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Dr. Srikanta Routroy

Professor and Head of Department, Mechanical Engineering Department,
BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus

Room No.-2102 D/6020 J,
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani- 333031, Rajasthan. India.

Post-Doc

Rahul Samyal is working as Postdoc in the project “Eco-Friendly Solution with Metal Recovery and Value Added Products from Stainless Steel Spent Pickle Liquor: A Zero Waste Business Model" Sponsored by Ministry of Steel Project and other institutions involved are CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur and BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus with Industrial Partner (Jindal Stainless Limited). 


Theses Supervised

 

Ph. D

 

PhD Students Supervised (10)

 

  • Dr. Sudeep Kumar Pradhan: An Integrated Approach for Design of Supply Management: A Supply Chain Perspective (Awarded; 2016). [Supervisor: Srikanta Routroy].
  • Dr. C V Sunil Kumar: Design of Supplier Development Programs for Indian Manufacturing Companies - A Supply Chain Perspective (Defended successfully, 31/01/2017 and Awarded), [Supervisor: Srikanta Routroy].
  • Dr. Pavan Kumar Potdar: Development of Agility Enhancement Strategies for Agile Manufacturing (Defended successfully, 06/06/2017 and Awarded). [Supervisor: Srikanta Routroy].
  • Dr. Rahul Priyadarshi: Design of Post-Harvest Supply Chain for Selected Agriculture Produces in India (Supervisor: Prof. Srikanta Routroy and Co-Supervisor: Dr. Girish Kant) (Defended successfully, 10/02/2021 and Awarded).
  • Dr. Anuj Dixit: Design of healthcare supply chain for generic medicines to enhance availability and minimize wastage (Supervisor: Prof. Srikanta Routroy and Co-Supervisor: Dr. Sunil Kumar Dubey) (Defended successfully, 27/01/2021 and Awarded).
  • Dr. Sishir Goyal: Analysis of Environmental Sustainability Aspects for Steel Supply Chain in India (Supervisor: Prof. Srikanta Routroy) (Defended successfully, 11/09/2021).
  • Dr. F Abdullah Sultan: Design of Supply Side of Surimi Value Chain in India: A Supply Chain Approach (Supervisor: Prof. Srikanta Routroy; and Co-Supervisor: Dr. Maitri Thakur, Senior Research Scientist, SINTEF Fisheries and Aquaculture, Trondheim, Norway). [Defended Successfully on 17/10/2022]
  • Dr. Shailendra Singh: Development of E-waste management strategies for e-products in India (Supervisor: Prof. M S Dasgupta and Co-Supervisor: Prof. Srikanta Routroy) [Defended Successfully on 05/06/2023]
  • Dr. Shailendra Pawanr: Investigation of energy consumption for selected machine tools (Supervisor: Dr. Girish Kant and Co-Supervisor: Prof. Srikanta Routroy) [Defended Successfully on 13/04/2023]
  • Dr. Gaurav Tygai: Development of construction materials from galvanic and electroplating sludge: A Sustainable Business Model (Supervisor: Prof. Anupam Singhal, Co-Supervisor: Prof. Srikanta Routroy and Prof. Dipendu Bhunia) [Defended Successfully on 27/03/2024)

 

On-going PhD Supervision (14)

