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Rahul Sindhwani
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Dr. Rahul Sindhwani is currently serving as an Assistant Professor at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Sambalpur, Odisha, India. Prior to this, he was associated with the Birla Institute of Management and Technology, Greater Noida. Dr. Sindhwani holds a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) degree in Mechanical Engineering and was awarded a gold medal during his Master of Technology (M.Tech.) in Industrial Engineering and Management. He earned his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Management from J.C. Bose University of Science and Technology and subsequently completed his Post Doc in Operations Management and Decision Science area from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Amritsar. His areas of expertise include the Digitalization of Supply Chains, Agile Project Management, and Operations Management. With more than a decade of experience in teaching and research, Dr. Sindhwani has published extensively in internationally recognized ABDC and ABS-ranked journals, such as Annals of Operations Research, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Journal of Cleaner Production, and Technological Forecasting and Social Change, among others. In addition to his research contributions, Dr. Sindhwani serves as a guest editor for the Journal of Global Responsibility. He is also the editor of five books on industrial engineering and management area, published by Springer and Taylor & Francis. He has developed innovative frameworks and concepts that have significantly improved organizational operational efficiencies and competitiveness, showcasing his deep expertise in these fields.
Operations Research
Operations Management
Project Management
Supply Chain Management
Operations Management
Project Management
Supply Chain Management
RESEARCH PAPERS
BOOKS, CHAPTERS AND TECHNICAL REPORTS
CONFERENCE, SEMINAR PAPER AND PRESENTATIONS
Edited Books:
- Pereira, V., Jayawardena, N. S., Sindhwani, R.,Behl, A., & Laker, B. (2024). Using firm-level intellectual capital to achieve strategic sustainability: examination of phenomenon of business failure in terms of the critical events. Journal of Intellectual Capital.ABDC-B,https://doi.org/10.1108/JIC-03-2024-0074.
- Sindhwani, R.,Behl, A., Singh, R., & Kumari, S. (2024). Can Industry 5.0 Develop a Resilient Supply Chain? An Integrated Decision-Making Approach by Analyzing I5. 0 CSFs. Information Systems Frontiers, 1-22. ABDC-A, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-024-10486-x
- Behl, A., & Sindhwani, R.(2024). Guest editorial: Work, progress, and global responsibility in the implementation process of UN SDGs. Journal of Global Responsibility, 15(2), 153-157., ABDC-C,https://doi.org/10.1108/JGR-05-2024-165
- Sindhwani, R., Behl, A., Pereira, V., Temouri, Y., & Bagchi, S. (2024). An analysis of the inhibitors of resilience in the global value chains of multinational enterprises. Management Decision. ABDC-B,https://doi.org/10.1108/MD-09-2023-1684
- Behl, A., Pereira, V., Nigam, A., Wamba, S., &Sindhwani, R.(2024). Knowledge development in non-fungible tokens (NFT): a scoping review. Journal of Knowledge Management, 28(1), 232-267. ABDC-A.
- Hasteer, N., Sindhwani, R., Behl, A., Varshney, A., & Sharma, A. (2023). Exploring the inhibitors for competitive AI software development through cloud driven transformation. Annals of Operations Research, 1-43. DOI:10.1007/s10479-023-05619-5 ABDC-A, ABS-3, Impact Factor-4.8.
- Sindhwani, R., Hasteer, N., Behl, A., Chatterjee, C., & Hamzi, L. (2023). Analysis of sustainable supply chain and industry 4.0 enablers: a step towards decarbonization of supply chains. Annals of Operations Research, 1-39. DOI:1007/s10479-023-05598-7 ABDC-A, ABS-3, Impact Factor-4.8.
- Kumar, V., Sindhwani, R., Behl, A., Kaur, A., Pereira., V. (2023) Modelling and analysing the enablers of digital resilience for small and medium enterprises, Journal of Enterprise Information Management, https://doi.org/10.1108/JEIM-01-2023-0002, ABDC-A, ABS-2, Impact Factor-5.639.
