Vishal Ashok Wankhede

Overview:

Dr. Vishal Ashok Wankhede is an Assistant Professor in Operations Management and Quantitative Techniques area at the Indian Institute of Management, Bodhgaya. Dr. Wankhede has over five years of teaching experience. Prior to joining IIM Bodhgaya, he served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and in the Department of Industrial Engineering at the School of Technology, Pandit Deendayal Energy University, Gandhinagar. He holds a Ph.D. in Industry 4.0 from the Department of Production Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu. His M. Tech was in Cloud Manufacturing from the same institute, and he earned his B. Tech in Mechanical Engineering from Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University, Lonere, Raigad, Maharashtra.

Dr. Wankhede received the “Budding Researcher Award” from NIT Tiruchirappalli for outstanding research performance during his Ph.D. He was also awarded the academic proficiency prize for securing the top rank in M.Tech. He has published over 50 peer-reviewed articles in reputed journals, international conference proceedings, and book chapters. He has also edited the book “Industry 4.0 for Manufacturing Systems: Concepts, Technologies, and Applications” (CRC Press, 2025). He is actively associated with professional bodies such as the Institution of Engineers (India), the Indian Society for Technical Education, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering. His research interests include Industry 4.0, Smart Manufacturing, Additive Manufacturing, Circular Economy, and Sustainable Manufacturing.

Academic background:

Ph.D. - Production Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu
M.Tech.- Industrial Engineering and Management, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu
B.Tech.- Mechanical Engineering, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University, Lonere, Raigad, Maharashtra

Teaching Interests:

Industry 4.0
Statistics
Operation Research
Additive Manufacturing
Operations Management
Project Management

Research Interests:

Industry 4.0
Smart Manufacturing
Additive manufacturing
Circular economy
Sustainable Manufacturing

Professional Experience:

Assistant Professor, Department of Operations Management and Quantitative Techniques, IIM Bodh Gaya (July 2023 – till date)
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pandit Deendayal Energy University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat (March 2022 – June 2023)
Ministry of Education (MoE) Scholar, Production Engineering, NIT Trichy, Tamilnadu (July 2019 – March 2022)
Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Pandit Deendayal Energy University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat (July 2016 – June 2019)

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Awards:

“Budding Researcher Award” on Institute Day 2022 of NIT Tiruchirappalli for the outstanding research performance during Ph.D. (July 2019 - March 2022) at Department of Production Engineering, NIT Tiruchirappalli.
Academic proficiency prize for securing Top Rank in M.Tech by NIT, Trichy (2014 - 2016).

Membership in Professional Bodies:

Institution of Engineers (India) - Associate Life member (AM 1845287)
Indian Society for Technical Education - Life Member (LM 126689)
Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering - Life Member (LM 11189)
Additive Manufacturing Society of India (AMSI) - Life Member (AM/303/19)
International Society of MCDM
National Cadet Corps (NCC) Alumni Association - Life Member (Membership number: NCCAA/2021/Maharashtra/42917)

Session Chair in reputed International Conferences:

Session Chairperson during 2^nd International Conference on Computational Modelling Simulation and Optimization (ICCMSO – 2023) from June 23-25, 2023, held at Bali, Indonesia
Session Chairperson (Online Mode) at the International Conference on Advances in Engineering, Management and Computational Sciences (ICAEMCS-2022) from September 23-25, 2022 held at Ch. Ranbir Singh State Institute of Engineering and Technology, Jhajjar (Haryana) INDIA

Research Publication:

Peer Reviewed Journal Publication (Selected):

