Dr. Kumar Rohit

  • Designation: Assistant Professor
  • Employee ID: 5101
  • Qualification: Ph.D.
  • Date of Joining: 27-08-2021
  •   Detailed Profile
About Faculty: He is a faculty member here in the subject domains of industrial and production engineering, product design, and business/product analytics. He got awarded his doctorate of philosophy (PhD) degree in the research domain of 'design and development of new automotive model variants (NAMVs)' specifically related to the broad subject areas of 'New Product Design' and 'Product Analytics' from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur. He has his PG degree: Master of Engineering (ME) in the discipline of ‘Industrial and Production Engineering (IPE)’ with the specialization in Industrial Engineering and Management (IEM) from Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute of Technology and Science (SGSITS) Indore scoring 83.10% (First Division with Honours) and UG degree: Bachelor of Engineering (BE) in the core discipline of Mechanical Engineering from the University Institute of Technology (UIT) Bhopal scoring 75.50% (First Division with Honours). He taught in government and private academic institutions both on a regular basis and as a visiting faculty member also and worked as a TA instructor (at IIT Kharagpur) in the academic courses related to the disciplines of industrial engineering and operations management, manufacturing science, mechanical engineering, management science, and business analytics curriculums. He has an academic experience of nearly 3.5 years as a teaching experience and research and academic experience (along with working on NPTEL project) of 7 years 11 months at IIT Kharagpur with an overall regular experience of about 12 years. Apart from this, he was a visiting faculty at the National Institute of Technical Teachers' Training and Research (NITTTR) Bhopal to teach one of the courses – 'Supply Chain Management' at PG Level in the ME, Advanced Production Systems (APS) curriculum on a short-term basis. He was also an adjunct faculty at Centre for Research in Materials Management (CRIMM), Indian Institute of Materials Management (IIMM), Kolkata where he was assigned supervision of Fellow theses as a 'Junior Research Guide' for the 'Fellowship Program in Materials Management'. His research areas of interest are new product design, product analytics, mathematical modelling and design of supply chain contracts, coordination policies and advanced inventory systems, world-class manufacturing (WCM), design for industrial safety systems (SLC Model, IEC 61508 Safety Standard, SIS, HAZOP, HIRA), and safety analytics. He is an active professional member of European Operations Management Association (EurOMA), India Chapter of Production and Operations Management Society (POMS), Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering (IIIE: SM), Quality Circle Forum of India (QCFI: LM), and Indian Society of Technical Education (ISTE: LM). He actively participated and contributed as a member of these renowned professional societies. He got awarded with MHRD, Govt. of India, Institute Fellowship in the year 2013 (autumn session) towards the fulfilment of his degree of ‘Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD)’ at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur. He had been also nominated as the jury member at 29th, 30th, and 31st Chapter Conventions on Quality Concepts – CCQC 2016, CCQC 2017 and CCQC 2018 consecutively organized for the industry-based resource persons by Quality Circle Forum of India (QCFI), Kolkata Chapter at Taj Bengal, Kolkata, as one of his professional accomplishments. His other professional accomplishments are getting full-funded institute grants by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur to internationally attend two of the best listed academic international conferences in his research domain – one of these, “Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) 28th Annual Meeting (POMS - 2017)” at Seattle, Washington State (WA; US), and another one, “25th Annual European Operations Management Association (EurOMA 2018) Conference” at Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest (Hungary).
Education and Qualification:

No.

Degree

Year

University/Institute

Division

Specialization

1.

Ph. D.

2020

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur

NA

New Product Design (NPD) and Product Analytics

2.

M.E.

2012

Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute of Technology and Science (SGSITS) Indore

First (with Honours)

Industrial Engineering and Management (IEM)

3.

B.E.

2007

University Institute of Technology (UIT) Bhopal

First (with Honours)

Mechanical Engineering
Work Experience:

S. No.

Designation

Department

Employer

Duration

1

Assistant Professor

Industrial & Production Engg.

