Ravi Shankar

Operations and Supply Chain Management, Decision Sciences, Business Analytics & Big Data, Project Management, Total Quality Management & Six Sigma, Sustainable Freight Transportation, Strategic Technology Management.
Dr. Ravi Shankar is the "Amar S. Gupta Chair Professor of Decision Science" and Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management in the Department of Management Studies (DMS) Indian Institute of Technology  (IIT) Delhi India. He is Fellow of prestigious Indian National Academy of Engineers (FNAE). His research citations exceed 30,000 with an H-index of 71 (February 2021). Prof. Shankar was conferred the prestigious “Fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineers (FNAE)” in December 2017 in the Inter-disciplinary Engineering and Special Fields (Section X). Prof. Shankar is an outstanding researcher and teacher. On 11th July 2016, he was awarded "The Most Influential Researcher" in the area of Operations Management in India on the occasion of the 3rd International Conference on Green Supply Chain Management, which was organized at Loughborough University at its London campus. In year 2016, a research paper on "Research Productivity in Management Schools of India during 1968-2015" published in Omega: An International Journal of Management Science ranked Prof. Ravi Shankar as the top-most productive researcher in Business-schools in India by virtue of his number of publications, high citations, etc. Prof. Ravi Shankar was presented ‘Award of Excellence’ jointly by Rutgers Business School USA and Fox School of Business, Temple University USA at Newark USA in recognition of his outstanding contributions to research project in 2015. In year 2015, he received “PIMG Management Excellence Award” for his eminence in Management Education, Research, Consulting, Training and Education Administration, possessing vast experience of Professional Education Administration and Mentoring Business Organizations and for being an accomplished author on the issues of International Supply Chain Management besides being a distinguished and prominent Academician on the occasion of 6th PIMG International Conference at Gwalior, India. His research papers have appeared in leading journals like Journal of Operations Management, European Journal of Operational Research, International Journal of Production Economics, Transportation Research Part E, Computer and Operations Research, Omega: An International Journal of Management Science, Decision Support System,  International Journal of Production Research, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Transportation Research Part A, Computer and Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, Journal of Knowledge Management, Journal of Cleaner Production, Production Planning and Control, International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management, IEEE Transaction in System Man and Cybernetics (Part-C), etc. Recently, two of his co-authored research papers appeared in the top 15 papers published in International Journal of Production Research (2017) and adjusted for “Best Paper Award”. Prof. Ravi Shankar has trained over 5000 corporate professionals through online and class-room training programs in the area of Business Analytics & Optimization, Naval Operations Analysis (especially developed for Indian Navy Officers), Six Sigma - Green Belt, Project Management, Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain Excellence, Production & Operations Management, Advanced Program in Software Engineering & Management (APSEM), Enterprise Resource Planning, etc.

Publications 

  1. Dev, N., Ravi Shankar, Sanjeev Swami (2020) Diffusion of green products in Industry 4.0: Reverse logistics issues during design of inventory and production planning system, International Journal of Production Economics, (‘ABS’ ranking: 3; ABDC ranking: A*, Impact factor 5) (Accepted: In Press)

  2. Swapnil Lahane, Ravi Kant, Ravi Shankar (2020) Circular supply chain management: A state-of-art review and future opportunities, Journal of Cleaner Production Volume 25810 June 2020, (Article in Press)

  3. Choudhary, D., Shankar, R. and Choudhary, A. (2020) An Integrated Approach for Modeling Sustainability Risks in Freight Transportation Systems, Risk Analysis: An International Journal 40, 4 : 858-883. (‘ABS’ ranking:4; Impact Factor: 2.898)

  4. Alok Choudhary, Arijit De, Ravi Shankar, Karim Ahmed (2020) An Integrated Fuzzy Intuitionistic Sustainability Assessment Framework for Manufacturing Supply Chain: A study of UK based firms, Annals of Operations Research, (‘ABS’ ranking: 3; ABDC ranking: A) (Accepted: In Press)

  5. Dev, N., Ravi Shankar, Qaiser, F H., (2020) Industry 4.0 and circular economy: Operational excellence for sustainable reverse supply chain performance, Resources Conservation and Recycling, 153, 104583 (Accepted: In Press)

  6. Ajay Kumar, Ravi Shankar & Naif Radi Aljohani, 2020, A big data driven framework for demand-driven forecasting with effects of marketing-mix variables, Industrial Marketing Management, [ABCD ranking: A*; ABS ranking: 3*] In press

