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B.Tech. (Electrical Engineering), Gurukula Kangri University, Haridwar, India


MS (IT and e-Business), University of Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom


Post Doc (Management Science), Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisboa, Portugal


PhD (Management), Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India

Dr Rupesh Kumar

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ORCID ID 0000-0002-6590-4313
Key Expertise Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, Analytics, Sustainability, Water, Climate Change, Information Systems, Quantitative Methods and similar

B.Tech. (Electrical Engineering), Gurukula Kangri University, Haridwar, India


MS (IT and e-Business), University of Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom


Post Doc (Management Science), Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisboa, Portugal


PhD (Management), Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India


Biography

Dr Rupesh Kumar did his Post Doctorate in Management Science from CEG, Intituto Superior Tecnico, Portugal with fully funded scholarship under Namaste India-EU scheme. Dr Kumar has a PhD degree in IT and Supply Chain Management from Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee on merit-based scholarship offered by MHRD, Government of India. His Master’s Degree in IT and e-Business from University of Reading, United Kingdom under Erasmus Mundus fully funded by European Commission. He has done several technical projects in the countries like Greece, Spain, etc. He did B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from Gurukula Kangri University, Haridwar, India and scored 6th rank all over the university. He has more than 13 years of teaching and research experience, last one being at UPES, Dehradun. He has introduced and taught contemporary courses like, Power BI, Operations Management, Forecasting, Supply Chain Analytics, Operations Research using R, Quantitative Methods and similar. He has presented and published in many reputed national and international platforms. He has an edited book “Statistical Analysis using R” published by Amazon, USA, KDP; written a book on “Supply Chain Modeling, Design and Simulation” for Distance Learning Courses of MBA at UPES, Dehradun. He is a recipient of Noel Deere Gold Model for the best research paper as presented during the 72nd Annual Convention of STAI, New Delhi. He has conducted as well as attended several workshops, sugar expo, and seminars at IIT Roorkee, STAI, CIA, SIOM, and UPES. He has trained management executives of private sector companies like GSK, Mahindra & Mahindra, etc.

Operations Management

R Programming

Supply Chain Management

Business Statistics

Mathematics

Power BI

Merit Paper Award at BAMS-ORSI 2024 in IIT Bombay

First edition of International Research Excellence and Citation Awards (2022)

Positioned 6th rank at University level for B.Tech. (2002-06)

Noel Deerr Gold Medal for best paper by STAI, New Delhi (2013)

Namaste India-EU Consortium International Fellowship funded by European Commission for Post Doc (2014-15)

Erasmus Mundus Scholarship funded by the European Commission (grant of 35,600 Euros) for Master’s degree (2006-08)

MHRD Assistantship funded by Government of India for PhD (2009-12)

Life Member of STAI

2025 Online retailing and the metaverse: Addressing stakeholder impediments in e-commerce Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 2025, 84, 104171 10.1016/j.jretconser.2024.104171 (ABDC-A, SSCI, Scopus, IF: 11) Kashyap, A., Shukla, O.J., Kumar, R., Alam, M.M., Oberoi, S.S.

2024 The science of food safety and their health impacts Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 2024, 267, 107596 10.1016/j.gexplo.2024.107596 (SCIE, Scopus, IF: 3.4) Kumar, A., Kumar, V., Arsenov, D., Thakur, M., Kumar, A., Khukhar, A., Seth, C.S., Kumar, R.

2024 Study of issues in cold chain using fuzzy environment Qual Quant (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11135-024-01901-1 (ABDC-C, Scopus) Arora, M., Kumar, R., Garg, C.P., Sharma, N., Sarfaraz, M.

2024 Green Construction Supply Chain Barriers Assessment: Evidencen from Indian Construction Industry Global Business Review, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/09721509241231107 (ABDC-C, Scopus, IF: 2.4) Balon, V., Bagul, A., & Kumar, R.

2024 Effect of organic food production and consumption on the affective and cognitive well-being of farmers: analysis using prism of NVivo, etic and emic approach Environment, Development and Sustainability, 26(5), 11027-11048. DOI: 10.1007/s10668-023-03195-z (SCIE, Scopus, IF: 4.7) S Tomar, N Sharma, R Kumar

2024 Exploring the dynamics of bigdata adoption in the Indian food industry with fuzzy analytical 6hierarchical process British Food Journal, Vol. 126 No. 6, pp. 2310-2327. https://doi.org/10.1108/BFJ-01-2024-0012 (ABDC-B, Scopus, IF: 3.30) Jayati Singh, R Kumar, Vinod Kumar, Sheshadri Chatterjee

2024 Green hydrogen in India: Prioritization of its potential and viable renewable source International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 50, 226-238 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.08.166 (SCIE, Scopus, WOS, IF: 7.2) S Gupta, R Kumar, A Kumar

