Dr Krishnan Mysore

  • Biography/ Background

    Dr Krishnan is engaged as a lecturer in Project Management at the Adelaide Business School. In the space of Academia, Krishnan was conferred (in recent years) with a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) from the University of South Australia for his research/thesis entitled "Adversarial Multi-stakeholder Engagement in the Context of globally distributed ICT Projects - the ICT vendor's perspective". As a first Author, Krishnan has written and published research papers in well-established journals & conferences such as International Journal of Managing Projects in Business and IEEE. Krishnan is currently responsible for enabling (Master level & Undergraduate) students in the space of Project Management fundamentals, Project Management in Practice, Project Leadership & communications. Krishnan has also engaged in enablement of students in Project Risk Management/assessment, Enterprise Transformation/Innovation & Research Studies in Project Management at the Business school of University of Adelaide. Krishnan has supervised & evaluated research projects of several university students from the University of South Australia & Open University Australia.  His Teaching Interests are in Project Management Fundamentals, Project Management in Practice, Project Leadership & Project Management Research. His research interests are in Project stakeholder engagement, People and Culture in Projects, Project Leadership studies. Krishnan has been engaged in various roles such as course coordination, teaching, researcher, tutoring, content developer and teaching team leader. Before moving back to Academia, Krishnan was an IT Industry professional engaged in various managerial, consulting & team leadership roles in Globally distributed projects and programs. Krishnan has nearly two decades of experience in the ICT industry, of which 11+ years at Hewlett Packard. Gained strong expertise in project management, team leadership and other functions such as presales, technical marketing and buinsess development in the IT Industry. Krishnan has excellent managerial expertise, stakeholder engagement skills, team leadership qualities & interpersonal skills that can positively contribute to either Industry or Academia. Krishnan has also briefly worked in the retail, and manufacturing sectors and played an active professional role in industrial engineering and human resource functions. At a voluntary level, Krishnan has engaged as a ‘quiz master’, participated in fundraising events, and served as a member of the governing council in a public school in Adelaide, Australia. Overall, Krishnan has the ability & passion for student enablement as well as passion and interest in engaging stakeholders in Academia, and collaborative engagement within Academia &/or Academia & Industry.

  • Qualifications

    DEGREES

    DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (Ph.D.) • 2020 • UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA – SCHOOL OF NATURAL AND BUILT ENVIRONMENTS

     

    MASTERS IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (PGDBA) • 1994 • INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT, BANGALORE, INDIA                                                                            

     

    BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING • 1992 • R.V COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING; BANGALORE UNIVERSITY, INDIA

     

     

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    CERTIFICATIONS 

     

    Certified as Project Management Professional from Project Management Institute Inc, USA; Valid until Jan 2027

     

    Certified in General Management Program for IT Executives (GMITE), Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore

     

    Certified in Diploma of Financial Planning (FNS50611)

    from Integrity Education Group, Australia

     

    Certified Resilience Practitioner from High Impact Consulting (The CPD Accreditation Group Provider No: 777313)

     

    Certified Emotional Intelligence Practitioner from Priority Academy (Complementary Therapists Accredited Association - Member)

     

    Certified Directorship/Life member of Indian Institute for Directorship

     

     

  • Teaching Interests

    Project Management Fundamentals

    Project Management in Practice

    Project Risk Assessment 

    Project Leadership & Communications

    Project Culture, Stakeholders & Teams

    Project Stakeholder Engagement/Communications

    Project Management Research

  • Research Interests

    Multi-Stakeholder engagement in projects

    People and Culture in Projects

    Project Leadership studies

    Project Management & Supply Chain Management

    Project Management & Entrepreneurship 

     

  • Publications

    Effective Antidotes to Address Adverse Situations During Multi-stakeholder Engagement: the Case of International ICT Projects – IEEE® 2020

     

    The Influence of Themes of Interplay on Multistakeholders Engagement Amidst Adversities in Globally Distributed ICT Projects – A Case Study Approach; Journal of Global Information Technology Management; 2019

     

    Adversarial factors in multi-stakeholders’ engagement of global-IT projects; International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 2019

     

    Multistakeholder engagement in the face of stakeholder adversities among globally distributed ICT Projects-A conceptual model and a research agenda; IEEE 2016

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Entry last updated: Saturday, 24 May 2025