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Dhirendra Prajapati

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Assistant Professor, Operations & Supply Chain
E-mail: dhirendra[at]iimj[dot]ac[dot]in

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Dr. Dhirendra Prajapati is an Assistant Professor in the area of Operations and Supply Chain at the Indian Institute of Management Jammu, India. His broad research direction focuses on E-commerce Supply Chain and Logistics, Mathematical Modelling and Network Design, Reverse Logistics, E-waste  Development of sustainability and circular economy in the supply chain,
Industry 4.0, Optimization.


Before joining IIM Jammu, he worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the area of Quantitative Methods and Operations Management at the Indian Institute of Management Amritsar, Panjab, India, and Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, UAE. Additionally, he worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial and Production Engineering at Shri G. S. Institute of Technology and Science, Indore, M.P, India.


He has published several research articles in reputed journals, such as the International Journal of Production Research, the International Journal of Production Economics, Computers and Industrial Engineering, Sustainability, OPSEARCH, Global Business Review, Operations, and Supply Chain Management, Sadhana: Indian Academy of Sciences, Logistics, and RAIRO-operations research.

Also, he presented several research papers at international and national conferences. He has worked as a reviewer in good quality Journals like International Journal of Production Research, Computers and Industrial Engineering, Operations Management Research, Production & Manufacturing Research, OPSEARCH, Advances in Operations Research,
Journal of Environmental and Public Health, etc.
  • Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Mechanical Engineering (research domain: Industrial Engineering), Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design & Manufacturing (IIITDM), Jabalpur, India
  •  Master of Technology (M.Tech) in Mechanical Engineering (Manufacturing specialization), Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design & Manufacturing (IIITDM), Jabalpur, India
  • Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering, Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya (RGPV), Bhopal, India
  • Postdoctoral Fellow in the area of Quantitative Methods and Operations Management at the Indian Institute of Management Amritsar, Panjab, India,
  •  Postdoctoral Fellow in the area of Management Science and Engineering at Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
  • Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial and Production Engineering at Shri G. S. Institute of Technology and Science, Indore, M.P, India
  • Prajapati, D., Pratap, S., Zhang, M., L. & Haung, G. Q. (2022). Sustainable forward-reverse logistics for multi-product delivery and pickup in B2C E-commerce towards the circular economy. International Journal of Production Economics, 253(0), (ABDC), DOI : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2022.108606
  • Prajapati, D., Jauhar, S. K., Gunasekaran, A., Kamble , S.S. & Pratap , S., (2022). Blockchain and IoT Embedded Sustainable Virtual Closed-Loop Supply Chain in E-commerce Towards the Circular Economy. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 172, (ABDC), DOI : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2022.108530
  • Prajapati, D., Chan, F. T., Daultani, Y. & Pratap, S. (2022). Sustainable Vehicle Routing of Agro-Food Grains in E-commerce Industry. International Journal of Production Research, 60(24), 7319-7344. (ABDC), DOI : https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2022.2034192
  • Prajapati, D., Chan, F. T., Chelladurai, H., L. & Pratap , S., (2022). An Internet of Things Embedded Sustainable Supply Chain Management of B2B E-commerce. Sustainability, 14(09), (SCI/SSCI/ESCI), DOI : https://doi.org/10.3390/su14095066
  • Prajapati, D., Chelladurai, H., Zhou, F., Ip, A.W. & Pratap , S., (2022). Sustainable Multi-products Delivery Routing Network Design for Two-echelon Supplier Selection Problem in B2B E-commerce Platforms. RAIRO- Operations Research, 56(04), 2115-2137. (SCI/SSCI/ESCI), DOI : https://doi.org/10.1051/ro/2022072
  • Prajapati, D., Zhou, F., Dwivedi, A., Singh, T. & Lakshay , L., (2022). Sustainable Agro-Food Grains Supply Chain with Innovative Packaging in E-commerce Towards the Circular Economy. Sustainability, 15(04), (SCI/SSCI/ESCI), DOI : https://doi.org/10.3390/su14148698
  • Daultani, Y., Cheikhrouhou, N., Pratap, S. & Prajapati, D. (2022). Forward and Reverse Supply Chain Network Design for New and Refurbished Products in E-commerce Logistics. Operations and Supply Chain Management, 14(14), 540-550. (ABDC), DOI : http://doi.org/10.31387/oscm0510365
  • Prajapati, D., Zhou, F., Zhang, M., Chelladurai, H. & Pratap, S., (2021). Sustainable Logistics Network Design for Multi-products Delivery Operations in B2B E-commerce Platform. Sadhana: Indian Academy of Sciences, 46(100), (SCI/SSCI/ESCI), DOI : https://doi.org/10.1007/s12046-021-01624-1
  • Prajapati, D., Kumar, M. M., Chelladurai, H., Pratap , S. & Zuhair, M., (2021). Sustainable Logistics Network Design for Delivery Operations with Time Horizons in B2B E-commerce Platform. Logistics, 5(3), (Scopus), DOI : https://doi.org/10.3390/logistics5030061
