Rohit Agrawal

Overview:

Dr. Rohit Agrawal is an Assistant Professor with IIM Bodh Gaya in Operations Management & Quantitative Techniques.  Prior to joining IIM Bodh Gaya, He worked as Sr. Project Scientist in the Department of Textile and Fibre Engineering at IIT Delhi. He is Ph.D. in Production Engineering from NIT, Tiruchirappalli. He has done his M.Tech. in Industrial Engineering and Management from NIT, Tiruchirappalli, and B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Bhilai Institute of Technology, Durg. His broad area of research and teaching interests lie in the fields of Industry 4.0, Sustainable and closed-loop supply chain, circular economy, digital manufacturing, and additive manufacturing.

Academic background:

• Ph.D.: Production Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli
• M.Tech.:  Industrial Engineering and Management, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli
• B.E.: Mechanical Engineering, Bhilai Institute of Technology, Durg.  

Teaching Interests:

• • Operations Management
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Digital Manufacturing

• Lean Management

Research Interests:

• Sustainable and closed loop supply chain
• Circular economy
• Industry 4.0
• Additive Manufacturing

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Research Publications:

• Majumdar, A., Agrawal, R., Raut, R., & Narkhede, B.E. (2022). “Two years of COVID-19 pandemic: Understanding the role of knowledge-based supply chains towards resilience through bibliometric and network analyses”, Operations Management Research. (1* in ABS, Category ‘C’ in ABDC List, Impact Factor: 7.032, SSCI & SCOPUS Indexed)
• Agrawal, R., Wankhede, V. A., Kumar, A., Luthra, S. & Huisingh, D. (2022). “Big Data Analytics and Sustainable Tourism: A Comprehensive Review and Network Based Analysis for Potential Future Research”, International Journal of Information Management Data Insights. (SCOPUS Indexed).
• Wankhede, V.A., Agrawal, R., Kumar, A., Luthra, S., Dragan, P., & Željko, S., (2022). “Artificial Intelligence an Enabler for Sustainable Engineering Decision Making in Uncertain Environment: A Review and Future Propositions”, Journal of Global Operations and Strategic Sourcing. (1* in ABS, Category ‘C’ in ABDC List, ESCI & SCOPUS Indexed)
• Majumdar, A., Ali, S.M., Agrawal, R., & Srivastava, S., (2022). “A Triple Helix Framework for Strategy Development in Circular Textile and Clothing Supply Chain: An Indian Perspective”, Journal of Cleaner Production. (2* in ABS, Category ‘A’ in ABDC List, Impact Factor: 11.072, SCI & SCOPUS Indexed).
• Naz, F., Agrawal, R., Kumar, A., Gunasekaran, A., Majumdar, A., & Luthra, S. (2022). “Reviewing the applications of artificial intelligence in sustainable supply chains: Exploring research propositions for future directions”, Business Strategy and The Environment. (3* in ABS, Category ‘A’ in ABDC List, Impact Factor: 10.801, SCI & SCOPUS Indexed).
• Agrawal, R., Majumdar, A., Majumdar, K., Raut, R., & Narkhede, B.E. (2022). “Attaining Sustainable Development Goals through Supply Chain Practices and Business Strategies: A Systematic Bibliometric and Network Analyses”, Business Strategy and The Environment. (3* in ABS, Category ‘A’ in ABDC List, Impact Factor: 10.801, SCI & SCOPUS Indexed).
• Agrawal, R. (2022). "Sustainable design guidelines for additive manufacturing applications", Rapid Prototyping Journal. (‘Q1’ in SJR Ranking, Impact Factor: 4.043, SCIE & SCOPUS)
