Sandeep Walia

Biography

Dr. Sandeep K. Walia is presently working as Associate Professor and Head of Department in School of Hotel Management and Tourism at Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar, Punjab, India. He is an alumnus of Himachal Pradesh University Shimla and IGNOU, New Delhi.  Dr. Sandeep is associated as Visiting Faculty to School of Tourism, Hospitality and Event Management, Universiti Utara Malaysia Kedah (A QS ranked University), Malaysia and Himalayan Institutes of Alternative Learning (An upcoming Mountain University) in Leh, Laddakh as Curriculum Development / Board of Studies Expert and Visiting Faculty. His area of interest are community based tourism, tourism marketing and cultural tourism. He has worked as Program Director/ Paper Coordinator for the subject Aviation Industry – Ticketing and Frontier Formalities and developed E-content under MHRD Sponsored UGC Project titled EPG Pathshala for the online learning of Post Graduate Level. He has also acted as a faculty coordinator for Peer to Peer: Facebook Global Digital Challenge Spring 2017. Dr Walia is Founder Editor in Chief of Tourism and Hospitality Research Review (International Journal of LPU), Managing Editor & Editor of ‘Tourism Dimensions’ & ‘Tourism Spectrum’ (International Refereed Journals). He has authored 08 Books with various International Publishers and 18 Research papers in various International Journals. He has recently published Handbook of Community Based Tourism Management with Routledge -A Taylor & Francis Group. His forthcoming book titled Millennials and Spirituality: A Globally Rising Proclivities with Routledge is in process. Dr. Walia has also Guest Edited the special issue of International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage & Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism Education

Areas of Research / Professional Expertise

Community Based Tourism, Nature Based Tourism, Sustainable Tourism, Gastronomic Tourism

Personal Interests

Reading, Writing & Researching

Books