Our Faculty

Arnab Adhikari

Assistant Professor (Grade – I)
  • Fellow of Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
  • B. Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Durgapur

Arnab Adhikari is an Assistant Professor in operations management area at the Indian Institute of Management Ranchi (IIM Ranchi). He holds a B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering from National Institute of Technology Durgapur and Ph.D. in operations management from Indian institute of Management Calcutta. His research interest includes economic modelling in operations management, designing integrated multi criteria decision making method-based performance evaluation, empirical studies using event studies, etc. His research articles have appeared in the several reputed international journals such as European Journal of Operational Research, Transportation Research Part E; Logistics and Transportation Review, Information & Management, Annals of Operations Research, Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, Journal of Enterprise Information Management, Informs Transactions on Education, etc. He has won multiple awards in several international conferences such as the Annual International Conference of the Society of Operations Management, Management Doctoral Colloquium of Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, and International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management for presenting his research works. In IIM Ranchi, He has taught post graduate courses such as supply chain management, project management operations research, operations management and doctoral courses such as production planning and inventory control. As a visiting faculty, he has taught in other B-schools such as IIM Visakhapatnam and IIM Bodhgaya.

Teaching Areas

  • Post Graduate courses:
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Project Management
  • Operations Management
  • Operations Research
  • Doctoral courses:
  • Production Planning and Inventory Control

Experience

  • Wipro Technologies (2007-2009)
  • Indian Institute of Management Ranchi (2017-present)

Training & Consulting Areas

  • Supply Chain Analytics
  • Logistics Management and Sourcing Strategies
  • Business application of Operations Research Techniques

Research Area

  • Supply Chain Coordination
  • Pricing Strategies
  • Multi level Supply chain
  • Design of performance evaluation framework using operations research and statistical techniques

Current Research Interests

  • Pricing strategies.
  • Green Supply Chain.
  • Supply Chain Analytics.
  • Healthcare Management.

Professional Affiliation

  • Associate Editor of the journal “IIM Ranchi Journal of Management Studies”.
  • Reviewers of the journals such as European Journal of Operational Research, Information & Management, Transportation Research Part E; Logistics and Transportation Review, Decision Sciences, International Journal of Production Research, Annals of Operations Research, International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, Opsearch, Global Business Review, Vikalpa: The Journal for Decision Makers, Decision, Management and Labour studies.

