Dr Vikas Kumar

• Qualifications:PhD, AHEA, LTHE, B.Tech,
• Position:Director of Research and Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management
• Department:Faculty of Business and Law (FBL)
• Telephone:+441173283466
• Email:Vikas.Kumar@uwe.ac.uk
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About me

Prof Vikas Kumar was Director of Research and is now a visiting Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management at Bristol Business School, University of the West of England, UK. He is currently a Deputy Vice Chancellor, Research and Innovation at the University of Portsmouth.

He has over a decade of teaching and research experience and is a fellow of HEA. Prior to joining UWE in 2013, he was a Lecturer in Management at Dublin City University Business School (2009-2013). He was acting as a Director of Research between 2019-2023.

He serves on the editorial board of around ten international journals and has guest-edited several special issues in high-impact journals. He is also a reviewer of more than 15 international journals, including ABS 4/4* and ABS 3* journals.

Prof Kumar works very closely with industries and has generated research funding in excess of £1 million from various research agencies such as Innovate UK, EPSRC, British Council, British Academy, Newton Fund, and Science Foundation of Ireland. He is currently (2021 ) involved in two projects funded by the Royal Academy of Engineering with Jordan and another project funded by the British Council/Newton Fund with Thailand. He has worked on several international collaborative projects with researchers from several UK universities and researchers from Brazil, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, India, Mexico, Taiwan, Colombia, Peru, Costa Rica and Turkey.

While working for UWE, he was involved in the design and delivery of several postgraduate and undergraduate modules.

UMSD3M-15-M - Management Research (Module Leader 2013-2019) (Design and Delivery)

UMCDPR-15-M - Personal and Professional Development (Module Leader 2019) (Design and Delivery)

 UMMDFF-15-M - Systems, Structures And Operations (Design and Delivery) (2015-2018)

UMCDPP-45-M - Dissertation: International Management (Module Leader 2019) (Delivery)

UMCDFS-30-3 - Business project (Project Supervisions) (2013-2018)

UMOCJY-60-M - Management Dissertation and Research Methods (Module Leader 2016-2019) (Design and Delivery)

UMCD9T-30-3 - Work-based Enquiry Project (Project Supervisions) (2013-2018)

He was the Programme Leader for the MSc in International Management (MSc IM) from 2016 to 2019 and successfully led the redesign of the programme. The new re-designed MSc IM programme has been successfully delivered since 2019, and the student intake increased fivefold between 2019-2021, demonstrating its success. He has extensive experience of designing new modules for UG and PG programmes (Management Research; Personal and Professional Development) including MBAs (System, Structures and Operations). He regularly delivers guest lectures and keynotes at several overseas institutions and international conferences.

Prof. Kumar is actively involved in supervising UG and PG dissertations and doctoral students (PhDs). Prof Kumar’s current research focus is on Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Supply Chain 4.0. His other research interests include Circular Economy, Short Food Supply Chains, Sustainable Supply Chain Management, Operations Strategy, Operational Excellence, and Service Supply Chains. He welcomes PhD applications broadly in the area of operations and supply chain management.

Area of expertise

Sustainable Supply Chain Management; Food Supply Chains; Industry 4.0; Digital Supply Chain Management; Structural Equation Modelling; Service Operations Management; Short Food Supply Chains; Operational Excellence

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