SGSITS, Indore

From 27-08-2021 Till Date

2

Adjunct Faculty

Centre for Research in Materials Management (CRIMM);

IIMM Kolkata

From 16-08-2018 to 10-06-2019

4

Assistant Professor

Industrial & Production Engg.

SGSITS, Indore

09-01-2013 to 31-05-2013               

5.

Assistant Professor

Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

TIT-C Bhopal

(26-07-2012 to 08-01-2013)

6.

Lecturer

Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

ASCT Bhopal

(25-07-2008 to 24-07-2010)
Research Details:
  • Application Areas of New Product Innovativeness (NPI) and New Product Design/Development (NPD) Research
  • Design and Development of New Automotive Model Variants (NAMVs) –Critical Capabilities and NPD Success Measures influencing the NPD process of NAMVs in the Automotive Industry
  • Product Analytics: Application of Analytics and Statistical Tools and Techniques – R-programming Software, Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) using AMOS 24 Version Software and CRAN-R Package of Simulated SEM (SIMSEM) and IBM SPSS Statistics 22 Version in NPD Research
  • Industry 4.0 and Internet of Things (IoT)
  • Best Practices in Smart Manufacturing and Smart Product Development
  • Mathematical Modelling, Formulation and Design of Supply Chain Contracts and Other Coordination Policies between the Supply Chain Partners
  • Mathematical Modelling and Formulation of Special Cases in Inventory Systems/Models (e.g.; Models based on Inventory-dependent Demand) in the Supply Chain Network
  • Implementation Aspects of Advanced Techniques in Industrial Safety – Safety Life Cycle (SLC) Model, IEC 61508 Safety Standard, Hazard and Operability Analysis (HAZOP), Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (HIRA), and Safety Analytics
  • Best Practices in World-class/Lean Manufacturing (WCM/LM) – KANBAN System, Single Minute Exchange of Die (SMED), Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), and Value Stream Mapping (VSM) and Value Stream Analysis (VSA)
Publications:

 

Technical Papers’ Publications

 

International/National Journals

[1]

Rohit, K., Ghosh, K.K., Bhattacharya, S., and Pal, P., (2021), “Development of Integrated Framework to introduce New Automotive Model Variants: An Analytic Approach”, Technovation (SCI and Web of Science Indexed; H-Index: 121) [Under 2nd Phase of Review] 

[2]

Rohit, K., and Ghosh, K.K., , “Mathematical Modelling and Formulation of Buyback Supply Chain Contract under the Impact of Inventory-dependent Demand Rate Function: A Profit-sharing Mechanism for Supply Chain Partners”, Cogent Engineering (ESCI and Web of Science Indexed; H-Index: 24) [Accepted/In-Press]

[3]

Rohit, K., Ghosh, K.K., and Bhattacharya, S., (2018), “Significance of Industrial Engineering Competencies to Introduce New Automotive Variants: A Study Perspective”, Industrial Engineering Journal, XI (2), pp.14-19

[4]

Kanungo, B., Rohit, K., and Thakar, G., (2017), “Unknowingly Accepting Health Hazards in Daily Routine Life – A Survey in a Small Town of Madhya Pradesh”, Industrial Engineering Journal, X (6), pp.29-33

[5]

Rohit, K., Bhattacharya, S., and Guin, K.K., (2016), “Assessing the Stock-Dependency Attribute of Demand Rate Function and Its Applicability: A Study Perspective”, Industrial Engineering Journal, IX (7), pp.06-10

[6]

Rohit, K., Gupta, R.C., Thakar, G.D., and Mahajan, M.D., (2014), “Assessment of Safety Life Cycle (SLC) Model to Overcome the Safety Hazards: A Case Study”, Industrial Engineering Journal, VII (4), pp.20-24

[7]

Rathaur, G., Rohit, K., Dandekar, M.D., and Thakar, G.D., (2014), “Performance Evaluation of Value Stream Analysis (VSA): Case Study of a Manufacturing Unit”, Industrial Engineering Journal, VII (10), pp.18-22

