American Journal of Geographic Information System

American Journal of Geographic Information System published articles about the recent research achievements of geographic information system. The goal of this journal is to track the development tendency of this specified system and make some contributions in the development of this fresh subject. As a comprehensive professional geographical science, geographic information system collects and analyzes various kinds of geographical data.

Vanita Ahuja

Editorial Board Member of American Journal of Geographic Information System

Assistant Professor, Gautam Buddha University, India

Research Areas

Construction Project Management, Supply Chain Management

Education

2008Ph.DMedium Enterprises in Indian Construction Industry, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
1993M.TechBuilding Science and Construction Management, IIT, New Delhi
1991B.ArchIIT, Roorkee

Experience

presentGautam Buddha University – Greater Noida, Assistant Professor – School of Engineering
1999-2011NICMAR (National Institute of Construction Management and Research)-New Delhi, Visiting faculty
2009-2011L&T Institute of Project Management-Vadodara, Visiting Faculty
1997-2011School of Planning and Architecture – New Delhi, Department of Building Engineering and Management, Visiting faculty and adhoc Lecturer

Academic Achievement

Awarded 2nd Prize in the 'Doctoral Colloquium' held at 'International Conference on Indigenous, Management Practices 2009' held at 'Annamalai University'
Published paper 'Benefits of Collaborative ICT Adoption for Building Project Management featured, amongst the top ten most downloaded articles from the Journal in the first six months of 2010
The above mentioned paper has also been selected for inclusion in Emerald Reading ListAssist

Publications: Journals

[1]  Ahuja, V., Yang, J. and Shankar, R., 2010. Benchmarking Framework to Measure Extent of ICT Adoption for Building Project Management, Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, Vol. 136, No. 5, pp.538-545.
[2]  Ahuja, V., Yang, J. and Shankar, R., 2010. IT Enhanced Communication Protocols for Building Project Management, Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management Vol. 17. No. 2, pp 159-179
[3]  Ahuja, V., Yang, J. and Shankar, R., 2010. Perceptions Affecting ICT Adoption for Building Project Management, The International Journal of Construction Management, Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 1-18.
[4]  Ahuja, V., Yang, J., Skitmore, M. and Shankar, R., 2010. An Empirical Test of Causal Relationships of Factors Affecting ICT Adoption for Building Project Management-An Indian SME Case Study, Construction Innovation: Information, Process, Management, Vol. 10, Issue 2 (Accepted for publication)
[5]  Ahuja, V., Yang, J. and Shankar, R., 2009. Study of ICT Adoption for Building Project Management in the Indian Construction Industry, Automation in Construction, Vol. 18, No. 4, pp 415-423.
[6]  Ahuja, V., Yang, J. and Shankar, R., 2009. Benefits of Collaborative ICT Adoption for Building Project Management, Construction Innovation: Information, Process, Management, Vol. 9, Issue 3, pp. 323-340
[7]  Ahuja, V. and Thiruvengadam, V. 2004: Project Scheduling and Monitoring-Current Research Status, Construction Innovation, Vol. 4, Issue 1, pp. 9-31.

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums

[1]  Yang, J., Ahuja, V. and Shankar, R., 2007. Managing Building Projects through Enhanced Communication– An ICT Based Strategy for Small and Medium Enterprises, Proceedings of the CIB World Building Congress 2007, Cape Town, South Africa, May, 2007.
[2]  Ahuja, V., Yang, J. and Shankar, R., 2006. Strategic Use of ICT for Construction Organisations-Requirements and Implementation Issues, Proceedings of INCITE/ITCSED 2006 Conference, Organized by Construction Industry Development Council India and Glasgow Caledonian University, November 2006, NewDelhi, India, 1, pp.235-250. Ahuja. V., Yang, J. and Shankar, R., 2006. Web Based Communication for Construction Project Management, Proceedings of the World Conference on Accelerating Excellence in the Built Environment, Birmingham, UK, October, 2006.
[3]  Yang, J. and Ahuja, V., 2006. Communication Protocol for Building Project Management-ICT Enhanced Approaches for the Indian Building Practice, Proceedings of the CIB W089Conference: International Conference on Building Education and Research (BEAR 2006), Hong Kong, China, April, 2006, pp. 66.
[4]  Ahuja. V. and Yang, J., 2005. Towards 'IT' Enabled Supply Chain Communication in Construction Project Management, In Ribeiro, F.L., Love, P.E.D., Davidson, C.H., Egbu, C.O. and Dimitrijevic, B. Ed. Proceedings of CIB Conference on Information and Knowledge Management in Global Economy, Lisbon, Portugal, 1, pp.289-302.

Publications: Books/Book Chapters

[1]  Mobile Information Communication Technologies and Construction Project Management-Indian Scenario Case Study, in Mobile Information Communication Technologies Adoption in Developing Countries: Effects and Implications Eds. Ahmed G. Abdel-Wahab and Ahmed Ahmed A. El-Masry, pp. 36-51, 2011, IGI Global, Pennsylvania.
[2]  Measuring Strategic ICT Adoption for Building Project Management, in e-Book Project Management Ed. Robert J. Collins, Nova Science Publishers Inc., Hauppauge, NY. ISBN 978-1-61761-623-5, 2010