Dr. Surabhi Pandey, Assistant Professor
Dr. Surabhi Pandey
Faculty (ICT & e-Governance)
Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), New Delhi-110002.
PhD (Computer Science), MCM, MCA.
Fellow, IMS-DKI APCSS, USA and Defence Security Cooperation University, Naval Postgraduate College, Monterey, USA.
Certified in Gen AI and Digital Transformation Tools for Legal Procedure from the Singapore Law Society and Design Thinking from Harvard Design Lab & TRI.
Research Area: Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Security, Cloud Computing and leadership and change management
About Dr. Surabhi Pandey
Dr. Surabhi Pandey is an accomplished academic and professional with expertise in Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity Strategy, Leadership and Change Management. With more than two decades of experience spanning academia, government capacity building and international partnerships, she brings a multidisciplinary perspective to technology-enabled governance and institutional transformation.
Her academic and professional interests include AI Governance, Responsible and Generative AI, Cybersecurity, Digital Public Infrastructure, Digital Identity, Emerging Technologies and Technology-enabled Public Administration. Her professional work encompasses judicial, police and law-enforcement capacity building, cybercrime investigation, digital forensics, AI, cybersecurity, data analytics and emerging technologies.
Dr. Pandey has been instrumental in conceptualising and coordinating specialised capacity-building programmes for senior government officers, judicial officers, law-enforcement agencies and strategic government institutions. Drawing upon her experience since 2012 in conducting Management Development Programmes for the judiciary, she has contributed to the development and facilitation of pan-India judicial programmes and specialised programmes for the state Judiciary at IIPA.
She has also leveraged her prior experience and professional networks to facilitate specialised programmes and institutional engagements in emerging technology domains, including Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Cybersecurity and Digital Transformation, with organisations associated with InSpace, ISRO, DST, ICMR, Atomic Energy, UIDAI, PSUs and Law-Enforcement Agencies.
Dr. Pandey has contributed to research and publications in these areas and has authored and co-authored work on AI for Good Governance, including AI for Sushasan. and Anonymous World: Dark Web and Future of Digital Security. Her academic and professional contributions have received notable recognition, including the T.N.C. Memorial Award from the Hon’ble Vice President of India for maximum research studies in 2022. She has also been awarded the Indian Army GOC-in-C Western Command Commendation Card.
- Passionate about innovation, strategic development and institutional transformation, Dr. Pandey works at the intersection of practice, policy and research. She represented the nation at a UNESCO conference in Paris on AI and Digital Transformation, focusing on capacity building for civil servants and public-sector professionals. She has also delivered extensive training programmes for Electoral Management Bodies (EMBs) across jurisdictions on AI for electoral administration and governance, as well as on cyber diplomacy and social media intelligence. She has further contributed to media literacy and AI in collaboration with the British Council . UNESCO South Asia Regional Office India and Data Leads
Training
- Imparted training to senior officers of defense and administrative services in the area of Cyber strategy, Cyber Diplomacy and Peace, Defense Procurement, Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence.
- Imparted Training in the area of Cyber Security and Forensics tools, Data Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Block chain to senior officers of Custom and Indirect Taxes, NACIN Faridabad and Pan India.
- Imparted training to more than 1500 judges in the area of Cyber security and fraud investigation, Transformational Leadership, Interpersonal skills at the level of district judges and subordinate services of Uttar Pradesh State.
- Imparted training to approx 200 officers of Central Tibet Administration in Leadership and Public Administration.
- Imparted training to MES officers in the area of transformational leadership and change Management.
- Imparted training to PSUs officers in the area of change Management and transformation.
- Imparted training to NGOs and students on Cyber safety and Cyber hygiene.
Research /Projects
- Ongoing project of Delhi Political and Administrative Structure.
- Ongoing evaluation of Nirbhaya Schemes Under Women Safety Division , MHA
- Ongoing evaluation of Cyber Crime Presentation against Women and children, CIS –II Div , MHA
- Ongoing Evaluation of Narcotics Control Bureau , MHA
- Ongoing Evaluation of Capital and Revenue Schemes of LBSNAA, Mussoorie
- Ongoing evaluation of Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances scheme “Administrative Reforms.
- Ongoing evaluation of DSI special investigation scheme of BPR&D, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)
- Evaluation of Electronic Manufacturing Scheme, Ministry of Electronics & information Technology (MeitY)
- Evaluation of Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) Scheme, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)
- Evaluation of Coastal Security Scheme Phase –II, Border Management, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)
- Evaluation of Border Area Development Programme, Border Management, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)
- Evaluation of Border Infrastructure Management (BIM) Umbrella Scheme for Border Management, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)
- Evaluation of National Research Professors Scheme, Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD)
- Review of Organization Structure and Processes of MHA (Ministry of Home Affairs).
- Evaluation of Awards and Achievements (Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports).
Publication
- Publications: latest in last year (Total + 30 publications)
- Data Security in Cloud-Based Applications “paper published in Data Science Landscape springer book © Springer Nature Singapore Pvt. Ltd.
- “Cloud Computing: Software as a Services Business Application Challenges” pubished in (JACOTECH)Journal of Advanced Computing and Communication Technologies, ISSN: 2347 – 2804
- “Challenges Involved in Implementation of ERP on Demand Solution ::Cloud Computing” published in IJCSI Volume 9, Issue 4, of IJCSI Journal (International Journal of Computer Science Issues) (IJCSI Published Papers Indexed By: Google Scholer, Scribd, Sensei, Engineering Information and many more.)
- “Future Prospects & Current Challenges of Enterprise Applications (ERP) on Software as Services (SaaS) using Cloud Computing Model” published in IBR , volume 1, issue- 2
Books Edited:-
- Managing Uncertainties of Business: A Strato –Techno Approach published by 3 E Innovative Foundations. ISBN : 978-93-5212-780-1
- Big Data and Analytics for Business: Multi-Disciplinary Perspective, Published by Society for Education and Research Development, ISBN No: 978-1944820510