- Sood, K., Singh, S., Behl, A., Sindhwani, R., Kaur, S., & Pereira, V. (2023). Identification and prioritization of the risks in the mass adoption of artificial intelligence-driven stable coins: The quest for optimal resource utilization. Resources Policy, 81, 103235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2022.103235. ABDC-B, ABS-2,
- Gupta, R., Kumar, V., Kaushik, A. K., Gupta, D. D., & Sindhwani, R. (2023). Investigating the Impact of Online Brand Communities on Online Customer Engagement and Brand Loyalty. Journal of Global Marketing, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/08911762.2023.2180789, ABDC-B, ABS-1
- Sindhwani, R., Singh, P.L., Behl, A., Afridi, M.S., Sammmanit, D., Tiwari, A.K., (2022) Modeling the critical success factors of implementing net zero emission (NZE) and promoting resilience and social value creation. Technological Forecasting & Social Change, 181, 121759 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2022.121759, ABDC-A, ABS-3, Impact Factor: 10.88
- Sindhwani, R., Chakraborty, S., Behl, A., Pereira, V. (2022) Building resilience to handle disruptions in critical environmental and energy sectors: implications for cleaner production in the oil and gas industry. Journal of Cleaner Production, 365, 132692 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.132692, ABDC-A, ABS-2, Impact Factor: 11.072
- Behl, A., Pereira, V., Sindhwani, R., Bhardwaj, S., Papa, A., Hassan, Y., (2022) Improving inclusivity of digitalization for employees in emerging countries using gamification, IEEE Transaction on Engineering Management, 10.1109/TEM.2022.3216553 ABDC-A, ABS-3, Impact Factor: 8.702
- Sindhwani, R., Behl, A., Sharma, A., & Gaur, J. (2022). What makes micro, small, and medium enterprises not adopt Logistics 4.0? A systematic and structured approach using modified-total interpretive structural modelling. International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, 1-26 https://doi.org/10.1080/13675567.2022.2081672, ABDC-B, ABS-1, Impact Factor: 5.992
- Kaur, A., Kumar, V., Sindhwani, R., Singh, P. L., & Behl, A. (2022). Public debt sustainability: a bibliometric co-citation visualization analysis. International Journal of Emerging Markets, (ahead-of-print). https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOEM-04-2022-0724, ABDC-B, ABS-1, Impact Factor: 3.214
- Sindhwani, R., Afridi, S., Kumar, A., Banaitis, A., Luthra, S., & Singh, P. L. (2022). Can industry 5.0 revolutionize the wave of resilience and social value creation? A multi-criteria framework to analyze enablers. Technology in Society, 101887. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techsoc.2022.101887, ABDC-C, Impact Factor: 6.879
- Sindhwani, R., Hasteer, N., Behl, A., Varshney, A., & Sharma, A. (2022). Exploring “what,” “why” and “how” of resilience in MSME sector: a m-TISM approach. Benchmarking: An International Journal https://doi.org/10.1108/BIJ-11-2021-0682, ABDC-B, ABS-1
- Dutta, G., Kumar, R., Sindhwani, R. & Singh, R.K. (2021). Digitalization priorities of quality control processes for SMEs: a conceptual study in perspective of Industry 4.0 adoption. Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing. 32, 1679-1698 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10845-021-01783-2, ABDC-B, ABS-1, Impact Factor: 7.136
- Sindhwani, R., Kumar,R., Behl, A., Singh, P.L., Kumar,A., Gupta, T., (2021) Modelling enablers of efficiency and sustainability of health care: a m-TISM approach Benchmarking: an International Journal https://doi.org/10.1108/BIJ-03-2021-0132, ABDC-B, ABS-1, Scopus Indexed.
- Kumar, R., Sindhwani, R., & Singh, P. L. (2021). IIoT implementation challenges: analysis and mitigation by blockchain. Journal of Global Operations and Strategic Sourcing. https://doi.org/10.1108/JGOSS-08-2021-0056, ABDC-C, Scopus Indexed
- Dutta, G., Kumar, R., Sindhwani, R., & Singh, R. K. (2020). Digital transformation priorities of India’s discrete manufacturing SMEs–a conceptual study in perspective of Industry 4.0. Competitiveness Review: An International Business Journal, 30(3), 289-314. https://doi.org/10.1108/CR-03-2019-0031, ABDC-C, ABS-1, Scopus Indexed.
