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• Dr Patanjal Kumar is an Assistant Professor-M3 in the Jindal Global Business School, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, Haryana, India. Dr Kumar is also an Editor of Optimal Envelope, Associate Editor of the International Journal of Mathematical, Engineering and Management Sciences (IJMEMS) and Vice President of IEOM (Industrial Engineering and Operations Management Society International) New Delhi Chapter, India. Dr Kumar has completed his doctoral degree in the area of Operations Management and Quantitative Techniques from the Indian Institute of Management Rohtak. Dr Kumar has a master’s degree in technology from the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi, India. Dr Kumar has secured India’s 4th, 14th, and 19th rank in the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) in the years 2010, 2013, and 2015 respectively. He has completed a bachelor of technology with honours. Dr Kumar is the recipient of many outstanding awards such as the Outstanding Teaching Excellence in SCM Award (IEOM Society International), the best research paper award (AGBA Society), and the best performer award (Bhartiye Kalyan Samiti, Varanasi, UP, India). He has also received a silver medal in Textile Technology from Uttar Pradesh Technical University, Lucknow (U.P.). Dr. Kumar has taught at IIM Rohtak, UPES, The Northcap University Gurugram, VESIM Mumbai, and GLA University Mathura (India). Dr Kumar has worked in the textile industry (Product Development Cell, Auro Textiles, Vardhman Textile Limited), and the nature of his job was product and process development, root cause analysis, troubleshooting, fabric defect analysis, lab and bulk trial of new chemicals and finishes. Dr Kumar has published in leading journals such as Transportation Research Part E, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Annals of Operations Research, Journal of Business Research, Business Strategy and the Environment, Applied Economics, American Business Review, Operations Management Research, Journal of Public Affairs, and so forth. He has presented his research work at leading conferences such as INFORMS, IMRDC IIM Bangalore, COMAR IISc Bangalore, PAN IIM, PAN IIT, SOM, etc. He has also worked on defence, policing, and public policy projects. He is currently working in the area of Sustainable Supply Chain, Supply Chain Coordination, Game Theory, Optimization, Circular Economy, Digital Supply Chain, Industry 4.0, and Behavioral Operations Management.