Publications

    (i) Peer reviewed Articles in the Indexed journals (s) (Reverse chronological order)
  • 1. Singh, S. P., Adhikari, A., Jha, A. K., Sachan, A., & Kundu, S. (2023). Fairness-concerned greening and pricing strategies under competitions and different channel leaderships. Industrial Marketing Management, 115, 484-509. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2023.11.001.(ABDC-A*, ABS/AJG-3). (Accepted).
  • 2. Joshi, R., Basu, S., Rosales, C., & Adhikari, A. (2023). Influenza vaccine contracts in developing nations—Coordination, flexibility, and vaccine coverage. Decision Sciences.https://doi.org/10.1111/deci.12615. (ABDC-A*, ABS/AJG-3). (Accepted).
  • 3. Nandankar, S., Sachan, A., Adhikari, A., & Mukherjee, A. (2023). Developing and validating e-marketplace service quality model in B2G e-commerce settings: a mixed-methods approach. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 43(12), 1809-1840.https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOPM-05-2022-0333. (ABDC-A,ABS/AJG-4).
  • 4. Adhikari, A., Joshi, R., & Basu, S. (2023). Collaboration and coordination strategies for a multi-level AI-enabled healthcare supply chain under disaster. International Journal of Production Research, 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2023.2252933. (ABDC-A, ABS/AJG-3).
  • 5. Singh, S. P., Dash, B. P., Sachan, A., & Adhikari, A. (2023). Price or quality? Consumers'preferences and willingness to pay (WTP) for online food delivery services in the COVID-19 era. The TQM Journal. (ABDC-B, ABS/AJG-1) (Accepted).
  • 6. Nandankar, S., Sachan, A., Mukherjee, A., & Adhikari, A. (2023). Electronic service quality (e-SQ) measurement: a cross-functional review. International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management, 40(1), 148-168. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJQRM-05-2021-0153. (ABDC-B,ABS/AJG-1).
  • 7. Basu, D., & Adhikari, A. (2023). Using profits to re-estimate efficiency of internal capital markets. IIMB Management Review, 35(3), 215-228. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iimb.2023.07.003.(ABDC-B).
  • 8. Adhikari, A., Kundu, T., & Jha, A. K. (2023). Collaboration Strategies for Private COVID-19 Vaccine Supply Chain Under Demand Uncertainty: An Indian Perspective. Global Business Review, 09721509221142370. (ABDC-C, ABS/AJG-1).
  • 9. Paul, S., Adhikari, A., & Bose, I. (2022). White knight in dark days? Supply chain finance firms,blockchain, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Information & Management, 59(6),103661.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.im.2022.103661. (ABDC-A*, ABS/AJG-3).
  • 10. Singh, S. P., Adhikari, A., Majumdar, A., & Bisi, A. (2022). Does Service Quality Influence Operational and Financial Performance of Third Party Logistics Service Providers? A Mixed Multi Criteria Decision Making-Text Mining-based Investigation. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 157, 102558.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2021.102558. (ABDC-A*, ABS/AJG-3).
  • 11. Sinha, A., Sharif, A., Adhikari, A., & Sharma, A. (2022). Dependence structure between Indian financial market and energy commodities: a cross-quantilogram based evidence. Annals of Operations Research, 313(1), 257-287. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-021-04511-4. (ABDC-A, ABS/AJG-3).
  • 12. Adhikari, A., Sharma, M., Basu, S., & Jha, A. K. (2022). Uniform or spatially differentiated? Pricing Strategies for Information Goods under simultaneous and sequential decision-making in multi-market context. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 64, 102832. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jretconser.2021.102832. (ABDC-A, ABS/AJG-2).
  • 13. Sinha, A., Adhikari, A., & Jha, A. K. (2022). Innovational duality and sustainable development: finding optima amidst socio-ecological policy trade-off in post-COVID-19 era. Journal of Enterprise Information Management, 35(1), 295-320. https://doi.org/10.1108/JEIM-06-2021-0278. (ABDC-A, ABS/AJG-2)
  • 14. Singh, S. P., Kundu, T., Adhikari, A., & Basu, S. (2022). A Joint Weighting and Modified Weighted Aggregated Sum Product Assessment-based Methodology for the Measurement of Patient Satisfaction: Evidence from Indian Healthcare. Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis, 29 (1-2). 5-22. https://doi.org/10.1002/mcda.1767. (ABDC-B, ABS/AJG-1).
  • 15. Adhikari, A., Bhattacharyya, S., Basu, S., & Bhattacharya, R. (2022). Evaluating the performance of primary schools in India: evidence from West Bengal. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 71(7), 2630-2658. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPPM-07-2020-0374. (ABDC-B, ABS/AJG-1).
  • 16. Majumdar, A., & Adhikari, A. (2021). An integrated TOPSIS-MOORA-based performance evaluation methodology for the key service providers in sharing economy: case of Airbnb superhosts. Benchmarking: An International Journal, 28(2), 600-620. https://doi.org/10.1108/BIJ-03-2020-0085. (ABDC-B, ABS/AJG-1).
  • 17. Adhikari, A., Bisi, A., & Avittathur, B. (2020). Coordination mechanism, risk sharing, and risk aversion in a five-level textile supply chain under demand and supply uncertainty. European Journal of Operational Research, 282(1), 93-107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2019.08.051. (ABDC-A*, ABS/AJG-4).
