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Dr. Chandra Kant Upadhyay (Ph.D. - IIITA; Post-Doc - IIMB) : Logistics & Supply Chain Management

Gujarat Maritime University, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Government Engineering College, Symbiosis International University

ORCID iD 0000-0002-2510-8566
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Dr. Chandra Kant Upadhyay has a total of 13 years of experience. He is currently working as Controller of Examination (I/c), Head- Centre for Maritime Logistics/ Assistant Professor-Logistics and Supply Chain Management at Gujarat Maritime University, Gandhinagar, India. Currently working on the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) funded project as Project Director. Previously, he was an Assistant Professor Grade II at Symbiosis International University. He has completed Post-Doctoral from Supply Chain Management Centre, at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) worked at the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, Government of India- Project. Prior to these positions, he held the role of Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Management Studies at Manipal University Jaipur, India.
Before pursuing his PhD (IIITA), he gained 4 years of additional experience in the INDO-RCUK funded by EPSRC & DST at IIIT Allahabad, in collaboration with the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK. He holds an MBA in Software Enterprise Management from C-DAC (Ministry of Electronics & IT) and a Bachelor’s Degree (B.Tech.) in Electrical Engineering from GZSCET Campus, Punjab, formerly Government Engineering College Bathinda. Additionally, he worked as a Business Analyst in the IT industry at Bhubaneswar, Odisha. He cleared the National Level exam GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) conducted by IIT Delhi.
His research interests include Maritime Logistics & Policy, Socio-economic Impact Assessment, Sustainability, AI, Blockchain, and Carbon Emissions; Operations Management; Supply Chain Management; Business Analytics; Crowdshipping; and Entrepreneurship; Cloud Computing, Port Operation and Technologies, Chartering. He has over 30 publications, serves as an editor, reviewer, and editorial board member, and is also an editor of a CRC/T&F book. He is also a reviewer for reputed SSCI journals and a member of editorial boards of various journals.

Employment

  • Gujarat Maritime University Head- Centre for Maritime Logistics/Assistant Professor
    2024 - Present
  • Indian Institute of Management Bangalore Post- Doctoral Research Associate
    2023 - 2024
  • Symbiosis International University Assistant Professor
    2023 - 2024
  • Manipal University Jaipur Assistant Professor
    2022 - 2023
  • Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad Senior Research Fellow
    2018 - 2022
  • S. Convergence Limited Business Analyst (Team Lead)
    2017 - 2018
  • Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad Research Associate - INDO-UK BURD Project
    2013 - 2017
  • TR India Private Limited Project Manager II
    2012 - 2013

Education

  • Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University MBA
    2010 - 2012
  • Government Engineering College B.Tech.
    2006 - 2010
  • Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad Ph.D.

Projects & Funding

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Publications (21)