  7. Himanshu Prajapati, Ravi Kant, Ravi Shankar (2020) Prioritizing the solutions of reverse logistics implementation to mitigate its barriers: A hybrid modified SWARA and WASPAS approach, Journal of Cleaner Production Volume 240, Article 118219

  8. Mithu Rani Kuiti, Debabrata Ghosh, Sirish Gouda, Sanjeev Swami & Ravi Shankar (2019) Integrated product design, shelf-space allocation and transportation decisions in green supply chains, International Journal of Production Research, 57:19, 6181-6201. (‘ABS’ ranking: 3; ABDC ranking: A)

  9. Akhilesh Kumar, Martina Calzavara, N. R Velaga, Alok Choudhary & Ravi Shankar (2019) Modelling and analysis of sustainable freight transportation, International Journal of Production Research, 57:19, 6086-6089. (‘ABS’ ranking: 3; ABDC ranking: A)

  10. Shankar, Ravi, Devendra Kumar Pathak, and Devendra Choudhary (2019) "Decarbonizing freight transportation: An integrated EFA-TISM approach to model enablers of dedicated freight corridors." Technological Forecasting and Social Change Vol. 143, 85-100.  (‘ABS’ ranking: 3; ABDC ranking: A)

  11. Fulzele, Vijayta, Ravi Shankar, and Divya Choudhary. (2019), A model for the selection of transportation modes in the context of sustainable freight transportation; Industrial Management & Data Systems 119, 8: 1764-1784. (Impact Factor: 3.7)

12.  Raval, Shruti J., Ravi Kant, and Ravi Shankar (2019) "Lean Six Sigma implementation: modelling the interaction among the enablers." Production Planning & Control, (Accepted: In press).

13.  Ansari, Z N., Ravi Kant, Ravi Shankar (2019) Prioritizing the performance outcomes due to adoption of critical success factors of supply chain remanufacturing, Journal of Cleaner Production Volume 212, pp 779-799.

  1. Dev, N.K., Shankar, R., Gupta, R., & Dong, J. (2019). Multi-criteria of real-time key performance indicators of supply chain with consideration of big data architecture. Computers and Industrial Engineering, Vol. 128, pp. 1076-1087 [ABS ranking: 2*]

15.  Shankar, R., Bhattacharya S. & Choudhary A. (2018). A decision model for a strategic closed-loop supply chain to reclaim End-of-Life Vehicles, International Journal of Production Economics, Vol 195, pp. 273-286. (‘ABS’ ranking: 3; ABDC ranking: A*)

16.  Ghosh, D., Gouda, S., Shankar, R., Swami, S., and Vinu CT, (2018). Strategic decision making under subscription-based contracts for remanufacturing, International Journal of Production Economics, Vol 200, pp. 134-150. (‘ABS’ ranking: 3; ABDC ranking: A*)

17.  Shankar, R., Gupta, R. & Pathak D K (2018). Modeling critical success factors of traceability for food logistics system, Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review,  Vol. 119, pp. 205-222 (‘ABS’ ranking: 3; ABDC ranking: A*)

18.  Shankar, R., Choudhary, D., Jharkharia S. (2018). An integrated risk assessment model: A case of sustainable freight transportation systems, Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 63, pp. 662-676. (‘ABS’ ranking: 3; ABDC ranking: A)

19.  Luthra, S., Mangla, SK, Shankar, R., Garg CP, & Jakhar, S., (2018), Modelling critical success factors for sustainability initiatives in supply chains in Indian context using Grey-DEMATEL, Production Planning and Control, Vol 29(9), pp. 705-728.

20.  Mohanty, M., & Shankar, R. (2017). Modelling uncertainty in sustainable integrated logistics using Fuzzy-TISM. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 53, 471-491(‘ABS’ ranking: 3; ABDC ranking: A)

21.  Dev, N. K., Shankar, R., & Choudhary, A. (2017). Strategic design for inventory and production planning in closed-loop hybrid systems. International Journal of Production Economics, 183, 345-353. (‘ABS’ ranking: 3; ABDC ranking: A*)

22.  Choudhary, D., Shankar, R., Tiwari, M. K., & Purohit, A. K. (2016). VMI versus information sharing: an analysis under static uncertainty strategy with fill rate constraints. International Journal of Production Research, 54(13), 3978-3993.

23.  Kumar, A., Shankar, R., Choudhary, A., & Thakur, L. S. (2016). A big data MapReduce framework for fault diagnosis in cloud-based manufacturing. International Journal of Production Research, 54(23), 7060-7073.

24.  Srai, J. S., Kumar, M., Graham, G., Phillips, W., Tooze, J., Ford, S., Shankar, R. & Ravi, B. (2016). Distributed manufacturing: scope, challenges and opportunities. International Journal of Production Research, 54(23), 6917-6935.