  • Nikita Dhankar: Design of Upstream Supply Chain for Selected Agriculture Produces to Enhance Farmers’ Income: A Study on Selected Districts of Rajasthan (Supervisor: Prof. Srikanta Routroy and Co-Supervisor: Prof. Satyendra Kumar Sharma)
  • Khalid Hussain Ansari: Design of downstream supply chain for selected agriculture produces and its Value-Added Products to Enhance Farmer’s Income (Supervisor: Prof. Srikanta Routroy and Co-Supervisor: Dr. Krishna M)
  • Kavya S: Development of Modular Strategies for Energy Requirements in India: A Supply Chain Approach for Decarbonization
    (Supervisor: Prof. Srikanta Routroy and Co-Supervisor: Dr. Suvanjan Bhattacharyya). 
  • Anubhav Tiwari: Design of Construction Supply Chain for Reduction of Project Cost and Duration: A Study on Indian Road Projects (Supervisor: Dr. Prasanta Kumar Sahu and Co-Supervisor: Prof. Srikanta Routroy)
  • Sudhanshu Ranjan Singh: Development of a strategic framework for selection of sustainable electric vehicles charging infrastructure locations in India (Supervisor: Prof. Abhijeet K. Digalwar and Co-Supervisor: Prof. Srikanta Routroy)
  • S Rahul Bharat: Development of crop-residue based roof insulation with Phase Change Materials (PCM) for livestock rearing shelters: A Business and Environmental Sustainable Approach (Supervisor: Prof. P Srinivasan and Co-Supervisor: Prof. Srikanta Routroy).
  • Shivasheesh Kaushik: Design of Solar based Drying System with Process Optimization: A Business and Environmental Sustainability Model (Supervisor: Prof. P Srinivasan and Co-Supervisor: Prof. Srikanta Routroy).
  • Amit Bhomia: Development and analysis of selected waste valorized products for a sustainable supply chain: A Life Cycle Assessment and Circular Economy Approach (Supervisor: Prof. Srikanta Routroy and Co-Supervisor: Prof. Anupam Singhal).
  • Rishabh Gupta: “Decarbonizing Food Security: Optimizing Logistics in the Wheat Supply Chain of India’s Public Distribution System” (BITS Supervisor: Prof. Srikanta Routroy; BITS Co-Supervisor: Prasanta Kumar Sahu & RMIT Supervisor: Prof. Prem Chhetri & RMIT Co-Supervisor: Prof. Mathews Nkhoma).
  • Mr. Mehtab Singh: “Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer (EPDM) Rubber Grommet Production: An Investigation towards Performance Improvement” (Supervisor: Prof. T C Bera and Co-Supervisor:  Prof. Srikanta Routroy
  • Rajender.Singh: Proposal to be Submitted (Supervisor:  Dr. Radha Raman Mishra and Co-Supervisor: Prof. Srikanta Routroy).
  • Hitesh Sharma:Proposal to be Submitted  (BITS Supervisor: Prof. Srikanta Routroy; BITS Co-Supervisor: Prasanta Kumar Sahu & La Trobe University Supervisor: Prof. Sean Arisian and & Co-Supervisor: Prof. Aniruddha Desai).
  • Ravi Shankar Jaiswal Proposal to be Submitted (Supervisor: Prof. Srikanta Routroy).
  • Akhilesh Kumar (2024), will be working on the “Design of Green Logistics System for Milk Supply Chain: A Business and environmentally Sustainable Approach”, (Supervisor: Prof. Srikanta Routroy and Co-Supervisor: Prof. Subhasis Pradhan), proposal to be submitted.

M. E.

 

ME Dissertations

 

  • Study on some of the Aspects of National Food Security Act, 2013
  • Comparative Analysis of Manufacturing Supply Chain Agility Performance Level Using Taguchi Loss Functions & Design of Experiments Method
  • Study the various aspects of Agriculture Supply Chain in India
  • Performance Analysis of Agile Supply Chain
  • Identification and Quantification of Criteria for Successful Implementation of Supplier Development Program-An Application Using MATLAB
  • Development of DSS for determining optimal pricing strategy in dynamic pricing environment
  • Study of Foreign Direct Investment in Vegetable Supply Chain
  • Design of inventory driver in multi-echelon supply chain using ARENA
  • A Study on some aspects of outsourcing decision and its impact on Supply Chain Performance
  • An empirical study of critical factors for implementation of Green Supply Chain Management in Indian manufacturing industries
  • Evolutionary algorithms for selected optimization problem in Supply Chain Management
  • Decision framework for performance evaluation in supply chain
  • Justification of facility location decision in Supply Chain Management
  • Justification of the transportation decision in the supply chain
  • Study of demand planning in supply chain
  • Development of decision support system for design of warehouse

B.E (Dual Degree)

 

BE Thesis Supervised (Partial List)

 

  • Study and Estimation of Demand of Various Aspects of Supply and Demand for Scientific and Technological Manpower: National Priorities and Globalization
  • Understanding various aspects of Post-Harvest Supply Chain of perishable and semi-perishable agricultural produce
  • Study the various aspects of the supply chain associated with NFSA for its improvement
  • E-Commerce: Analyzing the Distribution Networks and its evolution in India
  • Analyzing the Supply Chain Performance in Steel Industry
  • Application of multivariate data analysis techniques in SCM
  • Development of Lot Size Based Discount Model for Achieving Supply Chain Coordination
  • Analysis of Lean Supply Chain and its Benchmarking
  • Analysis of Supply Chain Risk Management
  • Study of Supplier Relationship Management
  • Analyzing Agile Manufacturing Using ISM
  • Supplier Selection in Agile Manufacturing
  • Empirical investigation of supplier development issues in Indian industries
  • Development of risk assessment model for manufacturing supply chain through benchmarking approach
  • Study of supplier development issues in manufacturing supply chain
  • Development of simulation model using ARENA to study product substitution in supply chain
  • Development of DSS for supplier evaluation in green supply chain
  • Justification of green supply chain management
  • Supply chain inventory management in perishable environment
  • Inventory management in closed loop supply chain using ARENA
  • Study of Strategies for world class maintenance
  • Study of some aspects of lean and agile supply chain
  • Manufacturing process optimization using artificial neural networks
  • Development of evolutionary algorithms for some operational issues in multi echelon supply chain
  • A study on multi-echelon serial supply chain inventory planning using evolutionary algorithm
  • The application of RFID in supply chain management