1. Educational Qualifications

• Ph.D. Candidate

  Oct 2021
  Big Data and Data Science for Tourism Research

  Himachal Pradesh University (Tourism Department)
• Master of Business Administration (MBA)
  Tourism and Travel Management

  Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management (IITTM), Gwalior, India
• Bachelor of Arts in Tourism Administration (BA)
  Tourism Administration

  Govt. Degree College, Kullu
• School Education
  Physics, Chemistry, and Math.

  Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education (HPBOSE)

2. Research Portfolio / Publications

Articles

• Sharma, S., Dogra, J., & Khan, S.. (2024). Destination resilience and transformations in the tourism sector: new tendencies in destination development and management. Tourism & Management Studies, 20(4), 17-26.
  https://doi.org/10.18089/tms.20240402
  [SCOPUS/WOS Q2]
• Sharma, S.. (2022). Smart Tourism - A Solution for Tourism Challenges in Himachal Journal of Smart Tourism, Vol, 2(2), 21-32.

Chapters

• Sharma, S.. (2025). Ethical challenges of big data in tourism. In: Handbook on Big Data Marketing and Management in Tourism and Hospitality (pp. 232–250). Edward Elgar Publishing.
  https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035300136.00018
• Sharma, S.. (2025). Big Data in Adventure Travel. In: Routledge Handbook of Mobile Technology, Social Media and the Outdoors (pp. 307-320). Routledge.
  [SCOPUS]
• Sharma, S.. (2024). Data Scientist in Tourism: Needs, Skills, and Scope. In: In: Sharma, A. (eds) International Handbook of Skill, Education, Learning, and Research Development in Tourism and Hospitality. Springer International Handbooks of Education. Springer, Singapore.
  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-3895-7_16-1
  [SCOPUS]
• Sharma, S.. (2023). Rise of Big Data in the Industry 4.0 Era and the Crucial Need for Data Science in Sustainable Tourism In: Tučková, Z., Dey, S.K., Thai, H.H. and Hoang, S.D. (Ed.) Impact of Industry 4.0 on Sustainable Tourism, Emerald Publishing Limited, Bingley, pp. 133-149.
  https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80455-157-820231009
  [SCOPUS]
• Sharma, S., & Dogra, J.. (2023). Managing Festivals With Smart Technologies and Their Contribution Towards Destination Promotion. In: In S. K. Kulshreshtha (Ed.), Managing Festivals for Destination Marketing and Branding (pp. 76–94). IGI Global.
  https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-6356-7.ch005
  [SCOPUS]

Conference Papers (in proceedings)

• Sharma S (2025) Linguistic Features and Topical Difference in Hotel and Restaurant Reviews. In: Proceedings ENTER25 Working Papers, Wroclaw, Poland, 2025, pp. 170–176. The International Federation for IT and Travel & Tourism.
  https://ifitt.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/ENTER25-WP-Proceedings-v1.3.pdf
• Sharma, S., & Dogra, J. (2022) Inputs for Effective Marketing of Hospitality in Ranchi. In: Promotion and Advertising of Leisure Activities for Sustainability of Hospitality (PALASH), Vol. (1), pp. 186–197. Aman Publications, New Delhi, India.

Conference Presentations

• Manipulating Topics in Text Corpus: A Data-Driven Understanding of Tourist Experiences, ITSA Amity Regional Conference for Asia 2025, at Amity Noida, 7-9 February 2025.
• Ethical AI in Higher Education, conference organized by National Law University, Shimla, India, June 2023.
• Data Science and Tourism Research: A pilot review study, 4th International Conference on Sustainable Development Goals and Management Practices organized by Lovely Professional University, India, Feb 2023.
• Inputs for Effective Marketing of Hospitality in Ranchi, IHM Ranchi, March 2022.
• Covid-19 induced Transformations and Destination Resilience, International Conference On Reflections on “New Tourism” and “New Normal” in Post COVID-19 World organized by Central University of Jammu, May 2022.
• UNWTO Tourism Villages: An analysis of Jibhi Valley in Himachal, 3rd International Conference on Sustainable Development Goals and Management Practices organized by Lovely Professional University, India, Feb 2022.
• A Review of Tourism Research in Himachal, Tourism Conclave 2021 organized by Himachal Pradesh University, Dec 2021.