  1. Purohit, A. K., Choudhary, D., & Shankar, R. (2016). Inventory lot-sizing with supplier selection under non-stationary stochastic demand. International Journal of Production Research, 54(8), 2459-2469. (‘ABS’ ranking: 3; ABDC ranking: A)

  2. Dev, N. K., Shankar, R., Gunasekaran, A., & Thakur, L. S. (2016). A hybrid adaptive decision system for supply chain reconfiguration. International Journal of Production Research, 54(23), 7100-7114. (‘ABS’ ranking: 3; ABDC ranking: A)

  3. Shaw, K., Irfan, M., Shankar, R., & Yadav, S. S. (2016). Low carbon chance constrained supply chain network design problem: a Benders decomposition based approach. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 98, 483-497.

  4. Choudhary, D., & Shankar, R. (2015). The value of VMI beyond information sharing in a single supplier multiple retailers supply chain under a non-stationary (Rn, Sn) policy. Omega, An International Journal of Management Sciences, 51, 59-70.

  5. Choudhary, D., & Shankar, R. (2015). The value of VMI beyond information sharing under time-varying stochastic demand. International Journal of Production Research, 53(5), 1472-1486 (‘ABS’ ranking: 3; ABDC ranking: A)

  6. Tuli, P., & Shankar, R. (2015). Collaborative and lean new product development approach: a case study in the automotive product design. International Journal of Production Research, 53(8), 2457-2471. (‘ABS’ ranking: 3; ABDC ranking: A)

  7. Singh, A., Mishra, N., Ali, S. I., Shukla, N., & Shankar, R. (2015). Cloud computing technology: Reducing carbon footprint in beef supply chain. International Journal of Production Economics, 164, 462-471.

  8. Choudhary, D., Shankar, R., Dey, P. K., Chaudhary, H., & Thakur, L. S. (2014). Benefits of retailer–supplier partnership initiatives under time-varying demand: a comparative analytical study. International Journal of Production Research, 52(14), 4279-4298. (‘ABS’ ranking: 3; ABDC ranking: A)

  9. Dev, N. K., Shankar, R., Dey, P. K., & Gunasekaran, A. (2014). Holonic supply chain: A study from family-based manufacturing perspective. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 78, 1-11.

  10. Choudhary, D., & Shankar, R. (2014). A goal programming model for joint decision making of inventory lot-size, supplier selection and carrier selection. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 71, 1-9.

  11. Shankar, R., Mittal, N., Rabinowitz, S., Baveja, A., & Acharia, S. (2013). A collaborative framework to minimise knowledge loss in new product development. International Journal of Production Research, 51(7), 2049-2059. (‘ABS’ ranking: 3; ABDC ranking: A)

  12. Choudhary, D., & Shankar, R. (2013). Joint decision of procurement lot-size, supplier selection, and carrier selection. Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, 19(1), 16-26.

  13. Joshi, R., Banwet, D. K., Shankar, R., & Gandhi, J. (2012). Performance improvement of cold chain in an emerging economy. Production Planning & Control, 23(10-11), 817-836.

  14. Shaw, K., Shankar, R., Yadav, S. S., & Thakur, L. S. (2013). Modeling a low-carbon garment supply chain. Production Planning & Control, 24(8-9), 851-865.

39.  Hasan, M. A., Sarkis, J., & Shankar, R. (2012). Agility and production flow layouts: An analytical decision analysis. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 62(4), 898-907.

40.  Shaw, K., Shankar, R., Yadav, S. S., & Thakur, L. S. (2012). Supplier selection using fuzzy AHP and fuzzy multi-objective linear programming for developing low carbon supply chain. Expert Systems with Applications, 39(9), 8182-8192.

  1. Chan, F. T. S., Shukla, M., Tiwari, M. K., Shankar, R., & Choy, K. L. (2011). B2B multi-attribute e-procurement: an artificial immune system based goal programming approach. International Journal of Production Research, 49(2), 321-341. (‘ABS’ ranking: 3; ABDC ranking: A)

  2. Choudhary, A. K., Harding, J. A., Lin, H. K., Tiwari, M. K., & Shankar, R. (2011). Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining Integrated (KOATING) Moderators for collaborative projects. International Journal of Production Research, 49(23), 7029-7057. (‘ABS’ ranking: 3; ABDC ranking: A)

  3. Choudhary, D., & Shankar, R. (2011). Modeling and analysis of single item multi-period procurement lot-sizing problem considering rejections and late deliveries. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 61(4), 1318-1323.