  • Prajapati, D., Daultani, Y., Singh, H., Pratap , S. & (2020). A Clustering Based Routing Heuristic for E-commerce Fresh Food Last-Mile Logistics Operations. Global Business Review, 24(01), (ABDC), DOI : https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0972150919889797
  • Zhang, M., Pratap, S., Zhao, Z., Prajapati, D. & Haung, G. Q. (2020). Forward and reverse logistics vehicle routing problems with time horizons in B2C e-commerce logistics. International Journal of Production Research, 56(20), 6291-6310. (ABDC), DOI : https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2020.1812749
  • Prajapati, D., Daultani, Y., Cheikhrouhou, N. & Pratap, S. (2020). Identification and ranking of key factors imapacting efficiency of Indian shipping logistics sector . OPSEARCH, 57(0), 765-786. (ABDC), DOI : https://doi.org/10.1007/s12597-020-00442-z
  • Dwivedi, A., Jha, A., Prajapati, D., Sreenu, N. & Pratap, S., (2020). Meta-heuristic algorithms for solving the sustainable agro-food grain supply chain network design problem. Modern Supply Chain Research and Applications, 2(3), 161-177 DOI : https://doi.org/10.1108/MSCRA-04-2020-0007
  • Prajapati, D., Rohit, K., Maurya, A. & Dwivedi, A. (2024). Metaheuristic and Exact Approaches for Cost Optimization in Multi-Echelon Multimodal Transportation Network. Lectures Notes in Network and Systems” Springer: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Soft Computing for Problem Solving (SocProS 2023) IIT Roorkee, (pp.705-715). Roorkee, India: Springer
  • Prajapati, D. & Agrawal, P. (2023). An IoT-embedded smart, sustainable reverse logistics system towards the circular economy. 9th International and 30th All India Manufacturing Technology, Design & Research (AIMTDR 2023) Conference IIT BHU Varanasi Varanasi:
  • Prajapati, D., Agarwal, R., Chelladurai, H., Lakshay , L. & Pratap, S. (2021). Develop a Framework for Sustainable supply Chain problem for Textile industry: In B2B E-commerce Platform. International Conference on Industrial Engineering Management (ICIEM-2021) MNIT Jaipur Jaipur, India:
  • Prajapati, D., Harish, A. R., Pratap, S., Zhang, M. & Daultani, Y. (2020). Multi-cyclic scheduling of identical parts in an N-machine no-wait robotic cell. Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management Dubai, UAE, March 10-12, 2020: International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IEOM) IEOM Society International, (pp.499-510). Hyatt Regency Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE): IEOM Conference Proceedings
  • Daultani, Y., Cheikhrouhou, N., Pratap, S. & Prajapati, D. (2019). Designing Forward and Reverse Supply Chain Network for Refurbished Products. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Operations and Supply Chain Management, Vietnam, 2019: 9th International Conference on Operations and Supply Chain Management (OSCM) RMIT University, Vietnam Vietnam: OSCM
  • Prajapati, D. & Pratap, S. (2019). Minimization of Time Window for Delivery of Orders in B2B E-commerce. 5th international conference on Industrial Engineering ICIE-2019 14 Dec 2019 Surat: International conference on Industrial Engineering ICIE-2019 SV NIT Surat, (pp.15-19). Surat India:
  • Kumar, M. M., Prajapati, D., Pratap, P., Zhou, F. & Pratap, S. (2019). Berth and Quay Crane Allocation Problem for the Container Handling. 5th international conference on Industrial Engineering ICIE-2019 14 Dec 2019 Surat: International conference on Industrial Engineering ICIE-2019 SV NIT Surat, (pp.553-558). Surat India:
  • Prajapati, D., Jha, A., Sreenu, N. & Pratap, S. (2019). An MINLP Approach: Sustainable Agro-Food Supply Chain Network Design in Indian Context. 6th Agro- Horticulture Supply Chain Conference (AHSCC-2019) UPES Dehradun Dehradun, India:
  • Introduction of Operations Management
  • Supply Chain Management


  • Received a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Indian Institute of Management, Amritsar, India, in July 2024.
  • Received a Postdoctoral Fellowship at Khalifa University Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, UAE, in Feb 2024.
  • Awarded with Best PhD Thesis Award 2023 at “12th International Conference on Soft Computing for Problem Solving (SocProS 2023) Moving Towards Society 5.0”, held at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, India, during 11th – 13th August 2023.
  • Awarded with Best Paper Presentation at “the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Management, ICIEM-2021, MNIT, Jaipur, India” from 17th -19th December 2021.
  • Awarded with Best Paper Presentation at “6th Agro-Horticulture Supply Chain Conference, UPES, Dehradun, India” on 4th & 5th October 2019.
  • Awarded Fellowship for Training of Young Scientist of M.P. Council of Science and Technology on 35th M.P. Young Scientist Congress (28th & 29th February 2020).
  • Scholarship awarded by MHRD (Indian Govt.) in Aug 2018 (for Ph.D. Program).

  • The Operational Research (OR) Society- Membership No. 65094
  •  Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IEOM)- Membership No.1439453
  • Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS)- Membership No. 35099
  •  International Association of Engineers (IAENG)
  • RSIS International - Research and Scientific Innovation Society (Member)
  • Materials Research Society (MRS)