Editor(s)-in-Chief
Dr. K. Ganesh
Knowledge Specialist
Supply Chain Management - Center of Competence
McKinsey Knowledge Center, McKinsey and Company
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Assistant Professor,
School of Human Resource Management,
Institute of Public Enterprise,
Near O.U.Campus, Hyderabad,
Andhra Pradesh, India – 600036.
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Editors
Dr. M.N. QURESHI
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
M.S.University of Baroda
Vadodara – 390002, Gujarat
India. Email: mnqureshi@rediffmail.com
Prof. P. Sivakumar
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Vickram College of Engineering,
Enathi, Sivagangai - 630561, TamilNadu, India.
S.P.Anbuudayasankar
Assistant Professor,
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Amrita School of Engineering,
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham,
Coimbatore – 641105, India,
Prof. S.Nagarajan
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Vickram College of Engineering,
Enathi, Sivagangai - 630561, TamilNadu, India.
Prof. S. PaulSilvian
Professor
Department of Physiotherapy
Saveetha University
Chennai -600077, TamilNadu, India.
Dr. R. Hemachitra
Health Care Services
Sikkim Manipal University
Mumbai-400080, Maharashtra, India
Associate Editors
Prof. Tzong-Ru Lee (Jiun-Shen)
Professor
National Chung Hsing University
Institute of Electronic Commerce
Center for Electronic Commerce & Knowledge Economics Research
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Prof. Siau Ching Lenny Koh
Professor
University of Sheffield
Management School
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Lecturer
Department of Design and Technology,
Loughborough University,
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University of Wollongong,
Dubai
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Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Anna University Tirunelveli,
Tuticorin Campus, Tuticorin,
Pin-628003, TamilNadu, India
Prof. R. Rajesh
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Noorul Islam University
Kumarakoil, TamilNadu 629180, India
Dr. P. Arun Prasad
Assistant Professor
Department of Management Studies
IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India.
Prof. Paik, Sihyun
Department of Management Information System,
School of Business,
YanBian University of Science and Technology,
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Department of Industrial Engineering and Management,
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Assistant Professor
Department of Management Studies
IIT Roorkee, Roorkee, India.
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Management Trainee
Komet Precision Tools India Private Limited
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Bangalore – 562107
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LAP-GRAI – IMS
University of Bordeaux 1
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Professor
Department of Management Studies
Indian Institute of Technology Madras,
Chennai – 600036, TamilNadu, India
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Professor
Department of Management Studies,
National Institute of Technology,
Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu,India
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Professor
National Chung Hsing University
Institute of Electronic Commerce
Center for Electronic Commerce & Knowledge Economics Research
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Associate Professor
Nanyang Technological University
School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering
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Senior Lecturer
University of East London
School of Computing, Information Technology & Engineering
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Associate Professor in Operations and Supply Chain Management
University of Southern Denmark
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Prof. Angappa Gunasekaran
Director, Business Innovation Research Center (BIRC)
University of Massachusetts – Dartmouth
Department of Decision and Information Sciences
Charlton College of Business
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Professor of Information & Decision Sciences
Montclair State University
Department of Management and Information Systems
Montclair, NJ 07043
USA
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Business and Management
University of Wollongong in Dubai
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Dubai, UAE
Prof. C.Rajendran
Professor
Department of Management Studies
Indian Institute of Technology Madras,
Chennai – 600036, TamilNadu, India
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Professor
Department of Management Studies
Indian Institute of Technology Madras,
Chennai – 600036, TamilNadu, India
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LAP-GRAI – IMS
University of Bordeaux 1
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Professor
Department of Management Studies
Indian Institute of Technology Madras,
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Senior Managing Consultant
IBM India Private Limited
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Department of Industrial Engineering,
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Senior Managing Consultant
IBM India Private Limited,
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University of Beira Interior
NECE - Research Unit,
Department of Management and Economics
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Department of Management,
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
Scotland, UK.
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Faculty of Management,
Multimedia University, Persiaran Multimedia,
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Professor
Department of Manufacturing Engineering
Annamalai University,
Chidambaram-608002, India
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EPMI / ECS (EA 3649)
Ecole d’Electricité, de Production et des Méthodes Industrielles
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DeGroote School of Business,
McMaster University, Hamilton,
Ontario, Canada, L8S4M4
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Professor, Faculty of Management,
Multimedia University, Persiaran Multimedia,
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Professor
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General Manager
Accenture Services Private Limited
Mumbai , India
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Associate Professor,
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Thiagarajar College of Engineering
Madurai 625 015.INDIA
Prof. V.Punitha
Assistant Professor
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering
Vickram College of Engineering,
Enathi, Sivagangai - 630561, TamilNadu, India.
Dr. T.J.Kamalanabhan
Department of Management Studies
Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India.
Chennai – 600036, TamilNadu, India
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Department of Management Studies
Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India.
Chennai – 600036, TamilNadu, India
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Tata Consultancy Services Limited, Mumbai, India
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CVRDE,Chennai, India
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JDA Software Private Limited, India.
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National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli, India.
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Kamaraj College of Engineering and Technology, Virudhunagar, India.
Mr Amit Bhowmik
Tata Consultancy Services Limited, Mumbai, India.
Dr S Parthasarathy
Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, India.
Prof. I James Dhinakaran Williams
Noorul Islam Deemed University, Nagercoil, India.
Mr. Sam Nallathambi
Lakshmi Machine Works Limited, Coimbatore, India.
Prof. Mahesh Soni
Swayam Siddhi College of Management and Research, Mumbai, India.
Prof. R.K.Suresh
PA College of Engineering and Technology, Pollachi, India
Dr. S.Devadasan
PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, India
Mr. D.B.Raju
Larsen and Toubro Limited, Mumbai, India
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Balaji Institute of Technology and Science, Prodbapur, India.
Prof. Sayeda Begam
Institute of Public Enterprise (IPE), Hyderabad, India.
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Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi, India
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Associate Dean, Manipal University, India
Dr Jayashree Ravindran
Institute of Public Enterprise (IPE), Hyderabad, India.
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Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India.
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Center for Health Research and Training, Karigiri, India.
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Lions Aravind institute of Community Ophthalmology, India.
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Lions Aravind institute of Community Ophthalmology, India.
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Accenture Services Private Limited, Bangalore, India