Dr. Shah Bhavinkumar Indravadan

Dr. Shah Bhavinkumar Indravadan

Assistant Professor

Operations and Supply Chain Management

PGDIE (NITIE Mumbai), Fellow of NITIE

bhavin[dot]shah[at]iimsirmaur[dot]ac[dot]in

01704-277310

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Curriculum Vitae

Biography
Teaching And Research Interest
Research and Consultancy Projects
Awards And Honours
Publication
Peer Reviewed Journal Papers
Conferences
Books and Book Chapters
Case Studies

Biography

Dr. Shah Bhavinkumar Indravadan holds a Ph.D (Fellow) and Masters (PGDIE) degree in Industrial Engineering from the National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Mumbai, India. He is a Bachelor in Computer Engineering from Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat. Bhavin has research and teaching experience of more than 12 years in interdisciplinary domains such as Lean thinking in warehousing and logistics, Information Systems and Data Analytics applications to Supply Chain; IT-enabled operations management, Optimization using computer algorithms and, Simulation and Modelling of Operations-Marketing Interfaces. His research has featured in internationally acknowledged Journals and Conferences. He is on-board of multiple journals in the capacity of editorial member and reviewer.

Teaching and Research Interest

Warehouse Science and Logistics Operations
Operations and Supply chain management

Research and Consultancy Projects

Awards And Honours

Awards/Scholarships

Conferred with Best Thesis Award on the XXV convocation (2019) by the Chairman, NITIE Mumbai.
Outstanding Reviewer for International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management, Emerald Literati Awards 2018.
International Travel Support (ITS) from SERB-Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, to attend The Sixth International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, IEOM 2016, Malaysia.
Scholarship from AICTE 2011-2013 to pursue masters from NITIE under QIP Programme.

Editorial Services/Member

Associate Editor for the Brazilian Journal of Operations & Production Management (BJO&PM)
Editorial Review Board for the International Journal of Electronic Government Research (IJEGR)
Editorial Review Board for the International Journal of Applied Management Science (IJAMS)
Editorial Review Board for the Journal of Global Responsibility (JGR)
Editorial Advisory Board for the Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development (JSBED)
Editorial Advisory Board for the Management Decisions (MD)

Publications

Publications (Peer-reviewed Journals)

Vikas Kumar, Banu Ekren, Jiayan Wang, Bhavin Shah, and Guilherme Frederico (2022). “Investigating the Impact of COVID-19 on Sustainable Food Supply Chains”, Journal of Modelling in Management (JMM), Vol. xx No. x. Pp.xxxx-xxxx (ADBC- C).
DOI:
Albi Thomas, Suresh M. and Bhavin Shah (2022). “Factors impacting Humanitarian Operations in Healthcare during life-threatening pandemics”, International Journal of Healthcare Management (IJHM), Vol. xx No. x. Pp.xxxx-xxxx (ADBC- C).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/20479700.2022.2115249
Aswathy Sreenivasan, Bhavin Shah and Suresh M. (2022). “Modelling of factors affecting supplier selection on start-ups during frequent pandemic episodes like COVID-19”, Benchmarking: An International Journal (BIJ), Vol. xx No. x. Pp.xxxx-xxxx (ADBC- B).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/BIJ-02-2022-0124
Kiran Kumar Paidipati, Arjun Banik, Bhavin Shah, Narpat Ram Sangwa (2022). “Forecasting of Sugarcane Productivity Estimation in India- A Comparative study with Advanced Non-parametric Regression Models”, Journal of Algebraic Statistics, Vol. 13 No. 2, pp. 1 - 14 (ESCI)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52783/jas.v13i2.221
Suguna, M., Sivakami, B. U., Bhavin Shah and Suresh, M. (2022). “Barriers analysis for Repurposing MSMEs Operations during Covid-19 emergency”, Operations Management Research Journal (OMR), Vol. 15, pp. 399 - 412. (Impact factor: 7.203, ADBC- C).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12063-022-00253-z
Suguna, M., Bhavin Shah, Karthik Raj, S., Suresh, M. (2021). “A Study on the influential factors of the last mile delivery projects during Covid-19 era”, Operations Management Research (OMR), Vol. 15, pp. 399 – 412 (Impact factor: 7.203, ADBC- C).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12063-021-00214-y
Bhavin Shah (2021). "What should be lean buffer threshold for the forward-reserve warehouse?”, International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management (IJPPM), Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print (ADBC- B).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPPM-02-2021-0075
Bhavin Shah and Gaganpreet Singh (2021). “Can Collaborative buffering strategies reduce distribution costs while improving product returns?: A case of an Asian e-retailer”, Benchmarking: An International Journal (BIJ), Vol. 28 No. 9. Pp.2808-2834 (ADBC- B).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/BIJ-09-2020-0478
Ankit Dixit, Bhavin Shah and Vandana Sonwaney (2020). “Picking Improvement of a FMCG Warehouse: A Lean perspective”, International Journal of Logistics Economics and Globalisation (IJLEG), Vol. 8 No. 3. Pp.243-271 (ADBC- C).
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJLEG.2020.109613
Bhavin Shah and Vivek Khanzode (2018). “Designing lean storage allocation policy for non-uniform unit loads in the forward-reserve model: An enterprise information management with e-decision support system”, Journal of Enterprise Information Management (JEIM), Vol. 31 No. 1. pp.112-145. (Clarivate Analytics: SSCI, Impact factor: 5.396, ADBC- A).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/JEIM-01-2017-0018
Bhavin Shah and Vivek Khanzode (2017). “Storage allocation framework for designing lean buffers in forward-reserve model: A test case”, International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management (IJR&DM), Vol. 45 No. 1. pp.90-118. (Clarivate Analytics: SSCI, Impact factor: 5.377, ADBC- A).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJRDM-07-2016-0112
Bhavin Shah and Vivek Khanzode (2017). “A Comprehensive review of warehouse operational issues”, International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management (IJLSM), Vol. 26 No. 3. pp.346 – 378. (ADBC- C).
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJLSM.2017.081962
Sanjay Sharma and Bhavin Shah (2016). “Towards lean warehouse: Transformation and Assessment using RTD and ANP”, International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management (IJPPM), Vol. 65 No. 4, pp. 571 - 599. (Clarivate Analytics: Emerging SCI, Scopus Citescore: 1.85, ADBC- B).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPPM-04-2015-0061
Bhavin Shah and Vivek Khanzode (2015). “A Comprehensive Review and Proposed Framework to Design Lean Storage and Handling Systems”, International Journal of Advanced Operations Management (IJAOM), Vol. 7, No. 4, pp. 274-299.
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJAOM.2015.075025
Sanjay Sharma and Bhavin Shah (2015). “A proposed hybrid storage assignment framework: A case study”, International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management (IJPPM), Vol. 64 No. 6, pp. 870 - 892. (Clarivate Analytics: Emerging SCI, Scopus Citescore: 1.85, ADBC- B).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPPM-04-2014-0053
Sanjay Sharma and Bhavin Shah (2015). “Thinking cloud-enabled adept and agile supply chain for SMEs: a conceptual study”, International Journal of Business Information Systems (IJBIS), Vol. 19 No. 3, pp. 342-365. (ADBC- C).
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJBIS.2015.069724

