Dr. Ch. Sricharan

Employee Handbook

August 20, 2025

Published by P.Bhavya on January 9, 2026

Research

RESEARCH PUBLISHED

Sricharan Chirra & Rakesh D. Raut. (2025). “Critical Success Factors for Sustainable Supply Chain Flexibility”, Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management, 1007/s40171-025-00451-1.
V. Gedam, R. D. Raut, P. Priyadarshinee, S. Chirra, P. D. Pathak. (2022). “Analysing the adoption barriers for sustainability in the Indian power sector by DEMATEL approach”, International Journal of Sustainable Engineering, 14 (3): 471 – 486.
Sricharan Chirra, Rakesh D. Raut & Dinesh Kumar (2021), “Barriers to sustainable supply chain flexibility during sales promotions”, International Journal of Production Research, 59 (22): 6975 – 6993.
Chirra, S. and Kumar, D. (2021), “Effect of SCF on automobile industry performance during sales promotional schemes”, International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 70 (7): 1816 – 1836.
Sricharan Chirra and Dinesh Kumar (2018). “Analysis of SCF under Sales Promotional Schemes: An application of interpretive structural modelling approach”– International Journal of Production Research 56 (18): 6015 – 6033
Sricharan Chirra and Dinesh Kumar (2018). “Evaluation of supply chain flexibility in automobile industry with Fuzzy DEMATEL approach” – Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management 19 (4): 304 – 319
Chirra, S. and Kumar, D. (2018). “Analysis of supply chain issues under sales promotional schemes using FAHP” International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management 31 (2): 224 – 248

RESEARCH UNDER REVIEW/SUBMITTED

Mohammad Haider, Ashok Jha, Rakesh Raut, Mukesh Kumar, Sricharan Chirra. “Sustainable Transitions in the Perishable Food Supply Chain: Reducing Waste and Improving Environmental, Social, and Governance Performance” – Under review in Business Strategy and the Environment (A in ABDC Ranking, Q1 in Scopus)
Puram Praveen, Sricharan Chirra. “Barriers to lean implementation in higher education institutions: a systemic impact assessment using the graph theory approach” – Submitted to The TQM Journal (B in ABDC and Q1 in Scopus)
Anshu Kumari, Manish Tiwari, Rakesh D. Raut; Sricharan Chirra. “The Role of Women’s Empowerment Play in Dairy Firm Performance – Mediation Role of Gender Diversity” – Submitted to Journal of Economic and Administrative Sciences (Q2 in Scopus)

RESEARCH UNDER PROGRESS

Rakesh D. Raut & Sricharan Chirra. “Smart Contract Implementation Barriers in the Agri-Food Supply Chain: An Integrated ISM-WINGS Approach” – In the finishing stage, targeting to submit to the IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management (A in ABDC Ranking)
Sricharan Chirra & Amritesh Prasad. “Detrimental Effects of Impulse Buying on Consumers: Indian Perspective” – Rough draft ready.
Krishna Dikshit & Sricharan Chirra. “Role of Knowledge Management Processes in Indian SMEs: A Comparative Study between Manufacturing and Services Industry.” Under preparation with data collection ready.
Krishna Dikshit & Sricharan Chirra. “Impact of Knowledge Management Processes on the performance of Higher Educational Institutions in India”. Under preparation with data collection ready.
Sricharan Chirra & Vivek Bhagasara. “Social Sustainability Issues in Indian Footwear Industry”. Under preparation with data collection ready.
Sricharan Chirra & Adapa Pratyush. “Operational inefficiencies in EdTech service providers in the emerging economy”. Under preparation with data collection ready.
Sricharan Chirra & Kesav Sharma. “Operational bottlenecks in Vendor-to-Cafeteria delivery”. Under preparation with data collection ready.
Sricharan Chirra & Himanshu Srivastava. “Bottlenecks in B2B Cafeteria Operations in an emerging economy context”. Under preparation with data collection ready.

REVIEWER

International Journal of Production Research (Taylor & Francis Publications)
International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management (Emerald Publications)
Heliyon (Elsevier)

Professional Activities

FDPs/ SEMINARS/ WORKSHOPS COORDINATED

Coordinated in conducting the “Intellectual Property Awareness program” under National Intellectual Property Awareness Mission on 25^th July 2022, organized by Intellectual Property Office, India, with the support of SRKR Engineering College, Bhimavaram, in association with RGNIIPM, Nagpur.
Coordinated One Week Faculty Development Program on “Research methodology” organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, S. R. K. R. Engineering College, Bhimavaram, A.P. from 8^th July to 12^th July 2019.

FDPs/SEMINARS/ WORKSHOPS PARTICIPATED

Faculty Development Programs (FDPs):

DST Sponsored National Level 7-Day Hands-On-Training Program on “Integrative Research in Various Fields of Engineering” under STUTI Program- 2021(DST/RND/STUTI/2021/18) conducted by the Departments of Civil Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Information Technology, SRKR Engineering College (A), Bhimavaram in collaboration with GITAM Deemed to be University, Visakhapatnam-45 during 21^st to 27^th September 2022.
AICTE-MARGADARSHAN one-week virtual Faculty Development Program on “Outcome Based Education and NBA Accreditation for TIER-II Colleges” organized by

Sagi Rama Krishnam Raju Engineering College (A), Bhimavaram, A.P., from 29^th March to 3^rd April, 2021.

AICTE sponsored Two-Week Faculty Development Program on “Strategic Methods and Tools for Product Development” organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering during 22nd to 26th February, 2021 (Phase-I) and 22nd to 26th March, 2021 (Phase-II) at Sagi Rama Krishnam Raju Engineering College (A), Bhimavaram through online mode.
Five day Faculty Development Program on “Designing Assessment Tools under Outcome based Education” conducted by Sasi Institute of Technology & Engineering, Tadepalligudem, A.P. in association with National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research, Kolkata from 29^th April to 3^rd May 2019.

Seminars

AICTE sponsored Two Day National Seminar on “Manufacturing Automation Present and Future” conducted by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Anil Neerukonda Institute of Technology and Sciences, Visakhapatnam on 13^th and 14^th December 2013.
AICTE sponsored Two Day National Seminar on “Recent Developments in Multi- Objective Optimizations Techniques in the field of Engineering” conducted by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Raghu Engineering College, Visakhapatnam on 8^th and 9^th May 2014.

Workshops

One-day National Workshop on “Innovations in Materials and Manufacturing” organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, SRKR Engineering College, Bhimavaram, A.P. on March 01, 2019.
One day QIP Workshop “Make in India: Importance of Operations and Supply Chain Management” organized by Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee on February 06, 2016 under QIP Program.

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