Book Chapters

[1]

Rohit, K., Verma, P.L., and Ghosh, K.K., (2018), “Assessment of Significance of Safety Life Cycle Management (SLCM) Approach using IEC 61508 Safety Standard towards its Implementation in the Foundry Shop: Case Study of a Pump Manufacturing Industry”, “Industrial Safety Management : 21st Century Perspectives of Asia; Managing the Asian Century (Springer Series), Springer Nature - Scientific Publishing Services (P) Ltd., Singapore, pp.129-141, Chap.10 (eBook – ISBN: 978-981-10-6328-2; electronic – ISSN: 2364-5865) 

[2]

Rohit, K., Ghosh, K.K., Gupta, R.C., and Bhattacharya, S., (2019), “Prioritization of Critical Attributes to introduce New Automotive Model Variants: A Sustainable Model Framework for Technological Innovation”, “Proceedings of the International Conference on Technology Innovation and Data Sciences (ICTIDS 2019)” (Accepted for Publication as a Book Chapter in Springer Series), Springer Nature - Scientific Publishing Services Pvt. Ltd.

[3]

Rohit, K., Rathaur, G., and Dalpati, A., (2012), “Effectiveness of the Seven Value Stream Mapping (VSM) Tools towards Lean Improvement: Case Study of a Manufacturing Unit”, “Advances in Operations and Supply Chain Management”, Society of Operations Management (SOM), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, New Delhi (India), Vol.1, pp. 450-458, Chap.42 (Manufacturing Systems, Strategies and Management)

[4]

Rohit, K., Mahajan, M.D., and Kanungo, B., (2012), “Implication of Safety Life Cycle Management (SLCM) Approach using IEC 61508 Safety Standard in an Engineering Industry”, “Business Innovations and Entrepreneurship – Transforming World Economy”, Excel Books, New Delhi (India), pp.443-450, Chap.50 (ISBN: 978-93-5062-004-5) 

[5]

Rohit, K., (2011), “Case-Analysis on eCRM in Online Banking”, “Management Perspectives –Emerging Trends and Leadership Challenges”, Popular Book Depot, Jaipur (India), Vol.1, pp.355-366, Chap.54 (Section – Information Technology) (ISBN: 978-81-86098-06-6) 

 

Technical Papers – International /National Conferences

[1]

Rohit, K., Ghosh, K.K., and Bhattacharya, S., (2018), “Development of a conceptual framework to introduce new automotive variants: Insights from new product development research in automotive domain”, “Proceedings of the 25th Annual European Operations Management Association (EurOMA 2018) Conference”, Budapest (Hungary)

[2]

Rohit, K., Bhattacharya, S., and Ghosh, K.K., (2018), “Designing the supplier-based revenue sharing contract for the goods experiencing inventory-dependent demand: A mathematical framework”, “Proceedings of the 25th Annual European Operations Management Association (EurOMA 2018) Conference”, Budapest (Hungary)

[3]

Rohit, K., Ghosh, K.K., Bhattacharya, S., and Gupta, R.C., (2017), “Study of Best Operations Management Practices as Key Organizational Competencies to introduce New Automotive Variants: Insights from the New Product Development Research in Automotive Domain”, “Proceedings of the XXI Annual International Conference of the Society of Operations Management (SOM 2017)”, Ahmedabad University, Ahmedabad (India)

[4]

Rohit, K., Bhattacharya, S., Guin, K.K. and Ghosh, K.K., (2017), “Design of a Mathematical Framework for Supplier-Based Revenue Sharing Coordination Policy under Inventory-dependent Demand Rate”, “Proceedings of the Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) 28th Annual Meeting (POMS - 2017)”, Bellevue-Seattle, Washington State (WA; USA)

[5]

