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\"Prof.<\/span>

Prof. Nikunj Kumar Jain<\/h4>

IIM Nagpur<\/p>

Prof. Nikunj Kumar Jain is Associate Professor of Production and Operations Management at IIM Nagpur.\u00a0He has completed his Fellow Program in Management (PhD) from IIM Indore and B.Tech (Electrical Engineering) from MANIT, Bhopal. He has previously worked with IMT Ghaziabad, IMI Delhi and FORE School of Management Delhi.\u00a0He has cross-functional work experience in a green field refinery project at Bharat Oman Refineries Ltd. Bina, Sagar (M.P.).\r\n\r\nHis research interests lie in the areas of Sustainable Supply Chain Management, Circular Economy, Industry 4.0, Logistics and Distribution Management, Retail Operations, Game Theory Applications in Supply Chain Management, and Statistical Modelling & Optimization of real-life problems.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Prof.<\/span>

Prof. Aditya Kumar Sahu<\/h4>

IIM Nagpur<\/p>

Dr. Aditya Sahu is a Faculty Member in the Production & Operations Management area at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Nagpur.\u00a0Prior to his joining, he served as a faculty member at IIM Rohtak. He earned his PhD in Operations Management & Decision Sciences from the IIM Kashipur. In addition, he holds an M.Tech degree in Industrial Engineering and Management from the Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad.\r\n\r\nHe is an interdisciplinary researcher and passionate about understanding human behaviour in different operational and supply chain contextual settings. He has scholarly publications in various reputed A* and A category international journals such as Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review (TR-E<\/em>), Production Planning & Control<\/em>,\u00a0Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce<\/i> and Australasian Marketing Journal<\/em>. He has also published case studies in outlets such as\u00a0Emerald Emerging Market Case Studies Journal,\u00a0Sage Business Cases and the Case Center (UK).<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Prof.<\/span>

Prof. Prakash Awasthy<\/h4>

IIM Nagpur<\/p>

Prakash Awasthy is a faculty in Production and Operations Management area at IIM Nagpur. He was previously engaged with MYRA School of Business, Mysore since June 2017 as Assistant Professor, prior to which he was with Centre for Digital Financial Inclusion as Associate Programme Manager. He has completed FPM in Production and Operations Management from IIM-Bangalore and Master's in Electrical Engineering from IIT Kanpur. His teaching interests include Operations Management, Supply Chain Management and Service Operations. His research interests are Sustainable and Humanitarian Operation Management, Service Operations and Market Interface etc.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Prof.<\/span>

Prof. Pradip Kumar Roy<\/h4>

IIM Nagpur<\/p>

Dr. Pradeep Kumar Roy is a Faculty Member in the Decision Science & Information Systems area at IIM Nagpur.\u00a0 Dr. Roy received his M. Tech and PhD degrees from the National Institute of Technology, Patna. He received a Certificate of Excellence for securing top rank in the M. Tech program. He has five years of teaching experience in machine learning, artificial intelligence, and natural language processing. Before joining IIM Nagpur, he worked as an Assistant Professor in the Computer Science and Engineering department at IIIT Surat. His research interests include machine learning and AI-based solutions for social networks and e-commerce.\r\n\r\nDr. Roy has published research papers in reputed journals indexed by ABDC, SCI, SCIE, and Scopus, such as IJIM, Electronic Commerce Research, IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence, and IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering. He has also presented his research at international conferences. He has edited a book titled Cybercrime in Social Media: Theory and Solutions<\/em>, published by CRC Press. His teaching interests include applying natural language processing, machine learning, and AI in business contexts.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Prof.<\/span>

