Centre for Supply Chain Excellence
Mission:
To be a leading center for supply chain excellence, driving innovation through digitalization and sustainability.
The centre for supply chain excellence at IMI-Kolkata is committed to work in the areas of supply chain, technology and operations management to foster student engagement, corporate partnerships and action-based research. For our corporate partners, the centre for supply chain excellence at IMI, Kolkata is a “one stop shop” conducting the research in collaboration, hiring fresh talent and knowledge-sharing platform to academia and other corporates.
The centre for supply chain excellence is committed to ensure best-in-class results in the following domains:
Research :
Research is a core part of the centre activities. The centre’s cross-disciplinary team of researchers from top universities and organizations undertake the research in the emerging areas of supply chain and contribute to world-class knowledge and practices in the area of supply chain and operations management. Our team at centre, publishes in the top-ranked supply chain, technology, operations and logistics journals.
Partnership & Collaboration:
We constantly identify the research institutions, corporates and supply chain community to develop partnership and interdisciplinary collaboration to advance the activities of centre. We also work with other academic institute, universities and research centres for co-organizing events and develop joint application for grants in supply chain related areas.
Curriculum Development:
We constantly reach out to the experts in supply chain and operations domain to understand the market trends and update our curriculum regularly, where improvement in existing courses and inclusion of new courses are the key activities.
Team:
- Centre Director: Dr. Sachin Modgil , Associate Professor- Operations and Supply Chain Management
- Centre Co-Director: Dr. Rohit Singh, Associate Professor- Operations and Supply Chain Management
Year 2024-25
Business Conclave 2025
Date :- 15thJanuary 2025
Theme :- Navigating Business Challenges in the Digital Era
| Speaker Name | Designation | Organization |
| Shri. Chandrasekhar Ghosh | Chairman Bandhan Group, Founder and Former MD & CEO Bandhan Bank | Bandhan Group |
| Shri. Gourab Ghosh | Partner | Madhureno |
| Shri. Kirti Narayan Chanda | Director | Simplex Extruder Pvt. Ltd |
| Shri. Kirti Narayan Chanda | Director | Simplex Extruder Pvt. Ltd |
| Shri. Kirti Narayan Chanda | Director | Simplex Extruder Pvt. Ltd |
| Smt. Atrayee Seth | Brand Development Manager | Keya Seth Aromatherapy |
| Shri. Pratik Chandra | Business Head | Mukharochak |
| Smt. Sanghita Chakraborty | CEO | Mukharochak |
| Shri. Hirak Bhattacharjee | Director | Shalimar Chemical Works Pvt. Ltd. |
| Smt. Arpita Chakraborty Mittra | Director ,Customer Experience | DTDC Express Ltd. |
| Shri. Avishek Auddy | Director | Dencol (India) Pvt. Ltd., Chandra’s Chemical Industries (1973) Pvt. Ltd. |
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THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES – ICSBP’25
Date: 3rd to 5th Jan, 2025
Theme: Innovating for Sustainability: Transforming Business Practices for Global Impact .
The International Conference on Sustainable Business Practices (ICSBP’25) was organized by the International Management Institute, Kolkata from the 3rd of January 2025 to the 5th of January 2025.
The conference theme, Innovating for Sustainability: Transforming Business Practices for Global Impact brought academicians, policymakers, and corporates under one roof to discern the challenges, redefine strategies, and exchange wisdom on the ever-evolving business landscape The forum entrusted sustainable development while retaining and reinforcing the competitive edge for the present as well as the future within the business scenario, keeping the stakeholder’s interest in optimum.
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Year 2023-24
SUPPLY CHAIN SUMMIT 7.0
Date :- 13th November 2024
Theme :- Navigating Supply Chain Resilience in the Digital Age (Supply Chain Summit 7.0)
| Speaker Name | Designation | Organization |
| Abhisek Goswami | Competency Head-Supply Chain Solutions | Cognizant |
| Sunando Banerjee | Chief Operating Officer | Anonymous Digital |
| Bhaskar Ghoshal | Chief Operating Officer | Suraksha Diagnostics |
| Dipankar Mahato | Manager | GoMechanic |
| Monideep Majumder | Business Excellence Leader | Aarti Steel and Shyam Metallics |
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SUPPLY CHAIN SUMMIT 6.0
Date :-24th Februray 2024
Theme :- Navigating Supply Chain Resilience in the Digital Age.
