Anupama Prashar

Dr. Prashar has more than 15 years of experience in academics. Prior to joining MDI, she has taught at University Business School, Punjab University, IILM Institute of Business Management and Punjab Technical University. She has taught MBA courses on Sustainable Operations Management, Operational Excellence, Operations Management, Service Operations Management, Statistical Research Methods, Materials Management, Quality Management(Six Sigma, Lean Management, TQM), and Quantitative Methods. She has taken up many International teaching assignments.

Research Interests: Sustainable operations, Continuous Improvement, Operational Excellence, Industrial engineering

Academic Qualifications

• PhD (Management), Punjabi University, India, 2012
• MBA, Jai Narayan Vyas University, India, 2001
• B. Tech. Industrial Engineering, Punjab Technical University, India, 1999
• Erasmus Plus Mobility Programme, Aston Business School, United Kingdom, 2022

Professional Qualifications

• Lean Six Sigma, Master Black Belt Certification, Indian Statistical Institute, 2015
• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certification, QT & T Consulting (Asia), 2010

Awards and Honours

• Listed among 2% of researchers in the World as per Stanford University's 2022 Study published by Elsevier.
• Winner of Research Excellence Award, Management Development Institute, Gurgaon, India, 2018
• Best Research Paper Award, FORE International Operations Conference, India, 2015
• University Rank Holder, Bachelor of Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Punjab Technical University, India, 2000.
• Reviewer for scientific and scholarly journals (27 reviews for 9 international journals).
• Member of doctoral thesis examination committee, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, India, 2019

Research output

• As on March 2022, 45 journal publications (in ABDC ranked journals) in the areas of Sustainable Operations Management and Industrial Engineering & Management.
• Published seven teaching cases on the subject of General Management and Production & Operations Management in Ivey Publishing
• Published books and book chapters
• Conference papers

Institutional Responsibilities

• Faculty-in-charge for Ranking activities
• Associate Editor, Vision, MDI Journal
• Coordinator for Compliances and Association of MBAs Accreditation

Memberships and positions of trust in scientific societies

• European Operations Management Association (EUROMA) membership, 2017-2020
• Production & Operations Management Society (POMS, India Chapter) membership, 2020

