Dr. Manjunath S. Vhatkar is an Assistant Professor at School of Business, IIT Guwahati. He has completed my Ph.D. in Operations and Supply Chain Management (OSCM) from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Mumbai, an MTech. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (IEOR) from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, and a B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Shivaji University, Kolhapur. His doctoral dissertation focused on Leveraging Sustainable Performance in Omnichannel Retail Supply Chain Through Digital Transformation. His research interests include retail supply chain management, omnichannel retail strategy, supply chain performance, structural equation modelling (SEM), optimization, simulation and modelling, machine learning, deep learning, artificial intelligence, and multi-criteria decision making (MCDM). He has published several research articles in reputed A- and Q1-ranked journals and is actively engaged in advancing both theoretical and practical knowledge in supply chain management and analytics.

EDUCATION

Doctor of Philosophy, Operations and Supply Chain Management, Indian Institute of Management, Mumbai.

Master of Technology, Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.

Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Shivaji University, Kolhapur.

• Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) examination 2016, 2017 and 2021 in Mechanical Engineering.

• Won 1st prize in the Department Cricket event at the Department of Technology, Shivaji University, Kolhapur.

• Won Silver Medal in various Inter-Departmental PG sports events at IIT, Bombay.