Kamaljeet Sandhu

Dr. Sandhu is an internationally recognised multi-award-winning research leader with over 28 years’ experience in IT, and advanced expertise in Cybersecurity, Fintech, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Quantum Computing, Blockchain, Venture Capital, Data Analytics, and Digital Enterprise Innovations, that are modernising societies, economies, businesses, universities, and governments.

Dr. Sandhu’s cutting-edge research gained him international acclaim and received prestigious and competitive research grant awards (2024 & 2023), including two grants in Cybersecurity and AI, from the Australian Government to lead a world-first project aimed at preventing and detecting cybersecurity threats, and providing leadership to international universities in Cybersecurity and AI Innovations. Dr. Sandhu, who was named an Australian Principal Investigator (PI), was one of just six high-impact projects, in other was one of just twelve Australian researchers, and the only Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Innovation project to receive this honor from the Australian government, ARCH-India, Australia India Institute, at the University of Melbourne, and the Australian Consulate-General Chennai. Other funding was awarded from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA), and the Reserve Bank of India for his Fintech Innovation research in Central Bank Digital Currency, and funding from Henry Ford Health Systems USA for his research in Digital Health.

In addition, Dr. Sandhu’s research has been published in several high-ranking journals (A Rank) and at leading conferences. He serves on the board of reviewers for several top A Rank journals (e.g. International Journal of Consumer Studies, International Journal of Accounting and Information Management, Economics Letters, and several others) and is an invited Guest Editor for journals special issues in Cybersecurity and Blockchain FinTech Innovations (Guest Editor of International Journal of Accounting and Information Management, to lead the Special Issue: Blockchain and Fintech Innovation, on the invitation from the regular Editor Prof. Han Donker, Central Washington University, USA; and Guest Editor of Emerging Applications of Information Security Technology in Digital Environment).

He is the founder/Director and Chair of the Research and International Programs of the AI Hub for Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence Innovation; and the Inaugural Executive Director of the AI Innovations Institute (AIII), which provides collaboration opportunities for scientists, researchers, academics, practitioners, universities, businesses, and government. He is also the Chair, of the Australia-India Cybersecurity Leaders Alliance, and Chair of the International Conference on Business Innovation Technology Startups (ICBITS 2024), AI Cybersecurity Leaders International Conference (AICLIC 2024), hosted at: San Jose State University, Silicon Valley California USA, and was awarded Lifetime Achievement Award, Outstanding Leadership Award, and Distinguished Professor Award in recognition of his outstanding leadership contribution to promoting Australian-Indian research, teaching, and scholarly eminence in Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech and Digital Innovations, and his significant international efforts in advancing Australian-Indian Governments, Universities, and Businesses collaborations. His dedication and innovative approach have significantly impacted and advanced the scientific field of business and new technological innovations. On his visit to California, he was invited to share his research with the Data Institute of the University of San Francisco (USF) and the University of California, Berkeley.

He also hosted Australia-India Cybersecurity International Symposiums at Hilton Sydney, Hilton Melbourne, Hotel Leela Palace New Delhi, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) at Punjab, India, and the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIMK), at Kerala, India. The Symposiums were attended by large numbers of senior delegates from the Australian-Indian universities, VC (PAU), PVCs, Deans, Heads, Directors of Research, Professors, Senior Ministerial Government delegations, and  Industry  Senior  Executives from Microsoft, IBM,  HCL  Technologies Limited, Amazon Web Services, Ernst & Young Australia, CSIRO, ING Australia, Deloitte (San Francisco), Grant Thornton LLP, Arlington, Virginia, United States, LogRhythm, Gulf & India, Paramount Doha Qatar, VARINDIA, Former National Cyber Coordinator India, Defence Services Australia-India, Indian Administrative Services, Power Grid Corporation of India, Western Australia Police Force, IIT Delhi, Scientist G- DST India, and IWA Digital Water India.

Throughout his advanced career, Dr Sandhu has held several senior academic teaching and research positions at leading universities across the world, including the University of Northern British Columbia, Canada, the University of South Australia, the University of Wollongong, Charles Darwin University, Deakin University, and the University of South Pacific in Fiji. He is invited as a visiting Professor of Fintech & AI to deliver keynote lectures to postgraduate MBA students at the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, Punjab Agricultural University, India, and is an Honorary Distinguished Professor of Cybersecurity at Swami Vivekananda University. He has been invited as a distinguished speaker/keynote speaker to several international conferences and has appeared on ABC interviews.

His main teaching expertise is in Computer Information Systems (CIS) and Management Information Systems (MIS), Accounting, Finance, Small Business, Entrepreneurship, and Management. He was recently awarded a unit commendation and has received UNE Vice Chancellors and Pro-Vice Chancellors unit commendations in the past.

