Position: Assistant Professor
School: School of Mathematical & Computing Science
Email: pritika.reddy@fnu.ac.fj
Campus: Nasinu Campus – Valelevu
Phone: 3394000 ext. 2531

Biography:

Dr. Pritika Reddy (PhD) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computing Science and Information Systems at Fiji National University. She has more than ten years of experience in tertiary teaching and research. Dr. Reddy’s research delves into ICT integrating teaching and learning – digital education and initiatives, digital literacy and digital citizenship, cyber-hygiene, and recently, she has ventured into exploring the adoption and application of GENAI by the Professional, Academics and Students in the South Pacific. Dr. Reddy intends to continue her work on digital literacy for the Pacific with the broadening area of green digital skills and skills forecasting at workplaces. Through her research work, Dr. Reddy published several ranked journal articles, book chapters, and conference proceedings. Her published work can be referred to here. Dr. Pritika has also carried out consultancy work in ICT in Education, digital literacy, Assessing Internet development, awareness of citizens on their Right to Information, assessing cost of education and ICT in education policy development and integration for Fiji and the South Pacific. Through her work Dr. Pritika advocates for a sustainable digital future for the South Pacific.

Area of Expertise:

• Digital Literacy
• Cyber-Security (Technical and Applied)
• Technology-driven learning and higher education pedagogy
• Applied Artificial Intelligence
• Data Mining and Data Analysis

Journals:

• Digital Literacy: A Review of Literature
  P Reddy, B Sharma, K Chaudhary
  International Journal of Technoethics (IJT) 11 (2), 65-94

Book and Book Chapters:

• Learner-Centered Nourishments for Conducive Blended Learning Environment
  B Sharma, P Reddy, K Kumar
  Case Studies on Blended Learning in Higher Education: Design, Development and Delivery

Conference:

• A measured inclusion of an RTI tool for the South Pacific
  B Sharma, P Reddy, V Singh
  Proceedings of the 2024 7th International Conference on Software Engineering and Information Management

Teaching interest:

• Computing Science and Information Systems courses

Research interest:

• Digital Education
• Adoption of ICT-Driven initiatives
• Cyber hygiene
• Applied Artificial Intelligence
• Data Mining and Data Analysis
• Higher Education pedagogy
• Policy development