  4. Shukla, S. K., Tiwari, M. K., Wan, H. D., & Shankar, R. (2010). Optimization of the supply chain network: Simulation, Taguchi, and Psychoclonal algorithm embedded approach. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 58(1), 29-39.

  5. Shukla, N., Tiwari, M. K., & Shankar, R. (2009). Optimal sensor distribution for multi-station assembly process using chaos-embedded fast-simulated annealing. International Journal of Production Research, 47(1), 187-211. (‘ABS’ ranking: 3; ABDC ranking: A)

  6. Vivek, S. D., Banwet, D. K., & Shankar, R. (2008). Analysis of interactions among core, transaction and relationship-specific investments: The case of offshoring. Journal of Operations Management, 26(2), 180-197.

  7. Raj, T., Shankar, R., & Suhaib, M. (2008). An ISM approach for modelling the enablers of flexible manufacturing system: the case for India. International Journal of Production Research, 46(24), 6883-6912. (‘ABS’ ranking: 3; ABDC ranking: A)

  8. Ravi, V., Shankar, R., & Tiwari, M. K. (2008). Selection of a reverse logistics project for end-of-life computers: ANP and goal programing approach. International Journal of Production Research, 46(17), 4849-4870. (‘ABS’ ranking: 3; ABDC ranking: A)

  9. Bachlaus, M., Tiwari, M. K., & Shankar, R. (2008). Sequencing of parts on single-stage multifunctional machining systems using a chaos-embedded simulated annealing algorithm. International Journal of Production Research, 46(12), 3387-3413. (‘ABS’ ranking: 3; ABDC ranking: A0

  10. Khilwani, N., Shankar, R., & Tiwari, M. K. (2008). Facility layout problem: an approach based on a group decision-making system and psychoclonal algorithm. International Journal of Production Research, 46(4), 895-927. (‘ABS’ ranking: 3; ABDC ranking: A)

  11. Bachlaus, M., Pandey, M. K., Mahajan, C., Shankar, R., & Tiwari, M. K. (2008). Designing an integrated multi-echelon agile supply chain network: a hybrid taguchi-particle swarm optimization approach. Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 19(6), 747.

  12. Prakash, A., Tiwari, M. K., & Shankar, R. (2008). Optimal job sequence determination and operation machine allocation in flexible manufacturing systems: an approach using adaptive hierarchical ant colony algorithm. Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 19(2), 161-173.

  13. Jharkharia, S., & Shankar, R. (2007). Selection of logistics service provider: An analytic network process (ANP) approach. Omega: An International Journal of Management Science, 35(3), 274-28964

  14. Agarwal, A., Shankar, R., & Tiwari, M. K. (2007). Modeling agility of supply chain. Industrial Marketing Management, 36(4), 443-457.

AWARDED CERTIFICATE-OF-MERIT FROM ELSEVIER SCIENCE FOR BEING THE "TOP 10 MOST CITED ARTICLES" BETWEEN 2005 AND 2009.

  1. Raj, T., Shankar, R., & Suhaib, M. (2007). A review of some issues and identification of some barriers in the implementation of FMS. International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems, 19(1), 1-40.

  2. Anand, R. B., Shukla, S. K., Ghorpade, A., Tiwari, M. K., & Shankar, R. (2007). Six sigma-based approach to optimize deep drawing operation variables. International Journal of Production Research, 45(10), 2365-2385. (‘ABS’ ranking: 3; ABDC ranking: A)

  3. Kumar, S., Kumar, S., Shankar, R., Tiwari, M. K., & Kumar, S. B. (2007). Prediction of flow stress for carbon steels using recurrent self-organizing neuro fuzzy networks. Expert Systems with Applications, 32(3), 777-788.

  4. Nishat Faisal, M., Banwet, D. K., & Shankar, R. (2007). Information risks management in supply chains: an assessment and mitigation framework. Journal of Enterprise Information Management, 20(6), 677-699.

THIS PAPER HAS RECEIVED AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE 2008 AWARDED BY LITERATI CLUB AS A HIGHLY COMMENDED AWARD IN 2007 VOLUMES OF EMERALD JOURNALS

59.  Tiwari, M. K., Kumar, S., & Shankar, R. (2006). Solving part-type selection and operation allocation problems in an FMS: An approach using constraints-based fast simulated annealing algorithm. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics-Part A: Systems and Humans, 36(6), 1170-1184.

60.  Choudhury, A. K., Shankar, R., & Tiwari, M. K. (2006). Consensus-based intelligent group decision-making model for the selection of advanced technology. Decision Support Systems, 42(3), 1776-1799.