Prof. Maneesh Kumar<\/h4>

Cardiff Business School<\/p>

Professor Maneesh Kumar is Associate Dean for Postgraduate Research in the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences and Professor of Service Operations at Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University. His research focuses on operational excellence, Lean Six Sigma, Lean 4.0, healthcare innovation, high reliability organisations, circular economy business models, and service transformation.\r\n\r\nManeesh has published over 200 journal articles, conference papers, and edited works, and has secured more than \u00a36 million in research funding from organisations including EPSRC, ESRC, Welsh Government, and ERDF. He works closely with industry, healthcare, and public sector organisations, and has extensive experience delivering executive training and consultancy in operational excellence and process improvement. His research and teaching contributions have been recognised through numerous awards, including Cardiff University's Doctoral Supervisor of the Year Award and the IEOM Distinguished Professor Award.\r\n\r\n <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Prof.<\/span>

Prof. Mohamed Naim<\/h4>

Cardiff Business School<\/p>

Professor Mohamed Naim is Professor of Logistics and Operations Management at Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University. He previously served as Head of the Logistics and Operations Management Section and Deputy Dean of Cardiff Business School. His research focuses on resilient, sustainable, and circular supply chains, with particular interests in business systems engineering, supply chain flexibility, and data driven decision making.\r\n\r\nProf. Naim has led and contributed to a number of major collaborative research and innovation programmes, including ASTUTE, ASTUTE 2020, and ASTUTE East, and led a Knowledge Transfer Partnership with Tower Cold Chain Solutions. He is a founding member of the Logistics Systems Dynamics Group and has played a key role in developing research with significant industry impact. His work has been recognised through awards from the Institution of Electrical Engineers and the Royal Academy of Engineering, and he currently serves as an International Visiting Professor at J\u00f6nk\u00f6ping University, Sweden.\r\n\r\n <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Prof.<\/span>

Prof. Aris Syntetos<\/h4>

Cardiff Business School<\/p>

Professor Aris A. Syntetos is Research Professor of Decision Science and holds the DSV Chair of Logistics Research at Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University. He is the founder and Director of the PARC Institute of Manufacturing, Logistics and Inventory and leads Cardiff University's strategic partnership with DSV. His research focuses on forecasting, inventory management, logistics, and supply chain decision making under uncertainty.\r\n\r\nAris is internationally recognised for his contributions to forecasting and inventory optimisation, including the development of the widely used Syntetos-Boylan Approximation and Syntetos-Boylan-Croston classification approach. He has led research and innovation projects worth over \u00a35 million, worked extensively with industry partners, and published in leading journals in operations and supply chain management. He is Editor in Chief of the IMA Journal of Management Mathematics and has received numerous awards for research, innovation, and impact.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Prof.<\/span>

Prof. Yingli Wang<\/h4>

Cardiff Business School<\/p>

Professor Yingli Wang is Professor of Logistics and Operations Management at Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University. Her research focuses on digital supply chains, e-logistics, blockchain, artificial intelligence, and emerging technologies in logistics and supply chain management. She has led numerous industry and government funded projects and worked with organisations including Tesco, ASDA, BT, Tata Steel, CEVA Logistics, and Highways England.Yingli is internationally recognised for her contributions to digital supply chain transformation and technology enabled innovation. She has published extensively in leading journals, co-edited several influential books on e-logistics and digital supply chains, and advises industry, government, and international organisations on the application of emerging technologies to create more efficient, sustainable, and inclusive supply chains. She is a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT).<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Professor Yingli Wang is Professor of Logistics and Operations Management at Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University. Her research focuses on digital supply chains, e-logistics, blockchain, artificial intelligence, and emerging technologies in logistics and supply chain management. She has led numerous industry and government funded projects and worked with organisations including Tesco, ASDA, BT, Tata Steel, [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1006,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iimnagpur.ac.in\/ICLSCM27\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1110"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iimnagpur.ac.in\/ICLSCM27\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iimnagpur.ac.in\/ICLSCM27\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iimnagpur.ac.in\/ICLSCM27\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iimnagpur.ac.in\/ICLSCM27\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1110"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.iimnagpur.ac.in\/ICLSCM27\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1112,"href":"https:\/\/www.iimnagpur.ac.in\/ICLSCM27\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1110\/revisions\/1112"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iimnagpur.ac.in\/ICLSCM27\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iimnagpur.ac.in\/ICLSCM27\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}