As a Ph.D. Principal Supervisor at UNE, Dr. Sandhu has supervised and mentored several Ph.D. research students to successful completion, with students successfully gaining academic and research appointments, and receiving the UNE Chancellor’s Doctoral Research Medal. His Ph.D. students’ research has been funded by international government and industry scholarships.

Teaching Areas
Teaching areas and award

Undergraduate Level
AFM104 Fundamentals of Personal Finance
AFM272 Accounting Information Systems
AFM322 Small Business Finance
AFM324 Small Business Management
AFM340 Fraud Prevention and Investigation
AFM306 Issues in Management Accounting
AFM372 Management Information Systems

Postgraduate Level
AFM404 Fundamentals of Personal Finance
AFM522 Small Business Finance/ Entrepreneurial Finance 
AFM506 Issues in Management Accounting
AFM472 Management Information Systems
AFM540 Fraud Prevention and Investigation
AFM524 Small Business Management/ Entrepreneurship 
COMP504 Computer Project (Computer Science)
AFM572 Accounting Information Systems/ Accounting Analytics 
GSB741 Management Information Systems

Research Supervision Experience
HDR supervision data
Mr. Carson Duan (Ph.D.). Awarded UNE Chancellor’s Doctoral Research Medal Award. Effects of Personal and Environmental Characteristics on Immigrant Entrepreneurial Motivation, Strategies, and Outcomes: Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Perspective. Completed. (Prof. Bernice Kotey & Dr. Kamaljeet Sandhu)

Mr. Abdellah Al Almoush (PhD). Factors for the Acceptance of Digital Learning Management Systems at Jordanian Universities. Completed. (Dr. Kamaljeet Sandhu & Dr. Bee Moss).

Ms. Hadeel Alharbi (PhD). Factors that influence students’ acceptance and continued usage intention of e-learning recommender systems in Saudi Arabia. Completed. (Dr. Kamaljeet Sandhu & Prof. Trevor Brown).

Mohammed Alshareef (PhD). Corporate Governance Factors Affecting the Adoption of CSR Practices and Improved Financial Performance In Saudi Listed Companies. Completed. (Dr. Kamaljeet Sandhu & Prof. Dessalegn Mihret, RMIT University)

Ayman Bazhair (PhD). Enterprise Resource Planning Systems: Factors for Acceptance, and Impact on the Financial Performance of Saudi Arabian Listed Companies. Completed. (Dr. Kamaljeet Sandhu & Prof. Dessalegn Mihret, RMIT University).

Mr. Angelo Saavedra (Masters). Assessing Virtual Business Incubator Outcomes: The Case of the Rural Woman. Completed. (Prof. Bernice Kotey & Dr. Kamaljeet Sandhu)

Ralph Emlyn Morgan (Ph.D.). The Influence of Big-Five Personality Traits on the Risk Tolerance of Australian Financial Planning Clients. Work in progress (Prof. Gabriel Donleavy, Dr. Priyantha Mudalige, & Dr. Kamaljeet Sandhu).

Dr Edmund Thamsanqa Mazwai (PhD). The Institutional Environment and Personal Values of Soweto Entrepreneurs. Work in progress (Prof. Bernice Kotey & Dr. Kamaljeet Sandhu).

Mr. Joseph Quartey (Ph.D.). Supply Chain Finance: A Collaborative Approach To SMEs Sustainability In Emerging Economies. Work in progress. (Prof. Bernice Kotey, Dr. Carson Duan, & Dr. Kamaljeet Sandhu).

International conferences, symposiums, roundtables, and keynote speeches.

Sandhu, K. (2026). Advanced Quantum-Enhanced AI (AQAI) Modelling to counter Cybersecurity threats on US Federal Reserve from Fintech Adoption, (Invited Distinguished Speaker). International Seminar at the Institute of Science & Technology, 7^th April 2026.

Sandhu, K. (2026). Emerging impacts of Quantum AI & Cybersecurity for Fintech on the US Federal Reserve in reshaping the global financial systems (Invited Keynote Talk). International Symposium on Economics of AI and Digital Banking, hosted by the O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU), 4^th April 2026.

Sandhu, K. (2025). Quantum AI Innovations to Advance Fintech & Cybersecurity for CBDC Governance: A Study of Digital Transformation for the US Federal Reserve Bank. Distinguished Speaker Invitation at the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Management for Business and Industrial Growth,18 May 2025, at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia.

Sandhu, K. (2025). Navigating the AI Era: Global Challenges & Opportunities, YouTube Interview, VAR India/ Government of India, Data Cybersecurity (Recorded at Holiday Inn Aerocity, New Delhi, India).

