Dr. Abhineet Samadhiya is working as Postdoc Research Fellow in the project “Design of Crop Residue Based False Ceiling for Thermal Comfort: An Efficient Dairy Management for Doubling Farmer Income" Sponsored by Suzuki Next Bharat Fellowship 2025 from January 2026.
Dr. Rahul Samyal worked as Postdoc in the project “Eco-Friendly Solution with Metal Recovery and Value Added Products from Stainless Steel Spent Pickle Liquor: A Zero Waste Business Model" Sponsored by Ministry of Steel Project and other institutions involved are CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur and BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus with Industrial Partner (Jindal Stainless Limited).
Theses Supervised
Ph. D
PhD Students Supervised (14)
Dr. Sudeep Kumar Pradhan: An Integrated Approach for Design of Supply Management: A Supply Chain Perspective (Awarded; 2016). [Supervisor: Srikanta Routroy].
Dr. C V Sunil Kumar: Design of Supplier Development Programs for Indian Manufacturing Companies - A Supply Chain Perspective (Defended successfully, 31/01/2017 and awarded), [Supervisor: Srikanta Routroy].
Dr. Pavan Kumar Potdar: Development of Agility Enhancement Strategies for Agile Manufacturing [Defended successfully, 06/06/2017 and awarded). [Supervisor: Srikanta Routroy].
Dr. Rahul Priyadarshi: Design of Post-Harvest Supply Chain for Selected Agriculture Produces in India (Supervisor: Prof. Srikanta Routroy and Co-Supervisor: Dr. Girish Kant) (Defended successfully, 10/02/2021 and awarded].
Dr. Anuj Dixit: Design of healthcare supply chain for generic medicines to enhance availability and minimize wastage (Supervisor: Prof. Srikanta Routroy and Co-Supervisor: Dr. Sunil Kumar Dubey) (Defended successfully, 27/01/2021 and awarded].
Dr. Sishir Goyal: Analysis of Environmental Sustainability Aspects for Steel Supply Chain in India (Supervisor: Prof. Srikanta Routroy) [Defended successfully, 11/09/2021 and awarded].
Dr. F Abdullah Sultan: Design of Supply Side of Surimi Value Chain in India: A Supply Chain Approach (Supervisor: Prof. Srikanta Routroy; and Co-Supervisor: Dr. Maitri Thakur, Senior Research Scientist, SINTEF Fisheries and Aquaculture, Trondheim, Norway). [Defended Successfully on 17/10/2022].
Dr. Shailendra Singh: Development of E-waste management strategies for e-products in India (Supervisor: Prof. M S Dasgupta and Co-Supervisor: Prof. Srikanta Routroy) [Defended Successfully on 05/06/2023].
Dr. Shailendra Pawanr: Investigation of energy consumption for selected machine tools (Supervisor: Dr. Girish Kant and Co-Supervisor: Prof. Srikanta Routroy) [Defended Successfully on 13/04/2023].
Dr. Gaurav Tygai: Development of construction materials from galvanic and electroplating sludge: A Sustainable Business Model (Supervisor: Prof. Anupam Singhal, Co-Supervisor: Prof. Srikanta Routroy and Prof. Dipendu Bhunia) [Defended Successfully on 27/03/2024].
Dr. Nikita Dhankar: Design of Upstream Supply Chain for Selected Agriculture Produces to Enhance Farmers’ Income: A Study on Selected Districts of Rajasthan (Supervisor: Prof. Srikanta Routroy and Co-Supervisor: Prof. Satyendra Kumar Sharma) [Defended successfully, 19/06/2025 and awarded].
Dr. Khalid Hussain Ansari: Design of downstream supply chain for selected agriculture produces and its Value-Added Products to Enhance Farmer’s Income (Supervisor: Prof. Srikanta Routroy and Co-Supervisor: Dr. Krishna M) [Defended Successfully on 12/03/2026]
Dr. Anubhav Tiwari: Design of Construction Supply Chain for Reduction of Project Cost and Duration: A Study on Indian Road Projects (Supervisor: Dr. Prasanta Kumar Sahu and Co-Supervisor: Prof. Srikanta Routroy) [Defended Successfully on 17/03/2026]
Sudhanshu Ranjan Singh: Development of a strategic framework for selection of sustainable electric vehicles charging infrastructure locations in India (Supervisor: Prof. Abhijeet K. Digalwar and Co-Supervisor: Prof. Srikanta Routroy) [Thesis Submitted]
On-going PhD Supervision (14)
Kavya S: "Development of Modular Strategies for Energy Requirements in India: A Supply Chain Approach for Decarbonization" (Supervisor: Prof. Srikanta Routroy and Co-Supervisor: Dr. Suvanjan Bhattacharyya).
S Rahul Bharat: Development of crop-residue based roof insulation with Phase Change Materials (PCM) for livestock rearing shelters: A Business and Environmental Sustainable Approach (Supervisor: Prof. P Srinivasan and Co-Supervisor: Prof. Srikanta Routroy).
Shivasheesh Kaushik: Design of Solar based Drying System with Process Optimization: A Business and Environmental Sustainability Model (Supervisor: Prof. P Srinivasan and Co-Supervisor: Prof. Srikanta Routroy).
Amit Bhomia: Development and analysis of selected waste valorized products for a sustainable supply chain: A Life Cycle Assessment and Circular Economy Approach (Supervisor: Prof. Srikanta Routroy and Co-Supervisor: Prof. Anupam Singhal).