Data Publications (Following FAIR Principles)

• Sharma, Sahil; Kashyap, Dr. Hiramani (2021), “Impact of Atal Tunnel and Rohtang Ropeway Project on the Tourism Industry in Manali, Himachal Pradesh.”, Mendeley Data, V2, DOI:10.17632/8cjchphss5.2

Peer-Reviewing Activities

• Heliyon, September 2024.
• International Journal of Information Management Data Insights, March 2024.
• International Journal of Tourism Policy (IJTP), Feb 2023.
• Journal of Smart Cities and Society, August 2023.

3. Teaching Portfolio

Teaching Experience

• Taught a semester on the subject of “Tourism Systems” in 2024.
• Taught a semester on the subject of “Global Tourism” in February 2024 to October 2024.
• Taught two semesters on the subject of “Organisation Behaviour” in 2021-23.
• Taught three semesters on the subject of “Outbound Tourism” in 2021-24.
• Taught three semesters on the subject of “Global Tourism” in 2021-23.
• Taught one semester on the subject of “Communication Skills” in 2022.
• Taught one semester on the subject of “Airline Ticketing and Cargo Management” in 2022.

Invited/Guest Lectures

• 18 Feb 2023, Kamla Nehru College (University of Delhi), Social Media Marketing in Tourism.

4. Research and Data Science Courses (E-learning/MOOCs)

• Foundation of Data Science by Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore, July - December 2023.
• Data Science Specialization by John Hopkins University, 2022 - 2025.
  • Data Science Foundations using R
  • The Data Scientist’s Toolbox, Feb 2022
  • R Programming, May 2022
  • Getting and Cleaning Data, July 2022
  • Exploratory Data Analysis, Aug 2022
  • Reproducible Research, Aug 2022
  • Data Science Statistics and Machine Learning Specialisation
  • Statistical Inference, July 2023
  • Regression Models, August 2023
  • Practical Machine Learning, October, 2023
  • Developing Data Products, April 2024
  • Capstone Project (Built a next word prediction model using N-grams), February 2025.
• Natural Language Processing Specialisation by Deeplearning.AI.
  • Natural Language Processing with Classification and Vector Spaces, November 2024.
  • Natural Language Processing with Probabilistics Models, February 2025.
  • Natural Language Processing with Sequence Models, March 2025.
• Machine Learning Specialization by Deeplearning.Ai and Stanford University.
  • Supervised Machine Learning: Regression and Classification, April 2025.
  • Advanced Learning Algorithms, June 2025.
• Mathematics for Machine Learning and Data Science Specialisation by Deeplearning.AI.
  • Linear Algebra for Machine Learning and Data Science, October 2024
  • Calculus for Machine Learning and Data Science, October 2024
  • Probability and Statistics for Machine Learning and Data Science, March 2025.
• Research Methods and Statistics in Social Sciences by University of Amsterdam.
  • Quantitative Research Methods
  • Qualitative Research Methods
  • Basic Statistics
  • Inferential Statistics
  • Methods and Statistics in Social Sciences - Project, Jan 2022
• Academic English: Writing Specialization.
  • Grammar and Punctuation, May 2023
  • Getting Started with Essay Writing, June 2023
  • Advanced Writing, August 2023
  • Introduction to Research for Essay Writing, October 2023
  • Project: Writing a Research Paper, December 2023.
• Tidyverse Skills for Data Science in R by The John Hopkins University.
  • Introduction to the Tidyverse, Mar 2022
  • Importing Data in the Tidyverse, Apr 2022
  • Wrangling Data in the Tidyverse, Aug 2022
  • Visualising Data in the Tidyverse, Oct 2022
  • Modelling Data in the Tidyverse, August 2023.
• IBM Data Science Professional Certificate.
  • What is Data Science
  • Tools for Data Science
  • Data Science Methodology
  • Python for Data Science, AI & Development
  • Python Project for Data Science
• Miscellaneous.
  • Geographical Information Systems (GIS) Specialization by the University of California.
  • Fundamentals of GIS,
  • Strategic Management and Innovation Specialization by the Copenhagen Business School
  • Strategic Management
  • Strategy Formulation
  • Strategy Implementation, Feb 2022
  • Google Project Management: Professional Certificate
  • Foundations of Project Management
  • Project Initiation: Starting a Successful Project