Agrawal, R., & Wankhede, V. A. (2025). Breaking the virtual wall: analysing barriers to metaverse adoption in manufacturing industries. International Journal of Organizational Analysis. (ABDC - B/ESCI/ Scopus/ Q1/ Cite Score – 6)
Vinodh, S., Wankhede, V. A., & Muruganantham, G. (2025). Analysis of critical success factors of Quality 4.0 implementation in manufacturing SMEs using best–worst method. The TQM Journal. https://doi.org/10.1108/TQM-01-2023-0002 (ABDC - B, ESCI & Scopus)
Patra, S. P., Wankhede, V. A., & Agrawal, R. (2024). Circular economy practices in supply chain finance: a state-of-the-art review. Benchmarking: An International Journal, 31(7), 2197-2216. (ABDC - B/ESCI/ Scopus/ Q1/ Cite Score – 7.4)
Wankhede, V. A., and Vinodh, S. (2023). “Benchmarking Industry 4.0 readiness evaluation using fuzzy approaches”, Benchmarking: An International Journal. https://doi.org/10.1108/BIJ-08-2021-0505 (ABDC - B/ESCI/ Scopus/ Q1/ Cite Score – 7.4)
Wankhede, V. A., and Vinodh, S. (2021). “Analysis of Industry 4.0 Challenges using Best Worst Method: A case study”. Computers & Industrial Engineering, Vol. 159, Article: 107487. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2021.107487 (ABDC - A/SCI/ Scopus/Q1/Impact Factor – 7.9/Cite Score – 11.9)
Wankhede, V. A., and Vinodh, S. (2022). “Analysis of challenges of Wire-arc Additive Manufacturing process in the context of Industry 4.0 using Graph Theory approach”, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. (SCIE/Scopus/Impact Factor – 3.563)
Wankhede, V. A., and Vinodh, S. (2023). “Assessment of Industry 4.0 performance using Questionnaire based approach: A Case Study”, The TQM Journal (ABDC – B/ESCI/Scopus/Cite Score – 4.9)
Wankhede, V.A., Agrawal, R., Kumar, A., Luthra, S., Pamucar, D. and Stević, Ž. (2023), "Artificial intelligence an enabler for sustainable engineering decision-making in uncertain environment: a review and future propositions", Journal of Global Operations and Strategic Sourcing, https://doi.org/10.1108/JGOSS-06-2022-0057 (Scopus Indexed)
Wankhede, V.A. and S., V. (2021), "Application of total interpretive structural modeling for analyzing factors of additive manufacturing and Industry 4.0 integration", Rapid Prototyping Journal, Vol. 27 No. 8, pp. 1591-1608. https://doi.org/10.1108/RPJ-02-2021-0028 (SCIE/Scopus/Q1/Impact Factor – 4.043| Cite Score – 7.3)
Wankhede, V. A., and Vinodh, S. (2021). “State of the art review on Industry 4.0 in manufacturing with the focus on automotive sector”, International Journal of Lean Six Sigma, https://doi.org/10.1108/IJLSS-05-2021-0101 (SSCI/Scopus/Q1/ Impact Factor – 5.686/Cite Score – 5.8)
Wankhede, V. A., and Vinodh, S. (2021). "Analysis of barriers of Cyber Physical System adoption in small and medium enterprises using Interpretive Ranking Process", International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management, https://doi.org/10.1108/IJQRM-06-2021-0174 (ABDC - B/E SCI/Scopus/ Q1/ Cite Score - 4.9)
Vinodh, S. and Wankhede, V.A. (2020), "Application of fuzzy DEMATEL and fuzzy CODAS for analysis of workforce attributes pertaining to Industry 4.0: a case study", International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management, Vol. 38 No. 8, pp. 1695-1721. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJQRM-09-2020-0322 (ABDC - B/E SCI/ Scopus/ Q1/ Cite Score - 4.9)
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, 174. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2021.121217 (3* - ABS, ABDC - A, Impact Factor: 8.593, SCI & 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, 30, 1051– 1066. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.2669 (3* - ABS, ABDC - A, Impact Factor: 10.302, 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, 31(1), 559– 579. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.2910 (3* - ABS, ABDC - A, Impact Factor: 10.302, 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. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12063-021-00212-0 (1* - ABS, ABDC - C, Impact Factor: 2.706, SSCI & 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”, International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 71(3), 748-774. (1* - ABS, ABDC - B, ESCI & Scopus)
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. https://doi.org/10.1108/TQM-12-2020-0285 (1* - ABS, ABDC - B, 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, 102, 1143–1155. (Scopus Indexed)
Gor, M., Dobriyal, A., Wankhede, V., Sahlot, P., Grzelak, K., Kluczyński, J., & Łuszczek, J. (2022). Density Prediction in Powder Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing: Machine Learning-Based Techniques. Applied Sciences, 12(14), 7271. (SCI/ Scopus/ Q2/ Impact Factor – 2.921)
Malaga, A. K., Agrawal, R., & Wankhede, V. A. (2022). Material selection for metal additive manufacturing process. Materials Today: Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2022.05.272 (CPCI & Scopus Indexed)
Gor, M., Soni, H., Wankhede, V., Sahlot, P., Grzelak, K., Szachgluchowicz, I., & Kluczyński, J. (2021). A critical review on effect of process parameters on mechanical and microstructural properties of powder-bed fusion additive manufacturing of SS316l. Materials, 14(21), 6527. (SCI/ Scopus/ Q1/ Impact Factor – 4.042)
Limbasiya, N., Jain, A., Soni, H., Wankhede, V., Krolczyk, G., & Sahlot, P. (2022). A comprehensive review on the effect of process parameters and post-process treatments on microstructure and mechanical properties of selective laser melting of AlSi10Mg. Journal of Materials Research and Technology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmrt.2022.09.092 21, pp. 1141-1176. (SCI/Impact Factor – 6.4/ Scopus)
Vakharia V, Shah M, Nair P, Borade H, Sahlot P, Wankhede V. Estimation of Lithium-ion Battery Discharge Capacity by Integrating Optimized Explainable-AI and Stacked LSTM Model. Batteries. 2023; 9(2):125. https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries9020125 (SCI/Scopus/ Impact Factor - 4)
Shah M, Borade H, Sanghavi V, Purohit A, Wankhede V, Vakharia V. Enhancing Tool Wear Prediction Accuracy Using Walsh–Hadamard Transform, DCGAN and Dragonfly Algorithm-Based Feature Selection. Sensors. 2023; 23(8):3833. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23083833 (SCI/Scopus/ Impact Factor - 3.9)