| Speaker Name | Designation | Organization |
| Gautam Mukhopadhyay | Lead Consultant | Amvision |
| Anirban Sanyal | General Manager | Century Ply |
| Anupam Bhattacharya | Sales Planning Manager | TATA Steel |
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Year 2022-23
SUPPLY CHAIN SUMMIT 5.0
Date :-24th December 2022
Theme :- Supply Chain Risk and Resilience
| Speaker Name | Designation | Organization |
| Mr. Vishal Dicholkar | Senior VP Central Procurement Team | Yes Bank |
| Mr. Sarvesh Kulkarni | Plant Manager | Givaudan |
| Mr. Kamlesh Kumar | Vice President – Supply Chain | Jumbotail |
| Mr. Veeresh Kadalli | Assistant Vice President – Supply Chain Management | Welspun India Limited |
| Mr. Rana Goswami | Chief Operating Officer | Shyam Metalics & Energy Ltd. |
| Mr. Deepak Choubey | Chief Operating Officer | SchbangQ |
| Mr. Sandeep Sasidharan | Senior Supply Chain Manager | ITC Limited |
| Mr. Asis Bandyopadhyay | Vice President – Operations | Trivitron Healthcare |
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SUPPLY CHAIN SUMMIT 4.0
Date :-24th September 2022
Theme :- Supply Chain Risk and Resilience
| Speaker Name | Designation | Organization |
| Mr. Anand Adhikari | Global –SCM Lead | TATA Communications |
| Mr. Surya Narayan Lenka | HeadContainer Management and LogisticsServices, Supply Chain | TATA Steel |
| Mr. Dinesh Pawar | VicePresident – Supply ChainManagement | Vodafone Idea Limited |
| Mr. Pallab Bagchi | Business Head–Supply Chain | Future Group India |
| Mr. Ramdarash Mishra | Head/Factory Head – Guwahati | Marico Limited |
| Mr. Abhisek Aditya | DVP – GlobalSupply Chain & Strategy CSCO | Welspun Global Brands Limited |
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CXO SYMPOSIUM 5.0
Date :-30th July 2022
Theme :- CXO’s role in innovation, creation and integration: What’s next?
| Speaker Name | Designation | Organization |
| Mr. Rajiv Mondal | CEO | Arogyam Medisoft Solution Pvt. Ltd |
| Mr. Amol Maheshwari | Chief Distribution Officer | EarlySalary |
| Mr.Nishant Singhal | Director and COO | Healthians |
| Mr. Vishal Dave | Founder and Business Head | Revolucion |
| Mr. Ashwini Saxena | Chief Executive Officer | JSW Foundation |
| Mr. Dhaval Jariwala | Director – Advisory | PWC India |
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2023
- Gupta, S., Modgil, S., Centobelli, P., Cerchione, R., & Strazzullo, S. (2022). Additive Manufacturing and Green Information Systems as Technological Capabilities for Firm Performance. Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management, 23(4), 515-534.
- Singh, R. K., Modgil, S., & Shore, A. (2023). Building artificial intelligence enabled resilient supply chain: a multi-method approach. Journal of Enterprise Information Management.
- Rauniyar, K., Wu, X., Gupta, S., Modgil, S., & Kumar, A. (2023). Digitizing global supply chains through blockchain. Production Planning & Control, 1-22.
- Gupta, S., Modgil, S., Choi, T. M., Kumar, A., & Antony, J. (2023). Influences of artificial intelligence and blockchain technology on financial resilience of supply chains. International Journal of Production Economics, 261, 108868.
- Sharma, A., Sharma, A., Bhatia, T., & Singh, R. K. (2023). Blockchain enabled food supply chain management: A systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis. Operations Management Research, 1-25.
- Kumar, A., Singh, R. K., & Singh, D. (2023). Supply chain resilience in developing countries: a bibliometric analysis and future research directions. Benchmarking: An International Journal.
2022
- Gupta, S., Modgil, S., Bhattacharyya, S., & Bose, I. (2022). Artificial intelligence for decision support systems in the field of operations research: review and future scope of research. Annals of Operations Research, 1-60.
- Patyal, V. S., Sarma, P. R. S., Modgil, S., Nag, T., & Dennehy, D. (2022). Mapping the links between Industry 4.0, circular economy and sustainability: A systematic literature review. Journal of Enterprise Information Management, 35(1), 1-35.
- Rauniyar, K., Wu, X., Gupta, S., Modgil, S., & de Sousa Jabbour, A. B. L. (2022). Risk management of supply chains in the digital transformation era: contribution and challenges of blockchain technology. Industrial Management & Data Systems, 123(1), 253-277.