2024 A digital ecosystem for sustainable fruit supply chain in Uttarakhand: a comprehensive review Environment, Development and Sustainability, 26(5), 13217-13252. DOI: 10.1007/s10668-023-04142-8 (SCI, IF: 4.7) K Sharma, R Kumar, A Kumar, S Balabantaray, M Arora

2023 An empirical study of cold chain issues and performance: Applying structural equation modeling Journal of Food Process Engineering 46 (12), e14439 (SCIE, IF: 3) M Arora, R Kumar, D Bangwal, V Ahmad, S Negi

2023 Demand management approaches in services sector and influence on company performance International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, Volume 72, Issue 10, Pages 2808-2837 (ABDC, Scopus, IF: 3.1) RL Rajani, GS Heggde, R Kumar, D Bangwal

2023 Nexus between trade, industrialization, and marine pollution: A quantile regression approach Ecological Indicators 155, 110992 (SCI, IF: 6.9) I Ullah, FM Nuta, D Levente, B Yiyu, Z Yihan, C Yi, MH Shah, R Kumar

2023 Development communication for diffusion of innovation: a case study of Ramgaad mini-hydro project in India Environment, Development and Sustainability 25 (10), 11699-11722 (SCI, IF: 4.7) P Dwivedi, A Dwivedi, R Kumar, A Khanduri

2023 An assessment of sustainable supply chain initiatives in Indian automobile industry using PPS method Environment, Development and Sustainability 25 (9), 9703-9729 (SCI, IF: 4.7) R Kumar, D Bangwal

2023 Unraveling barriers to food loss and waste in perishable food supply chain: a way toward sustainability Environment, Development and Sustainability, 1-21 (SCI, IF: 4.7) A Kashyap, D Yadav, OJ Shukla, R Kumar

2023 Assessment of Barriers to Canal Irrigation Efficiency for Sustainable Harnessing of Irrigation Potential Water 15 (14), 2558 https://doi.org/10.3390/w15142558 (SCI, IF: 3.4) J Nigam, BR Totakura, R Kumar

2023 Predicting Indian electricity exchange‐traded market prices: SARIMA and MLP approach OPEC Energy Review https://doi.org/10.1111/opec.12287 (Scopus, SCIE, IF: 2.2) S Gupta, D Chakrabarty, R Kumar

2023 Does AI-technology-based indoor environmental quality impact occupants’ psychological, physiological health, and productivity? Annals of Operations Research, 1-19 (ABDC-A, Scopus, IF: 4.8) D Bangwal, R Kumar, J Suyal, AM Ghouri

2023 COVID-19 turbulence and positive shifts in online purchasing by consumers: modeling the enablers using ISM-MICMAC analysis Journal of Global Operations and Strategic Sourcing 16 (2), 282-310 (ABDC-C, Scopus, ESCI) M Sharma, R Kumar, P Chauhan

2023 Managing the logistics distribution performance using digitalization in the FMCG sector Vision, 09722629221143261 (ABDC-C, Scopus, IF: 2.8) P Chauhan, D Bangwal, R Kumar

2023 Valuation and effective management of the Dal Lake's diverse ecosystem using choice experiment method Ecohydrology 16 (2), e2502 (SCI, Scopus, IF: 2.6) MY Bhat, L Ahmad, AA Sofi, R Kumar

2023 Structural transformation of fuzzy analytical hierarchy process: a relevant case for Covid-19 Operations Management Research 16 (1), 450-465 (ABDC-C, Scopus, IF: 9) S Kansara, S Modgil, R Kumar

2023 Merger and acquisition-barrier prioritisation in Indian airline industry using AHP and FAHP technique International Journal of Logistics Economics and Globalisation 10 (2), 145-164 (ABDC-C) M Rishi, P Dwivedi, R Kumar

2023 Variance in truck load carrying capacity impacting truck fill rate, freight cost and carbon emissions International Journal of Logistics Economics and Globalisation 10 (2), 165-185 (ABDC-C) R Biswas, R Kumar

2023 Identification of issues in the cold chain of Indian frozen food International Journal of Logistics Economics and Globalisation 10 (1), 1-22 (ABDC-C) M Arora, R Kumar, TB Raju

2022 Identification of Barriers in Handling Container Movement at the Port using AHP–Fuzzy AHP Approach Global Business Review, 09721509221126863 (ABDC-C, Scopus, IF: 2.4) P Chauhan, R Kumar, D Bangwal, S Tiwari

2022 Himalayan Horticulture Produce Supply Chain Disruptions and Sustainable Business Solution—A Case Study on Kiwi Fruit in Uttarakhand Horticulturae 8 (11), 1018 (SCI, Scopus, IF: 3.1) K Sharma, R Kumar, A Kumar

2022 Demand management strategies role in sustainability of service industry and impacts performance of company: Using SEM approach Journal of Cleaner Production 369, 133311 (ABDC-A, Scopus, IF: 11.1) RL Rajani, GS Heggde, R Kumar, P Chauhan

