International Conference on Emerging Trends in Computing and Communication Technologies, organised by Graphic Era Hill University, at Dehradun Campus on November 17-18, 2017. • International Conference on Soft Computing Techniques for Engineering & Technology, organised by Graphic Era Hill University, at Bhimtal Campus on August 7-8, 2014. • National Conference on Contemporary and Futuristic IT- Initiatives and Interventions jointly organized by IT, Open University, Haldwani and on March 30th -31st, 2013. • National Seminar on „Green Technologies for Sustainable Environmental Management (GTSEM-13) at Doon University, Dehradun on March 22-23, 2013. • International Conference on “Excellence & Sustainable Development: Emerging Global Trends” at Bharati Vidyapeeth University Institute of Management & Research, New Delhi, on 19th-20th February 2011. • National Seminar on „Institutionalizing Disaster Management for Sustainable Development‟ organized on 12th– 14th June 2009. • National Seminar on „Globalisation and its Impact on Indian Working Class‟ organized by L.N. Mishra College of Business Management, Muzaffarpur, on 22nd- 23rd April, 2005. • National Seminar on “IT and e-Learning” organized by Indian Institute of Business Management, Patna, on 25th – 26th September 2004.

• Fellow (Oct 2017), India School on Internet Governance Award/Certificate/Prize received (inSIG2017) by Internet Society, Trivendarum • Young Scientist and Professional (Sep 2009), Department of Science and Technology, Government of India Any extra-curricular activities • Played Chess at State level (Juniors)