• Roy, T., Garza-Reyes, J.A., Kumar, V., Kumar, A., & Agrawal, R. (2022). " Redesigning Traditional Linear Supply Chains into Circular Supply Chains – A Study into its Challenges", Sustainable Production and Consumption. (Impact Factor: 8.921, SCIE & SCOPUS Indexed)
• Kumar, A., Agrawal, R., Wankhede, V. A., Sharma, M., & Mulat-weldemeskel, E. (2022). “A Framework of Assessing Social Acceptability of Industry 4.0 Technologies for the Development of Digital Manufacturing”, Technological Forecasting and Social Change (3* in ABS, Category ‘A’ in ABDC List, Impact Factor: 10.884, SCI & SCOPUS Indexed).
• Jayakrishna, K., Kinare, P.Y., Pawar, T.M., Majumdar, A., Vimal, K.E.K., & Agrawal, R. (2022). “Circular economy adoption challenges in medical equipment waste management for sustainable development: an empirical study”, Sustainable Development. (Category ‘C’ in ABDC List, Impact Factor: 8.562, SSCI & SCOPUS Indexed)
• Samadhiya, A., Kumar, A., Agrawal, R., Kazancoglu, Y., & Agrawal, R. (2022) Reinventing reverse logistics through blockchain technology: a comprehensive review and future research propositions, Supply Chain Forum: An International Journal, DOI: 10.1080/16258312.2022.2067485 (1* in ABS, ESCI & SCOPUS Indexed).
• Malaga, A. K., Agrawal, R., & Wankhede, V. A. (2022) Material selection for metal additive manufacturing process, Materials Today: Proceedings. (SCOPUS Indexed).
• Agrawal, R., Wankhede, V. A., Kumar, A., & Luthra, S. (2021). “Analysing the roadblocks of circular economy practices adoption in Indian automobile sector: reducing waste and environmental perspectives”, Business Strategy and The Environment. (3* in ABS, Category ‘A’ in ABDC List, Impact Factor: 10.801, SCI & SCOPUS Indexed).
• Agrawal, R., Wankhede, V. A., Kumar, A., Luthra, S. & Huisingh, D. (2021). “Progress, Challenges and Trends in Integrating Industry 4.0 Within Circular Economy: A Comprehensive Literature Review and Future Research Propositions”, Business Strategy and The Environment. (3* in ABS, Category ‘A’ in ABDC List, Impact Factor: 10.801, SCI & SCOPUS Indexed).
• Agrawal, R. (2021). "Sustainable material selection for additive manufacturing technologies: A Critical analysis of rank reversal approach", Journal of Cleaner Production. (2* in ABS, Category ‘A’ in ABDC List, Impact Factor: 11.072, SCI & SCOPUS Indexed)
• Agrawal, R., Wankhede, V. A., Kumar, A., Luthra, S., Majumdar, A., & Kazancoglu, Y. (2021). “An Exploratory State-of-the-Art Review of Artificial Intelligence Applications in Circular Economy using Big‑Data Based Structural Topic Modeling”, Operations Management Research. (1* in ABS, Category ‘C’ in ABDC List, Impact Factor: 7.032, SSCI & SCOPUS Indexed)
• Majumdar, A., Jeevaraj, S., Mathiazhagan, K., & Agrawal, R. (2021). “Selection of Resilient Suppliers in Manufacturing Industries Post-COVID-19: Implications on Economic and Social Sustainability in Emerging Economies”, International Journal of Emerging Markets. (1* in ABS, Category ‘C’ in ABDC List, Impact Factor: 3.422, SSCI & SCOPUS Indexed)
• Naz, F., Kumar, A., Majumdar, A., & Agrawal, R. (2021). “Is Artificial Intelligence an Enabler of Project Management for Supply Chain Resiliency Post COVID 19? An Exploratory State-of-the-Art Review for Future Research”, Operations Management Research. (1* in ABS, Category ‘C’ in ABDC List, Impact Factor: 7.032, SSCI & SCOPUS Indexed)
• Sawe, F.B., Kumar, A., Garza-Reyes, J.A., & Agrawal, R. (2021). “Assessing people-driven factors for circular economy practices in SMEs supply chains: business strategies and environmental perspectives”, Business Strategy and The Environment. (3* in ABS, Category ‘A’ in ABDC List, Impact Factor: 10.801, SCI & SCOPUS Indexed).
