Harshad Sonar is an Assistant Professor in the Operations Management area at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Sambalpur. He holds a Ph.D in Operations and Supply Chain Management from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Mumbai. He completed his M.Tech in Mechanical CAD/CAM and B.E in Mechanical Engineering. He also worked at Symbiosis Institute of Operations Management (SIOM), Nashik for 4 years before joining IIM Sambalpur. For the past few years, he has taught a variety of subjects including Operations Management, Operations Research, Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain Strategy, Digital Transformation, Warehouse Management, and Production Management. He has published many research papers in peer-reviewed journals including ABDC and SCOPUS-listed international journals including ANOR, BSE, RPJ, IEEE-TEM, IJLM, IJLRA, CLSC, etc. His research interests include Supply Chain Management, Digital Transformation, Industry 4.0, Sustainability, Circular Economy, Carbon Neutrality, and Business Competitiveness.
- Harshad Sonar, Nikhil Ghag, Rajesh Kumar Singh, Tugrul Daim, Swati Agrawal (2025), “Digitalization of operations for sustainable value creation by SMEs: analysis of barriers in the era of Industry 4.0”, Journal of Knowledge Management, https://doi.org/10.1108/JKM-05-2024-0522
- Nikhil Ghag, Harshad Sonar, Akriti Chaubey, Rajesh Kumar Singh (2025), “Unpacking the factors that support women’s entrepreneurship: a critique and exploration of new avenues using a fsQCA approach”, Benchmarking: an International Journal, https://doi.org/10.1108/BIJ-01-2025-0004
- Harshad Sonar, Nikhil Ghag, Isha Sharma (2025), “Reshaping industry 5.0: Unveiling supply chain resilience for a carbon-neutral future”, Sustainable Futures, 100513. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sftr.2025.100513
- Harshad Sonar, Bishal Sarkar, Prasad Joshi, Nikhil Ghag, Vardhan Choubey, Sandeep Jagtap (2024), “Navigating barriers to reverse logistics adoption in circular economy: An integrated approach for sustainable development”, Cleaner Logistics and Supply Chain, 100165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clscn.2024.100165
- Nikhil Ghag, Harshad Sonar, Sandeep Jagtap, Hana Trollman (2024), “Unlocking AI's potential in the food supply chain: A novel approach to overcoming barriers”, Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 18, 101349. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafr.2024.101349
- Nikhil Ghag, Harshad Sonar, Garima Chaudhary (2024), “Altruism in Management Education: A closer look at Yoga-based Practices”, Cogent Social Sciences, 10:1, 2367087, https://doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2024.2367087
- Harshad Sonar, Isha Sharma, Nikhil Ghag, Rajesh Kr Singh (2024), “Achieving sustainability in MSMEs of agri supply chains: Analysis of barriers in context to India”, International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, https://doi.org/10.1080/13675567.2024.2345359
- Harshad Sonar, Isha Sharma, Nikhil Ghag, Bhagyashri Raje (2024), “Harvesting Sustainability: Assessing Industry 4.0 in Agri-food Supply Chains”, International Journal of Logistics Management, https://doi.org/10.1108/IJLM-10-2023-0443
- Nikhil Ghag, Harshad Sonar (2023), “Sustainable Entrepreneurship Practices of Indian SMEs: A Strategic Approach using fuzzy-Delphi and Best Worst method”, Business Strategy and the Environment, https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3572
- Harshad Sonar, H. M. Belal, Cyril Foropon, Ramkrishna Manatkar, Vandana Sonwaney (2023), “Examining the Causal Factors of the Electric Vehicle Adoption: A Pathway to Tackle Climate Change in Resource-Constrained Environment”, Annals of Operations Research, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-023-05519-8
- Harshad Sonar, Nikhil Ghag, Yashomandira Kharde, Mamta Singodia (2023), “Digital Innovations for Micro, Small, Medium Enterprises in the Net Zero Economy: A Strategic Perspective”, Business Strategy and Development, https://doi.org/10.1002/bsd2.264
- Harshad Sonar, Nikhil Ghag, Isha Sharma (2023), “Analyzing Sustainability Assessment Factors Influencing Agriculture Supply Chains in the Age of Industry 4.0”, Engineering Proceedings, https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2023040009
- Harshad Sonar, Nikhil Ghag, Yashomandira Kharde, Shriya Ghosh (2023), “Analysis of barriers affecting Circular Economy Adoption in Food Supply Chain: A Strategic Perspective”, Business Strategy and the Environment, https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3416
- Harshad Sonar, Shriya Ghosh, Rajesh Singh, Vivek Khanzode, Milind Akarte, Nikhil Ghag (2022), "Implementing Additive Manufacturing for Sustainability in Operations: Analysis of Enabling Factors," IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, https://doi.org/10.1109/TEM.2022.3206234.
- Harshad Sonar, Ayon Mukherjee, Angappa Gunasekaran, Rajesh Kr Singh (2022), “Sustainable Supply Chain Management of Automotive Sector in Context to the Circular Economy: A Strategic Framework”, Business Strategy and the Environment, https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3112.
- Harshad Sonar, Angappa Gunasekaran, Swati Agrawal, Matthew Roy (2022), “Role of lean, agile, resilient, green, and sustainable paradigm in supplier selection using interpretive structural modelling”, Cleaner Logistics and Supply Chain, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clscn.2022.100059
- Harshad Sonar, Vivek Khanzode, Milind Akarte (2022), “Additive Manufacturing Enabled Supply Chain Management: A Review and Research Directions”, VISION: The Business Perspectives, https://doi.org/10.1177/09722629221087308.
- Harshad Sonar, Sourabh Kulkarni (2021), “An Integrated AHP-MABAC Approach for Electric Vehicle Selection”, Research in Transportation Business and Management, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rtbm.2021.100665
- Mohammad Ajmal Nikjow, Li Liang, Qi Xijing, Harshad Sonar, (2021), “Risk analysis of belt and road infrastructure projects using integrated ISM-MICMAC approach”, Journal of Modelling in Management, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/JM2-02-2021-0038
- Harshad Sonar, Vivek Khanzode, Milind Akarte (2020), “A conceptual framework on implementing additive manufacturing technology towards firm competitiveness”, International Journal of Global Business and Competitiveness, Vol. 15 No. 2, pp. 121–135. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42943-020-00015-3.
- Harshad Sonar, Vivek Khanzode, Milind Akarte (2020), “Investigating Additive Manufacturing Implementation Factors using integrated ISM-MICMAC approach”, Rapid Prototyping Journal, Vol. 26 No. 10, pp. 1837-1851. https://doi.org/10.1108/RPJ-02-2020-0038.
- Harshad Sonar, Vivek Khanzode, Milind Akarte (2020), “Ranking of Additive Manufacturing Implementation Factors using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP)”, Journal of Institution of Engineers (India): Series C. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40032-020-00645-9
- Priyanka Narwade, Harshad Sonar (2019), “Empirical analysis of total factor productivity growth of Indian steel industry”, Journal of Applied Science and Computations, Volume VI, Issue II, February/2019, pp-1627-1637
Supply Chain Management
Digital Transformation
Warehouse Management
Multi-Criteria Decision Making