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Dr. Ghulam Muhammad Kundi is born on January 04, 1969 at village Gul Imam (Now District Tank) Dera Ismail Khan. Studied at Government Islamia High School No.2 Dera Ismail Khan (Matriculation), Government Degree College Dera Ismail Khan (Intermediate and Graduation), Gomal University Dera Ismail Khan (Masters in Public Administration, Political Science and PhD in Management studies), and University Paul Cezanne Aix-Marseille, Aix-en-Provence France (Post Doctorate in Management Science).

Dr. Kundi parents supported his early education and have done PhD with his own resources, yet he was awarded Post Doctoral Research Fellowship by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan.

His late father Mr. Atta Muhammad belonged to a Pashtun Tribe (Kundi) served in Agricultural Engineering Workshop as a Government Servant and died on February 12, 1989).

Dr. Kundi is the first among his family, who got PhD Degree and obtained higher education abroad. He and his family were happy to know the joint result of HEC and French Embassy for the award of the Government scholarship from HEC. Yet, he is still reluctant and has reservation about the merit criteria as most of the time merit is violated.

Being a university teacher and his inclination towards research inspired him to excel in the field of academic and applied research especially to acquaint with empirical Data Analysis and to be competitive in Higher Education, so he did his PhD. He wishes to promote and develop research culture among the students of Higher Education upon which the success (prosperity and development) of the nation depends.

During student life, he strives hard for the students rights, also participated in Inter-University Football. He was elected as member SENATE and SYNIDICATE of the university. Dr. Kundi served his teaching community first as General Secretary and later on as President of the Gomal University Academic Staff Association (GUASA) and executive member of the Federation of all Pakistan Universities Academic Staff Associations (FAPUASA) from 2006-2010.

He authored three books and more than two dozen research papers/articles, published by/in National and International Publishers/Journals in the filed of Management Information Systems, E-Business, E-Learning and E-Government.

Dr Ghulam Muhammad Kundi earned his PhD in Management Studies (E-Business) from the Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan. He has an experience of about 18 years as a university teacher and researcher from Gomal University Dera Ismail Khan Pakistan. He was funded by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan to pursue a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the Department of Information Systems and Technology Management, IAE-Aix Graduate School of Management, University Paul Cezanne Aix-Marseille III, Aix-en-Provence FRANCE under the mentoring of Professor Dr. Jacques Andre Bartoli of University Aix-Marseille and Professor Dr. Serge Bail of University Toulouse France, well well-known Information Systems scientists and researchers of the world Pakistan is facing eLocal Government implementation barriers, so it was the first choice of Dr. Kundi, so he conducted his research on E-Local Government Implementation Barriers in Pakistan. E-Local Government has wide scope and heavily investigated field of research around the world. Huge amount of funds are being invested both in the developed and developing countries to explore the opportunities and challenges of eLocal government for transparency, accountability, citizen’s participation and good governance. Implementation Barriers in Pakistan provide enough reasons to conduct research into this new area. Dr. Ghulam Muhammad Kundi has specialized in the field of information systems (E-Business, e-Learning and E-Government) so that he could contribute by developing solution models. He continued his research on the same line during his fellowship in France. During his Post-Doctoral research, he worked as a team member in a multi-disciplinary research group and learned several new techniques particularly scientific data analysis that he wishes to apply in future.

The paradigm shift in Public Administration from conventional to digital modes of governance is the emerging trend in developing countries. ICTs are infused into the organizational structures of administrative machinery to achieve the goals of transparency, accountability and good governance through citizen’s participation. Dr. Kundi study gives an insight into the trends, explored from the existing literature on eLocal Government implementation with its ample potentials for developing countries. The new technology is mushrooming with humble pace round the globe, despite huge investment, wide range of applications and multiple access methods; however, the pace of growth is slow, making it an exciting field of investigation. E-Government is multi-facets and multi-dimensional in its essence. His research study in France focused on the implementation of this innovative technology. Dr. Kundi has suggested a framework, which is holistic and citizen’s centric, that examine the individual beliefs, attitudes and perception of users in perspective of eLocal Government implementation. Dr. Kundi has investigated the role of IT-policy, top management support, change management, information quality, system quality and service quality that directly or indirectly affect the development and implementation of eLocal Government through ability to use, functional benefits, trust in government and medium and user’s satisfaction. Though, like other studies, the findings of his study could also be generalized in other developing countries, however, the basic aim of his study was to highlight the methods how to manage the eLocal Government implementation barriers in Pakistan.

The study of Dr. Kundi is empirical in nature which is based on the previous studies and use of two surveys, whereas, model/hypotheses have been tested through structural equation modeling. The ability to use, functional benefits, trust in medium and government and user’s satisfaction were found strong predictors of eLocal Government implementation. The study also found that IT-policy, top management support, change management, information quality, system quality, and service quality were totally mediated by ability to use, functional benefits, trust in medium and government and user’s satisfaction, whereas, functional benefits and trust in government and medium were found as the significant mediators between IT-policy and information and service quality and eLocal Government. The results further reveals that gender, age, income, IT-Literacy and IT-maturity significantly effect eLocal Government implementation.

Dr. Kundi’s research came with useful implications and recommendations with solution model ‘Sharing Responsibilities: Customizing the Technologies’ for the academicians, practitioners and government officials besides analysts and developers in design and development of eGovernment policies and strategies. Moreover, citizen’s centric systems could build their trust and confidence, thus, it helps overcome their apprehensions to effectively implement eLocal Government to reap its benefits. Dr. Kundi said, “It was a great opportunity to step outside my country in order to gain valuable research experience abroad. It has enlightened my spirit to work hard for the development of my country. My international exposure has broadened my vision for research and life. I lived and worked under socially, culturally and ethnically diverse conditions in France. I realize that it has transformed my attitude and outlook. This was not possible without the generous funding from the HEC. I strongly urge the HEC to continue this scheme of Post-Doc fellowship for the future generation. It would be of great importance to uplift the science and education standards of our country.” Therefore, he considered the HEC-funded Post-Doctoral Fellowship as a great blessing in achieving research and professional goals.

Dr. Ghulam Muhammad Kundi has joined Department of Public Administration Gomal University Dera Ismail Khan Pakistan after the successful completion of 12-months of his fellowship tenure in France.