- Sindhwani, R., Mittal, V.K., Singh, P.L., Aggarwal, A., Gautam, A., (2019), Modelling and Analysis of Barriers Affecting The Implementation of Lean Green Agile Manufacturing System (LGAMS) Benchmarking: An International Journal, 26(2), 498-529. https://doi.org/10.1108/BIJ-09-2017-0245, ABDC-B, ABS-1, Scopus Indexed.
- Sindhwani, R., & Malhotra, V. (2018) An Integrated Approach for implementation of Agile Manufacturing System in an Indian Manufacturing Industry, Benchmarking: An International Journal 25 (4), 1106-1120. https://doi.org/10.1108/BIJ-01-2017-0017, ABDC-B, ABS-1, Scopus Indexed.
- Sindhwani, R., & Malhotra, V. (2017). A Framework to Enhance Agile Manufacturing System: A Total Interpretive Structural Modelling (TISM) Approach, Benchmarking: An International Journal 24(2), 467-487. https://doi.org/10.1108/BIJ-09-2015-0092, ABDC-B, ABS-1, Scopus Indexed.
BOOKS, CHAPTERS AND TECHNICAL REPORTS
- Sindhwani, R., Singh, P. L., Kumar, R., Kumar, B., Mittal, V. K., Dixit, S., & Jindal, A. (2021). Structural Modelling for the Factors of Facility Management in the Healthcare Industry Using the TISM Approach. In Multi-Criteria Decision Modelling (pp. 1-22). CRC Press.
- Singh, P. L., Sindhwani, R., Dua, N. K., Jamwal, A., Aggarwal, A., Iqbal, A., & Gautam, N. (2019) Evaluation of Common Barriers to the Combined Lean-Green-Agile Manufacturing System by Two-Way Assessment Method. In: Shanker K., Shankar R., Sindhwani R. (eds) Advances in Industrial and Production Engineering. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. pp. 203-219 (Scopus Indexed) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6412-9_62
- Sindhwani, R., Singh, P. L., Chopra, R., Sharma, K., Basu, A., Prajapati, D. K., & Malhotra, V. (2019) Agility Evaluation in the Rolling Industry: A Case Study. In: Shanker K., Shankar R., Sindhwani R. (eds) Advances in Industrial and Production Engineering. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. (pp. 753-770). (Scopus Indexed). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6412-9_70
- Sindhwani R., Singh P.L., Prajapati D.K., Iqbal A., Phanden R.K., Malhotra V. (2019) Agile System in Health Care: Literature Review. In: Shanker K., Shankar R., Sindhwani R. (eds) Advances in Industrial and Production Engineering. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. (pp. 643-652) (Scopus Indexed). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6412-9_61
- Sindhwani R., Singh P.L., Iqbal A., Prajapati D.K., Mittal V.K. (2019) Modeling and Analysis of Factors Influencing Agility in Healthcare Organizations: An ISM Approach. In: Shanker K., Shankar R., Sindhwani R. (eds) Advances in Industrial and Production Engineering. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. (pp. 683-696) (Scopus Indexed). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6412-9_64
- Phanden R.K., Palková Z., Sindhwani R. (2019) A Framework for Flexible Job Shop Scheduling Problem Using Simulation-Based Cuckoo Search Optimization. In: Shanker K., Shankar R., Sindhwani R. (eds) Advances in Industrial and Production Engineering. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. (pp. 247-262) (Scopus Indexed). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6412-9_23
- Kumar K., Dhillon V.S., Singh P.L., Sindhwani R. (2019) Modeling and Analysis for Barriers in Healthcare Services by ISM and MICMAC Analysis. In: Kumar M., Pandey R., Kumar V. (eds) Advances in Interdisciplinary Engineering. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. (pp. 501-510) (Scopus Indexed). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6577-5_47
CONFERENCE, SEMINAR PAPER AND PRESENTATIONS
- Dutta, G., Kumar, R., Sindhwani, R., & Singh, R. K. (2022). Overcoming the barriers of effective implementation of manufacturing execution system in pursuit of smart manufacturing in SMEs. Procedia Computer Science, 200, 820-832.