Rathaur, G., Rohit, K., and Dalpati, A., (2017), “Assessing the Effectiveness of Value Stream Analysis towards the Lean Improvements: An Application-Based Approach”, “Proceedings of the Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) 28th Annual Meeting (POMS - 2017)”, Bellevue-Seattle, Washington State (WA; USA) 

[6]

Rohit, K., Guin, K.K., Ghosh, K.K., and Bhattacharya, S., (2016), “Comparison of the Modelling Aspects of the Supplier-based Revenue Sharing Coordination Policy with the Non-Coordinated Case under the Impact of Stock-Dependent Demand Rate Function: A Review”, “The Fifth Biennial Supply Chain Management Conference”, Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore (India)

[7]

Rohit, K., Verma, P.L., and Ghosh, K.K., (2016), “Assessment of Significance of Safety Life Cycle Management (SLCM) Approach using IEC 61508 Safety Standard towards its Implementation in the Foundry Shop: Case Study of a Pump Manufacturing Industry”, “Proceedings of the International Conference on Management of Ergonomic Design, Industrial Safety and Healthcare Systems (MESH 2016)”, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur (India)

[8]

Titiyal, R., Guin, K.K., and Rohit, K., (2016), “Framework Development for Planning and Scheduling of Operation Theatres: A Study Perspective”, “Proceedings of the International Conference on Management of Ergonomic Design, Industrial Safety and Healthcare Systems (MESH 2016)”, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur (India)

[9]

Zuhair, M., Rohit, K., and Titiyal, R., (2016), “Business Model Canvas for “Preventive Care” towards the Innovation in Healthcare Operations: An Indian Scenario Framework”, “Proceedings of the International Conference on Management of Ergonomic Design, Industrial Safety and Healthcare Systems (MESH 2016)”, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur (India)

[10]

Rohit, K., and Ghosh, K.K., (2017), “Implementation Aspects of SLCM Approach using IEC 61508 Safety Standard in the Foundry Shop: Case Study of a Pump Manufacturing Industry”, “Proceedings of the International Conference on Quality Management Practices (ICQMP 2017)”, Quality Circle Forum of India (QCFI) - Kolkata Chapter, Kolkata (India)

[11]

Dutta, D., Dalpati, A., and Rohit, K., (2016), “Analysis of Bullwhip Effect (BWE) in Overstock and Under-Stock Situations: A Review”, “Proceedings of the International Conference on E-Business and Supply Chain Competitiveness (EBSCC 2016)”, Excel India Publishers (New Delhi; India), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur (India), Vol.1(ISBN: 978-93-85777-16-5)

[12]

Rohit, K., Bhattacharya, S., and Guin, K.K., (2016), “Measuring the Impact of Supply Chain (SC) Contracts on Stock-Dependent Demand Rate Function: A Study Perspective”, “Proceedings of the International Conference on E-Business and Supply Chain Competitiveness (EBSCC 2016)”, Excel India Publishers (New Delhi; India), IIT Kharagpur (India), Vol.1 (ISBN: 978-93-85777-16-5)

[13]

Rohit, K., Bhattacharya, S., and Guin, K.K., (2015), “Assessing the Effect of Supply Chain (SC) Contracts on Stock-Dependent Demand Rate Function: A Review”, “Proceedings of the XIX Annual International Conference of the Society of Operations Management (SOM 2015)”, Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta, Kolkata (India)

[14]

Singh, H., Rohit, K., Thakar, G.D., and Kanungo, B., (2013), “Design of an Optimal Kanban System: Case Study of a Mixed Model Assembly Line”, “Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Industrial Engineering (ICIE 2013), Excellent Publishing House (New Delhi; India), SVNIT, Surat (India), Vol.1, pp.376-380 (ISBN: 978-93-83083-37-4)

[15]

Ranjan, L.K., Rohit, K., and Thakar, G.D., (2013), “Application of Grey Relational Analysis (GRA) to Material Selection for Sustainable Product Design: A Multi Attribute Decision Making (MADM) Approach”, “Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Industrial Engineering (ICIE 2013), Excellent Publishing House (New Delhi; India), SVNIT, Surat (India), Vol.1, pp.209-213 (ISBN: 978-93-83083-37-4)

