Prof. Ravi Shankar

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

My work centres on operations and supply chain management, decision sciences, and technology management. I am interested in sustainable and resilient supply chains, analytics and optimisation, and the relationship between operations and innovation.

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48,311Citations

93h-index

322i10-index

400+Publications

10Books

10,000+Professionals trained

90+PhD scholars supervised

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Research interests

Logistics & Supply Chain Management
Topics include analytics for supply chains, sustainability and circular economy, risk and resilience, and vendor development and procurement.
Operations Management & Industrial Engineering
Work spans production and operations management, project management, total quality management and Six Sigma, and quantitative methods for decision making.
Decision Sciences & Analytics
Methods include optimisation, machine learning, and soft computing such as neural networks, fuzzy modelling, and metaheuristics.
Technology & Innovation Management
Focus on strategic technology management, enterprise systems and ERP, and knowledge management.
Project Management
Teaching and practice of project management, including executive and professional development programmes.

Selected publications

The food industry supply chain: Synergy of environmental orientation and collaboration in implementing circularity
Varma, S., Patra, P., & Shankar, R.. 2025. Business Strategy and the Environment 34(1), 218–241.
Circular economy‐based operational strategies in the management of solar photovoltaics e‐waste: A multi‐stakeholder perspective
Gautam, A., Shankar, R., & Vrat, P.. 2025. Business Strategy and the Environment 33(8), 9040–9058.
The SAP-LAP and IRP approaches for formation of policy framework of electric vehicles and its charging infrastructure in India
Shankar, R.. 2025. International Journal of Energy Sector Management 19(2), 289–317.
Modelling risks in transition from Industry 4.0 to Industry 5.0
Shankar, R., & Gupta, L.. 2024. Annals of Operations Research 342(2), 1275–1320.
An integrated AI framework for managing organizational risk and climate change concerns in B2B market
Shankar, R., & Gupta, L.. 2024. Industrial Marketing Management 117, 173–187.
Risk profiling of food security impediments using decision maker's behavioural preference towards operational risk management
Gupta, R., Shankar, R., Lai, K. H., & Kumar, A.. 2023. Annals of Operations Research, 1–36.