Sustaining the Global Agriculture Supply Chain

Author Biography

Sneha Kumari is an Assistant professor at Symbiosis School of Economics. She is an Associate Researcher at Circular Economy and Territories for the European Chair of Excellence. She has received the Scientific High-Level Visiting Fellowship from The French Institute in India - Embassy of France in India. Prior to that, she worked as an Assistant professor at Vaikunth Mehta National Institute of Cooperative Management (VAMNICOM), Ministry of Cooperation, Government of India, Pune. She has been a Visiting Faculty at the National Institute of Food Technology and Entrepreneurship Management (NIFTEM), Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Symbiosis Institute of Operations Management, and Symbiosis School for Online and Digital Learning (SSODL). She completed her Ph.D. as J.R.F from Symbiosis International Deemed University. She is interested in the agriculture supply chain, agriculture value chain, and Sustainability. She is also associated with different institutes for various educational and research-related project assignments. She has published several research papers in the area of big data, agriculture, and sustainability in ABDC and Scopus journals and has attended several national and international conferences. She has published three international books with Emerald publishers and 2 national books. V.G.Venkatesh is a corporate practitioner/ an academic specializing in Supply Chain Management and Logistics domain with versatile experience and background. He is a Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) from APICS-USA and having International industry experience from Honduras, Sri Lanka, USA, Hong Kong and Bangladesh in international supply chain practices. He has over 17 years of experience from Industry and academics. His background is supported by Masters in Manufacturing Management from BITS-Pilani and MFTech from National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), India and a qualified trainer in the commonwealth countries with PGCert Higher Education from NTU (UK) and He is also the visiting faculty for Auckland University of Technology – MBA and Professional master’s programs for operations pathway courses.Professional Associations: Institute of Supply Management (ISM-USA) Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT-UK) – Life Time member American Production and Inventory control society (APICS- USA)International Supply Chain Education Alliance (ISCEA) K. K. Tripathy , an officer of Indian Economic Service (IES) of 1999 batch, is presently Economic Adviser in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. During the past 24 years of public service, he has served in the Ministries of Cooperation, Education, Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Rural Development, Food Processing Industries, Planning Commission besides the United Nations Development Programme. Prior to joining IES, he served the Government of Odisha. He has obtained his PhD on micro-finance management from the Department of Management Studies of Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. He has published many peer-reviewed research articles, books and policy notes in the field of Agriculture, Rural Development and Cooperation. Hemachandra Padhan completed his PhD and Post-Doc Equivalent Fellowship (PDEF) from Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras. MA in Applied Economics and PG Diploma in Statistics and Research Methodology from Pondicherry Central University, Pondicherry. He was awarded as Post-Graduate Merit Fellowship for University Rank Holder (2014-2016); National Fellowship (2018) and CBSE-UGC NET. Before joining IIM Sambalpur, he has been associated with Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Mumbai and Symbiosis School of Economics (SSE) Pune as an Assistant Professor in Economics. His research interest is in the areas of Energy Economics, Finance & Strategy, Environmental Sustainability, Macroeconomics and Applied Econometrics. His work has appeared in top-tier journals including Energy Economics, Energy Policy, Resources Policy, Renewable Energy, Frontier in Energy Research, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Energy and Environment, Environment, Development & Sustainability, International Review of Economics and Journal of Public Affairs. He received many rewards from national and international level. He is also working with projects from the ICSSR. M.P. Sukumaran Nair is an Industry and Policy Analyst and Corporate Manager with extensive technical and management experience in Industry and Government for over four decades in India. Senior Fellow of the Institution of Engineers (India), currently Director, Centre for Green Technology & Management, Cochin, India, and President of the Thrikkakara Municipal Co-operative Hospital Society. Formerly Secretary to Chief Minister, Government of Kerala, Chairman, Public Sector Restructuring & Audit Board of the Government and Chairman and Managing Director of several Public Sector Industries in Kerala. Specializations include Industrial development policy, Sustainable chemical processing, Environment and sustainability research, Decarbonization, Digitization, Energy transition, Green hydrogen, and Chemicals International speaker, author, and contributor (over 120 publications) to major industry and research journals, both national/international. Closely associated with professional bodies and serve on several expert advisory committees to the Central and State Governments in India.