Vijay Kanabar
Visiting Associate Professor of Project Management
Research Interests
Professor Kanabar’s teaching and research interests span project management, program and portfolio management, business analysis, Artificial Intelligence, and emerging approaches to technology-enabled education. An experienced educator, he has taught more than 20 core courses in Business, Project Management, and Computing. Professor Kanabar is also a certified PMP and Agile Practitioner. Author of several books and journal publications, he is widely recognized for his leadership in advancing project management education, including his role in leading PMI’s global project management curriculum initiatives.
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In addition to his position at MBZUAI, Professor Kanabar has served as an Associate Professor and Director at Boston University for more than 30 years, bringing extensive experience in teaching, academic leadership, and program development. Earlier in his academic career, he taught at the University of Alberta and subsequently served as a tenured professor at the University of Winnipeg.
- Ph.D. in Information Systems, AI/Expert Systems, University of Manitoba, Canada
- M.Sc. in Computer Science, Florida Institute of Technology, USA
- M.B.A. in Business, Webber International University, USA
- B.Sc., University of Madras, India
- Linn Stuckenbruck Teaching Excellence Award, Project Management Institute (PMI), 2017
- Kanabar, V., & Wong, J.: "The AI Revolution in Project Management: Elevating Productivity with Generative AI", Sams Publishing, 2024.
- Silberman, D., Maltzman, R., Abramo, L., & Kanabar, V.: "AI-Powered Leadership: Mastering the Synergy of Technology and Human Expertise", Addison-Wesley Professional, 2025.
- Kanabar, V.: "Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)® Exam Crash Course", Pearson, 2025.
- Kanabar, V., & Kaloyanova, K.: “Securing Generative AI Systems: Threat-Centric Architectures and the Impact of Divergent EU–US Governance Regimes”, Journal of Cybersecurity and Privacy, 6(1), Article 27, 2026.
- Majid, Z., Chaudhuri, W., & Kanabar, V.: “Beyond Artificial Certainty: Synthetic Socratic Inquiry for Trust Calibration in AI-Augmented Higher Education”, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on AI and Data Analytics (ICAD 2026).
- Kanabar, V., & Kaloyanova, K.: “Cross-Continental Insights: Comparative Analysis of Using AI for Information System Stakeholder Analysis in Undergraduate Courses in the EU and USA”, in Computer Science and Education in Computer Science, Springer, 2025.
- Kanabar, V., & D’Costa, K.: “Eliminating Risk Involved in Using ChatGPT for Clinical Decision Support Systems”, in Computer Science and Education in Computer Science, Springer, 2025.
- Kanabar, V., & Almuqati, H.: “Empowering Student Entrepreneurs Through Education: A Comparative Study Between Saudi Arabia and the United States”, in Next Generation Entrepreneurship: Convergence of Innovation, Technology, and Society, Springer Nature, 2024.