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Samir K Srivastava
Samir K Srivastava is an Indian educationist, researcher and a Professor at Indian Institute of Management Lucknow. He has over three decades of experience in research, teaching, academic administration, consulting and industry.

Early Life
Srivastava was born and brought up in Lucknow, India. His father was a doctor and served as the Chief Medical Officer of Raebareli. Srivastava had his early education from Mahanagar Boys' High School. He completed his schooling from Colvin Taluqdars’ College in 1985 in first division with honours. He completed his B. Tech. in Electrical Engineering at the Institute of Technology, BHU, Varanasi in 1989.

Career
Srivastava has over two decades of experience in teaching, research, training, consultancy and industry. He worked in various positions in industry (AV Birla Group) in technical as well as managerial roles. He was an internal facilitator for TPM implementation at Indo Gulf Corporation Limited winning the TPM Excellence Award from JIPM¸ Japan in the year 2000. He joined IMT Ghaziabad as Associate Professor in 2004. Thereafter, he moved to MDI Gurgaon in 2005 and subsequently to IIM Lucknow in 2007.

Srivastava has published many papers in reputed refereed academic journals. He has co-authored two books and also writes for popular business magazines. His work has more than seven thousand citations in Google Scholar with a G-index of 84, more than sixteen hundred citations in Scopus with an H-Index of 6 and about thousand citations in Thomson Reuters.

Presently, he teaches Supply Chain Management and Operations Management courses to post graduate and doctoral students along with involvement in other academic, administrative and consulting activities. Currently, he is the Chairman of the Fellow Programme at IIM Lucknow.

Srivastava has designed and taught courses at post graduate and doctoral levels and has conducted on-campus and in-company training programs for government, public sector and corporate executives. He has also carried out many funded research projects and consulting assignments. His list of sponsors, clientele and partners include UKIERI, EPSRC, University of Cambridge, DST, World Bank, Competition Commission of India, Transparency International, CII, Tata Motors and Indian Army. He was instrumental in setting up South Asia's first public procurement observatory in 2013.

Srivastava has been a member of TPM Club of India (CII), a member of Technical Advisory Group (TAG), National Agricultural Innovation Project (Research on Production to Consumption Systems) and a member of Sub-committee for Manufacturing Competitiveness, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). He is a life member of Society of Operations Management. He serves on the Editorial Board of several Academic Journals such as International Journal of Management Reviews, International Journal of Logistics Management, GSTF Journal on Computing (JoC), Journal of Remanufacturing, Metamorphosis: A Journal of Management Research and Vision: The Journal of Business Perspective. His biographic profile appears in Marquis Who’s Who 2014 and Marquis Who’s Who 30th Pearl Anniversary Editions. He has received many awards including three Best Paper awards, Emerald/IAM Indian Management Research Fund Award 2015 and Prof. Manubhai M. Shah Memorial Award for Excellence in Commerce and Business Management (MMSMA) 2015.

Appointments
Currently, Srivastava is the Chairman of the Fellow Programme at IIM Lucknow.

Awards

 * Winner of the Prof. Manubhai M. Shah Memorial Award for Excellence in Commerce and Business Management (MMSMA) 2015.
 * Highly commended runner-up of the Emerald/IAM Indian Management Research Fund Award 2015 for the proposal, "Promoting Competition in Public Procurement: Finding right configurations for India".
 * Among the Top 5% Productive Researchers in Management Schools of India in Biresh K. Sahoo, Ramadhar Singh, Bineet Mishra and Krithiga Sankaran, “Research productivity in management schools of India during 1968-2015: A directional benefit-of-doubt model analysis”, Omega, 66(A), 2017, pp. 118-139.
 * Ranked 5th in the List of the top Indian academics in terms of logistics/SCM research output in a 2012 research paper supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) titled, “Analysis of the Logistics Research in India”.
 * Empanelled for competition assessment by the Competition Commission of India.

