Arjun Kumar
Arjun Kumar
Ph.D. Scholar
Ph.D. Scholar
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Department of Management Sciences | Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
arjunkime@gmail.com | arjunkumar20@iitk.ac.in
I am a Doctoral Research Scholar in the Department of Management Sciences (formerly the Department of Industrial and Management Engineering) at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, India.
I work under the supervision of Prof. Sri Vanamalla V., whose research interests include Applied Operations Research, Optimization, and Game Theory.
My research focuses on sustainable operations and supply chain management, particularly in the areas of green supply chains, reverse logistics, and remanufacturing. Using analytical and game-theoretic models, I investigate how firms make production, pricing, and contracting decisions while balancing economic performance with environmental sustainability.
Publication
Publication
Kumar, A., & Sri, V. V. (2026). Remanufacturing strategy of an OEM contracting third-party collector in a reverse supply chain. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 212, 104904. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2026.104904
Education
Education
Ph.D. — Department of Management Sciences, IIT Kanpur | 2021 – 2026
Thesis Title: Sustainable Production Strategies in Green and Reverse Supply Chains | Thesis Submitted
M.Tech — Industrial Engineering and Management, IIT Kharagpur | 2011 – 2013
B.Tech — Manufacturing Technology , UPTU Lucknow | 2007 – 2011
Working Papers
Working Papers
Blockchain adoption strategy for remanufactured products in dual supply chain. — The study investigate manufacturer blockchain adoption strategies to mitigate consumer quality distrust toward remanufactured products within a dual supply chain framework.
Carbon Emissions Reduction Strategies in a Dual-Channel Supply Chain Under Tax-and-Subsidy and Cap-and-Trade Policies. Available at SSRN: http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5085274 — This study examines manufacturer pricing and channel selection strategies for green and conventional products under tax-and-subsidy and cap-and-trade environmental policies.
Conference Presentations
Conference Presentations
34th European Conference on Operational Research (EURO) 2025, University of Leeds, UK — Presented paper on “OEM's Remanufacturing Strategies under Full and Asymmetric Information on Used Product Collector's Efficiency in a Reverse Supply Chain.”
POMS India International Conference 2024, IIM Ranchi, India — Presented paper on “Information Asymmetry about Used Product Collector's Efficiency in the Reverse Supply Chain.”
BMAS – ORSI 2024, IIT Bombay, India — Presented paper on “Optimal Remanufacturing Strategies of an OEM Producing Two Competing Products in a Reverse Supply Chain.”
SOM 2026, IIM Nagpur, India — Presented paper on “Blockchain Adoption for the Disclosure of Remanufactured Product Quality.”
Research Interest
Research Interest
Green and Reverse Supply Chain Management
Sustainable Operations and Circular Economy
Game-Theoretic Modelling
Research Skills
Research Skills
Game Theory & Optimisation: Stackelberg games, Nash equilibria, KKT conditions
Programming: Python (NumPy, SciPy, Matplotlib)
Software: LaTeX, MS Office, Wolfram Mathematica
Teaching & Mentoring
Teaching & Mentoring
Teaching Assistant — Decision Models, Advance Decision Models, IIT Kanpur
Assistant Professor — Mechanical Engineering | Galgotias University, India | Mar 2014 – Dec 2020
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