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Professor Nishikant Mishra

Biography Professor Nishikant Mishra is a distinguished scholar and expert in the field of supply chain and management systems. He is currently a Professor in Operations and Supply Chain Management and Co-Director of the Institute of Digital Innovation and Sustainable Transformation at Hull University Business School, University of Hull, UK.

Nishikant has held several prestigious academic positions, including Head of Logistics and Management Systems at Hull University, Director of Postgraduate Research at Norwich Business School, University of East Anglia, Director of Research at Aberystwyth Business School, Aberystwyth University. These roles have equipped him with valuable insights and a deep understanding of the academic landscape.

His research revolves around harnessing the power of technology to facilitate efficient decision-making processes. He has been involved in numerous projects and played a pivotal role in the development of decision support systems for prominent organizations such as the NHS, Morrison, and Sainsbury's. His expertise extends to the creation of software solutions for multimodal transportation optimization, cloud computing, and blockchain-enabled systems for low-carbon supply chains. His research findings have been widely disseminated through the publication of 60 papers in reputable, refereed journals. He has successfully supervised numerous PhD students, many of whom are now working as lecturers or senior lecturers at prestigious universities.

He has been a driving force behind several research projects. His efforts have attracted substantial funding from prestigious organizations such as Innovate UK, GCRF, DEFRA, BBSRC, and EPSRC. The selected research projects are mentioned below.

• Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP), Innovate UK, (2023-2025), Adopting a Circular Economy Business Model for Resource Efficiency in ICT industry (ACE4ICT), Amount Awarded: £178,476.00
• Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), (2019-2021) Evolving a circular plastics economy, Amount Awarded: £1, 131, 1049.28
• GCRF: Growing Research Capability, (2017-2021), Transforming India's Green Revolution by Research and Empowerment for Sustainable food Supplies, Amount Awarded: £7, 834, 714.00
• The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), (2019-2023), STFC Food Network+ Extension, Amount Awarded: £1, 300, 000.00
• Innovate UK (2016-2018), Collaborative and AdaPtive Integrated Transport Across Land and Sea (CAPITALS), Amount Awarded: £2,144,796.00
• Innovate UK (2017-2020), LHOFT - Liverpool - Humber Optimisation of Freight Transport, Amount Awarded: £1,489,613.00
• GreenPort Hull (2017-18), Using Autonomous Vehicles for Parts and Tools Delivery for Off-Shore Wind, Amount Awarded: £30,000.00
• Technology Strategy Board (TSB), (2013-2017), Improving efficiency and reducing waste in the beef supply chain, Amount Awarded: £2,790,015.00
• British Academy, (2013-2017) A cross country examination of supply chain barriers on market access for small and medium firms in India and UK, Amount Awarded: £29,955.00
• Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), (2014-2015), Design of a Field Trial to Test and Validate the Performance of Cattle BCG Vaccine and Associated DIVA Diagnostic Test in England And Wales, Amount Awarded: £198,015.00
• British Council, Food Security, Research Links Workshop, (2013), Amount Awarded: £32,000.00
• Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), (2012-2013), Sparking Impact Grant, Maximizing the commercial opportunities of natural product-based drug discovery at Aberystwyth, Amount Awarded: £16,000.00
• Higher Education Academy (HEA), (2011-2012), Departmental Development Grant, Measurement of leadership capacity using fuzzy logic, Amount Awarded: £30,000.00
Scopus Author ID 24167016200
PhD Supervision Availability Yes
PhD Topics Prof Mishra welcomes PhD applications broadly in the area of operations and supply chain management including circular economy, waste minimisation, healthcare process improvement, sustainable and low carbon supply chain.

If you are interested in doing PhD with him at Hull Business School, please contact him to discuss your research idea. He strongly believes in PhD by publications and his PhD students have published articles in leading international journals. Students he has supervised in the past are now working as lecturers in renowned business schools in the UK and abroad.

Current PhD supervisions

Prof Mishra is currently supervising a number of Masters and PhD students.