[16]

Jain, N., Dalpati, A., Thakar, G.D., and Rohit, K., (2013), “Supplier Selection and Evaluation in Automobile Industry: Application of AHP Approach”, “Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Industrial Engineering (ICIE 2013), Excellent Publishing House (New Delhi; India), SVNIT, Surat (India), Vol.1, pp.204-208 (ISBN: 978-93-83083-37-4)

[17]

Rohit, K., Rathaur, G., and Dalpati, A., (2012), “Effectiveness of the Seven Value Stream Mapping (VSM) Tools towards Lean Improvement: Case Study of a Manufacturing Unit”, “Proceedings of the XVI Annual International Conference of the Society of Operations Management (SOM 2012)”, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, New Delhi (India), Vol.1, pp. 450-458

[18]

Rohit, K., Mahajan, M.D., and Kanungo, B., (2012), “A New Approach towards Safety Management-Safety Life Cycle Management (SLCM) and its Implication Prospective”, “Proceedings of the ECSB 2012”, IIT Roorkee (India), Vol.1, pp.1562-1576 (ISBN 978-93-81583-46-3)

[19]

Rathaur, G., Rohit, K., Dandekar, M.D., and Dalpati, A., (2012), “Mapping the Current State Value Stream: Case Study of a Manufacturing Unit”, “Proceedings of  the ECSB 2012”, IIT Roorkee (India), Vol.1, pp.1772-1783 (ISBN 978-93-81583-46-3)

[20]

Rohit, K., Mahajan, M.D., and Kanungo, B., (2012), “Implication of Safety Life Cycle Management (SLCM) Approach using IEC 61508 Safety Standard in an Engineering Industry”, “Proceedings of the 6th PIMR International Conference”, PIMR, Indore (India), pp.443-450 (ISBN 978-93-5062-004-5)

[21]

Pathariya, A.K., Agrawal, N. and Rohit, K., (2012), “Effect of various Blade Cooling means on Steam Injected Reheat Gas Turbines”, “Proceedings of the 2nd NSCTEA-2012”, CIST Bhopal (India), Vol.1, pp.18-26

[22]

Rohit, K., (2011), “Case-Analysis on eCRM in Online Banking”, “Proceedings of the International Conference on Management Perspectives (ICOMAP 2011)”, Amity University Rajasthan (AUR), Jaipur (India), Vol.1, pp.355-366 (ISBN 978-81-86098-06-6) 

[23]

Rohit, K., (2011), “Comparative Case-Analysis on Safety Life Cycle Management (SLCM) Approach using IEC 61508 Safety Standard in the Process Industries”, “Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering (ICIE 2011)”, Excellent Publishing House (New Delhi; India), Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), Surat (India), Vol.1,  pp.877-880 (ISBN: 93-81361-54-1) 
Projects:

  1.       

 2.

 

A Project on Lean Manufacturing (LM) in the Single Phase Assembly Line: Waste (MUDAs) identification and quantification with the application of value stream mapping (VSM), and value stream analysis (VSA) and provided recommendations for waste elimination deploying the best LM practices  – KANBAN System, SMED, ‘5S’ practices,  Cellular Manufacturing, Pre-Production Planning (3P) at Kirloskar Brothers Limited (KBL), Dewas Unit (Centrifugal/Submersible Pump Manufacturing Unit at Dewas, MP) for a duration of 3 Months (from 15.02.2012 to 16.05.2012)

Implementation Prospects of Safety Life Cycle (SLC) Model using IEC 61508 Safety Standard and its Implications in the Foundry Shop: To design a safety instrumented system (SIS) against the various induction hazards (associated with the induction furnace) based on their analyses, their safety integrity levels (SIL) determination and allocation for overall safety requirements at Kirloskar Brothers Limited (KBL), Dewas Unit (Centrifugal/Submersible Pump Manufacturing Unit at Dewas, MP) for a duration of 6 Months (from 09.08.2011 to 09.02.2012)
Other Details:

