PRADEEP KUMAR K
April 22, 2024 2026-03-10 12:40PRADEEP KUMAR K
Project Management, Strategic Linkages of Projects, Innovation Systems
Pradeep Kumar, Assistant Professor research focuses on project portfolio management, dynamic capabilities, strategic alignment of projects, and innovation systems. He currently serves as the Chair of the Centre for Digital Transformation & Innovation (CDTI) and Social Engagement Centre. He contributed to establishing the Social Engagement Centre (SEC), the Centre for Continuing & Executive Education, and the Project Management Institute Students Club at DUK. Pradeep is a recipient of the Erasmus Mundus Scholarship (European Union) for his master’s degree in Strategic Project Management. Prior to academia, he worked for eight years as Assistant Director at the National Productivity Council, Department of Promotion of Industry & Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, New Delhi. His publications span project management, e-governance, innovation capacity, and income inequality, and he has presented at leading national and international conferences.
- PhD in Management (pursuing)- Indian Institute of Management, Mumbai. PhD thesis title: “Project Portfolio Management—A Dynamic Capabilities Perspective.”
- Master’s in Strategic Project Management (European) as a recipient of the Erasmus Mundus scholarship awarded by the European Agency for Culture, Education, and Arts of the European Union
- Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) from the University of Calicut, Kerala
2021-present: Assistant Professor, Digital University Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram
2013-2021: Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management-Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram
Project Management, e-Governance Project Management, Transformational Leadership & Change Management, Organisational Behaviour, Lifelong Learning & Critical Thinking, Strategic Management, and Design Thinking. Coordinates the Digital Access for Community Empowerment (DACE) core course from 2021.
Rini Varghese, Pradeep Kumar Kalampukatt, and Umasankar R, “Energy consumption in buildings using machine learning techniques”, 19th International Society for Data Sciences & Innovation (IDSI) Global Conference 2025, 26-29 December 2025, IMI Kolkota, India https://doi.org/10.64558/bllp/
044736sdlvtq - Deepthimol N K, Pradeep Kumar Kalampukatt, Vimal D Kumar, Kiran Kumar Kakarlapudi, “Pathways to Equitable Prosperity: Investigating the relationship between National Innovation Capacity and Income Inequality” at the Asia Pacific Innovation Conference (APIC 2023) organized by CTIER and Ahmedabad University , 19-21 October 2023 held at Ahmedabad University, Gujarat.
- Deepthimol N K, Pradeep Kumar Kalampukatt, Vimal D Kumar, Kiran Kumar Kakarlapudi, “Does National Innovation Capacity Lead to Reduction in Income Inequality? Empirical Evidence from Panel Data Analysis” at the 20th Anniversary GLOBELICS International Conference 2023 held at GIFT, Thiruvananthapuram, 11-14 October 2023.
- Pradeep Kumar K, Jinsha K and Umasankar R, Exploring the Different Dimensions of Challenges in E-Governance Projects – A Literature Review Analysis, International Conference on Systems Energy and Environment (ICSEE 2019), Government Engineering College, Kannur, India, 12-13 July 2019
- Pradeep Kumar K and Vivekanand B Khanapuri, Impact of Dynamic Capabilities on Information Technology Project Portfolio Performance- Development of a conceptual framework, Project Management Institute Research and Academic Conference (PMIRAC 2019), Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, 28th Feb to 2nd March 2019
- Pradeep Kumar K, Jinsha K and Umasankar R, Challenges in implementing e-Governance projects- A systematic literature review, Project Management Institute Research and Academic Conference (PMIRAC 2019), 28 Feb- 2nd March 2019
- Pradeep Kumar K and Vivekanand B Khanapuri, “Project Portfolio Management-A Dynamic Capabilities Perspective” at the Indian Academy of Management Conference, Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, 11-12 Dec. 2015.
- Pradeep Kumar K and Vivekanand B Khanapuri, “Implementing strategic vision through project portfolio management – a review” at the National Conference on Industrial Engineering and Technology Management (NCIETM 2014), NITIE, Mumbai, 29-31 Oct. 2014.
- Pradeep Kumar K and Vivekanand B Khanapuri, “Strategy implementation through project portfolio management – case study on IT products industry” at the Doctoral Colloquium, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 3-4 Jan. 2011.
Development of Centralised e-Ticket Issuing and Monitoring System for Museums (CeTMS), Department of Archaeology, Government of Kerala
- EARAS Module of Development of Application for Intelligent Data Engineering and Analytics,
Department of Economics and Statistics, Govt. of Kerala
- Web portal for Kerala State Climate Change Adaptation Mission (KSCCAM), Kerala State Climate Change Adaptation Mission
- Transgender Grievance Redressal Portal, Kerala State Health System Resource Centre, Dept. of Health, Govt. of Kerala
- Development of Digital Ecosystem for IRIA,International Research Institute for Ayurveda, Kannur, AYUSH, Dept. of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of Kerala
Current Services
Chair, Centre for Digital Transformation & Innovation (CDTI)
Chair, Social Engagement Centre
- Program Officer, National Service Scheme Unit
- Faculty Advisor, Project Management Institute Students Club
- Coordinator- Centre for Digital Transformation & Innovation, DUK
- Sponsored projects being coordinated under the Centre for Digital Transformation & Innovation (CDTI)
- Member, Board of Directors, Project Management Institute, Kerala Chapter(2006-2008;2011-2016)
- Education Grid
Chair – Alumni Affairs: 2022-2025; 2016-2021
Chair – Admissions 2018-2022
Chair – Executive Education & Centre for Continuing Studies: 2017-2022
Coordinator- Knowledge Centre in Software Engineering & Project Management 2017-2021
The Best Faculty Award by the Project Management Institute-Kerala Chapter in 2024, in recognition of the efforts towards developing and adopting innovative teaching methods.
The Best Faculty Award Runner-Up by the Project Management Institute-Kerala Chapter in 2025, in recognition of the efforts towards developing and adopting innovative teaching methods.