• Frederico, G., Kumar, V., Garza-Reyes, J.A., Kumar, A., & Agrawal, R. (2021). “Integration of Industry 4.0’s technologies and their interoperability: future pathways of supply chain resilience post-COVID-19”, International Journal of Logistics Management. (1* in ABS, Category ‘A’ in ABDC List, Impact Factor: 5.446, SSCI & SCOPUS Indexed)
• Agrawal, R., & Vinodh, S. (2021). "Prioritization of drivers of Sustainable Additive Manufacturing using Best Worst Method", International Journal of Sustainable Engineering. (ESCI & SCOPUS Indexed)
• Agrawal, R., Wankhede, V. A., Kumar, A., Upadhyay, A., & Garza-Reyes, J.A. (2021). “Nexus of Circular Economy and Sustainable Business Performance in the Era of Digitalization: A Comprehensive Review and Network Based Analysis”, International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management. (1* in ABS, Category ‘B’ in ABDC List, ESCI & SCOPUS)
• Nair, R. S., Agrawal, R., Domnic, S., Kumar, A., (2021). “Underwater Environment Cleaning: A Review and Bibliometric Based Analysis of Processing Techniques and Future research directions”, International Journal of Information Management Data Insights.
• Praneashram, D., Vinodh, S., & Agrawal, R. (2021). "Analysis of factors influencing Smart Product Development using Interpretive Structural Modelling: A Case study", International Journal of Sustainable Engineering. (ESCI & SCOPUS Indexed)
• Agrawal, R., Wankhede, V. A., Kumar, A., & Luthra, S. (2021). “A systematic and network-based analysis of Data driven quality management in supply chain and proposed future research direction”, The TQM Journal. (1* in ABS, Category ‘B’ in ABDC List, ESCI & SCOPUS)
• Agrawal, R., Wankhede, V. A., & Nair, R.S. (2021). “Analysis of Drivers of Digital Learning in Covid-19 and post Covid-19 scenario using an ISM Approach”, Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series B. (SCOPUS Indexed)
• Kumar, A., & Agrawal, R. (2021). “An experimental investigation of cylindrical shaped thermal storage unit consisting of phase change material based helical coil heat exchanger”, Journal of Energy Storage, 45, pp. 103795. (Impact Factor: 8.907, SCIE)
• Vinodh, S. Antony, J., Agrawal, R., & Douglas, J. A. (2020). “Integration of Continuous Improvement strategies with Industry 4.0: A systematic review and agenda for further research”, The TQM Journal. (1* in ABS, Category ‘B’ in ABDC List, ESCI & SCOPUS)
• Agrawal, R., & Vinodh, S. (2019). “Sustainability evaluation of additive manufacturing processes using grey-based approach”, Grey Systems: Theory and Application, 10 No. 4, pp. 393-412. (Impact Factor: 2.188, SCIE)
• Agrawal, R., & Vinodh, S. (2019). “Application of total interpretive structural modelling (TISM) for analysis of factors influencing sustainable additive manufacturing: a case study”, Rapid Prototyping Journal, 25 No. 7, pp. 1198-1223. (‘Q1’ in SJR Ranking, Impact Factor: 4.043, SCIE & SCOPUS)
• Agrawal, R., & Vinodh, S. (2019). "State of art review on sustainable additive manufacturing", Rapid Prototyping Journal, Vol. 25 No. 6, pp. 1045-1060. (‘Q1’ in SJR Ranking, Impact Factor: 4.043, SCIE & SCOPUS)
• Agrawal, R. Asokan, P., & Vinodh, S. (2017), "Benchmarking fuzzy logic and ANFIS approaches for leanness evaluation in an Indian SME: A case study", Benchmarking: An International Journal, Vol. 24 No. 4, pp. 973-993. (1* in ABS, Category ‘B’ in ABDC List, ESCI & SCOPUS Indexed).

