Dr. Gaurav Kabra

• Operations Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Service Operations Management
• Operations Strategy
• Supply Chain Analytics
• Procurement and Materials Management
• Global Sourcing
• Information Systems and Artificial Intelligence
• Decision Making using Spreadsheets
• Design Thinking

• Received the Global Supply Chain and Logistics Award by the Industrial Engineering and Operations Management Society International on November 04, 2023.
• Recognized as one of the top two researchers globally in the domain of digital technology in humanitarian supply chain management [As published in a research article in the Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity (2021)]
• Mentored students who received the Best Summer Project Awards 2021 from VANS Skilling & Advisory at NITIE Mumbai (now IIM Mumbai)
• Received Best Paper award at the International Conference of the Society of Operations Management held at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India during December 19-21, 2019
• Recognized as one of the top seven researchers globally in the field of humanitarian supply chain management [As published in a research article in the Annals of Operations Research (2019)]
• Received the Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence-2016
• Recipient of MHRD Fellowship for PhD at IIT Roorkee
• Successfully qualified the UGC NET-2012
• Received Best Paper award in the National Conference held at the Institute of Marketing and Management Business School, New Delhi, India, during November 26, 2010

Book Publications

• Dash, K. M., Patwardhan, M., & Kabra, G (2010), Think New Think Better: Select Cases on Entrepreneurship, Serials Publications: New Delhi, India, ISBN No. 978-81-8387-460-1
• Associate Editor for proceedings of XVIII Annual International Conference of the Society of Operations Management 2014,
  Excellent Publications, India, ISBN No. 978-93-84935-02-3

Paper Publications

International Journals

• Kabra, G., Ramesh,A., Jain, V., & Akhtar, P. (in press). Barriers to Information and Digital Technologies Adoption in Humanitarian Supply Chain Management: A Fuzzy AHP Approach, Journal of Enterprise Information Management, ISSN:1746-0972 (SSCI indexed, Impact Factor: 5.661, ABDC Rank-A, ABS Rank-2).

• Kabra, G., Srivastava, Samir K., & Ghosh, V. (in press). Mapping the Intellectual Structure of Sustainable Procurement Research: A Review and Bibliometric Analysis, Benchmarking: An International Journal, ISSN: 1463-5771 (Emerald, ABDC Rank-B).

