Specialization

Social Media, Natural Language Processing

Email

vishal.mehra@thapar.edu

Education
1.    Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar.
•    Title: Information Diffusion on Twitter during Global Sports Events
2.    M.Tech. (CSE) from Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar.
3.    B.Tech. (CSE) from Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar.
4.    Schooling from Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan S.L. Public School, Amritsar.

Academic Honors/Awards

1.    Qualified UGC-NET eligibility for Assistant Professor for session June, 2019, December 2019 and June, 2020.
2.    Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test of Engineering (GATE) – 2020.

Work Experience
•    Assistant Professor, in the Department of Computer Engineering & Technology, Guru Nanak Dev University (July, 2021 to May, 2024).

Publications
1.    Mehra, V., Singh, P., Bharany, S., & Sawhney, R. S. (2023). A social media analytics application of impression management and social presence theories to Twitter interaction analysis. Decision Analytics Journal, 9, 100321.
2.    Mehra, V., Singh, P., Bharany, S., & Sawhney, R. S. (2024). Sports, crisis, and social media: a Twitter-based exploration of the Tokyo Olympics in the COVID-19 era. Social Network Analysis and Mining, 14(1), 56.

Book Chapters Published
1.    Mehra, V., Sarin, P., Singh, P., Sawhney, R.S., Kar, A.K. (2021). Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on E-participation of Fans in Sports Events. In: Dennehy, D., Griva, A., Pouloudi, N., Dwivedi, Y.K., Pappas, I., Mäntymäki, M. (eds) Responsible AI and Analytics for an Ethical and Inclusive Digitized Society. I3E 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12896. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85447-8_57. (SCOPUS) 
2.    Mehra, V., Singh, P., Dwivedi, Y. K., Singh, G., & Sawhney, R. S. (2022, September). Who’s the Bigger Brand After COVID-19 Pandemic? An Assessment of Fan Engagement During Euro 2020. In The Role of Digital Technologies in Shaping the Post-Pandemic World: 21st IFIP WG 6.11 Conference on e-Business, e-Services and e-Society, I3E 2022, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, September 13–14, 2022, Proceedings (pp. 391-402). Cham: Springer International Publishing. (SCOPUS) 
3.    Mehra, V., Singh, P., Mehra, M., Albanna, H., & Dwivedi, Y. K. (2023, December). Exploring the Fusion of Metaverse and Sports: Current Trends and Future Directions. In International Working Conference on Transfer and Diffusion of IT (pp. 258-268). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland. (SCOPUS)

Training, Workshops & Other Activities
1.    Certificate of participation in UGC-Sponsored one day Webinar on Artificial Intelligence at Human Resource Development Centre (HRDC), Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar conducted (online mode) on 30-12-2020.
2.    Certificate of participation in UGC-Sponsored one day National Webinar on Internet of Things at Human Resource Development Centre (HRDC), Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar conducted (online mode) on 09-02-2021.
3.    Certificate of participation in UGC-Sponsored one day Webinar on Machine Learning at Human Resource Development Centre (HRDC), Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar conducted (online mode) on 11-01-2021.
4.    Certificate of participation in one-week UGC-Sponsored Online Short-Term Course on Cyber Security: Issues, Challenges and Interventions at Human Resource Development Centre (HRDC), Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, conducted from 10-09-2021 to 16-09-2021.
5.    Certificate of participation in UGC-Sponsored one day Webinar on Machine Learning at Human Resource Development Centre (HRDC), Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar conducted (online mode) on 09-03-2022.