  • 18. Adhikari, A., & Bisi, A. (2020). Collaboration, bargaining, and fairness concern for a green apparel supply chain: An emerging economy perspective. Transportation Research Part E:Logistics and Transportation Review, 135, 101863. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2020.101863. (ABDC-A*, ABS/AJG-3)
  • 19. Adhikari, A., Majumdar, A., Gupta, G., & Bisi, A. (2020). An innovative super-efficiency data envelopment analysis, semi-variance, and Shannon-entropy-based methodology for player selection: evidence from cricket. Annals of Operations Research, 284(1), 1-32. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-018-3088-4. (ABDC-A, ABS/AJG-3)
  • 20. Adhikari, A., Basu, S., Biswas, I., Banerjee, A., & Sengupta, P. P. (2018). A route efficiency analysis using Shannon entropy-based modified DEA method and route characteristics investigation for urban bus transport in India. INFOR: Information Systems and Operational Research, 56(3), 332-359. https://doi.org/10.1080/03155986.2017.1393727. (ABDC-B, ABS/AJG-1)
  • 21. Adhikari, A., & Paul, S. (2018). An Analytical Modelling Approach for Assessing the Impact of Competition on a Homogenous Product Firm’s Investment Decision in Innovation. Global Business Review, 19(3_suppl), S39-S53. https://doi.org/10.1177/0972150918760057 (ABDC-C, ABS/AJG-1).
    • (ii) Case(s)
  • 1. a) Adhikari, A., Biswas, I., & Bisi, A. (2016). Case Article-ABCtronics: Manufacturing, Quality Control, and Client Interfaces. INFORMS Transactions on Education, 17(1), 20-25. (ABS/AJG-2)
  • 1. b) Adhikari, A., Biswas, I., & Bisi, A. (2016). Case-ABCtronics: Manufacturing, Quality Control,and Client Interfaces. INFORMS Transactions on Education, 17(1), 26-33. (ABS/AJG-2)
    • (iii) Book Chapter(s):
  • 1. Adhikari, A., & Ganguly, S. (2018). Manufacturing vs. Services and the Role of Information Technology. In Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition (pp. 7234-7247). IGI Global, Hershey, PA, USA. DOI:10.4018/978-1-5225-2255-3.ch629.
  • 2. Adhikari, A., & Ganguly, S. (2017). A Comparative Analysis Between Green Industrial Policies of India and China: Review and Implications. In: Yülek M. (eds) Industrial Policy and Sustainable Growth. Sustainable Development, 1-17. Springer, Singapore. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3964-5_7-1
  • 3. Adhikari, A., Biswas, I., & Avittathur, B. (2016). Green Retailing: A New Paradigm in Supply Chain Management, Handbook of Research on Strategic Supply Chain Management in the Retail Industry, N. Kamath, & S. Saurav (Eds.), (pp. 290-307). IGI Global, Hershey, PA, USA DOI:10.4018/978-1-4666-9894-9.ch016.
  • 4. Basu, P. & Adhikari, A. (2016). Pricing Strategies in Multi-Channel Retailing of Seasonal Goods, Encyclopedia of E-Commerce Development, Implementation, and Management, Lee, In. (Ed.), (pp. 649-663). IGI Global, Hershey, PA, USA. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-9787-4.ch047.
    • (iv) PEER REVIEWED CONFERENCE PROCEEDING(S) (Full Paper)
  • 1. Singh, S. P., Kundu, T., Adhikari, A., & Basu, S. (2020, November). An Integrated Weighting-based Modified WASPAS Methodology for Assessing Patient Satisfaction. In 2020 International Conference on Decision Aid Sciences and Application (DASA) (pp. 592-596). IEEE.
  • 2. Adhikari, A. “Coordinating an Apparel Supply Chain using a Markdown Money Revenue Sharing Contract,” 22nd Annual International Conference of the Society of Operations Management 2018, December, 20-22, IIM Kozhikode, Kozhikode, India.
  • 3. Adhikari, A., Bisi, A., & Narayanan, B. “Developing Coordination Mechanism for the Indian Textile Supply Chain,” 4th Biennial Supply Chain Management Conference, 2014, December, 18-19, IIM Bangalore, Bangalore, India.
  • 4. Adhikari, A. & Bisi, A. “Design of Efficient Textile Supply Chain in Emerging Economies.” NITIE – POMS International Conference, 2014, December, 18-21, NITIE, Mumbai, India.
(iv) PEER REVIEWED CONFERENCE PROCEEDING(S)
May 2023 1. “Fairness-concerned Supply Chain Design under Random Demand and Yield” 33 rd POMS Annual Meeting, USA.
April 2022 2. “How to design a Multi-level Sustainable Textile Supply Chain? A Game- Theoretic Analysis.” 32 nd POMS Annual Meeting, USA.(Virtual presentation).
November 2021 3. “Dual Shipment Contracts for Vaccine Procurement of Influenza- like Diseases with Multiple Outbreaks.” Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Annual Meeting, USA. (Virtual presentation).
October 2021 4. “Coordination Strategy for An Eco-friendly Three-level Textile Supply Chain” INFORMS Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California,USA.
December 2020 5. “Designing Pricing Strategies for Information goods under Competition, Spatial Differentiation, and Simultaneous and Sequential Decision-making.” 3rd ICDE & 14th ISDSI Annual Conference. Indian Institute of Management Raipur, Raipur, India (Virtual presentation).
6. “A Combined MCDM-Text Mining-based Framework for Performance Assessment and Exploration of Determinants for 3PL Organizations.” 3rd ICDE & 14th ISDSI Annual Conference. Indian Institute of Management Raipur, Raipur, India (Virtual presentation)
November 2020 7. “Contract Analysis for A Green Supply Chain Under Fairness Concern.”  INFORMS Annual Meeting. (Virtual presentation)
8. “Competition, Fairness Concern and Coordination in High-tech Product Supply Chain.” International Conference on Innovative Intelligent Industrial Production and Logistics. (Virtual presentation)