5. Awards and Recognitions

• Young Educator Award at Student Conclave India 2024, organised by DTORR, St. Claret College, and UN Tourism..
• Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) Award at University Grants Commission (UGC) of India.

6. Industrial Work Experience

Research Assistant

• Project: Ministry of Tourism, India’s ‘Incredible India Tourist Facilitator Certification (IITFC)’ Program.. Duration: Six months

On Job Training

• Role: Assistant Hotel Manager Hotel: the Winterfell Lodge, Old Manali. Duration: Six months Comments: This was immediately after the completion of MBA degree.

Internships

• Outbound Sales Executive Company: Travel Karo Duration: Two months Location: Goa, India Outbound Market: South East Asia and mainly Thailand. Other Comments: It was during MBA degree
• Travel Agent Company: Northland Adventures Pvt. Ltd. Duration: One Month Location: Old Manali, India Other Comments: It was during Undergraduate Degree (UG).

Part-Time work experiences [misc]:

• Local Tourist Guide in Kullu-Manali.
• Trekking Guide and Trek Leader in the mountains around Kullu-Manali.
• Tour Escort for Jaipur, Rajasthan.
• Travel Agency Startup during Bachelor’s, named ‘Kulantpita Adventure,’ that focused on Himachal Holiday Tours.
• Helper to Cook and Food Servant at Family Functions.

7. Individual Course Certificates

• GitHub Foundations issued by Data Camp, May 2025.
• Data Science Ethics issued by University of Michigan, June 2023.
• Good Citation Behaviour issued by Web of Science Academy, December 2022.
• Spatial Data Science- The New Frontier in Analytics issued by Esri, Nov 2022.
• Aussie Specialist Agent issued by Tourism Australia, Jan 2022.
• Destination Germany Tourism Certification Program issued by German National Tourist Board, Jan 2022.
• Research Collaborations course issued by Elsevier Researcher Academy.
• Research Data Management course issued by Elsevier Researcher Academy.
• Research Funding course issued by Elsevier Researcher Academy.
• Understanding Research Methods issued by University of London.
• Writing in the Sciences course issued by Stanford University.
• Peer Reviewer Course issued by Publons Academy.
• Focus on Peer Review course issued by Springer nature.
• The Neuromarketing Toolbox course on tools & techniques used in Neuromarketing Research issued by Copenhagen Business School.
• Critical Thinking course issued by LinkedIn Learning.
• Being a researcher (in Information Science and Technology) course issued by Coursera.

8. Workshops

• Discovering Development: Examining AMRUT’s footprint in Shimla and Kullu cities of Himachal Pradesh, Institute of Vocational Studies, Himachal Pradesh University, March 2024.
• Mining Quality Prediction using Machine & Deep Learning, Coursera, Oct 2022.
• Marketing Analytics (FDP), Biju Patnaik University, Odisha, Jul 2022.
• Emerging Trends in Teaching Learning and Research (FDP), Baba Gulam Badshah University, Srinagar, May 2022.
• 3rd International Conference on Tourism, Hospitality and Sustainable Development Goals, National Institute of Tourism and Hospitality Management, India, Feb 2022.
• Research Methodology Workshop for 1st year PhD Students, Garden City University, Bangalore, Feb 2022.
• Basic course in Statistical Analysis, Commonwealth Educational Media Center for Asis (Cemca), Jan 2022.
• Inferential Statistics using R Programming language, Data Camp.
• Basic Statistics using R Programming language, Data Camp.
• One Week Online Training Program on Statistical Analysis using SPSS Software, ‘Science and Tech Institute.’.
• The Complete Guide to Research Paper Writing, ‘Research Graduate Company.’.
• I built a Face Recognition App using Python, ‘GUVI’ Geek Networks, IIT Madras Research Park.
• Increase visibility and impact of your Research, ‘EURAXESS..
• CRiT Summer School on Tourism and SDGs, Taylor’s University.

