Gaurav Kumar Badhotiya Editor

Gunjan Soni did his B.E. from University of Rajasthan, M.Tech from IIT, Delhi and PhD. From Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani in 2012. He is presently working as an Assistant Professor with Department of Mechanical Engineering, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. He has over 17 years of teaching experience at under graduate and graduate levels. His areas of research interest are Predictive maintenance and Digital technology applications in supply chain management. He has published more than 80 papers in peer reviewed journals including Journal of Business Research, Expert System with Applications, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Production Planning and Control, Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, Annals of Operations Research, Computers and Industrial Engineering, International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications etc. He is guest editor of special issues in journals like International Journal of Logistics Management, Sustainability, International Journal of Intelligent Enterprise etc.

Om Prakash Yadav a Professor and Duin Endowed Fellow in the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at North Dakota State University, Fargo. He received his Ph.D. degree in Industrial Engineering from Wayne State University, MS in Industrial Engineering from National Institute of Industrial Engineering Mumbai (India), and BS in Mechanical Engineering from Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur (India). His research interests include reliability modeling and analysis, risk assessment, design optimization, robust design, and manufacturing systems analysis. The research work of his group has been published in high-quality journals such as reliability engineering and systems safety, journal of risk and reliability, quality and reliability engineering international, and engineering management journal. He has published over 130 papers in peered reviewed journals and conference proceedings in the area of quality, reliability, product development, and operations management. Dr. Yadav is a recipient of the 2015 & 2018 IISE William A.J. Golomski best paper awards. He is currently a member of IISE, ASQ, SRE, and INFORMS.

Dr. Gaurav Kumar Badhotiya Dr. Gaurav Kumar Badhotiya is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Management Studies, Marwadi University, Rajkot, Gujarat, India. He completed his PhD in Industrial Engineering and M.Tech. in Manufacturing System Engineering from Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. His B.Tech. is in Production and Industrial Engineering from the University College of Engineering, Kota, Rajasthan, India. Dr. Gaurav’s research interests are inclined toward areas in Operations and Supply chain management, such as Supply chain resilience, Production planning, Circular Economy, and Sustainability. He has published more than 50 research articles in various peer-reviewed international journals, book chapters and conferences proceedings. He is an editorial board member of International Journal of Mathematical, Engineering and Management Sciences. He has organised two Scopus Indexed International Conferences and a Faculty Development Program on Research Methodology and Data Analysis.

Prof. Mangey Ram received the Ph.D. degree major in Mathematics and minor in Computer Science from G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, India in 2008. He is currently the Research Professor at Graphic Era (Deemed to be University), Dehradun, India & Visiting Professor at Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Saint Petersburg, Russia. He is Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Mathematical, Engineering and Management Sciences; Journal of Reliability and Statistical Studies; Journal of Graphic Era University; Series Editor of six Book Series with Elsevier, CRC Press-A Taylor and Frances Group, Walter De Gruyter Publisher Germany, River Publishers and the Guest Editor & Associate Editor with various journals. He has published 300 plus publications (journal articles/books/book chapters/conference articles) in IEEE, Taylor & Francis, Springer Nature, Elsevier, Emerald, World Scientific and many other national and international journals and conferences. Also, he has published more than 60 books (authored/edited) with international publishers like Elsevier, Springer Nature, CRC Press-A Taylor and Frances Group, Walter De Gruyter Publisher Germany, River Publisher. His fields of research are reliability theory and applied mathematics. Dr. Ram is a Senior Member of the IEEE, Senior Life Member of Operational Research Society of India, Society for Reliability Engineering, Quality and Operations Management in India, Indian Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics, He has been a member of the organizing committee of a number of international and national conferences, seminars, and workshops