9. “An Integrated CRITIC-MOORA-COPRA-Text Mining-based Methodology for Performance Evaluation and Investigation into the Impact of Service Quality on the Performance of 3PL Service Providers.” International Conference on Innovative Intelligent Industrial Production and Logistics. (Virtual presentation)
10. An Integrated Weighting-based Modified WASPAS Methodology for Assessing Patient Satisfaction.” International Conference on Decision Aid Sciences and Applications (DASA) (Virtual presentation)
March 2020 11. “Supply Contract Analysis for an Eco-friendly Textile Supply Chain.” 10th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (Virtual presentation).
March 2019 12. “Designing Pricing Strategy under Environmental-Friendly Promotion and Competition.” 10th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management. Bangkok, Thailand.
13. “Multiperiod Reliable Incapacitated Facility Location Problem.” 10th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management. Bangkok, Thailand.
December 2018 14. “Coordinating an Apparel Supply Chain using a Markdown Money Revenue Sharing Contract.” 22nd Annual International Conference of the Society of Operations Management, Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, Kozhikode, India.
December 2016 15. “Priority Sector Lending and Bank Efficiency: A Two-Stage Modified DEA-Regression Analysis of Major Bank Groups in India.” 4th Pan-IIM World Management Conference, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Ahmedabad, India.
November 2016 16. “Coordinating a Contemporary Three level Textile Supply Chain:An Emerging Economy Perspective.” INFORMS Annual Meeting, Nashville, USA.
17. Designing a Four-Level Coordinated Textile Supply Chain under Demand Uncertainty and Random Yield.” Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, USA.
May 2016 18. “Designing a Coordinated Fashion Apparel Supply Chain: A Specially Designed Contract Approach.” 7th International Conference on Excellence in Research and Education, Indian Institute of Management Indore, Indore, India.
March 2016 19. “Coordinating a Multi-echelon Apparel Supply Chain in the Presence of Supply and Demand Uncertainty.” 6th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
20. “An Efficiency and Consistency Based Approach for Selecting the Best Cricket Team.” 6th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
February 2016 21. “An Analytical Approach to Investigate the Coordination Issue and Risk Aversion for a Four Level Textile Supply Chain under Demand Uncertainty and Random Yield.” International Conference on E-Business and Supply Chain Competitiveness, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India.
22. “Coordinating a Dyadic Fashion Apparel Supply Chain Using a Specially Designed Buyback Revenue Sharing Contract.” Management Doctoral Colloquium, Vinod Gupta School of Management, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India.
December 2015 23. “An Innovative Efficiency and Consistency based Player Selection method using DEA and Semi variance; An evidence from cricket.” 19th Annual International Conference of the Society of Operations Management, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, Calcutta, India.
24. “Coordination Mechanism for a Four Level Textile Supply Chain under Demand and Supply Uncertainty.” 19th Annual International Conference of the Society of Operations Management, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, Calcutta, India.
December 2014 25. “Developing Coordination Mechanism for the Indian Textile Supply Chain.” 4th Biennial Supply Chain Management Conference, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, Bangalore,India.
26. “Design of Efficient Textile Supply Chain in Emerging Economies.” NITIE – POMS International Conference, NITIE,Mumbai, India.

Awards

2020 Recipient of ‘Best Paper’ award in the Logistics and Supply Chain track of 10th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management organized by Industrial Engineering and Operations Management Society.
2019 Recipient of ‘Best Paper’ award in the Logistics and Supply Chain track of 9th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management organized by Industrial Engineering and Operations Management Society
2018 Recipient of ‘Recognized Reviewer’ award from the journal “Information and Management”
2017 Recipient of ‘Outstanding Reviewer’ award from the Journal “European Journal of Operational Research.”
2016 Recipient of ‘Best Paper’ award at Management Doctoral Colloquium organized by Vinod Gupta School of Management, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.
2015 Recipient of ‘Highly Commended Paper’ award at Doctoral Consortium of 19th Annual International Conference of the Society of Operations Management organized by IIM Calcutta.
2001 17th rank in State and 4th Rank in District in Secondary Examination in 2001.