Editorial Board

The masthead below lists the roles that constitute the JIELKS Editorial Board. Specific members will be announced as appointments are confirmed.

Dr. Mudit Kumar Verma
Editor-in-Chief
Dr. Mudit Kumar Verma
Assistant Professor, School of Education; Secretary, International Cell
Babu Banarasi Das University, Lucknow, U.P., India
ORCID ID Link: 0000-0001-8543-1667

Dr. Mudit Kumar Verma is an educationist and researcher specialising in educational psychology, educational technology, and cybercrime awareness among students. He is Assistant Professor at the School of Education, Babu Banarasi Das University, Lucknow, and also serves as Secretary of the University’s International Cell, in addition to coordinating the Value Added Course, Training and Placement, Action Research, and Mentor–Mentee initiatives. He holds a Ph.D. in Education from the Institute of Education, Bundelkhand University, Jhansi (NAAC A++), with a doctoral thesis titled “Development and testing of structural equation models for cybercrime awareness and victimization among undergraduate students with reference to their personality traits and soft skills”, along with an M.Ed. from the University of Lucknow, an M.Sc. in Chemistry, and an M.A. in English, and has qualified the UGC NET-JRF-SRF in Education. His research spans cybercrime awareness and victimization, personality traits, soft skills, artificial intelligence in education, and technology-enabled learning, and includes publications in Scopus- and Web of Science-indexed journals such as Safer Communities (United Kingdom) and UGC-CARE journals, with an h-index of 2 on Google Scholar and over 220 citations. He has presented research papers at national and international conferences, including an international conference on AI in digital growth, and has over seven years of teaching experience across B.Ed., M.Ed., M.A. Education, and B.A. Education programmes.

Associate Editors

Dr. Shivakumar Kandekar
Associate Editor
Dr. Shivakumar Kandekar
National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA), New Delhi, Delhi, India
Ph.D. in Education
Dr. Mohit Saini
Associate Editor
Dr. Mohit Saini
Rajdhani College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, Delhi, India
Ph.D. in Commerce
Dr. Swati Sharma
Associate Editor
Dr. Swati Sharma
FORE School of Management, New Delhi, Delhi, India
Ph.D. in Management
Soumya Raghunath
Associate Editor
Soumya Raghunath
Dayananda Sagar Business Academy, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow (ICSSR, India)
Dr. Rajendra Kumar
Associate Editor
Dr. Rajendra Kumar
Assistant Professor, School of Legal Studies, Babu Banarasi Das University, Lucknow, U.P., India; Academic Advisor (AI Law & Governance), MyEIROS LLC, Tucson AZ, U.S.A.
Ph.D. in Law, University of Lucknow (2025); LL.M. Human Rights; LL.B. (Hons.)

Editorial Advisory Board

Dr. Muhammad Asif Chuadhry
Editorial Advisory Board
Dr. Muhammad Asif Chuadhry
SIRES (Spine Innovation Research and Educational Services), Pakistan
Ph.D. in Educational Planning, Management and Leadership
Dr Anil Basweshwar Swami
Editorial Advisory Board
Dr Anil Basweshwar Swami
MIT Arts, Commerce and Science College, Alandi (D), Pune, Maharashtra, India
Ph.D. in English

Editorial roles open for application

Applications are invited for the following roles. The board is being constituted; named members will appear here only once their appointment is formally confirmed. We do not publish placeholder or unconfirmed names.

  • Associate Editors: handle submissions within their expertise, manage peer review, and recommend decisions.
  • Editorial Advisory Board members: advise on the journal's scope, policy, and strategic direction.

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Managing Editor

Dr. Jay Kumar Pandey
Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering
Shri Ramswaroop Memorial University, Barabanki (U.P.), India
ORCID ID Link: 0000-0003-4086-5730

Interested in joining the JIELKS Editorial Board? Send a CV, ORCID, and a short statement of editorial interest to [email protected].