Research
Srivastava has been a member of TPM Club of India (CII), a member of Technical Advisory Group (TAG), National Agricultural Innovation Project (Research on Production to Consumption Systems) and a member of Sub-committee for Manufacturing Competitiveness, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).

Books & Publications

 * Samir K Srivastava and Amit Agrahari, A Multi- Method Benchmarking Approach to Improve Public Procurement Tendering Process in the State of Uttar Pradesh, Economic and Political Weekly, Volume 52, No. 20, 2017, pp. 58 - 67.
 * Improving Transparency and Accountability in Procurement : A Stakeholder-centric Approach (Co-author: Amit Agrahari), Invited Paper at Global Procurement Summit 2017, organized by AIMA at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, February 27-28, 2017.
 * Samir K Srivastava, 3D printing will ease logistics cost, Supply Chain Log, December 20, 2016.
 * Samir K Srivastava, Abhilash Amula and Prakash Ghagare, Service Facility Relocation Decision: A Case Study, Facilities, Volume 34, No. 9/10, 2016, pp. 595-610.
 * Mohita Gangwar Sharma and Samir K Srivastava, Leveraging the Social Welfare Chain to provide Resilience during Disaster, International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications Volume 16, No. 9, 2016, pp. 509 - 519.
 * Atanu Chaudhuri, Samir K. Srivastava, Rajiv K Srivastava and Zeenat Parveen, Understanding propagation of risks in Food Processing Supply Chain: A Fuzzy Interpretive Structural Modeling based Approach, Journal of Modeling in Management, Volume 11, No. 2, 2016, pp. 660 - 693.
 * Innovation required for leveraging rural supply chains: Thinking beyond the traditional realm of a dealership model, Invited Speaker at International Conference on LPG: The Catalyst of Social Change, 2016, organized by Research & Development Initiative (RDI) at Mayfair Lagoon, Bhubaneswar, September, 1-2, 2016.
 * Ensuring Competition and Transparency in Public Procurement (Co-author: Amit Agrahari), Invited Paper at Awareness Conference: Business Ethics and Transparency in Procurement, organized by CII at Vivanta by Taj, Lucknow, Aug 29, 2016.
 * Saurabh Chandra, Debabrata Ghosh and Samir K Srivastava, Outbound Logistics Management Practices in the Automotive Industry – An Emerging Economy Perspective, Decision (Special Issue on Supply Chain Management in Emerging Economies), Volume 43, No. 2, 2016, pp.145-165.
 * Lee J. Krajewski, Larry P. Ritzman, Manoj K Malhotra and Samir K Srivastava, Operations Management: Process and Supply Chains, Eleventh IE Edition ( ISBN 9789332548213 ), Pearson Education, 2016.
 * Samir K Srivastava, Atanu Chaudhuri and Rajiv K Srivastava, Propagation of Risks and their Impact on Performance in Fresh Food Retail, International Journal of Logistics Management, Volume 26, No. 3, 2015, pp. 568-602.
 * Rakesh Kumar and Samir K Srivastava, A Framework for Improving ‘Sales & Operations Planning’, Metamorphosis, Volume 13, No. 1, 2014, pp.16-25.
 * A roadmap for internal reforms and other actions required to enhance exports in logistic services from India (Co-author: Saurabh Chandra), Invited Concept Paper at Services Conclave on “Promoting Services Export from India – Challenges, Opportunities and Issues”, Hotel Le Meridien, New Delhi, November 12-13, 2013.
 * Sanjay Dhir, Amita Mital and Samir K Srivastava, Dynamics of Value Creation in Indian Bilateral Cross-Border Joint Ventures: A Systems Approach, Strategic Change, Volume 22, No. 7-8, 2013, pp. 471-483.
