Arun Kumar Biswal

SB/A-6,IIT Kharagpur Campus,West Medinipur, West Bengal, Pin-721302 chatwitharun1@gmail.com

I am currently pursuing PhD (full time) in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at IIT Kharagpur, India. I received B.E. in Electrical Engineering from Regional Engineering College, Rourkela (Presently NIT Rourkela) and Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Engineering (PGDIE) from National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Mumbai. Prior to joining PhD programme, I worked for Private/Govt. organisations for close to ten years in the domain of Project Management and Supply Chain Management. I am also certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP) from PMI, USA and Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) from APICS, USA. I have keen interest to pursue my future career in Academics and Consulting.

Supervisor

Mamata Jenamani

Professor
Department Of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

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Joint Supervisor

Sri Krishna Kumar

Associate Professor
Department Of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

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Education

IIT Kharagpur

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Industrial and Systems Engineering

July 2014 - Ongoing

NITIE, Mumbai

Master of Technology (MTech)

Industrial Engineering & Management

August 2009 - June 2011

REC Rourkela

Bachelor of Engineering (BE)

Electrical Engineering

August 1998 - June 2002

Research

Research Area

Supply Chain Management

Research Interest

RFID application in supply chain, Inventory inaccuracy, Food security, Not-for-profit operations management

Publications

2019

Biswal, A. K., Jenamani, M., & Kumar, S. K. (2019). The impact of RFID adoption on donor subsidy through for-profit and not-for-profit newsvendor: Implications for Indian Public Distribution system. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences.

2018

Singh, S. K., Biswal, A. K., Kumar, S., Singh, T., & Jenamani, M. (2018, January). Optimal Equipment Positioning and Technology Selection for RFID Enabled Warehouses. In Annual Convention of the Computer Society of India (pp. 167-182). Springer, Singapore.

Biswal, A. K., & Jenamani, M. (2018, January). Leveraging ICT for Food Security: An Analysis in the Context of PDS in India. In Annual Convention of the Computer Society of India (pp. 376-390). Springer, Singapore.

Biswal, A. K., Jenamani, M., & Kumar, S. K. (2018). Warehouse efficiency improvement using RFID in a humanitarian supply chain: Implications for Indian food security system. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 109, 205-224.