Professor Prabal Datta Barua is a highly accomplished award-winning researcher, academic and educationist. Professor Barua has 25 years of global leadership experience in education, health, Information Technology and the Media. His expertise has been instrumental in providing high-level input and commentary on many Australian and overseas universities’ educational strategic policy frameworks.
Professor Barua is a prolific author with over 100 publications in top-tier academic journals and has contributed as a guest editor in many international journals. He has secured over
A$3M in government and industry research grants for conducting cutting-edge research in applying Artificial Intelligence in health informatics, education analytics and ICT for business transformation. He is supervising more than 15 research students at both doctoral and master’s levels.
Professor Barua is the Academic Dean at the Australian International Institute of Higher Education, an Adjunct Professor at the University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ), a member of the ICT Industry Advisory Board at UniSQ, a member of the ICT Programs Leadership & Governance Committee at UniSQ; a member of Business in AI steering committee at UniSQ; accredited Higher Degree by Research (HDR) supervisor at UniSQ. Professor Barua is also an Adjunct Professor at Taylor’s University Malaysia, an Adjunct Professor in New England (UNE), an accredited HDR supervisor at UNE, and a Visiting Professor at SRM University of Science and Technology, India. Professor Barua is also an Honorary Professional/Industry Fellow at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS).
Professor Barua is a professional member of the IEEE Computer Society, the Australian Computer Society, The CEO Institute and the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Professor Barua is actively involved in volunteer work for the Australian Red Cross and the St Vincent Paul De Society. Prabal is also the Justice of Peace for the NSW Department of Communities and Justice.