Avinash Panwar holds a PhD in e-commerce domain and a Master's degree in Computer Science and Applications. His interest areas in teaching and research include System Designing, application of IT for improvement of processes and public services, Social Network Analysis and electronic Word of Mouth. He has an experience of more than 14years in various administrative and academic positions. Dr. Panwar has had international exposure through his visit to University of Nebraska, USA as a faculty representative for a 15 day exchange programme which included 40 students from five different countries. He is also strongly associated with academic fraternity by means of guest lectures, collaborative research, conferences, meetings and other academic initiatives. He hasseveral national and international publications to his credit.