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Dr. Nitin Upadhyay is a Researcher, Inventor, Innovator, Consultant, Leader, Academician and Prolific Writer. Currently he is working as an Associate Professor in the area of Information Technology and Production & Operations Management with Goa Institute of Management, Goa. He has an extensive Industry, Academic and Research experience. He has worked with Samsung Advanced Research, Software Engineering R&D Lab, Samsung Research & Development Institute Bangalore, India. Previous to Industry assignments he has worked with BITS Pilani Goa Campus and other academic institutes of repute. He has an extensive experience in research, consultancies, mentoring and teaching in the areas of intellectual property (IP) & innovation, information systems, software quality management, software engineering, software architecture, software & technology innovation, pervasive computing, quality modeling, analysis, software evolution, design and evaluation, systems engineering, concurrent engineering, object oriented analysis and design, decision making, cloud and mobile computing. He has a PhD in Computer Science from BITS Pilani and an Engineering Degree in computer science & engineering from Barkatullah University. He has created a definite niche for himself in the field of Computer Science and Information Systems. He has contributed 50+ peer reviewed publications/presentations/posters/talks and seven books. He has contributed to best ideas/patents/inventions/innovations. He is associated with various journals and societies of repute as Deputy Editor-in-Chief/Editor/Editorial Board Member/Reviewer/Member. His major research and consulting areas are intellectual property (IP) & innovation, software engineering & management, software architecture, software innovation, technology innovation, cloud computing, system engineering, system modeling & analysis, concurrent engineering, human computer interaction, human centric design, pervasive & mobile computing, technical writing (scientific publications, books, patent and grant proposals)