Peer-reviewed scientific articles

• Prashar A. et al. (2022). Resilience development and digitalization of the healthcare supply chain: an exploratory study in emerging economies. The International Journal of Logistics Management.
• Prashar A. et al. (2022). Quality management in industry 4.0 environment: a morphological analysis and research agenda. International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management
• Prashar A., Sunder M. V. (2021), “Characterization and Examination of Operational Excellence Deployment Failures: Mediation Effect of Technical and Behavioral Failure Factors”, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2021.3071294 (JCR IF 3.057)
• VC Venkatesh, M Dasgupta, A Prashar, TJ Andersen (2021), “Dealing with surprise attacks: decomposing ERM as a dynamic capability to handle crises. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, Vol. 28 No. 4, 536. https://doi.org/10.1108/JSBED-09-2020-0342 (Citescore 4.5)
• Kaushal, L. A. & Prashar, A. (2021), “Agricultural crop residue burning and its environmental impacts and potential causes – case of northwest India, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2020.1767044. (JCR IF 2.093).
• Prashar A. (2021), “Eco-efficient Production for Industrial Small and Medium-sized enterprises through Energy Optimisation: Framework and Evaluation. Production Planning & Control”, https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2020.1719714. (JCR IF 3.605)
• Prashar A. (2021), “Moderating effects on sustainability reporting and firm performance relationships: a meta-analytical review”, International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPPM-04-2021-0183
• Prashar A., Sunder M. V. (2020), “A bibliometric and content analysis of sustainable development in small and medium-sized enterprises”, Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 245, , 118665, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.118665. (JCR IF 7.246)
• Sunder M, V., Prashar, A. (2020), “Empirical examination of Critical Failure Factors of Continuous Improvement Deployments: Stage-wise results and a contingency theory perspective”, International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 58 No.16, pp. 4894-4915, https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2020.1727044. (JCR IF 4.577)
• Jevanesan, T., Antony, J., Rodgers, B. and Prashar A. (2019), “Applications of continuous improvement methodologies in the voluntary sector: A systematic literature review”, Total Quality Management & Business Excellence, https://doi.org/10.1080/14783363.2019.1588723. (JCR IF 2.922)
• Kaushal, L. A. & Prashar, A. (2020), “Agricultural crop residue burning and its environmental impacts and potential causes – case of northwest India, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2020.1767044. (JCR IF 2.093).
• Prashar, A. (2020), "Quality management for high-contact professional service firms: a multiple-case evidence from Indian law firms", International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management, https://doi.org/10.1108/IJQRM-02-2019-0064 (Scopus Citescore 3.4)
• Prashar, A. (2020), "Adopting Six Sigma DMAIC for environmental considerations in process industry environment", The TQM Journal, https://doi.org/10.1108/TQM-09-2019-0226 (Scopus Citescore 4.3)
• Prashar A., Gupta P. (2020), “Corporate Boards and Firm Performance: A Meta-Analytic Approach to Examine the Impact of Contextual Factors,” International Journal of Emerging Markets (Scopus Citescore 2.3).
• Prashar A. (2019), “Towards sustainable development in industrial small and Medium-sized Enterprises: An energy sustainability approach”, Journal of Cleaner Production Vol.235, pp. 977-996, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.07.045. (JCR IF 7.246).
• Prashar, A. and Aggarwal, S. (2019), "Modeling enablers of supply chain quality risk management: a grey-DEMATEL approach", The TQM Journal, https://doi.org/10.1108/TQM-05-2019-0132. (Scopus Citescore 4.3)
• Prashar A. (2018), Towards continuous improvement (CI) in professional service delivery: a systematic literature review, Total Quality Management and Business Excellence, https://doi.org/10.1080/14783363.2018.1438842. (JCR IF 2.922)
• Prashar A. (2018), “Towards cycle time reduction in manufacturing SMEs: Proposal and evaluation”, Quality Engineering, Vol. 13 No. 3, https://doi.org/10.1080/08982112.2018.1460669. (Scopus Citescore 4.3)
• Prashar, A. (2018), “TQM as business strategy: a meta-analysis review”, International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management, Vol. 23 No. 1, pp.74–89, https://doi.org/10.1504/IJPQM.2018.088609
• Prashar A. (2017), “Energy efficiency maturity (EEM) assessment framework for energy-intensive SMEs: Proposal and evaluation,” Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol.166 pp. 1187-1201, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.08.116 (JCR IF 7.246)
• Prashar A. (2017), “Adopting PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Act) cycle for energy optimization in energy-intensive SMEs”, Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 145, pp. 277-293,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.01.068. (JCR IF 7.246)
• Prashar, A. (2016), A conceptual hybrid framework for industrial process improvement: integrating Taguchi methods, Shainin System and Six Sigma, Production Planning & Control, Vol. 27 No. 16, pp. 1389-1404, https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2016.1225999. (JCR IF 3.605)
• Prashar, A. (2016). “Using Shainin DOE for Six Sigma: an Indian case study.” Production Planning & Control, Vol. 27 No.2, pp. 83-101, https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2015.1078515. (JCR IF 3.605)
• Prashar, A. (2015). Six Sigma adoptions in public utilities: a case study. Total Quality Management & Business Excellence, 27 (5-6), pp.479-506, https://doi.org/10.1080/14783363.2015.1014782. (JCR IF 2.922)
• Prashar, A. (2014), "Adoption of Six Sigma DMAIC to reduce cost of poor quality", International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, Vol. 63 No. 1, pp. 103-126. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPPM-01-2013-0018 (Scopus Citescore 3.3)
• Prashar, A. (2014), "Process improvement in farm equipment sector (FES): a case on Six Sigma adoption", International Journal of Lean Six Sigma, Vol. 5 No. 1, pp. 62-88. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJLSS-08-2013-0049 (Scopus Citescore 4.8)
• Prashar, A. (2014), "Redesigning an assembly line through Lean-Kaizen: an Indian case", The TQM Journal, Vol. 26 No. 5, pp. 475-498. https://doi.org/10.1108/TQM-04-2013-0054. (Scopus Citescore 4.3)

Training

As a Certified Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt, she regularly delivers Lean Six Sigma trainings programs organized by industrial forums such as PHDCCI, CII and FICCI and also conducts MDPs(on-campus and in-company training programs).She conducts workshops on statistical software such as SPSS, NVivo, MINITAB and Excel. She has conducted training sessions in on-campus and in-company MDPs on following topics:

• Service Quality
• SPSS
• Statistical tools for Research
• Six Sigma DMAIC,
• Lean Manufacturing VSM,
• MINITAB Training
• Design of Experiments (DOE),
• Multivariate Data Analytics for Business,
• Benchmarking,
• Total Quality Management,
• Value Engineering.

She has taken training sessions in on-campus and in-company MDPs conducted for executives of more than companies Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), Central Public Works Department (CPWD), IndianOil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL), iQor, Magneti Marelli India, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (MSIL), Mid-Career Training Programme of Indian Ordnance Factories (OFB), Xpress Money Services and Indian Armed Forces.

Consultancy

• Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI), Research Grant Scheme, A project on customer service quality and relationship impact assessment framework for health insurance in India.
• As a trained Master Black Belt, she leads consulting projects on Operational Efficiency and Productivity Improvement with client companies such as KDD Limited, GNA Enterprises, Sutlej motors and small & medium sized enterprises.