Rishabh Gupta: “Decarbonizing Food Security: Optimizing Logistics in the Wheat Supply Chain of India’s Public Distribution System” (BITS Supervisor: Prof. Srikanta Routroy; BITS Co-Supervisor: Prasanta Kumar Sahu & RMIT Supervisor: Prof. Prem Chhetri & RMIT Co-Supervisor: Prof. Mathews Nkhoma).
Mr. Mehtab Singh: “Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer (EPDM) Rubber Grommet Production: An Investigation towards Performance Improvement” (Supervisor: Prof. T C Bera and Co-Supervisor: Prof. Srikanta Routroy
Hitesh Sharma: "Integration of Supply Chains in Smart Cities for Business and Environmental Sustainability", (BITS Supervisor: Prof. Srikanta Routroy; BITS Co-Supervisor: Prasanta Kumar Sahu & La Trobe University Supervisor: Prof. Sean Arisian & Co-Supervisor: Prof. Aniruddha Desai).
Ravi Shankar Jaiswal: “Designing the Packaging Material Supply Chain for Auto Component in India: An Approach of Decarbonization” (Supervisor: Prof. Srikanta Routroy).
Papu Chetry : Working in the area of EV Supply Chain (Supervisor: Prof. Srikanta Routroy and Co-Supervisor: Prof. Tribeni Roy)
Kakoli Goswami: "Enhancing Logistics Operations Through Soft Skills: A Strategic Path to Smart Workforce Development" (BITS Supervisor: Prof. Gajendra Singh Chauhan; BITS Co-Supervisor: Prof. Srikanta Routroy & RMIT Supervisor: Prof. Aswini Yadlapalli & RMIT Co-Supervisor: Prof. Vinh Thai).
Akhilesh Kumar: "Analyzing Logistics Aspects of Milk Supply Chain in India: An Economic and Environmentally Sustainable Model", (Supervisor: Prof. Srikanta Routroy and Co-Supervisor: Prof. Subhasis Pradhan).
R Rahul: “Decarbonized Supply Chain for Additively Manufactured Natural Fibre Based Automotive Components: A Sustainable Business Model”[(BITS Pilani Supervisor: Prof. Srikanta Routroy and Co-Supervisor: Prof. Radha Raman Mishra), & (RMIT Supervisor: Prof. Muhammad Abdulrahman and Co-Supervisor: Prof. Kamrul Ahsan)].
Brijesh Kumar Singh: "Design of Crop Residue Based Support System for Selected Household Applications: A Decarbonized Supply Chain Approach" (Supervisor: Prof. Srikanta Routroy).
Venkat Narayan Das: “Development and Empirical Validation of Adoption Factors for Digital Twin Technology in the Indian Manufacturing Supply Chain Ecosystem” (Supervisor: Prof. Abhijeet K Digalwar and Co-Supervisor: Prof. Srikanta Routroy).
M. E.
ME Dissertations
Study on some of the Aspects of National Food Security Act, 2013
Comparative Analysis of Manufacturing Supply Chain Agility Performance Level Using Taguchi Loss Functions & Design of Experiments Method
Study the various aspects of Agriculture Supply Chain in India
Performance Analysis of Agile Supply Chain
Identification and Quantification of Criteria for Successful Implementation of Supplier Development Program-An Application Using MATLAB
Development of DSS for determining optimal pricing strategy in dynamic pricing environment
Study of Foreign Direct Investment in Vegetable Supply Chain
Design of inventory driver in multi-echelon supply chain using ARENA
A Study on some aspects of outsourcing decision and its impact on Supply Chain Performance
An empirical study of critical factors for implementation of Green Supply Chain Management in Indian manufacturing industries
Evolutionary algorithms for selected optimization problem in Supply Chain Management
Decision framework for performance evaluation in supply chain
Justification of facility location decision in Supply Chain Management
Justification of the transportation decision in the supply chain
Study of demand planning in supply chain
Development of decision support system for design of warehouse
B.E (Dual Degree)
BE Thesis Supervised (Partial List)
Study and Estimation of Demand of Various Aspects of Supply and Demand for Scientific and Technological Manpower: National Priorities and Globalization
Understanding various aspects of Post-Harvest Supply Chain of perishable and semi-perishable agricultural produce
Study the various aspects of the supply chain associated with NFSA for its improvement
E-Commerce: Analyzing the Distribution Networks and its evolution in India
Analyzing the Supply Chain Performance in Steel Industry
Application of multivariate data analysis techniques in SCM
Development of Lot Size Based Discount Model for Achieving Supply Chain Coordination
Analysis of Lean Supply Chain and its Benchmarking
Analysis of Supply Chain Risk Management
Study of Supplier Relationship Management
Analyzing Agile Manufacturing Using ISM
Supplier Selection in Agile Manufacturing
Empirical investigation of supplier development issues in Indian industries
Development of risk assessment model for manufacturing supply chain through benchmarking approach
Study of supplier development issues in manufacturing supply chain
Development of simulation model using ARENA to study product substitution in supply chain
Development of DSS for supplier evaluation in green supply chain
Justification of green supply chain management
Supply chain inventory management in perishable environment
Inventory management in closed loop supply chain using ARENA
Study of Strategies for world class maintenance
Study of some aspects of lean and agile supply chain
Manufacturing process optimization using artificial neural networks
Development of evolutionary algorithms for some operational issues in multi echelon supply chain
A study on multi-echelon serial supply chain inventory planning using evolutionary algorithm
The application of RFID in supply chain management