9. Adventure Sports and Disaster Management

• Search & Rescue Course (Disaster Management) by ‘Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Mountaineering & Allied Sports’ (ABVIMAS), Government of Himachal Pradesh.
• Elementary Water Safety and Rescue Course (Disaster Management) by ‘Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Mountaineering & Allied Sports’ (ABVIMAS), Government of Himachal Pradesh.
• Basic Course (Snow Skiing) by ‘Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Mountaineering & Allied Sports’ (ABVIMAS), Government of Himachal Pradesh.
• Intermediate Course (Snow Skiing) by ‘Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Mountaineering & Allied Sports’ (ABVIMAS), Government of Himachal Pradesh.
• Seven Days Adventure Program – as an IITTM Student (Study Tour) by ‘Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Mountaineering & Allied Sports’ (ABVIMAS), Government of Himachal Pradesh.

10. Co-curricular Activities

• Head of Overall Supervision and Technical Committee, Week-long Tourism Week Celebrations, IVS, HPU, September 2024.
• Head of Technical Committee, One Day Industry Academia Meet, IVS, HPU, March 2024.
• Organized and accompanied study tour, for HPU MTTM students in 2023 to South India, Jan 10 to Jan 28.
• Co-head of Cultural Committee, World Tourism Day 2022 (Week Long Celebrations), HPU, Sept. 2022.
• Head of Technical Committee, World Tourism Day 2022 (Week Long Celebrations), HPU, Sept. 2022.
• Team member, Tourism Conclave 2021 - a roadmap for developing tourism in Himachal, Himachal Pradesh University, Dec. 2021.
• First Prize in the Brochure Making Competition, DISHA Event at IITTM, Gwalior..
• Certificate of Participation in the Itinerary Competition, DISHA Event at IITTM, Gwalior..
• Certificate of Honour – College trekking to Chandratal Lake, Government Degree College Kullu..
• Awareness Training and Capacity Building Programme of VDMC’s and NGOs, ‘Nature & Life Savers Association’, Kullu..
• Typing Certificate for typing in English with speed 49 wpm and accuracy of 96.6%, Rata type..

11. Miscellaneous

Webinars

• JHTR: Exploring New Horizons in Hospitality and Tourism Experience Design, Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research, February 2025.
• Why Data-Engineering is critical to Data-centric AI, Andrew Ng, LinkedIn Live, September 2024.
• Generative AI use in the Research Workflow, Elsevier Researcher Academy, August 2024.
• What Constitutes Theoretical Contributions, Tourism Management Journal, June 2024.
• The Need for Theorizing in Tourism Research: What Theory Is and Is Not, Tourism Management Journal, April 2024.
• Experience sharing by early career researchers: navigating the academic journal landscape, Tourism Management Journal, December 2023.
• Writing High-Quality Manuscripts and Publishing Your Research, Emerald Publishing, November 2023.

Professional Skills

• Programming Languages: R, Python, SQL.
• Softwares: MS Word, PowerPoint, NVivo, MaxQDA, GIS, Tableau, Mendeley.

General Languages

• Hindi (Native Speaker)
• English (Fluent)
• French Language (Beginner)
• Kullu Dialect (Mother Tongue)
• Sanskrit (Beginner)

Hobbies

• Cooking
• Workout
• Reading
• Listening and Playing Music
• Gardening
• Meditation and Spirituality.

12. Personal Details

• Date of Birth: 27/04/1995
• Permanent Address: S/O Shri. Diwan Chand, Village Trambli, PO Bari, Tehsil & District Kullu, Himachal Pradesh, India (Pin Code 175101).
• Family Members: Father, Mother, and an elder sister (Married).
• Last Update: 03-December-2024