61.  Kumar, A., Tiwari, M. K., Shankar, R., & Baveja, A. (2006). Solving machine-loading problem of a flexible manufacturing system with constraint-based genetic algorithm. European Journal of Operational Research, 175(2), 1043-1069.

62.  Agarwal, A., Shankar, R., & Tiwari, M. K. (2006). Modeling the metrics of lean, agile and leagile supply chain: An ANP-based approach. European Journal of Operational Research, 173(1), 211-225.

63.  Anand, R. B., Tiwari, M. K., & Shankar, R. (2006). A self-organized neural network metamodelling and clonal selection optimization-based approach for the design of a manufacturing system. International Journal of Production Research, 44(6), 1147-1170.

64.  Kumar, S., Choudhary, A. K., Kumar, M., Shankar, R., & Tiwari, M. K. (2006). Kernel distance-based robust support vector methods and its application in developing a robust K-chart. International Journal of Production Research, 44(1), 77-96.

65.  Kumar, M., Vrat, P., & Shankar, R. (2004). A fuzzy goal programming approach for vendor selection problem in a supply chain. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 46(1), 69-85.

66.  Kumar, M., Vrat, P., & Shankar, R. (2006). A multi-objective 3PL allocation problem for fish distribution. International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, 36(9), 702-715.

67.  Jharkharia, S., & Shankar, R. (2006). Supply chain management: some sectoral dissimilarities in the Indian manufacturing industry. Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, 11(4), 345-352.

68.  Nishat Faisal, M., Banwet, D. K., & Shankar, R. (2006). Mapping supply chains on risk and customer sensitivity dimensions. Industrial Management & Data Systems, 106(6), 878-895.

69.  Solimanpur, M., Vrat, P., & Shankar, R. (2005). An ant algorithm for the single row layout problem in flexible manufacturing systems. Computers & Operations Research, 32(3), 583-598.

70.  Ravi, V., Shankar, R., & Tiwari, M. K. (2005). Analyzing alternatives in reverse logistics for end-of-life computers: ANP and balanced scorecard approach. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 48(2), 327-356.

71.  Ravi, V., & Shankar, R. (2005). Analysis of interactions among the barriers of reverse logistics. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 72(8), 1011-1029.

72.  Jharkharia, S., & Shankar, R. (2005). IT-enablement of supply chains: understanding the barriers. Journal of Enterprise Information Management, 18(1), 11-27.

73.  Solimanpur, M., Vrat, P., & Shankar, R. (2004). Ant colony optimization algorithm to the inter-cell layout problem in cellular manufacturing. European Journal of Operational Research, 157(3), 592-606.

74.  Solimanpur, M., Vrat, P., & Shankar, R. (2004). A neuro-tabu search heuristic for the flow shop scheduling problem. Computers & Operations Research, 31(13), 2151-2164.

75.  Kumar, M., Vrat, P., & Shankar, R. (2004). A fuzzy goal programming approach for vendor selection problem in a supply chain. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 46(1), 69-85.

76.  Solimanpur, M., Vrat, P., & Shankar, R. (2004). A multi-objective genetic algorithm approach to the design of cellular manufacturing systems. International Journal of Production Research, 42(7), 1419-1441.

77.  Solimanpur, M., Vrat, P., & Shankar, R. (2004). Feasibility and robustness of transiently chaotic neural networks applied to the cell formation problem. International Journal of Production Research, 42(6), 1065-1082.

78.    Solimanpur, M., Vrat, P., & Shankar, R. (2004). A heuristic to minimize makespan of cell scheduling problem. International Journal of Production Economics, 88(3), 231-241.

79.  Kumar, S., Kumar, R., Shankar, R., & Tiwari, M. K. (2003). Expert enhanced coloured stochastic Petri net and its application in assembly/disassembly. International Journal of Production Research, 41(12), 2727-2762.

80.  Agarwal, A., & Shankar, R. (2003). On-line trust building in e-enabled supply chain. Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, 8(4), 324-334.

81.  Soleymanpour, M., Vrat, P., & Shankar, R. (2002). A transiently chaotic neural network approach to the design of cellular manufacturing. International Journal of Production Research, 40(10), 2225-2244.

82.  Shankar, R., & Vrat, P. (1999). Some design issues in cellular manufacturing using the fuzzy programming approach. International Journal of Production Research, 37(11), 2545-2563.

83.  Shankar, R., & Vrat, P. (1998). Post-design modelling for cellular manufacturing system with cost uncertainty. International Journal of Production Economics, 55(1), 97-109.

 

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