Book Chapter:

Wankhede, V.A., Vinodh, S. (2023). Application of Graph Theory Approach for Analyzing IoT Challenges in Maintenance Parameters Monitoring. In: Chakrabarti, A., Suwas, S., Arora, M. (eds) Industry 4.0 and Advanced Manufacturing. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0561-2_11 (Scopus)
Wankhede, V. A., Agrawal, R., & Vinodh, S. (2022). Digital Twin–Based Smart Manufacturing—Concept and Applications. In Smart Manufacturing Technologies for Industry 4.0 (pp. 31-36). CRC Press. (Scopus)
Wankhede V.A., Vinodh S. (2021) Design Strategies Enabling Industry 4.0. In: Chakrabarti A., Poovaiah R., Bokil P., Kant V. (eds) Design for Tomorrow—Volume 2. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, Vol 222. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0119-4_64 (Scopus)
Vinodh, S. and Wankhede, V.A. (2020). Innovation for Smart Factories. In Sustainable Manufacturing for Industry 4.0 (pp. 65-124). CRC Press. (Scopus)

International Conferences:

Pankaj Sahlot, Mohit Suthar & Vishal Ashok Wankhede. (2022), Investigation of surface properties for additively manufactured SS316L parts: Effect of post-processing techniques Second Global Conference on Recent Advances in Sustainable Materials (GC-RASM 2022) - J. Institute of Engineering and Technology, Mangalore, Karnataka, India (Scopus)
Wankhede V.A., Vinodh S. (2021), Application of Graph Theory approach for analyzing IoT challenges in maintenance parameters monitoring - 2nd International Conference on Industry 4.0 and Advanced Manufacturing (I-4AM 2022) - Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing (CPDM), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, 10-11 January 2022. (Scopus)
Wankhede V.A., Vinodh S. (2021), Design Strategies Enabling Industry 4.0 – 8th International Conference on Research into Design (ICORD) 7-10 January 2021 - IDC School of Design, IIT, Bombay, India. (Scopus)
Wankhede V.A., Vinodh S. (2019), Analysis of impediments of Industry 4.0 adoption using fuzzy TOPSIS method – 7th International Conference on Product Lifecycle Modelling, Simulation & Synthesis (PLMSS), CABS DRDO, CPDM IISc, Bangalore, 18-20 December 2019.

Invited Talks Delivered:

Delivered an expert lecture titled "Practical Applications of IoT in Industry 4.0" as part of the E&ICT NITP-sponsored Online Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on "Application of Digital Technologies in Manufacturing Environment," held from February 3 to 14, 2025. The session, organized by the Department of Production Engineering, NIT Tiruchirappalli, in association with the Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Patna, was conducted online and spanned three hours, including a hands-on component. On 04/02/2025
Delivered an expert lecture on "Smart Manufacturing/Industry 4.0" on December 28, 2024, as part of the AICTE-ATAL sponsored 6-day Online Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on "Smart Manufacturing and Digital Transformation in Industry 4.0," held from December 23 to 28, 2024. The FDP was organized jointly by the Department of Mathematics and the Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Technology, Pandit Deendayal Energy University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, in association with IIW-INDIA on 28/12/2024
Delivered an expert lecture on "Industry 4.0: Shaping the Future of Innovation" as part of the Online Short-Term Course (e-STC) on "Recent Advances in Additive Manufacturing: Fundamental to Applications" (RAAM-2024), held from November 13 to 17, 2024. The program was organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra, Haryana on 16/11/2024
Delivered expert talk on ‘Smart Manufacturing’ at Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on “Digital Transformations in Operations and Supply Chain Management” organised by E & ICT Academy, NIT Patna, and LIBA Chennai on 11/09/2022.
Delivered a talk on ‘Industry 4.0 in Management’ for MBA students at the School of Management, Pandit Deendayal Energy University, Gandhinagar, on 28/07/2023.