Contact:
pdata@kent.edu
330-672-1229
About:
Dr. Pratim Milton Datta is a Professor of Information Systems in the College of Business at Kent State University. He specializes in Cybersecurity, Digital Transformation, Corporate Analytics, and 4IR global ICT strategy.
Pratim also serves as a Senior Research Associate (4IR Visiting Researcher) with the University of Johannesburg, South Africa and a Visiting Researcher with ITU Copenhagen, Denmark.
He served as the PhD Director for the College of Business from 2012-2018. He also served as the College's AACSB accreditation Assurance of Learning (AoL) lead from 2010-2012.
Pratim received the Farris Family Research Innovation Award twice (2009, 2010). He was the 2014 University Scholar of the Month and received the University President's Faculty Excellence Award in 2017. Pratim has more than 55 journal articles and over 30 conference proceedings with multiple best paper nominations and awards. He has published in journals such as European Journal of IS, Journal of the AIS, IS Journal, Journal of IT, Journal of Knowledge Management, ACM Journal on Digital Threats, Communications of the AIS, Communications of the ACM, and IEEE.
Pratim's textbook "Global Technology Management 4.0: Concepts and Cases for Managing in the 4th Industrial Revolution" is published by Palgrave Macmillan (https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-96929-5).
Prior to academia, Pratim worked for global technology consulting firms. He actively consults, teaches, and presents his research internationally.
With multiple sole-inventions and patent applications, Pratim enjoys designing engineering and technological solutions. His E-Voting process invention was featured on FOX8 news in April-May 2013. He has been cited in various business media. He is an avid traveller and photographer.
Research Interests:
- Cybersecurity
- Digital Transformation
- Corporate Analytics
- 4IR global ICT strategy.