Challenges and Opportunities of Circular Economy in Agri-Food Sector / Environmental Footprints and Eco-design of Products and Processes (PDF)

(AIT), Bangkok, Thailand, for the semester of January 2020. Her academic specialisation is agriculture business management and currently her research interests are in the domain of agri-food supply chain management, technology inclusion in agri-food value chains and agri-food entrepreneurship management. She has authored books, more than 20 research papers in reputed journals, which include Scopus and ABDC indexed ones. Also, she has contributed chapters in the edited books. She has deep interest in carrying out research and consultancy projects in the areas of agri-food supply chain and agri-food entrepreneurship. Currently, she is working on one project funded by MoFPI on "Development of blockchain based traceability solution for agri-food supply chains" and another one on " Promotion of local food entrepreneurship and value chain development". She is also a master trainer for trainers under the PMFME scheme of MoFPI for the domain of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) for agri-food entrepreneurs. For her work in past 15 years, she has traveled to Australia, Cambodia, Netherlands, Belgium, and Thailand.



Prof. Vikas Kumar is a Director of Research and Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management at Bristol Business School, University of the West of England, UK. He is also a visiting Professor at Tong Duc Trang University, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. He holds a PhD in Mgmt. Studies from the University of Exeter, UK. He serves on the editorial board of several international journals including J. of Business Logistics (Q1), Sustainability (Q1), and Int. J. of Mathematical, Engineering and Management (Q3). He has guest-edited a number of special issues in high impact journals including Int. J. of Production Research, J. of Info. Tech., Supply Chain Mgmt. an Int. J., Production, Planning & Control, Int. J. of Productivity and Performance Mgmt., and J. of Mfg. Tech. Mgmt. He is also a reviewer of more than 15 int. journals including ABS 4/4* and ABS 3* journals such as Int. J Production Research, Int. J of Production Economics, Production Planning and Control, Supply Chain Mgmt. an Int. J, Expert Systems with Application, Int. J of Production and Operations Management, J of Intelligent Mfg. Systems and Computers and Industrial Engg. He has published 5 books and more than 2 0 0 articles in leading international journals and int. conf.
He has generated research income in the excess of £1 million from research agencies such as Innovate UK, EPSRC, British Council, British Academy, Newton Fund, and Science Foundation of Ireland. He is currently working on two research projects funded by the British Academy/Newton Fund and Royal Academy of Engg.