Dr. Teimuraz Kancheli – PhD in Technical Sciences. Member of the Board of Directors of the Georgia Development Gateway Union and Pilot Projects’ Coordinator, Short Term Consultant for the World Bank Group and UNDP and Short Term Local Senior Expert for Tacis project. Associated member of the CIMS Consulting Group (www.cims.ge).
Dr. Teimuraz Kancheli graduated from the Tbilisi State University’s physics faculty. Before Dr. Teimuraz Kancheli started his career as Head of Department at the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information he took his scientific degree at Technical Sciences. Then he took the position of Scientific Secretary at the biggest University in Georgia – Georgian Technical University. In 1991 he established a private company which was active in IT sector. From 1993 he worked for Tacis Coordinating Unit and in 1994 was elected as a director of the Business Communication Centre (EU project). Then he worked for Belgian-Georgian company Corneel Geerts as Commerce Manager. In 1998 - 1999 he was a local partner for different EU projects. In 1998 he worked for the World Bank project CaseByCase Privatization web-site design, and then for Georgia Development Gateway at top management positions. He was hired as Short Term Expert for different projects with the WB, UNDP, Tacis, Danish Management projects. From May 2005 he worked as a Head of Resource Center with the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies (www.gfsis.org). Currently, Dr. Kancheli is the Head of the Electronic Resources Division at Tbilisi State University. He owns and runs a number of websites.
PUBLICATIONS: have more than 40 scientific works including 4 patents, eight books (in three – as co-author): 1. Effective use and security of the computer. 2019. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.33362.20160 (In Georgian) 2. Citation Index – Web of Science. 2018. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.32345.62560 (In Georgian) 3. Citation Index – the Ways to Increase It. 2018. (In Georgian) 4. Create and manage the Google Scholar author profile for citation management. 2019. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.17566.79681 (In Georgian) 5. Involvement of Civil Society in Slovakia, Poland, Bulgaria, Croatia, Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, Georgia, and Lithuania. (1998 - 2008). In English. Co-author. 6. How to Manage an Organization. 2008. UNDP. 524 p. (In Georgian). (co-author) 7. E-Government in Georgia and Abroad. 2007. UNDP. 264 p. (In Georgian). 8. Peace and Development. Papers Presented at the Fifth Haksar Memorial Seminar-Cum-Lecture Series on Peace and Development Organized by CRRID from 4-11 November 2006. India. In English. Co-author. 9. Internet for Beginners. UNDP. 2005. 90 p. (In Georgian). 10. Practical Use of the Internet. UNDP. 2005. 97 p. (In Georgian). 11. ICT Development Framework for Georgia. The Government of Georgia. World Bank. Georgian Communication Commission. UNDP. 2004. 190 p. In Georgian and in English. (co-author). 12. A search for Information. Science. 1989. 245 p. In Russian.