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Vijaya Dixit

Associate Professor
  • Fellow of IIM Lucknow (Operations management)
  • Bachelor in Marine Engineering
Prof. Vijaya Dixit is an Associate Professor the at Indian Institute of Management, Ranchi. She has six years of teaching experience. She has also taught at the National Institute of Industrial Engineering Mumbai. She is a Fellow of the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow. Vijaya graduated from Marine Engineering and Research Institute, Kolkata in 2006. Thereafter, she had direct exposure to the shipbuilding industry as a Design Engineer. In 2015 she was conferred Young Researcher Award by the Project Management Institute of India. In 2022. She was also awarded AIMS-Jaipuria Outstanding Young Woman Management Researcher Award during the 18th AIMS International Conference on Management on 5th March 2021.

Teaching Areas

  • Operations management
  • Project Management
  • Supply chain Management

Experience

  • Worked as Assistant Professor from 2014 to 2017 at National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai.
  • Worked as Assistant Professor from 2013 to 2014 at Institute of Management Technology, Nagpur.
  • Worked as Design Marine Engineer from 2006-2009 at ABG Shipyard, Surat.

Training & Consulting Areas

  • Project Management
  • Project Risk Management
  • Project Procurement and Contracts Management
  • Supply Chain Management

Research Area

  • Project Management
  • Project Risk Management
  • Project Procurement and Contracts Management
  • Supply Chain Management

Current Research Interests

  • Project management, project complexity management, project risk management and resilient project network design of long complex projects like shipbuilding projects, defence projects, infrastructure and construction projects.
  • Application of soft computing techniques Fuzzy Set Theory and Rough Sets Theory for handling imprecise / uncertain information in Operations management context.
  • Designing Resilient supply chain networks and Green supply chain networks.
  • Application of Evolutionary Algorithms to solve large scale multi-objective and stochastic optimization models in Project networks and Supply Chain networks

