Sushil K. Sharma is a professor and chairperson of the Department of Information Systems and Operations Management at Ball State University in Muncie, Ind. He has the distinction of having earned two doctoral degrees—one in management information systems (MIS) and the other in management. Prior to joining the faculty at Ball State, Sharma held the associate professor position at the Indian Institute of Management (India) and as a visiting research associate professor at the Department of Management Science at the University of Waterloo (Canada). He was chair of the Quantitative Systems Group and Information Technology and Systems Department at Indian Institute of Management.
Sharma has authored more than 100 refereed research papers in many peer-reviewed national and international MIS journals, conferences, proceedings and books. His research, primarily involving e-commerce, computer-mediated communications, information systems security, e-government, ERP systems, community and social informatics, human computer interaction (HCI) and knowledge management has appeared in journals such as Computers & Security, Information Management and Computer Security, International Journal of E-Business Research (IJEBR), Journal of International Technology and Information Management, Journal of Information Privacy & Security, International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development, International Journal of Mobile Communications, International Journal of Information Management, International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management, Electronic Government Journal, Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations, Journal of Global Information Technology Management, the Journal of Computer Information Systems, Journal of Logistics Information Management, International Journal of Management, and Electronic Commerce Research Journal; and in numerous books and encyclopedia volumes. Sharma has earned recognition for his teaching and research and has been a recipient of the Miller College of Business' Extra Ordinary Year Award for three consecutive years. He is a recipient of Ball State University's Outstanding Researcher of the Year Award (2006-2007).
He is a co-author of Learning UNIX, (Y.K. Publications, India, 1996), Programming C (Y.K. Publications, India, 1997), Co-Editor of Creating Knowledge-Based Health Care Organizations, Intelligent Enterprises of the 21st Century (Idea Group Publishing, 2003, 2004), and Co-Editor of E-Business in the 21st Century (Heidelberg Press, Australia, 2003).
Sharma currently serves as Editor-in-Chief of The International Journal of E-Adoption, Associate Editor for the International Journal of Cases on Electronic Commerce and Honorary Associate Editor for the Advances in Electronic Commerce Book Series. He is a reviewer and member of the following editorial boards: International Journal of Applied Decision Sciences (IJADS), BQuest Journal, Electronic Journal of Electronic Government, Advances in Electronic Commerce (AEC) Book Series, Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations, International Journal of Finance, International Journal of Cases on Electronic Commerce (IJCEC), International Journal of Electronic Democracy (IJED), and Advances in Electronic Commerce (AEC) Book Series, (Editorial Advisory Board).
Sharma has reviewed manuscripts for more than one dozen leading MIS journals and several conference proceedings. He has guest-edited a special issue of Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management and Journal of Global Information Technology Management (JGITM). He has been track and session chair at numerous national and international conferences, and has been a member and chair in dissertation committees for doctoral students.
Sharma has served as a consultant and advisor to numerous companies and organizations including World Bank funded projects and has been a featured speaker at more than one hundred industry association meetings, executive development seminars, and academic conferences. Sharma has been the recipient of several research grants, and has also won numerous professional honors. His most recent co-authored work on computer security won him acclaims and he has a patent pending for this innovative work. His work on ‘Cyber Slacking’ has also been widely covered by several media and news channels and has often been interviewed for his work. He is often invited to speak at seminars and colloquia by international professional and academic groups on topics such as; computer and network security, ERP implementations, e-business and e-government.
Recently, Sharma has designed an information systems security graduate certificate program specifically for working information technology professionals. He has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in database management, ERP systems (SAP), electronic commerce, information systems security, advanced computer and network security, management information systems, systems analysis and design, distributed data processing systems, computer networking, knowledge management and other information systems related subjects.