Research activities
Main research interests are in the areas of:
Green and sustainable supply chainmanagement油Advanced technology applications such asBlockchain, Industry 4.0 and Artificial Intelligence in supply chain managementSupply chain risk management油Green and reverse logistics油Some key recent journal publications:油
Chanchaichujit, J., Balasubramanian, S.,and Shukla, V. (2024), Barriers to Industry 4.0 technology adoption inagricultural supply chains: A Fuzzy Delphi-ISM approach, InternationalJournal of Quality and Reliability Management油 油油Balasubramanian,S., Shukla, V., Islam, N., Upadhyay, A., and Duong, L. (2023), Applyingartificial intelligence in healthcare: lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic,International Journal of Production Research,油Habib, M. H., Balasubramanian, S., Shukla, V., Chitakunye, D. and Chanchaichujit, J.(2022), Practices and performance outcomes of green supply chain managementinitiatives in the garment industry, Management of EnvironmentalQuality, 33 (4), pp. 882-912.Balasubramanian, S., Shukla, V., Islam,N., and Manghat, S. (2021), "Construction Industry 4.0 andSustainability: An Enabling Framework,油IEEE Transactions onEngineering Management, 71, pp. 1-19, DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2021.3110427Balasubramanian,S., Shukla, V., Sethi, J, S., Islam, N., and Saloum, R. (2021), "油Areadiness assessment framework for Blockchain adoption: A healthcare case study",Technological Forecasting and Social Change Balasubramanian, S., Shukla, V., Mangla, S. andChanchaichujit, J. (2021), " Dofirm characteristics affect environmental sustainability? A literaturereviewbased assessment",Business Strategy and the Environment, 30, pp. 1389-1416, Some key recent practitioner articles where workquoted:油
Hayes, M. (2022)Construction 4.0 key to sustainability油Available at:油Balasubramaniam, S. and Shukla, V. (2023) Understanding the climate changeimpact on UAEs construction industry,油,Available at: Balasubramaniam,S. and Shukla, V. (2023) Understanding the climate change impact on UAEsconstruction industry,油,Available at: Some key recent book chapters:
Balasubramanian, S, V.Shukla, A. Kavanancheeri, L. (2023) ImprovingSupply Chain Sustainability using Artificial Intelligence: Evidence from theManufacturing Sector in the Book: Industry 4.0 Technologies: SustainableManufacturing Supply Chains:油 Volume II -Methods for transition and trends (Editors: Vimal K E K, Sonu Rajak, VikasKumar, Rahul S Mor and Almoayied Assayed), Springer油Shukla,V., A. Upadhyay and B. Khandve. (2020) Applicationsof Green Supply Chain Management in the UK Restaurant industry in theBook: Sustainable Supply Chains: Strategies, Issues, and Models (Editors: Prof.Usha Ramanathan and Prof. Ramakrishnan Ramanathan), SpringerBalasubramanian, S, V. Shukla,A. Upadhyay, M. Gharehdash, and M. Gharehdash. (2020)Supply Chain Network designmodels for a circular economy: A Review and a case study assessment in theBook: Circular Economy for the Management of Operations (Editors: Anil Kumar,Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes and Syed Abdul Rehman Khan), CRC Press (Taylor &Francis Group)
Current Teaching
Vinaya currently teaches on the following modules and programmes:
Programme Leader for the MSc in GlobalSupply Chain ManagementModule Leader MGT4803 Operations and SupplyChain ManagementModule Leader MGT4641 Operations and SupplyChain Management#Module Leader MGT4643 ProcurementModule Leader MGT3012 LogisticsModule Leader MGT2011 Operations andInformation ManagementCurrent Postgraduate (PhD) Supervision:
- Adwoa Owusu-Nimoh, 'Industry 4.0 and Agri-food supply chains',Director of Studies,油 September 2020 - present油
-油Rory McConnon, 'Sustainability of Vertical Food Systems',Director of Studies, January 2022 - present
-油Golshan Ahmadi, 'Improving circularity of agri-foodthrough Artificial Intelligence',油 油 油 Director of Studies,September 2023 - present
-油Mahnoush Gharehdash, 'Supply chain resilience throughArtificial Intelligence', Director of Studies, September 2023 - present