• Kabra, G., Ghosh, V., & Joshi, Y (in press), Factors influencing adoption of cloud computing services in HEIs: A UTAUT approach based on students’ perception, International Journal of Business Information Systems, ISSN:1746-0972 (ABDC Rank-C, ABS Rank-1)
• Ghosh, V., Kabra, G., Mukherjee, H.S (2022), Influence of knowledge leadership on IT project performance and quality practices: Examining the role of leader’s risk mitigation efforts, International Journal of Knowledge Management, Vol. 18 No.1, pp.1329-1349, ISSN: 1548-0666 (ABDC Rank-B, ABS Rank-1)
• Akhtar, P., Osburg, V., Kabra, G., Ullah, S., Shabbir, H. & Kumari, S (2020), Coordination and collaboration for humanitarian operational excellence: Big data and modern information processing systems, Production Planning and Control, ISSN: 1366-5871 (SCI Indexed Impact Factor- 7.044, ABDC Rank-A, ABS Rank-3)
• Sangroya, D., Kabra, G., Joshi, Y., & Yadav, M (2020), Green Energy management in India for Environmental Benchmarking: From Concept to Practice, Management of Environmental Quality, Vol. 31 No.5, pp.1329-1349, ISSN:1477-7835 (Emerald, ABDC Rank-C, ABS Rank 1)
• Akhtar, P., Ullah, S., Amin, S H., Kabra, G., & Shaw, S (2020), Dynamic capabilities and Environmental sustainability of emerging economies multinational enterprises, International Studies of Management & Organization, Vol. 50 No.1, pp.27-42, ISSN: 0020-8825 (Taylor and Francis, ABDC Rank-B, ABS Rank-2)
• Kumar, A., Kabra, G., Mussada, E, K., Dash, M., & Rana, P, S (2019), Prediction of online consumer intention using combined artificial bee colony algorithm and machine learning techniques, Neural Computing and Applications, Vol. 31 No.2, pp.877-890. ISSN: 0941-0643 (Springer, SCI Expanded indexed, Impact Factor: 5.606)
• Ghosh, V., Manaswita, B., Yadav, Y., Kabra, G (2019), Team-Member Exchange and Innovative Work Behaviour: The role of Psychological Empowerment and Creative Self-efficacy, International Journal of Innovation Science, Vol. 11 No.3. pp.344-361. ISSN: 1757-2223 (Emerald, ABS Rank-1)
• Ghosh, V., Tripathi, N., Mukherjee, H.S., Kabra, G (2018), Transforming Human Resource Management Processes through Intelligent Systems, Indian Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 53 No.4, pp.707-710. ISSN: 0019-5286 (ABDC Rank-C)
• Kabra, G (2017), Understanding Barriers and Enablers to Training in Humanitarian Organizations: A SAP-LAP Framework, Development and Learning in Organizations, Vol. 31 No.6, pp.10-13. ISSN: 1477-7282 (Emerald, ABDC Rank-C)
• Kabra, G., & Ramesh, A., Dash, M., Akhtar, P (2017), Understanding behavioural intention to use information technology: Insights from humanitarian practitioners, Telematics and Informatics, Vol. 34 No.7, pp.1250-1261. ISSN: 0736-5853 (Elsevier, SSCI Indexed Impact Factor- 6.182, ABDC Rank-C)
• Kabra, G., & Ramesh, A (2016), Information technology, mutual trust, flexibility, agility, adaptability: Understanding their linkages and impact on humanitarian supply chain management performance, Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy, Vol. 7 No.2, pp.79-103. ISSN: 0972-7981 (Wiley, ESCI indexed)
• Kabra, G., Ramesh, A., & Arshinder, K (2015), Identification and prioritization of coordination barriers in humanitarian supply chain management, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Vol. 13, pp.128 – 138. ISSN: 2212-4209 (Elsevier, SCI Expanded indexed, Impact Factor- 4.320, ABDC Rank-A)
• Kabra, G., & Ramesh, A (2015), Analyzing drivers and barriers of coordination in humanitarian supply chain management under Fuzzy environment, Benchmarking: An International Journal, Vol. 22 No.4, pp.559 – 587. ISSN: 1463-5771 (Emerald, ABDC Rank-B, ABS Rank-1)
• Kabra, G., & Ramesh, A (2015), An empirical investigation of enablers in humanitarian supply chain management in India: A case study. Journal of Advances Research in Management, Vol. 12 No.1, pp.30-42. ISSN: 0972-7981 (Emerald, ESCI indexed)
• Kabra, G., & Ramesh, A (2015), Analyzing ICT issues in humanitarian supply chain management: A SAP LAP linkages framework, Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management, Vol. 16 No.2, pp.157-171. ISSN: 0974-0198 (Springer, ABS Rank-2)
• Kabra, G., & Ramesh, A. (2015), Segmenting critical factors for implementation of IT in humanitarian supply chain management, Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 189, ISSN: 1877-0428 (Elsevier, Open access).

Book Chapters

• Joshi, Y. & Kabra, G (Accepted), Energy Consumption in Smart City Projects in the era of 5G: An Analysis of User-Generated Content, in Bajpai, A and Balodi, A. (Eds), Applications of 5G & Beyond in Smart Cities, CRC Press Taylor and Francis
• Joshi, Y. & Kabra, G (2020), Demand Side of the Sustainable Supply Chain (Consumers Sustainable Practices): A conceptual review, in Mangey, R. and Mangla, S. (Eds), Supply Chain Sustainability Modeling and Innovative Research Frameworks, Walter de Gruyter
• Kabra, G., Ghosh, V., & Ramesh, A (2017), Enterprise Integrated Business Process Management and Business Intelligence Framework for Business Process Sustainability, in Paul, A.K; Anand, S. and Bhattacharyya, D.K. (Eds), Green Initiatives for Business Sustainability and Value Creation, IGI Global
• Kabra, G., & Ramesh, A (2017), An analysis of the interactions among the enablers of information communication technology in supply chain management: A fuzzy based relationship modeling approach, in Kumar, A; Trivedi, S.K; Dash, M.K and Panda, T.K. (Eds), Handbook of Research on Intelligent Techniques and Modeling Applications in Marketing Analytics, IGI Global
• Kabra, G., & Ramesh, A (2016), Exploring the challenges in implementation of IT in humanitarian relief organizations in India: A qualitative study, in Sahay, B.S; Gupta, S and Menon, V.C. (Eds), Managing Humanitarian Response, Springer