Book Chapter:

• Patra, S. P., Agrawal, R. & Wankhede, V. A., (2022). “Smart Manufacturing - Concepts and Applications”. Springer Publishers. (SCOPUS Indexed) [Accepted]
• Patra, S. P., Sungjemmenla, S., & Agrawal, R. (2022). “Embracing new digital technologies to ensure sustainability in manufacturing”, In Progress in Sustainable Manufacturing, Springer Publishers. (SCOPUS Indexed)
• Wankhede, V. A., Agrawal, R., & Vinodh, S. (2021). “Digital Twin based Smart Manufacturing – Concept and Applications”, In Smart Manufacturing Technologies for Industry 4.0: Integration, Benefits, and Operational Activities. Springer Publishers. (SCOPUS Indexed)
• Agrawal, R., & Vinodh, S. (2020). “Challenges Analysis of Leagile Supply Chains in manufacturing context during COVID 19”, In Management and Industrial Engineering. Springer Publishers. (SCOPUS Indexed)
• Agrawal, R., & Vinodh, S. (2020). “Project Selection for Sustainable Additive Manufacturing: A Case study”, In Green Production Engineering and Management. Elsevier Publishers. (SCOPUS Indexed)
• Vinodh, S., & Agrawal, R. (2019). “Analyzing the Drivers of Engineering Education for Sustainability Using MCDM Approach”, In Engineering Education for Sustainability. Series in Management Sciences and Engineering. River Publishers (SCOPUS Indexed)
• Vinodh, S., & Agrawal, R. (2019). “Application of Interpretive Structural Modelling for analysis of factors influencing Sustainability in Higher Education”, In Higher Education and Sustainability (pp. 117-131). CRC Press. (SCOPUS Indexed)

Conference Presentations:

• Kumar, A., Agrawal, R., & Wankhede, V. A., (2022). “Material Selection for Metal Additive Manufacturing process”, International Conference on Recent Advances in Engineering Materials (ICRAEM 2022), 03-05 March, 2022. Alva’s Institute of Engineering & Technology, Moodbidri, Karnataka, India
• Agrawal, R., & Vinodh, S. (2021). “Application of S-LCA principles to Additive manufacturing”, 8th International and 29th All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research Conference 2021 (AIMTDR-2021), 09-11 December 2021. PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, India
• Nair, R. S., & Agrawal, R. (2020). “An Integrated Approach of Conventional and Deep Learning Method for Underwater Image Enhancement”, 2nd International Conference on Soft Computing for Intelligent Systems (SCIS-2020), 24 - 25 December 2020 | University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, India
• Agrawal, R., & Vinodh, S. (2019). “Prioritizing drivers of Industry 4.0 enabling Additive Manufacturing: A Case Study”, 1st International Conference on Industry 4.0 and Advanced Manufacturing (I4AM-2019), 28 - 29 June 2019 | Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
• Vinodh, S., Agrawal, R., & Ramesh, P. (2019). “State of art review on Additive Manufacturing for Power Equipment Manufacturing”, 34th National Convention of Production Engineers, Emerging Technologies in Power Sector Equipment Manufacturing, 25-26 May, 2019. National Institute of Technology, Trichy, India
• Wankhede, V. A., Jagetiya, D., Joshi, A., Chaudhari, R., Agrawal, R. (2019). “Experimental Investigation of FDM process parameters using Taguchi analysis”, International Conference on Materials and Manufacturing Methods (MMM-19), 5-7 July, 2019. National Institute of Technology, Trichy, India
• Chaudhari, R., Jagetiya, D., Joshi, A., Wankhede, V. A., Agrawal, R. (2019). “Multi-response optimization of WEDM parameter using an Integrated approach of RSM-GRA analysis for pure Titanium”, International Conference on Materials and Manufacturing Methods (MMM-19), 5-7 July, 2019. National Institute of Technology, Trichy, India
• Agrawal, R., & Vinodh, S. (2018). “Life Cycle Assessment of an Additive Manufactured Automotive Component”, 7th International and 28th All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research Conference 2018 (AIMTDR-2018), 13-15 December, 2018. Anna University, Chennai, India

Session Chair in the conferences:

• 1st International Student Conference on Contemporary Issues in Management and Technology, October 14-15th, 2022 at Department of Management Studies, Graphic Era University, Dehradun, India.

 

Professional Membership:

• Associate Member at The Institution of Engineers (India)