Sandhu, K. (2025). Quantum AI Innovations Adoption for Global Reserve Banks in CBDC Governance: Opportunities & Challenges of Fintech & Cybersecurity for the US Federal Reserve System & the Reserve Bank of India. Invited to deliver a Keynote Lecture at the 2nd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence & Sustainable Computing (AISC 2025), and also served as a General Chair and member of the organising committee.

Sandhu, K. (2025). Global Cybersecurity Leaders' Challenges & Opportunities in the Age of AI. Invited as a Global Expert Speaker at the Cyber & Data Security Summit 2025 held at Holiday Inn Aerocity, New Delhi, India. Dr Sandhu served at the international event as a Chair, and was supported through his grant that was awarded by the Australian Federal Government, Australian Consulate-General Chennai (ACGC).

Maria, A., Sandhu, K., & Khan, M.I. (2024). [Best Paper Award] Woman Empowerment for Authentic Leadership in Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Correct Gender Imbalances in Digital Innovations to Cybersecurity for Improved Performance of Digital Enterprises. The International Conference on Business Innovation Technology Startups (ICBITS 2024), AI Cybersecurity Leaders International Conference (AICLIC 2024), 19 August 2024, at San Jose State University, California, USA.

Maria, A., Khan, M.I.; & Sandhu, K. (2024). The Role of Artificial Intelligence Innovations in the Well-Being of Healthcare Professionals and Patient Satisfaction in the Post Covid-19 Outbreak. The International Conference on Business Innovation Technology Startups (ICBITS 2024), AI Cybersecurity Leaders International Conference (AICLIC 2024), 19 August 2024, at San Jose State University, California, USA. 

Sandhu, K. (2024). The Advanced role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Innovation to autonomously drive Cybersecurity for Digital Enterprises. International Conference on Business Innovation Technology Startups (ICBITS 2024), AI Cybersecurity Leaders International Conference (AICLIC 2024), 19 August 2024, at San Jose State University, California, USA.

Sandhu, K. (2024). Global Fintech & Cybersecurity, Innovations from Quantum AI for CBDC and Digital Financial Infrastructure. Invited Distinguished Speaker and presentation to the Department of Informatics at Lund University School of Economics and Management (LUSEM), Sweden, 19 April 2024.

Sandhu, K. (2023). Leaders for Digital Transformation and Agribusiness Challenges. Australia-India Cybersecurity Leaders International Symposium, Punjab Agricultural University, Punjab, India. Keynote speech and presentation.

Sandhu, K. (2023). Cybersecurity Challenges and Opportunities for Leaders. Technology will always be influenced by people. Australia-India Cybersecurity Leaders International Symposium, the Leela Palace, New Delhi, India. Keynote speech and presentation.

Sandhu, K. (2023). Cybersecurity threats for Global Leaders. Australia-India Cybersecurity Leaders International Symposium, Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIMK), Kerala, India. Keynote speech and presentation.

Sandhu, K. (2023). Cybersecurity landscapes on Global Digital Platforms. Australia-India Cybersecurity Leaders International Symposium, Hilton Melbourne. Keynote speech and presentation.

Sandhu, K. (2023). The role of Cybersecurity Leaders to Counter Cyber Threats.  Australia-India Cybersecurity Leaders International Symposium, Hilton Sydney. Keynote speech and presentation.

Sandhu, K. (2023). Fintech and Digital Innovation, and Impacts of Regulations and Compliance. International Roundtable on FinTech 2023, FinTech Crossroads: Converging Ideas from Around the World. Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS), Mumbai, India. Keynote speech and presentation.

Sandhu, K. (2023). Blockchain Fintech for Digital Innovation of the Global Financial Systems: Opportunities, Challenges, & Threats. International Conference on Global Financial and Business Environment, ICGFBE 2023, Finance and Business with Special Focus on ESG. New Delhi Institute of Management, India.

Community and Advocacy Organisation
Collaborations
Juror, NSW, Communities & Justice, Office of the Sheriff, New South Wales.

Editorial Board Reviewer

Special Issue Editor of the International Journal of Accounting and Information Management, invitation to lead the Special Issue: Blockchain and Fintech Innovation.

Special Issue Editor, invitation to lead the special issue for Emerging Applications of Information Security Technology in Digital Environment.

Economics Letters

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Journal of Relationship Marketing 

Journal of Innovation & Knowledge 

Benchmarking: An International Journal

Journal of Global Information Management

Journal of Strategic Marketing 

Professional Associations 

Asia-Pacific Management Accounting Association (APMAA)

Australasian Association for Information Systems (AAIS)

Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC)