Biography

Dr Somesh Agarwal is an Assistant Professor (Senior Grade) in the area of Operations and Analytics at Jaypee Business School (JIIT Noida). He has over twelve years of academic and research experience across reputed institutions, including SOIL School of Business Design, AMITY University, KIET Group of Institutions, and NIT Jalandhar. Dr Agarwal holds a PhD in Industrial and Production Engineering from NIT Jalandhar, along with an M.Tech from NIT Trichy and Bachelors of Engineering from MITS Gwalior. His research interests include circular economy, sustainable and digital supply chains, operations optimization, and advanced fuzzy and multi-criteria decision-making techniques. He has published extensively in ABDC- and SCI/Scopus-indexed journals and actively contributes to curriculum design, executive education, and peer review for leading international journals..

PUBLICATIONS

International Journal Publications

1. Manpreet Kaur, Somesh Agarwal, Gurveer Singh Jaswal, and Mohita Maggon (2025). Mapping causal dynamics of FinTech adoption barriers in India: An IVNFS–DEMATEL perspective. International Insurance Law Review, 33(S4), 416–442. (ABDC-A)
2. Somesh Agarwal, Neeraj Kumar, Mohit Tyagi, and Rajiv Kumar Garg (2025). Integrating soft computing techniques for optimizing green vehicular communications and networking in circular digital supply chains. Journal of Science and Technology Policy Management. (ABDC-C, WoS, Scopus-Q2)
3. Somesh Agarwal, Mohit Tyagi, and Rajiv Kumar Garg (2024). Enhancing circular economy for essential material supply optimization: A CoCoSo and SWARA approach. Journal of Remanufacturing, 15, 1–23. (Scopus-Q2)
4. Somesh Agarwal, Mohit Tyagi, Sachin Kumar Mangle, and Rajiv Kumar Garg (2023). Unlocking circular business model approaches to achieve net-zero emissions: A model-driven approach grounded on inter-valued intuitionistic fuzzy sets. Annals of Operations Research, 355, 829–866. (ABDC-A, WoS, Scopus-Q1)
5. Somesh Agarwal, Mohit Tyagi, and Rajiv Kumar Garg (2023). Circular economy reinforcement to diminish GHG emissions: A grey DEMATEL approach. EVERGREEN – Joint Journal of Novel Carbon Resource Sciences & Green Asia Strategy, 10(1), 389–403. (Scopus-Q3)
6. Somesh Agarwal, Mohit Tyagi, and Rajiv Kumar Garg (2022). Framework development and evaluation of Industry 4.0 technological aspects towards improving the circular economy-based supply chain. Industrial Robot: The International Journal of Robotics Research and Application, 49(3), 555–581. (WoS, Scopus - Q2)
7. Somesh Agarwal, Mohit Tyagi, and Rajiv Kumar Garg (2021). Restorative measures to diminish the COVID-19 pandemic effects through circular economy enablers for sustainable and resilient supply chains. Journal of Asia Business Studies, 16(3), 538–567. (ABDC-C, WoS, Scopus-Q1)
8. Somesh Agarwal, Mohit Tyagi, and Rajiv Kumar Garg (2021). Conception of circular economy obstacles in context of supply chain: A case of rubber industry. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 72(4), 1111–1153. (ABDC-B, WoS, Scopus-Q1)
9. Somesh Agarwal, Kuldeep Singh (2018). Enhancing supply chain of humanitarian supply chain management – A case study. International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, 13(6), pp. 99-110. (UGC Care)
10. Kuldeep Singh, Somesh Agarwal, Piyush Pant (2018). Diagnosis of remaining useful life estimation of ball bearing using artificial neural network. International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, 13(6), pp. 53-59. (UGC Care)

Book Chapters

1. Somesh Agarwal, Mohit Tyagi, and Rajiv Kumar Garg (2022). Exploring the interaction among the barriers of circular supply chain: A case of Indian rubber industry. In Optimization of Industrial Systems. Wiley–Scrivener.
2. Somesh Agarwal, Mohit Tyagi, and Rajiv Kumar Garg (2022). Circular economy measures to diminish the perils of COVID-19 outbreak in aegis of supply chain. In Making Complex Decisions toward Revamping Supply Chains amid COVID-19 Outbreak. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis.
3. Somesh Agarwal, Mohit Tyagi, and Rajiv Kumar Garg (2021). Assessment of barriers of green supply chain management using structural equation modeling. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer. (Scopus-Q4)
4. Somesh Agarwal, Mohit Tyagi, and Rajiv Kumar Garg (2021). Commencement of green supply chain management barriers: A case of rubber industry. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer. (Scopus-Q4)
5. Somesh Agarwal, Mohit Tyagi, and Rajiv Kumar Garg (2021). Prioritizing circular economy performance measures: A case of Indian rubber industries. In Operations Management and Data Analytics Modelling. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis.

Peer Review & Editorial Activities

Reviewer for leading journals including Journal of Environmental Management, Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Annals of Operations Research, Journal of Remanufacturing, Industrial Robot, Journal of Science and Technology Policy Management, etc.

Academic Leadership & Adminisration

1. Convocation Coordinator, SSOBD (2025)
2. Conference Convenor, IC-SOBD-24 (International)
3. Research Committee Secretary, SSOBD (2024–25)
4. NBA Committee Member (KIET; SSOBD)
5. Final Year Project Coordinator, KIET

Awards & Honours

1. Most Improved Performance Award, SSOBD (AY 2024–25)
2. MHRD National Fellowship (PhD & M.Tech)
3. President Award (Scouts), signed by Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
4. GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) qualified (2010–2014)