Faculty

Gayatri Doctor

Sr.Associate Professor
Institutional Roles: Program Chair- Master of Urban Management

Dr Gayatri Doctor, is Program Chair, Master’s in Urban Management Program and an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Management, CEPT University, Ahmedabad. She has experience in the IT Industry and has been in Academics for more than two decades. Currently engaged in the field of Urban Management from a technology perspective. Her interest areas are Smart Cities, e-governance, open data, data-driven decisions & exploring emerging technologies, their applications, user acceptance, challenges in the urban context. She has a number of publications in International Journals, Conferences.

Education

Degree Institution Field Year of Completion
PhD Dharam Sinh Desai University, Nadiad 2009
MPhil Gujarat Vidyapith, Ahmedabad Computer & Information Science 1997
MCA Maharaja Sayaji Rao University, Baroda Masters in Computer Applications (M.C.A) 1989
BSc Jadavpur University,Kolkata Mathematics (Honours), Physics, Computer Science 1985

Areas of Expertise

E-Governance, Smart Cities, Open data, data-driven operations, emerging technologies, Digital Repositories, Enterprise Resource Planning.

Courses Taught

Sr No. Course Name Semester
1 Quantitative Techniques M-2023
2 Digital Governance S-2023
3 DRP S-2023
4 Future Cities and Technologies S-2023

Research/Design Projects in Areas of Expertise

  • "Awareness and Adoption of E- Government Inititaives, A study of Drivers & Barriers", 2017 ongoing, The research is Funded by Indian Council for Social Science Reserach, ( ICSSR) New Delhi . The research involves understanding the citizens perspective and usage of  E - Government initiatives, their Interaction with technology interface , and the realised potential of this technology platform for efficient municipal governance. The main objectives of the research are to understand the awareness level and adoption rate among citizens for municipal e-governance services and also to identify the barriers and drivers for enhancing the adoption levels.

Research Articles and Book Chapters in Areas of Expertise

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  • Gayatri Doctor, Esha Dalal. (2017). A Pilot Study of E-Waste Management in Ahmedabad City. Waste Management and Resource Efficiency Proceedings of 6th IconSWM 2016. Kolkata: Springer Singapore. ISBN 978-981-10-7290-1
  • Gayatri Doctor, Esha Dalal. (2017). Awareness and Management of e-Waste in Ahmedabad. ICEGOV '17 Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance (pp. 359-365). ACM New York. ISBN: 978-1-4503-4825-6
  • Gayatri Doctor. (2016). Smart Cities and Internet of Things. New Age Ecosystem for Empowering Trade, Industry and Society (pp. 418-427). Ahmedabad: Excel India Publisher.ISBN 978-93-85777-08-0
  • Gayatri Doctor, Prajita Chowdhury (2015). Understanding Internet of Things and Smart Cities. National Conference on Sustainable & Smart Cities (SSC - 15 ) (pp. 66-72). Surat: Excel India Publisher. ISBN 978-93-84869-52-6
  • Panchamia Jallavi & Doctor Gayatri (2015). Customer's Attitude towards Technology Acceptance of E-Ticket Booking, Vilakshan XIMB Journal of Management, Vol 12 No 1, 115 - 128. ISSN 0973-1954
  • Rhutvika Joshi,  Gayatri Doctor. (2013). Effectiveness and Relationship of an ERP system implementation and Business Process Re engineering. National Conference on Contemporary issues in Management and Co-operation: Prospects and Challenges (pp. 192-194). Gandhinagar: Urmi Printers.ISSN 2249-2275
  • Ananya Patel,  Gayatri Doctor. (2013). Importance and interdependence of software and partner selection for ERP systems. National Conference on Contemporary issues in Management and Co-operation: Prospects and Challenges (pp. 188-191). Gandhinagar: Urmi Printers. ISSN 2249-2275    
  • Hardik Patel, Dr Pestonjee, Gayatri Doctor  (2013). Impact of Social Networking Sites on Generation-Y of India. National Conference on Contemporary issues in Management and Co-operation: Prospects and Challenges (pp. 32-45). Gandhinagar: Urmi Printers.ISSN 2249-2275    
  • Gayatri Doctor. (2015). Exploring M-Governance initiatives of Urban Local Bodies (ULB) in Gujarat. Gujarat Model of GovernanceL: Lessons and future scope, 194-199. ISBN No : 978-93-85271-13-7
  • Tejaswini Joshi, Gayatri Doctor. (2013). Implementing Koha: The CEPT University Experience. MANLIBNET : International Conference on Entreprenueurial Approaches to Librianship (pp. 464-474). Newdelhi: Bookwell. ISBN 978-93-80574-56-1
  • Jinal Patel, Gayatri Doctor. (2013). Exploring Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Geographic Information System (GIS) Integration. AGSE 2013 Proceedings of the International Conference on Geospatial Momentum for Society and environment, (pp. 297-304)
  • Doctor, Gayatri (2013) Institutional Knowledge Repositories – Enterprise Content Management in Academics, Enterprise Resource Planning Models for the Education Sector: Applications and Methodologies” Edited by K.K Patel & S. Vij, 2013, (pp 1 -257). DOI Bookmark: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2193-0; ISBN: 9781466621930
  • Doctor, G. (2011). A simulation study for a number of simultaneous users of an institutional knowledge repository system. World Digital Libraries , 4 (1), 1-8.  http://iospress.metapress.com/content/4777v7140h587127/?p=6ab4912a089c46f3a048bcc20aa5a062&pi=0
  • Doctor, G. (2008). Determining the number of simultaneous users of an Institutional Knowledge Repository at a Management Institute in India. VINE , 38 (3), 334-347. doi:10.1108/03055720810904844
  • Doctor, G. (2008). Capturing Intellectual capital with an Institutional Repository at a Business School in India. Library Hitech , 26 (1), 110-125. doi:10.1108/07378830810857843
  • Doctor, G. (2007). Knowledge Sharing : Developing the Digital Repository of SIPS. VINE , 37 (1), 64-73. doi:10.1108/03055720710742043
  • Doctor, G., & Ramachandran, S. (2008). Considerations for Implementing an Institutional Repository at a Business School in India. International Journal of Information Management , 28 (5), 346-354. doi:10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2007.12.001
  • Doctor, G., & Ramachandran, S. (2008). DSpace@IBSA : Knowledge Sharing in a Management Institute. VINE , 38 (1), 42-52. doi:10.1108/03055720810870888

