Prof. Sandhu is the Director of AI Hub (www.aihub8.com), Chair of the Cybersecurity Leaders Alliance, & internationally recognized multi-award winning research leader with over 28 years experience in IT, & advanced expertise in Cybersecurity, Fintech, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Quantum Computing, Blockchain, Venture Capital, Data Analytics, & Digital Enterprise Innovations, that are modernizing societies, economies, businesses, universities, and governments. Editor of 8 Books & published internationally over 220 articles in peer-reviewed (refereed) journals, conferences, & book chapters. He earned his Ph.D. from the Deakin University Melbourne.Dr. Sandhu’s cutting edge research gained him international acclaim & received prestigious and competitive research grant awards (2024 & 2023), including two grants in Cybersecurity & AI, from the Australian Government to lead a world-first project aimed at preventing & detecting cybersecurity threats. Dr. Sandhu, who was named an Australian Principal Investigator (PI), was one of just six high impact projects, in other was one of just twelve Australian researchers, and the only Cybersecurity project to receive this honor from the Australian government, ARCH-India, Australia India Institute, at the University of Melbourne. He held multiple leadership positions including Professor at the University of Northern British Columbia Canada, Senior Research Fellow at the University of South Australia, & other Senior Academic positions at: University of Wollongong, Charles Darwin University, Deakin University, & University of South Pacific at Fiji. Prior to that having held industry Senior Consulting positions. He is an invited Visiting Professor at Punjab Agricultural University, & Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, and Honorary Distinguished Professor of Cybersecurity at Swami Vivekananda University. Having extensive expertise as Ph.D. Principal Supervisor & thesis examiner, mentored Ph.D. research students to successful completion with the highest merit award of the Chancellor’s Doctoral Research Medal, students have successfully gained academic & research appointments at leading international universities. Recipient of Vice Chancellors & Pro Vice Chancellors Teaching Commendation Awards. Enjoy teaching international & local students and have multidisciplinary experience working across different Faculties such as Business, Accounting, Finance, Management, IT & IS, Software, and Computer Science. Serves on committees of university and professional associations, and editorial boards (journal editor).