Editorials (Special Issue-Guest Editor)

Bhavin Shah, Vikas Kumar, Guilherme Frederico, Banu Ekren (2022). “Modelling the Business and Societal decisions under the impact of COVID-19”, Journal of Modelling in Management (JMM), Vol. xx No.x, pp. xxx - xxx (ADBC- C).
DOI: In-press
Bhavin Shah, Guilherme Frederico, Vikas Kumar, Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes, Anil Kumar (2022). “The COVID19 impact on humanitarian operations: lessons for future disrupting events”, Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management (JHLSCM), Vol. xx No.x, pp. xxx - xxx (ADBC- C).
DOI: In-press
Bhavin Shah, Pankaj Dutta, Angappa Gunasekaran, Surendra Kansara. (2022). "Sourcing strategies and supply chain operations under the impact of COVID-19”, Journal of Global Operations and Strategic Sourcing (JGOSS), Vol. 15 No.2, pp. 145 - 150 (ADBC- C).
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/JGOSS-05-2022-108

Peer Reviewed Journal Papers

Conferences

Conference Abstracts/Papers: Presented/Published

Soumya Varma and Bhavin Shah (2021). “A Study of the Relationship between Logistics Performance and Human Development”, Proceedings of the 1st Indian International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, 16-18 August 2021, ISBN: 978-1-7923-6128-9, Bangalore, India. DOI: https://www.ieomsociety.org/proceedings/2021india/244.pdf
Bhavin Shah, Vivek Khanzode, Surendra Kansara and Vandana Sonwaney (2019). “Assessment of Lean Adoption in Indian Warehousing Industry: An Empirical Survey”, Proceedings of the Research Conference on Operations & Supply Chain Management (RCOSCM), ISBN: 978-93-88237-91-8, pp.15-16, 10 Nov 2019, Symbiosis Institute of Operations Management, Nashik.
Pratik Soma, Bhavin Shah, Arunkumar O.N. and Vandana Sonwaney (2019). “Line Balancing and Increasing Storage Space”, Proceedings of the Research Conference on Operations & Supply Chain Management (RCOSCM), ISBN: 978-93-88237-91-8, p.27, 10 Nov 2019, Symbiosis Institute of Operations Management, Nashik.
Bhavin Shah and Vivek Khanzode (2017). “Improving customer service levels by designing lean buffers in forward-reserve warehousing model”, The XXI International Conference of Society of Operations Management (SOM), 21-23 Dec 2017, Ahmedabad University, Ahmedabad.
Bhavin Shah and Vivek Khanzode (2016). “Storage allocation and replacement strategies for throughput improvement in forward buffers”, Proceedings of National Conference on Industrial Engineering and Technology Management (NCIETM), pp. 76-88, 17-19 October 2016, NITIE, Mumbai.
Bhavin Shah and Vivek Khanzode (2016). “Design and assessment of lean handling buffers in the forward-reserve model”, The Sixth International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, IEOM, Malaysia.
Bhavin Shah and Vivek Khanzode (2015). “Designing lean buffers in forward-reserve storages of distribution warehouse”, Doctoral Consortium, Society of Operations Management (SOM), 11-13 Dec 2015, IIM, Calcutta.