Presented Papers and Invited Lectures in Areas of Expertise

  • Doctor, G ( 2016) Smart Cities and Internet of Things, 19th International Conference on Management NICOM 2016, Ahmedabad 7-9 January 2016
  • Ghosh, Pallab & Doctor, G (2015) Exploring ICT as an effective tool for Sustainable Solid Waste Management Systems in India,3rd International Conference on Gujarat Models of Governance : Lessons & Future Scope ICGS 2015, Ahmedabad,  24 & 25 April 2015
  • Doctor, G ( 2015) Exploring M-Governance initiatives of Urban Local Bodies (ULB) in Gujarat, 3rd International Conference on Gujarat Models of Governance : Lessons & Future Scope ICGS 2015, Ahmedabad,  24 & 25 April 2015
  • Doctor, Gayatri & Chowdhury Prajita ( 2015) Understanding Internet of Things and Smart Cities, 1st National Conference on Sustainable & Smart Cities (SSC - 15 ), SVNIT Surat, 10-11April 2015
  • Joshi, Tejaswini & Doctor, G (2013) Implementing Koha: The CEPT University Experience, International Conference on Entrepreneurial Approaches to Librarianship - Manlibnet 2013 on December 26-28, 2013.
  • Doctor, G ( 2013) Exploring Learning Management Systems (LMS ) : e-learning tools,  International Workshop on Innovative Learning Tools – ISPRS 2013, Ahmedabad, 20 -21 December, 2013
  • Patel, Jinal & Doctor, G (2013) Exploring Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Geographic Information System (GIS) Integration,6th International Conference on Geospatial Momemtum for Society and Environment ( AGSE 2013 ), 16 - 19 Dec 2013
  • Rhutvika Joshi, Gayatri Doctor (2013). Effectiveness and Relationship of an ERP system implementation and Business Process Re engineering. National Conference on Contemporary issues in Management and Co-operation: Prospects and Challenges.NICM, Gandhinagar.May 4-5, 2013                                                                                                 
  • Hardik Patel, Dr Pestonjee, Gayatri Doctor (2013). Impact of Social Networking Sites on Generation-Y of India. National Conference on Contemporary issues in Management and Co-operation: Prospects and Challenges.NICM, Gandhinagar.May 4-5, 2013                                     
  • Ananya Patel, Gayatri Doctor(2013). Importance and interdependence of software and partner selection for ERP systems. National Conference on Contemporary issues in Management and Co-operation: Prospects and Challenges.NICM, Gandhinagar.May 4-5, 2013

Invited Lectures

  • Guest Speaker on Technical Conference cum Workshop on Digital Library Using Dspace invited by Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar on 6th February 2014
  • Speaker in the State Level Workshop on Research Methodology invited by Ahmedabad University, School of Computer Studies on 20-22nd January 2014
  • Panelist for the topic "Challenges and Solutions for Enterprise Mobility in Academic Institutions" in Computer Society of India Region 3 Student Convention ( CSIR3SC) invited by GLS Institute of Computer Technology and GLS Institute of Computer Application on 1st Oct 2013
  • Resource Person at the UGC Sponsored National Workshop on Building Digital Library Using Dspace invited by Shri P.K. Chaudhuri Mahila College, Gandhinagar on 1-2nd December 2012

Professional Honors, Prizes, Fellowships, Grant-in Aids

  • First Prize (Momento, Certificate & Cash Award Rs 5000)  for Best Research paper Award in the IT & Computer Science Track for Paper presented on "Importance and interdependence of software and partner selection for ERP systems"  in National Conference on Contemporary issues in Management and Co-operation: Prospects and Challenges held on May 4-5, 2013 at NICM, Gandhinagar. It was organised by National Institute of Cooperative Management and sponsered by Bank of Baroda
  • Third Prize (Momento, Certificate & Cash Award Rs 2000) for Best Research paper Award in the IT & Computer Science Track  for Paper presented on "Effectiveness and Relationship of an ERP system implementation and Business Process Re engineering"  in National Conference on Contemporary issues in Management and Co-operation: Prospects and Challenges held on May 4-5, 2013 at NICM, Gandhinagar. It was organised by National Institute of Cooperative Management and sponsered by Bank of Baroda 
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