- Gupta, S., Bag, S., Modgil, S., de Sousa Jabbour, A. B. L., & Kumar, A. (2022). Examining the influence of big data analytics and additive manufacturing on supply chain risk control and resilience: An empirical study. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 172, 108629.
- Modgil, S., Singh, R. K., & Hannibal, C. (2022). Artificial intelligence for supply chain resilience: learning from Covid-19. The International Journal of Logistics Management, 33(4), 1246-1268.
- Gupta, S., Modgil, S., Kumar, A., Sivarajah, U., & Irani, Z. (2022). Artificial intelligence and cloud-based Collaborative Platforms for Managing Disaster, extreme weather and emergency operations. International Journal of Production Economics, 254, 108642.
- Kumar, A., & Singh, R. K. (2022). Does a retailer’s performance depend on CSR practices? A stakeholder theory perspective from developing economy. Benchmarking: An International Journal, 29(8), 2615-2638.
2024-25
- Singh, R. K. (2024). Strengthening resilience in supply chains: the role of multi-layer flexibility, supply chain risks and environmental dynamism. The International Journal of Logistics Management. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJLM-08-2023-0337
- Singh, R. K. (2025). Transforming humanitarian supply chains with digital twin technology: a study on resilience and agility. The International Journal of Logistics Management. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJLM-08-2024-0504.
- Modgil, S., & Singh, R. K. (2024). Blockchain-enabled value creation for circular supply chain in the tyre industry. The International Journal of Logistics Management. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJLM-08-2023-0350
- Singh, R.K. and Modgil, S. (2024), “Impact of information system flexibility and dynamic capabilities in building net zero supply chains”, Journal of Enterprise Information Management, Vol. 37 No. 3, pp. 993-1015. https://doi.org/10.1108/JEIM-09-2023-0477
- Laguir, I., Modgil, S., Gupta, S., Kumar, S., & Stekelorum, R. (2024). Supply chain dynamism and ambidexterity for sustainable performance. Production Planning & Control, 1-18.
2023-24
- Sharma, A., Sharma, A., Singh, R. K., & Bhatia, T. (2023). Blockchain adoption in agri-food supply chain management: an empirical study of the main drivers using extended UTAUT. Business Process Management Journal, 29(3), 737-756.
- Gupta, S., Modgil, S., Bhushan, B., Kamble, S., & Mishra, J. (2023). Digital innovation and transformation capabilities in a large company. Expert Systems, e13452. (With Tata Metaliks Ltd).
- Gupta, S., Modgil, S., Bhushan, B., Sivarajah, U., & Banerjee, S. (2023). Design and Implementation of an IIoT Driven Information System: A Case Study. Information Systems Frontiers, 1-15. (with Tata Metaliks Ltd).
- Gupta, S., Modgil, S., Choi, T. M., Kumar, A., & Antony, J. (2023). Influences of artificial intelligence and blockchain technology on financial resilience of supply chains. International Journal of Production Economics, 261, 108868.
- Kumar, A., & Singh, R. K. (2023). Supply chain management practices, retail outlets attributes and organisational performance: a case of organised food retailers in India. Journal of global operations and strategic sourcing, 16(2), 568-589.
- Kumar Singh, R., & Modgil, S. (2023). Assessment of lean supply chain practices in Indian automotive industry. Global Business Review, 24(1), 68-105.
2022-23
- Singh, R. K., Agrawal, S., & Modgil, S. (2022). Developing human capital 4.0 in emerging economies: an industry 4.0 perspective. International Journal of Manpower, 43(2), 286-309.
- Modgil, S., Singh, R. K., & Hannibal, C. (2022). Artificial intelligence for supply chain resilience: learning from Covid-19. The International Journal of Logistics Management, 33(4), 1246-1268.
- Patyal, V. S., Sarma, P. R. S., Modgil, S., Nag, T., & Dennehy, D. (2022). Mapping the links between Industry 4.0, circular economy and sustainability: A systematic literature review. Journal of Enterprise Information Management, 35(1), 1-35.
- Modgil, S., Gupta, S., Stekelorum, R., & Laguir, I. (2022). AI technologies and their impact on supply chain resilience during COVID-19. International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, 52(2), 130-149.
| Name | Designation | Organization |
| Anirban Sanyal | Senior GM – Supply Chain & National Logistics | Century Ply |
| Arvind Kushwaha | Co-founder | Delivery Pigeon |
| Sandeep Pratap | Head of Procurement | Eveready Industries India Ltd |