2022 Transforming HR through BI and information technology Business Intelligence and Human Resource Management, 49-61 (Scopus) D Bangwal, PC Bahuguna, R Kumar, A Damodaran, J Walker

2022 Services Redesign Strategies for Demand and Capacity Management and Impact on Company Performance Vision, 09722629221107238 (ABDC-C, Scopus, IF: 2.8) RL Rajani, GS Heggde, R Kumar

2022 Management and analysis of barriers in the maritime supply chains (MSCs) of containerized freight under fuzzy environment Research in Transportation Business & Management 43, 100793 (SCIE, Scopus, IF: 4.8) V Kashav, CP Garg, R Kumar, A Sharma

2022 Hotel building design, occupants’ health and performance in response to COVID 19 International journal of Hospitality Management 103, 103212 (ABDC-A*, SCI, Scopus, IF: 11.7) D Bangwal, J Suyal, R Kumar

2022 Stakeholders' perception on blockchain technology in Indian aviation industry: a focus group study International Journal of Business Innovation and Research 29 (2), 252-266 A Damodaran, R Kumar, D Bangwal, S Khanka, D Shree

2022 Motivating factors to promote tourism in India: using AHP methods International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management 42 (3), 407-426 (Scopus) R Kumar, S Kansara, D Bangwal, A Damodaran, A Jha

2022 Analysis of frozen food adoption by the consumer in Uttarakhand, a state of India: an inferential statistics approach International Journal of Value Chain Management 13 (1), 88-111 (Scopus) M Arora, R Kumar, N Anand

2022 A TISM and MICMAC Analysis of Factors During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Indian Apparel Supply Chain International Journal of Information Systems and Supply Chain Management (IJISSCM), Volume 15, Issue 1, Pages 1-24, Publisher IGI Global (Scopus, ESCI, WOS, IF: 1.6) R Kumar, P Gupta, R Gupta

2021 Ranking the strategies to overcome the barriers of the maritime supply chain (MSC) of containerized freight under fuzzy environment Annals of Operations Research, 1-46 (ABDC-A, Scopus, IF: 4.8) V Kashav, CP Garg, R Kumar

2021 Barriers prioritization of the indian steel industry supply chain: applying AHP and fuzzy AHP method Vision, 09722629211065687 (ABDC-C, Scopus, IF: 2.8) R Kumar, S Tiwari, S Kansara

2020 Addressing the challenges to electric vehicle adoption via sharing economy: An Indian perspective Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal 32 (1), 82-99 (ABDC-C, ESCI, Scopus, IF: 5.3) R Kumar, A Jha, A Damodaran, D Bangwal, A Dwivedi

2020 E-applications for managing trans-logistics activities in sugar supply chain in North India International journal of Asian business and information management (IJABIM), Volume 11, Issue 1, Pages 92-106, Publisher IGI Global (Scopus, ESCI, WOS, IF: 1.4) R Kumar

2020 IT adaptation in sugar supply chain: A study at milling level International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management 35 (1), 28-49 (Scopus) R Kumar, V Nath

2018 Information technology barriers in Indian sugar supply chain: an AHP and fuzzy AHP approach Benchmarking: An International Journal 25 (7), 1978-1991 (ABDC-B, Scopus) R Kumar, S Kansara

2018 Supply chain process of olive oil industry International Journal of Management Practice 11 (2), 141-170 (Scopus) R Kumar, S Kansara

2017 Multi-criteria decision and multivariate statistical approaches improve olive supply chains: A review International Journal of Value Chain Management 8 (3), 219-246 (Scopus) R Kumar

2015 Supply chain performance measurement of olive oil industry with KPIs International Journal of Value Chain Management 7 (3), 271-284 (Scopus) R Kumar

2015 IT enablement in sugar supply chain: an approach for farmers International Journal of Business Performance and Supply Chain Modelling, Volume 7, Issue 4, Pages 360-381 (Scopus) R Kumar, R Agrawal, V Sharma

2014 Impediments to adoption of green products: An ISM analysis Journal of Promotion Management 20 (5), 501-520 (Scopus) V Nath, R Kumar, R Agrawal, A Gautam, V Sharma

2014 Barriers to E-Application in Agrifood Supply Chain Encyclopedia of Business Analytics and Optimization, 227-240 (Book Chapter) R Kumar, R Agrawal, V Sharma

2013 e-Applications in Indian agri-food supply chain: Relationship among enablers Global Business Review 14 (4), 711-727 (ABDC-C, Scopus, IF: 2.4) R Kumar, R Agrawal, V Sharma

2013 Consumer adoption of green products: Modeling the enablers Global Business Review 14 (3), 453-470 (ABDC-C, Scopus, IF: 2.4) V Nath, R Kumar, R Agrawal, A Gautam, V Sharma
ORCID ID 0000-0002-6590-4313
Key Expertise Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, Analytics, Sustainability, Water, Climate Change, Information Systems, Quantitative Methods and similar
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