Jitesh Thakkar - National Rail and Transportation Institute

Education

Ph. D. (Supply Chain Management) IIT/D
M. Tech. (Industrial Engineering) IIT/D
B.E. (Mechanical Engineering, Gold Medalist) BVM, SPU

Experience

2020-till date: Professor, National Rail and Transportation Institute (NRTI), Vadodara
2010-2020: Faculty at Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, IIT Kharagpur

Professional Distinctions

 Associate Editor: i) International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, Emerald ii) OPSEARCH, Springer
 Editorial Board Member: i) Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, Emerald; ii) International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management, Emerald
 Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management (JMTM), Emerald Publisher.
 International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management (IJPPM), Emerald Publisher
 International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management (IJQRM), Emerald Publisher.
 International Journal of Lean Six Sigma (IJLSS), Emerald Publisher
 Journal of Operations and Strategic Planning (JOSP), SAGE Publisher

Key Publications

1. Gandhi, J., Thanki, S.J., Thakkar, J.J. (2021), “An investigation and implementation framework of Lean Green and Six Sigma (LG&SS) strategies for manufacturing industry in India”, The TQM journal, Accepted.
2. Singh, A., Jenamani, M., Dwivedi, Thakkar, J.J. (2021), “A Text Analytics Framework for Performance Assessment and Weakness Detection from Online Reviews”, Journal of Global Information Management (JGIM), Accepted.
3. Das, S., Garg, A., Maiti, J., Krishna, O.B., Thakkar, J.J., and Gangwar, R.K. (2021), “A comprehensive methodology for quantification of Bow-tie under type II fuzzy data, Applied Soft Computing, Accepted.
4. Rathore, R., Thakkar, J.J. and Jha, J.K. (2020) “Evaluation of risks in foodgrains supply chain using failure mode effect analysis and fuzzy VIKOR”, International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management, Accepted.
5. Chand, P., Thakkar, J.J. and Ghosh, K.K. (2020) “Analysis of supply chain performance metrics for Indian mining & earthmoving equipment manufacturing companies using hybrid MCDM model”, Resources Policy, Accepted.
6. Chand, P., Thakkar, J.J. and Ghosh, K.K. (2020) “Analysis of supply chain sustainability with supply chain complexity, inter-relationship study using Delphi and interpretive structural modeling for Indian mining and earth-moving machinery industry”, Resources Policy, Accepted
7. Tarei, P.K., Thakkar, J.J., and Nag, B. (2020) “Development of a Decision Support System for assessing the supply chain risk mitigation strategies: An application in Indian petroleum supply chain”, Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, Accepted.
8. Tarei, P.K., Thakkar, J.J., and Nag, B. (2020) “Benchmarking the relationship between supply chain risk mitigation strategies and practices: An integrated approach", Benchmarking: an International Journal, Accepted.
9. Mishra, B., Mahanty, B. and Thakkar J.J. (2020) “A quantifiable quality enabled Servitization model: Benchmarking Indian Automobile Manufacturers”, International Journal of Production Research, Accepted
10. Rathore, R., Thakkar, J.J. and Jha, J.K. (2020) “Impact of Risks in Foodgrains Transportation System: A System Dynamics Approach”, International Journal of Production Research, DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2020.1725683.
11. Maiyar, L.M. and Thakkar, J.J. (2020) “Robust optimization of sustainable food grain transportation with uncertain supply and intentional disruptions”, International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 58 No. 18, pp. 5651-5675
12. Singh, A, Jenamani, M. and Thakkar, J.J. (2019) “Do online consumer reviews help to evaluate the performance of automobile manufacturers?" Journal of Enterprise Information Management, In press.
13. Jha K.K., Thakkar, J.J. and Thanki, S.J. (2019) “Cycle time reduction in outsourcing process: Case of an Indian Aerospace Industry", The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, In-Press.
14. Thanki, S.J. and Thakkar, J.J. (2019) “An investigation on lean-green performance of Indian manufacturing SMEs”, International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, In-Press.
15. Pitchaimuthu, S., Thakkar, J.J. and Gopal, P R C (2019) “Modelling of risk factors for defence aircraft industry using interpretive structural modelling, interpretive ranking process and system dynamics”, Measuring Business Excellence, DOI: 10.1108/MBE-05-2018-0028.
16. Maiyar, L.M. and Thakkar, J.J. (2019) “Environmentally conscious logistics planning considering wastages for food grain industry using multi objective hybrid particle swarm optimization”, Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Vol. 127, July 2019, pp. 220-248.
17. Abhilash, C.R. and Thakkar, J.J. (2019) “Application of Six Sigma DMAIC methodology to reduce the defects in a telecommunication cabinet door manufacturing process: a case study”, International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management, DOI: 10.1108/IJQRM-12-2018-0344.
18. Dey, A., Jenamani, M. and Thakkar, J.J. (2019) “Cross-D-Vectorizers: A Set of Feature-Spaces for Cross-Domain Sentiment Analysis from Consumer Review”, Multimedia Tools and Applications, Accepted.
19. Rohit, T., Bhattacharya, S., and Thakkar, J.J. (2019) “E-fulfillment performance evaluation for an e-tailer: A DANP Approach”, International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, In press.
20. Singh, A, Thakkar, J.J. and Jenamani, M. (2019) “An integrated Grey-DEMATEL approach for evaluating ICT adoption barriers in manufacturing SMEs: Analysing Indian MSMEs”, Journal of Enterprise Information Management, In press.

Research Area(s)

Solar pre-heated thermochemical conversion of municipal mixed solid waste to high quality plasto-fuels for transportation and industrial heating applications, DST, National Rail and Transportation Institute, Vadodara.