Publications

    Journal publications:
  • Shishodia, A., Verma, P., & Dixit, V. (2019). Supplier Evaluation for Resilient Project Driven Supply Chain. Computers & Industrial Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2019.02.006.
  • Dixit, V., Chaudhuri, A., & Srivastava, R. (2019). Assessing value of customer involvement in engineered-to-order shipbuilding projects using fuzzy set and rough set theories. International Journal of Production Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2019.1572928.
  • Dixit, V., Verma, P., Raj, P., & Sharma, M. (2018). Resource and time criticality based block spatial scheduling in a shipyard under uncertainty. International Journal of Production Research, 56(22), 1-15.
  • Shishodia, A., Dixit, V., & Verma, P. (2018). Project risk analysis based on project characteristics. Benchmarking: An International Journal, 25(3), 893-918.
  • Dixit, V., Chaudhuri, A, & Srivastava, R. K. (2017). Procurement Scheduling in Engineer Procure Construct Projects: A comparison of three fuzzy modeling approaches.International Journal of Construction Management (forthcoming)
  • Dixit, V., Raj P., & Sharma J. Layout of the ABC Shipyard. (2016). Ivey publishing.
  • Dixit, V., Seshadrinath, N., & Tiwari, M. K. (2016). Performance measures based optimization of supply chain network resilience: A NSGA-II+ Co-Kriging approach. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 93,205-214.
  • Kumar, R. S., Kondapaneni, K., Dixit, V., Goswami, A., Thakur, L. S., & Tiwari, M. K. (2016). Multi-objective modeling of production and pollution routing problem with time window: A self-learning particle swarm optimization approach. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 99, 29-40.
  • Dixit, V., Srivastava, R.K., & Chaudhuri, A. (2015). Project network-oriented materials management policy for complex projects: A Fuzzy Set Theoretic approach. International Journal of Production Research, 53(10), 2904-2920.
  • Choudhary, A., Suman, R., Dixit, V., Tiwari, M. K., Fernandes, K. J., & Chang, P. C. (2015). An optimization model for a monopolistic firm serving an environmentally conscious market: Use of chemical reaction optimization algorithm. International Journal of Production Economics, 164, 409-420.
  • Dixit, V., Srivastava, R. K., & Chaudhuri, A. (2014). Procurement scheduling for complex projects with fuzzy activity durations and lead times. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 76, 401-414.
  • Dixit, V., Srivastava, R. K., & Chaudhuri, A. (2013). Integrating materials management with project management of complex projects. Journal of Advances in Management Research, 10(2), 230-278.
  • Dixit, V., & Srivastava, R.K. (2010). Product oriented materials procurement scheduling for complex modular products. Indore Management Journal, 3(2), 129-146.
    • Book edited:
  • Karuna Jain, Ashok K. Pundir, Vivekanand B. Khanapuri, Padmanav Acharya and Vijaya Dixit (2015). Proceedings of conference on theme Project Management Excellence: Education, Research and Practice.
    • Conference Proceedings:
  • Agarwal, A. U., Dixit, V., Jain, K., Sankaran, S., Nikolova,N., Müller,R., & Drouin, N. (2017). Exploring Vertical and Horizontal Leadership in Projects: A comparison of Indian and Australian contexts. Proceedings of 4th PMI India Research & Academic Conference 2017. IIT Delhi on March 2-4, 2017.
  • Dixit, V., Agarwal, A., U., & Jain, K. (2017). Identifying critical success factors for projects in Indian context. Proceedings of 4th PMI India Research & Academic Conference 2017. IIT Delhi on March 2-4, 2017.
  • Shishodia, A., Dixit, V., & Verma, P. (2017). Analysis of project risks based on NTCP diamond framework. Proceedings of 4th PMI India Research & Academic Conference 2017. IIT Delhi on March 2-4, 2017.
  • Dixit, V., Srivastava, R.K., & Chaudhuri, A. (2013). Integrating materials management of large projects with project management. Proceedings of 2nd PMI India Research & Academic Conference. Chennai, India.
  • Dixit, V., John, J., & Srivastava, R.K. (2011). Technological innovations and best practices in shipbuilding: Competitively positioning Indian shipyards in the global context. Proceedings of International Conference on Ship and Offshore Technology organized by The Royal Institution of Naval Architects (pp. 163-171). Kharagpur, India.
  • John, J., Dixit, V., & Srivastava, R.K (2011). Indian shipbuilding in the global context: An empirical study on current state of industry and exploring scope for improvement. Proceedings of National Seminar COMARSEM by Institute of Marine Engineers. Cochin, India.
    • Conference Presentations:
  • Dixit, V. (28th February to 2nd March, 2019). Assessment of project procurement risks under different sourcing contract scenarios. Paper presented in 5th PMI India Research & Academic Conference 2019 conducted by PMI India Organization Centre Pvt Ltd and Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode.
  • Dixit, V., Verma, P. (2018, December 18-20). Formulation of risk breakdown structure for green supply chain using interpretive structural modelling. Paper presented at the 18th GLOGIFT Conference, Lucknow: Indian Institute of Management Lucknow.
  • Shishodia, A., Dixit, V., & Verma, P (2018, May 4 – 7). Supplier resilience assessment of Project-driven Supply chains. Paper presented at the Annual Production and Operations management conference. Houston, Texas.
  • Dixit, V., Kumar, P. (2016). Risk management in project procurement. Paper presented at 2nd International Conference on Organization and Management (ICOM) 2016 on November 20-21, 2016.
  • Dixit, V., Kumar, P. (2016). Risk management in project procurement. Paper presented at 2nd International Conference on Organization and Management (ICOM) 2016 on November 20-21, 2016.
  • Dixit, V., & Dixit, A. (2016). Learning curve effect on materials procurement schedule of multiple sister ships. Paper presented at the 18th International Conference of Operations Research, Rome, Italy, 21-22 March 2016.
  • Singh, V., Dixit, V., & Verma, P. (2016). Shipyard facility layout selection using Fuzzy similarity index. Paper presented at the International Conference on E-Business & Supply Chain Competitiveness, Kharagpur, India, 12-14 February 2016.
  • Kastore, J., Verma, P., & Dixit, V. (2016). A Fuzzy approach for measuring supply chain resilience. Paper presented at the International Conference on E-Business & Supply Chain Competitiveness, Kharagpur, India, 12-14 February 2016.
  • Dixit, V., Chaudhuri, A., & Srivastava, R.K. (2015). Value of customer involvement in engineer to order projects. Paper presented at the PMI India Research & Academic Conference, Mumbai, India, 13-15 February 2015.
  • Dixit, V., Raj, P., & Sharma, P. (2014). Layout improvement of a Shipyard: A Case Study. Paper presented at National Conference on Industrial Engineering & Technology Management conference, Challenges and Opportunities in IE in Emerging economies, Mumbai, India, 29-31 October 2014.
  • Dixit, V., Srivastava, R.K., & Chaudhuri, A. (2013). Procurement scheduling for complex projects with fuzzy requirement dates and lead times of items. Paper presented at the Twenty Fourth Annual Production and Operations Management Conference, Denver, U. S. A., 3-6 May 2013.
  • Dixit, V., Srivastava, R.K., & Chaudhuri, A. (2012). Materials management based on criticality of items: A Fuzzy logic approach. Paper presented at the Society of Operations Management Conference, New Delhi, India, 21-23 December 2012.
  • Dixit, V., Chaudhuri, A., & Srivastava, R.K. (2012). Value of customer involvement in make to order scenario: An Empirical Research Framework for Shipbuilding Industry. Paper presented at the EUROMA doctoral consortium of 4th Production and Operations Management Society World Conference held at University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, 29-30 June 2012.
  • Dixit, V., & Srivastava, R.K. Product oriented materials procurement scheduling for complex modular products. Paper presented at the Society of Operations Management Conference, Mumbai, India, 17-19 December 2010.

Awards

  • Young Research Scholar Award by the Project Management Institute of India in PMI India Research & Academic Conference, February 2015.
  • Best Technical Paper Award for paper “Integrating materials management of large projects with project management” by the Project Management Institute of India in PMI India Research & Academic Conference, January, 2013.
  • Best Technical Paper Award for paper “Materials management based on criticality of items: A Fuzzy logic approach” by Society of Operations Management, India in doctoral consortium of Society of Operations Management Conference, December, 2012.