Shikha Singh Author, Illustrator & Editor

Bharti is presently working as Assistant Professor (Senior Scale) in the Directorate of Online Education (Business Management), Manipal University Jaipur, India. She has experience of working in academia and industries for more than 12 years. She has been involved in writing books, edited book chapters and conduction of online training programs. She has authored a book on Learning Pedagogy in Higher Education (Mittal Publications, New Delhi) in 2022. Her academic interest in teaching marketing, consumer behavior, human resource management, advertising and courses related to human values. Dr. Bharti published research articles in reputed national and international journals in the different areas.

Shikha Singh is presently working as Assistant Professor in Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow Campus, India. She has more than 15 years of teaching experience. She has worked with various academic institutions including Babu Banarasi Das National Institute of Technology and Management, Lucknow (U.P). From almost last 11 years, she is working with Amity University Uttar Pradesh. She has guided many M.Tech. dissertations and more than 45 B.Tech projects. She has published more than 25 research papers in Journals and Conference Proceedings. Her academic interest includes teaching Databases, Machine Learning Algorithms, and Data Visualization, Various Programming languages including C, C++ and Python.

Anand Pandey is presently working as Professor in Department of Mechanical Engineering and handling the administrative responsibility of Deputy Director, Academics in Manipal University Jaipur, India. He is involved in writing books, edited book chapters, guiding the scholar, conduction of FDP/short term training programs/ reviewer of Journals/Conferences. He has successfully guided 3 research scholars for doctoral degree in advanced machining processes. Two patents/design has been published/granted for his contribution in the design and development of low- cost water purifier for rural India in 2020.He has more than 16 years of teaching experience while working with various institutions, which includes his 9 years of experience with the Manipal University Jaipur. He has guided three doctoral degrees, five M.Tech dissertations and more than twenty three B.Tech projects. Also, he has published more than 70 research papers in Journals, Conference Proceedings and Book Chapters. He has edited three books, one patents published, one design and five copyright registered.

Amit Sachan is presently working as Associate Professor in Operations Management Area at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ranchi since June 2011. He holds a B.Tech. Degree in Industrial Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee and is also a Fellow (Integrated MBA and Ph.D) from Management Development Institute (MDI) Gurgaon. Before joining the IIM Ranchi¸ he has worked as a Service Manager of Industrial Engineering Group in AON Hewitt. The Industrial Engineering Group is responsible for the design and development of tools and processes for measuring work, forecasting methods, staffing methodologies, and supporting re-engineering efforts and business management routines. He has published articles in journals such as International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management, Australasian Journal of Information Systems, International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, Computers in Human Behavior, Information Technology and People. Professor Sachan has co-authored 12th edition of Operations Management Sustainability and Supply Chain Management. This book is used as a text book in leading business schools across India. He has published two teaching cases in Asian Case Research Journal and Journal of Cases on Information Technology. He has presented several research papers in international and national conferences. Professor Sachan has Attended Global Colloquium on Participant-Centred Learning GLOCOLL in 2014 in Harvard Business School campus, Boston US. Professor Sachan is recipient of Dewang Mehta award for best Professor in operations management in Nov 2012. He has also attended Business Accreditation Seminar and Assurance of Learning Seminar organized by AACSB in Bangalore in Feb 2014. Professor Sachan has taught Business Statistics, Operations Research as core and Revenue Management and Service Operations Management as elective courses at MBA, Executive MBA and Ph.D. levels in IIM Ranchi.