- Singh, P. L., Sindhwani, R., Sharma, B. P., Srivastava, P., Rajpoot, P., & Kumar, R. (2022). Analyse the Critical Success Factor of Green Manufacturing for Achieving Sustainability in Automotive Sector. In Recent Trends in Industrial and Production Engineering (79-94).
- Nagar, D., Raghav, S., Bhardwaj, A., Kumar, R., Singh, P. L., & Sindhwani, R. (2021). Machine learning: Best way to sustain the supply chain in the era of industry 4.0. Materials Today: Proceedings 47, 3676-3682
- Sindhwani, R., Gupta, R.D., Singh, P.L., Kaushik, V., Sharma, S., Phanden, R.K., Kumar, R. (2021). Identification of Factors for Lean and Agile Manufacturing Systems in Rolling Industry. Advances in Industrial and Production Engineering, 367-378).
- Dutta, G., Kumar, R., Sindhwani, R., Singh, R.K. (2021). Adopting Shop Floor Digitalization in Indian Manufacturing SMEs—A Transformational Study. In Advances in Industrial and Production Engineering, Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering (599-611).
- Sindhwani R., Singh P.L., Kaushik V., Sharma S., Phanden R.K. (2020) Analysis of Barriers to Lean–Green Manufacturing System (LGMS): A Multi-criteria Decision-Making Approach. Advances in Intelligent Manufacturing. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. 181-188 Springer, Singapore.
- Sindhwani R., Lata Singh P., Kaushik V., Sharma S., Kumar Phanden R., Kumar Prajapati D. (2020) Ranking of Factors for Integrated Lean, Green and Agile Manufacturing for Indian Manufacturing SMEs. Advances in Intelligent Manufacturing. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. 203-219 Springer, Singapore
- Mittal V.K., Sindhwani R., Singh P.L., Kalsariya V., Salroo F. (2018) Evaluating Significance of Green Manufacturing Enablers Using MOORA Method for Indian Manufacturing Sector Proceedings of the International Conference on Modern Research in Aerospace Engineering. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, 303-314
- Mittal V.K., Sindhwani R., Kalasariya V., Salroo F., Sangwan K.S., Singh P.L. (2017). Adoption of Integrated Lean-Green-Agile Strategies for Modern Manufacturing Systems. Procedia CIRP, 61 (1), 463-468.
Edited Books:
- Kumar, R., Sindhwani, R., Tewary, T., Davim, J.P., (October, 2022), Principles of entrepreneurship in the Industry 4.0 era, CRC Press- Taylor & Francis, eISBN: 9781003256663 DOI: 10.1201/9781003256663 https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.1201/9781003256663/principles-entrepreneurship-industry-4-0-era-rajender-kumar-rahul-sindhwani-tavishi-tewary-paulo-davim
- Sindhwani, R., Singh, P.L., Kumar, B., Mittal, V.K., Davim, J.P., (August,2021), Multi-Criteria Decision Modelling: Applicational Techniques and Case Studies, CRC Press- Taylor & Francis, ISBN: 978-036-76-4558-8 https://www.routledge.com/Multi-Criteria-Decision-Modelling-Applicational-Techniques-and-Case-Studies/Sindhwani-Singh-Kumar-Mittal-Davim/p/book/9780367645588
- Kumar, N., Tibor, S., Sindhwani, R., Lee, J., Srivastava, P., (May 2021), Advances in Interdisciplinary Engineering, Select Proceedings of FLAME 2020 Book Series by Springer- Nature, ISBN: 978-981-15-9955-2 (Scopus Indexed). https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789811599552
- Dvivedi, A., Sachdeva, A., Sindhwani, R., Sahu, R., (November 2021), Recent Trends in Industrial and Production Engineering, Select Proceedings of ICCEMME 2021 Book Series by Springer- Nature ISBN:978-981-16-3330-0 (Scopus Indexed) https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789811633294
- Shanker, K. Shankar R., Sindhwani R., (2019), Advances in Industrial and Production Engineering, Select Proceedings of FLAME 2018 Book Series by Springer- Nature, DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-6412-9 (Scopus Indexed) ISBN : 978-981-13-6412-9 https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789811364112