 * Samir K Srivastava and Avishek Ray, Benchmarking Indian General Insurance Firms, Benchmarking: an International Journal, Volume 20, No. 1, 2013, pp. 4-24.
 * Samir K Srivastava, Issues and Challenges in Reverse Logistics, In: Surendra M. Gupta (Ed.), Reverse Supply Chains: Issues and Analysis (ISBN: 978-1-43-989902-1), Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 2013, Chapter 2, pp. 61-82.
 * Samir K Srivastava and Sahil Bansal, Measuring and Comparing Volume Flexibility across Indian Firms, International Journal of Business Performance Management, Vol. 14, No. 1, 2013,  pp. 38-51.
 * Samir K Srivastava, Green Supply Chain Management: A state-of-the-art Literature Review, In: John Jermier (Ed.), Corporate Environmentalism and the Greening of Organizations (ISBN: 9780857025715), SAGE Publications Ltd, 2013, Vol. 4, Part 2, pp. 27-61.
 * Samir K Srivastava, Managerial Implications from Indian Case Studies on e-Reverse Auctions, Business Process Management Journal, Volume 18, No. 3, 2012, pp. 513-531.
 * Ronald H. Ballou and Samir K Srivastava, Business Logistics/ Supply Chain Management, Fifth IE Edition ( ISBN 9788131705841 ), Pearson Education, Sixth Impression, 2012.
 * Samir K Srivastava, Sustainable Supply Networks by Design, In: Christian N Madu & Chu-hua Kuei (Eds.), Handbook of Sustainability Management (ISBN: 978-981-4354-81-3), Imperial College Press, London, 2012, Chapter 7, pp. 133-153.
 * Samir K Srivastava, Growing Importance of Reverse Logistics, Cargoconnect, March, 2012, pp. 66.
 * Samir K Srivastava, ICT Potential for Logistics Industry, Supply Chain India, Volume 1, Number 9, November 2011.
 * Samir K Srivastava, Warehousing: Rapid Advancements, The Logistics Times, Volume 2, Number 1, May 2011, pp. 16-18.
 * Samir K Srivastava, Sustainable Supply Chain Management: Doing The Right Thing, The Logistics Times, Volume 1, Number 8, December 2010, pp. 19-23.
 * Samir K Srivastava, Reverse Logistics: ₹ 800 bn booty, The Logistics Times, Volume 1, Number 5, September 2010, pp. 14-16.
 * Samir K Srivastava, Seamless Logistics: Are we ready?, The Logistics Times, Volume 1, Number 4, August 2010, pp. 19-21.
 * Samir K Srivastava, Warehousing: Exciting time ahead, The Logistics Times, Volume 1, Number 3, July 2010, pp. 42-44.
 * Samir K Srivastava and Deepak Jain, An Industrial Application of Modified Clarke & Wright Algorithm, Udyog Pragati, Volume 34, No. 1, 2010, pp. 8-15.
 * Samir K Srivastava, Network Design for Reverse Logistics, Omega (Special Issue on Logistics: New Perspectives and Challenges), Volume 36, Issue 4, 2008, pp. 535-548. (FIFTH HOTTEST ARTICLE IN SCIENCEDIRECT BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND ACCOUNTING CATEGORY, January-March 2008).
 * Samir K Srivastava, Towards Estimating Cost of Quality in Supply Chains, Total Quality Management and Business Excellence, Vol. 19, Issue 3, 2008, pp. 193–208.
 * Samir K Srivastava, Value Recovery Network Design for Product Returns, International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, Volume 38, Issue 4, 2008, pp. 311-331. (INCLUDED IN EMERALD READING LISTASSIST; EMERALD’S FREE, UNIQUE, PEER-REVIEWED READING LIST SERVICE).
 * Samir K Srivastava, Expansion of banking in India, The Economic Times, June 07, 2008, pp. 8.
 *  T.T. Niranjan and Samir K Srivastava, Managing Capacity at Sparsh Call Centre, Asian Case Research Journal, Volume 12, Issue 1, 2008, pp. 1-31.
 * Samir K Srivastava, Green Supply Chain Management: A state-of-the-art Literature Review, International Journal of Management Reviews, