Balochistan University of Engineering & Technology, Khuzdar
Balochistan University of Engineering & Technology, Khuzdar

Dr. Sohrab Khan Bizanjo

sohrab@buetk.edu.pk
+92 (848) 550275

Dr. Sohrab Khan Bizanjo

Chairman/Associate Professor
Dr. Sohrab Khan completed his PhD in Information Systems from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia and Masters in Computer and System Sciences from Stockholm University Sweden. His area of Interests are Information Technology Management, Computer Communication & Networks, Information Systems, Business and IT alignment, E-government, Social Media Analytics.
He has as extensive experience of management as the Head of Department at Balochistan University of Engineering and Technology Khuzdar. He has been teaching a number of subjects to undergraduate and postgraduate students and has also supervised different research projects of engineering and sciences at the department. He has a number of publication in highly reputable journals and conference proceedings. He has attended a number of conferences, seminars and workshops and represented the university at multiple national and international platforms. Besides teaching, Dr. Sohrab has been looking after the overall Network infrastructure and video conferencing facilities at the University. He also has the credit to establish the liaison office of Pakistan Engineering Council at Khuzdar and worked as the liaison officer of PEC in the said office.

Education

  • PhD. (Information Systems) UTM, Malaysia
  • MS (Computer And System Sciences) Stockholm University, Sweden.
  • B.E (Computer Engineering), SSUET Karachi

Publications/Conferences

  • Sohrab Khan, Nor Zairah Ab. Rahim, Nurazean Maarop (2020), A Systematic Literature Review and a Proposed Model on Antecedents of Trust to Use Social media For E-government Services, International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, vol. 7, issue 2, pages. 44-56.
  • Sohrab Khan, Nor Zairah Ab. Rahim, Nurazean Maarop (2019), A Review on Antecedents of Citizens’ Trust in Government Social Media Services, Recent Trends in Computer Science and Electronics, 3C Tecnología
  • Sohrab Khan, Nor Zairah Ab. Rahim, Nurazean Maarop (2018), A Model on Multiple Perspectives of Citizens’ Trust in Using Social Media for E-Government Services. International Journal of Engineering & Technology, vol. 7, issue 4.31, pages. 95-100.
  • Sohrab Khan, Nor Zairah Ab. Rahim, Nurazean Maarop (2018), Towards the Development of a Citizens’ Trust Model in Using Social Media for e-Government Services, Recent Trends in Data Science and Soft Computing. IRICT 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 843, Springer, Cham.
  • Sohrab Khan, Nor Zairah Ab. Rahim, Nurazean Maarop (2018), The Influence of Trust in Understanding Citizens’ Behavior to Use Social Media for E-government Services, Open International Journal of Informatics (OIJI), vol. 6, issue 2.
  • Sohrab Khan, Nor Zairah Ab. Rahim (2016), Factors Influencing Citizens Trust on Government Social Media, Presented on Postgraduate Annual Research on Informatics Seminar (PARIS), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.
  • Jalal Shah, Nazri Kama, Nur Azaliah A Abakar, Zuhaibuddin Bhutto, Sohrab Khan (2019), Software Requirement Change Effort Estimation Model Prototype Tool for Software Development Phase, International Journal of Software Engineering & Applications, vol.10, issue 3.
  • Zuhaibuddin Bhutto, Saleem Ahmed, Muhammad Zahid Tunio, D.M.S Bhatti, Jalal Shah,Kashif Saleem, Sohrab Khan (2019), Efficient Method for SBI Estimation in Iterative Coded MIMO Systems, International Journal of Computer Science and Network Security, vol.19, issue 6.
  • Rahila Umer, Sohrab Khan, Aftab Ahmed, Khaled Rasheed &Tianming Liu (2012), Prediction of Possible conversion from MCI to AD using Machine learning, International Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, vol.1, issue 2, pages100-108.
  • Faizullah Mahar, Sohrab Khan & Syed Mushtaqe Shah (2013), PSO and GA Based Fixed Order Robust Controller Design: Comparison and Performance Analysis” International Conference on Innovation in Engineering and Technology (ICIET), Dec 25-26, Bangkok,Thailand.
  • Noor Hussain, Nursyarizal Mohd Nor, Mohd Faris Abdullah, Khalid Ashraf, Sohrab Khan Bizanjo, Zahoor Ahmed Baloch (2012), The Nonlinear Dielectric Response of Water Tree Degradation in a Medium Voltage Power Cable, IEEE Student Conference on Research and Development (SCOReD), December 5-6, Penang, Malaysia.

Other Achievements

  • Awarded fully funded scholarship by Balochistan University of Engineering and Technology Khuzdar, Pakistan under faculty development programme to pursue PhD in Universiti teknologi Malaysia
  • Awarded fully funded scholarship by Balochistan University of Engineering and Technology Khuzdar, Pakistan under faculty development programme to pursue Master’s in Stockholm University Sweden
  • Worked in the organizing committee for 3 Minute Thesis Competition 2017 at UTM Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
  • Worked as a committee member in the Post Graduate Student Society 2017/2018 at UTM Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
  • Worked as a committee member in the Post Graduate Student Society 2017/2018 at UTM Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
  • Worked as PEC Liaison Officer at the Liaison office of Pakistan Engineering Council at Khuzdar from November 2013 till March 2016
  • Performed duties as the Chairman in the Department of Computer Systems Engineering & Sciences at Balochistan University of Engineering & Technology Khuzdar from August 2008 to August 2009, September 2011 to March 2016 and from October 2019 till to date
  • Worked as the member of Board of studies in the Department of Computer Systems Engineering & Sciences and member of academic council at Balochistan University of Engineering & Technology Khuzdar Pakistan
  • Managed the official website, and Video Conferencing activities of Balochistan University of Engineering & Technology Khuzdar Pakistan
  • Worked as the focal person in laying out the IT network Infrastructure at Balochistan University of Engineering & Technology Khuzdar Pakistan
  • Delivered lectures as a Resource person on various academic and administrative modules such as: presentation skills, class management techniques, curriculum development and assessment and semester examination rules at Balochistan University of Engineering and Technology Khuzdar Pakistan