    

Invited Lectures/Talks Delivered

   [1]

Guest Lecture (Visiting Faculty) at National Institute Of Technical Teachers’ Training And Research Institute (NITTTR) Bhopal: Taught ‘Supply Chain Management’ Course at PG Level in the ME, Advanced Production Systems (APS) Curriculum in the year 2013

[2]

Expert Talk at Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute of Technology and Science (SGSITS), Indore: ‘Know-how about Research Databases (Repositories), Structuring the Manuscripts, Selection of Journals, Publication Criteria and Review Process of Research Articles’ to PG Students from ME (Industrial Engineering and Management) and ME (Computer Integrated Manufacturing) Curriculums in the year 2019.


  • Software Proficiencies:
    1.  Application Software/Quantitative Techniques (QT), Operations Research (OR), and Mathematical Modeling-based Software Proficiencies 
  •   IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio (CPLEX Optimizer)   
  •   EXCEL Solver and Advanced EXCEL Worksheet
  •   OR Software: COIN-OR, LINDO, LINGO, TORA, Mathematica
  •  Basics of R-Programming/R-Studio

2.  Statistical Software

  •   SEM – CRAN-R package of Simulated SEM (SIMSEM)
  •   AMOS Software (for Structural Equation Modeling) of IBM SPSS 24 Ersion, and IBM SPASS Statistics Version.


Foreign Universities/Abroad Visits:

v  Seattle (Bellevue), Washington State (WA), and San Francisco, California (CA), United States (US) in the Year 2017: Attended and Presented Two (2) Research Articles in Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) 28th Annual Meeting (POMS - 2017) at Hotel Hyatt Regency, Bellevue, Seattle, Washington State (WA) organized by University of Washington, Washington State (WA)

v  Budapest (Hungary) along with Other Countries visited in the Schengen Region – Vienna (Austria), Paris (France) and Frankfurt (Germany) in the Year 2018: Attended and Presented Two (2) Research Articles in 25th Annual European Operations Management Association (EurOMA 2018) Conference at Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest (Hungary)


    8.

Details of  Short-term Courses/Workshops/Seminars Attended

[1]

Global Initiative for Academic Networks (GIAN) Course on  “Optimization for Innovation in Research and Practice” for a duration of 2 Weeks (from 27th June 2016 to 08th July 2016) at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur (India)

[2]

Global Initiative for Academic Networks (GIAN) Course on  “Healthcare Operations and Innovation” for a duration of 2 Weeks (from 06th June 2016 to 17th June 2016) at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur (India)

[3]

Global Initiative for Academic Networks (GIAN) Course on  “Production and Operations Management” for a duration of 2 Weeks (from 23rd May 2016 to 03rd June 2016) at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur (India)

[4]

International Summer and Winter Term (ISWT) Course on “Supply Chain Network – Modeling and Analysis” for a duration of 2 Weeks (from 15th  June 2015 to 26th June 2015) at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur (India)

[5]

Author Workshop on “Scholarly Publishing” by Wiley of One (1) Day on 23rd March 2015 organized by Wiley in collaboration with Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur (India)

[6]

“Author Workshop” by Springer of One (1) Day on 16th  January 2015 jointly organized by Springer and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur (India)

[7]

3rd Recent Trends in Industrial Engineering (RTIE 2013) of One (1) Day on 6th  April 2013 at Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), Surat (India)

[8]

2nd  Recent Trends in Industrial Engineering (RTIE 2013) of One (1) Day on 21st  April 2012 at Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), Surat (India)

[9]

Short-term Certification Course on “Statistical Process Control (SPC)” of Two (2) Days (from 28th March 2006 to29th March 2006) at Central Institute of Plastic Engineering and Technology (CIPET), Bhopal (India)