OP Jindal, SPJIMR and MDI Faculty wins Basant Kumar Birla Distinguished Scholar Award 2021
The winners of Basant Kumar Birla Distinguished Research Scholar Awards 2021 have been announced by BIMTECH. Dr Sachin Kumar Mangla of Jindal Global Business School, O P Jindal Global University, Sonepat, Haryana has won the First prize. Awards were decided based on the number of research papers published in higher-ranked journals during the past five years 2017 to 2021.
The 2021 winners of Basant Kumar Birla Distinguished Research Scholar Awards for Social Science and Management disciplines have been announced by Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH), the coordinator of this prestigious award. Based on the quality and number of research papers, published in higher-ranked journals during the past five years 2017 to 2021, Dr Sachin Kumar Mangla of Jindal Global Business School, O P Jindal Global University, Sonepat, Haryana has won the First prize of Rs. 300,000.
The second prize of Rs. 200,000 is awarded to Dr Shalini Talwar, Professor, SP Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai. The third prize of Rs. 100,000 is awarded to Dr Rajesh Kumar Singh, Professor, Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon.
Basant Kumar Birla Distinguished Research Scholar Awards were instituted in the year 2019 by the Birla Academy of Arts and Culture, Kolkata in honour of the visionary leader Late Basant Kumar Birla. The purpose of the award, which is coordinated by BIMTECH Greater NOIDA, is to encourage Indian scholars engaged in management and social sciences to compete at the global level by publishing high-quality research.
Award Parameters
Basant Kumar Birla Distinguished Scholar Awards 2021 were decided based on the number of research papers published in higher-ranked journals during the past five years 2017 to 2021.
This year, the Award Committee decided to focus on private sector institutes only. Sharing the rationale, Dr. Harivansh Chaturvedi, Director, BIMTECH said, ‘As an institute in the private sector we should support faculty working with private institutes and universities who often do not get access to research funds’.
Award organizers shared following details about the parameters and process with MBAUniverse.com:
- The evaluation committee only considered all equivalent journals ranked at ABDC A and above. ABS list was included.
- Journals which are having impact factor of 8 and above but not found in any list have been included.
- The committee did not consider to be prudent to allocate differential weights to the areas of research.
- In five years, the three winners have published 68, 36 and 22 research papers in their respective areas of interest.
Basant Kumar Birla Distinguished Scholar Award 2021 Winners
Here are the key highlights about the deserving award winners.
Basant Kumar Birla Scholar Award 2021: 1st Prize Winner - Dr Sachin Kumar Mangla
Acclaimed researcher, Dr Sachin Mangla is working in the field of Green and Sustainable Supply Chain and Operations; Industry 4.0; Circular Economy; Decision Making and Simulation. He has published/presented several papers in repute international/national journals including Journal of Business Research; International Journal of Production Economics; International Journal of Production Research; Computers and Operations Research; Production Planning and Control; Business Strategy and the Environment; Annals of Operations Research; Transportation Research Part-D; Transportation Research Part-E; Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews; Resource Conservation and Recycling; Information System Frontier; Journal of Cleaner Production; Management Decision; Industrial Data and Management System) and conferences (POMS, SOMS, IIIE, CILT – LRN, MCDM, GLOGIFT). He has an h-index 55, i10-index 96, Google Scholar Citations of more than 8,000.
Dr Mangla is involved in several editorial positions in top tier journals. Currently, he is working as an Associate Editor at Journal of Cleaner Production, International Journal of Logistics Management, Sustainable Production and Consumption, and IMA Journal of Management Mathematics journals.
Basant Kumar Birla Scholar Award 2021: 2nd Prize Winner - Dr Shalini Talwar
With a PhD in Management Studies and MBA in Finance & Marketing, Prof Shalini Talwar has a cumulative work experience of 26 years in industry and academia. Her professional interests are spread across three key domains - teaching, research, and editorial responsibilities.
Prof Shalini Talwar has been collaborating with different research groups worldwide, and her work has appeared in high-impact journals listed in the internationally recognized ABDC and ABS (AJG) journal lists. A researcher committed to cross-functional and multi-disciplinary studies, Prof Shalini Talwar ongoing work focuses on contemporary areas including but not limited to sustainability, innovation, pro-environmental behaviour, investor behaviour, firm behaviour, and digital disruptions. Prof Shalini Talwar has extensive experience as an Editor as well and currently holds three editorial positions. In addition, she is associated with several high-impact journals as an ad-hoc reviewer.
Basant Kumar Birla Scholar Award 2021: 3rd Prize Winner - Dr Rajesh Kumar Singh
Dr. Rajesh Kumar Singh is Professor in Operations and Supply Chain Management area at MDI Gurgaon. Currently he is serving as Associate Editor to International Journal of Consumer Studies (Wiley), International Journal of Global Business and Competitiveness (Springer) and Area Editor to Operations Management Research (Springer) journal. He is also in Editorial Board of Journal of Supply Chain Management Systems, Journal of Asia Business Studies and Vision-The Journal of Business Perspective. He has also worked as Guest Editor for special issues of Sustainable Production and Consumption, Resources, Conservation and Recycling, Journal of Global Business and Competitiveness, Competitiveness Review, Journal of Modelling in Management, Administrative Sciences, Global Journal of Operations and Strategic Sourcing etc. His areas of research are Circular Economy, Industry 4.0, Sustainable Operations, Supply Chain and Logistics Management.
Dr. Rajesh Singh has published papers in reputed international/national journals and conferences. His three research papers have been also awarded Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence for best paper of the Year by Emerald Publication, UK and one paper has been awarded as most cited paper by Resources Conservation and Recycling (Elsevier) journal.
He has published papers in journals such as Production Planning and Control, Annals of Operations Research, International Journal of Production Research, International Journal of Logistics Management, Industrial Management and Data Systems, Business Process Management Journal, Resources, Conservation and Recycling, Journal of Cleaner Production, Business Strategy and the Environment, IEEE Transaction on Engg and Management, Applied Soft Computing etc.
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