| Project Id
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BITSRMIT024B001284
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| Project Detail
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| Project Title
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Adoption of Cloud Computing by Indian Manufacturing MSMEs
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| Senior Supervision Team (BITS)
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| Supervisor name and Title
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RAJESH MATAI
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School or Department (or company, if applicable)
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BITS PILANI, PILANI CAMPUS
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Email ID
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matair@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in
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| URL for more info
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https://www.bits-pilani.ac.in/pilani/rajesh-matai/
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| a) Are you currently supervising a BITS or RMIT HDR student?
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YES
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| Please comment how many you are supervising
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1
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| b) Have you supervised an offshore candidate before?
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NO
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| If no, what support structures do you have in place?
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| If yes, please elaborate
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N
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| Senior Supervision Team (RMIT)
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| Supervisor name and Title
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Siddhi Pittayachawan
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School or Department (or company, if applicable)
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COBL
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Email ID
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siddhi.pittayachawan@rmit.edu.au
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| URL for more info
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https://www.rmit.edu.au/contact/staff-contacts/academic-staff/p/pittayachawan-dr-siddhi
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| a) Are you currently supervising a BITS or RMIT HDR student?
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YES
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| Please comment how many you are supervising
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2
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| b) Have you supervised an offshore candidate before?
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YES
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| If no, what support structures do you have in place?
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| If yes, please elaborate
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The student has passed the 3rd milestone.
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School or Department (or company, if applicable)
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| Other Supervisors (BITS)
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| Field of Research (For Codes)
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| 350606~445 | Marketing research methodology | 25.00 |
| 350716 | Small business organisation and management | 30.00 |
| 401407~443 | Manufacturing Management | 50.00 |
| 460601 | Cloud computing | 35.00 |
| 460908 | Information systems organisation and management | 35.00 |
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| Project Description
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In India, the Manufacturing Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) sector, often called the backbone of the economy, is gradually embracing cloud technologies to enhance agility, streamline processes, and drive innovation. This sector comprises 36 million units, provides job opportunities to over 80 million people, and contributes around 8.0% to GDP and 40.0% to exports.
The broad definition of MSME classification was first defined in 2006 by the MSMED Act 2006 and further modified after the Gazette of India notification dated 01.06.2020. This notification is classified based on annual turnover and Investment in Plants and Machinery. According to the above notification, if the maximum investment in Plant and Machinery is INR 10 million or the turnover is INR 50 million, it is termed a Micro Industry. If the maximum investment in Plant and Machinery is INR 100 million or the turnover is INR 500 million, it is termed a Small Industry. If the maximum investment in Plant and Machinery is INR 500 million or the turnover is INR 2500 million, it is termed a Medium Industry.
Cloud computing refers to a technology based on the Internet through which information is stored in servers and provided Software as a Service (SaaS) on request to the customers. MSMEs need to adopt innovations in ICT, especially Cloud Computing (CC) applications, to cut down the enterprise's costs and efficiently function in the highly competitive global environment. It is worth mentioning that cost-effective technologies are now available in the ICT domain for the MSMEs. It may be noted that no upfront investments are needed to use CC applications as they are available at relatively cheap rates and are easy to adopt. The government of India has proposed a subsidy of up to 1 Lakh rupees for MSMEs to encourage them to adopt CC applications. It has been observed that, generally, Indian MSMEs are not utilizing the CC applications to promote their business activities and not availing their benefits, mainly due to lack of awareness, lack of trust, and financial issues.
This research proposes identifying the drivers and barriers to cloud computing adoption in the context of Indian Manufacturing MSMEs through an extensive literature review and panel experts. Then, MSMEs will be surveyed to test the impact of these factors on cloud computing adoption.
Findings will be published and shared with policymakers in India. Also, a framework will be suggested for adopting CC by Indian MSMEs.
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| Project Deliverable/Outcomes
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(1) Research Papers publication
(2) Outcomes will be shared with policy makers
(3) Decision guide to practitioners
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| Research Impact Themes
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| ADVANCED DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES AND BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION | CYBER-SECURITY AND COMMUNICATIONS |
| ADVANCED DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES AND BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION | NEW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES; ROBOTICS, SEMI-CONDUCTORS AND QUANTUM COMPUTING |
| DESIGN, CREATIVE PRACTICE AND GLOBAL BUSINESS | SOCIAL CONNECTION AND INCLUSION; IMPROVED GLOBAL BUSINESS EFFICIENCIES AND INNOVATION |
| SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT
| SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES |
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| Which RMIT Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) does your project align to
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INDUSTRY, INNOVATION, AND INFRASTRUCTURE
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| Which RMIT Enabling Impact Platform (EIP) does your project align to
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INFORMATION IN SOCIETY
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| Which RMIT Program code will this project sit under?
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DR201 (BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEMS)
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| Student Capabilities and Qualifications
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Production/Industrial Engineering, Business and Management
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Information Technology, Research Methodology
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MTech or MBA
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| Preferred discipline of Student
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| Computer Science and Information Systems |
| Computing: Collaborative and Social Computing, Computing Education, Computer Systems,Human Computer Interaction |
| Information and Communications Technology |
| Information Technology |
| MBA (Operations / Supply Chain and Logistics) |
| ME (Industrial/Production Engineering) |
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