Research activities
Main research interests are in the areas of:
Green and sustainable supply chainmanagement听Advanced technology applications such asBlockchain, Industry 4.0 and Artificial Intelligence in supply chain managementSupply chain risk management听Green and reverse logistics听Some key recent journal publications:听
Chanchaichujit, J., Balasubramanian, S.,and Shukla, V. (2024), 鈥Barriers to Industry 4.0 technology adoption inagricultural supply chains: A Fuzzy Delphi-ISM approach鈥, InternationalJournal of Quality and Reliability Management听 听听Balasubramanian,S., Shukla, V., Islam, N., Upadhyay, A., and Duong, L. (2023), 鈥Applyingartificial intelligence in healthcare: lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic鈥,International Journal of Production Research,听Habib, M. H., Balasubramanian, S., Shukla, V., Chitakunye, D. and Chanchaichujit, J.(2022), 鈥Practices and performance outcomes of green supply chain managementinitiatives in the garment industry鈥, 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鈥,听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), "听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 literaturereview鈥恇ased assessment",Business Strategy and the Environment, 30, pp. 1389-1416, Some key recent practitioner articles where workquoted:听
Hayes, M. (2022)鈥Construction 4.0 key to sustainability鈥听Available at:听Balasubramaniam, S. and Shukla, V. (2023) 鈥Understanding the climate changeimpact on UAE鈥檚 construction industry鈥,听,Available at: Balasubramaniam,S. and Shukla, V. (2023) 鈥Understanding the climate change impact on UAE鈥檚construction industry鈥,听,Available at: Some key recent book chapters:
Balasubramanian, S, V.Shukla, A. Kavanancheeri, L. (2023) 鈥ImprovingSupply Chain Sustainability using Artificial Intelligence: Evidence from theManufacturing Sector鈥 in the Book: Industry 4.0 Technologies: SustainableManufacturing Supply Chains:听 Volume II -Methods for transition and trends (Editors: Vimal K E K, Sonu Rajak, VikasKumar, Rahul S Mor and Almoayied Assayed), Springer听Shukla,V., A. Upadhyay and B. Khandve. (2020) 鈥Applicationsof Green Supply Chain Management in the UK Restaurant industry鈥 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)鈥Supply Chain Network designmodels for a circular economy: A Review and a case study assessment鈥 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,听 September 2020 - present听
-听Rory McConnon, 'Sustainability of Vertical Food Systems',Director of Studies, January 2022 - present
-听Golshan Ahmadi, 'Improving circularity of agri-foodthrough Artificial Intelligence',听 听 听 Director of Studies,September 2023 - present
-听Mahnoush Gharehdash, 'Supply chain resilience throughArtificial Intelligence', Director of Studies, September 2023 - present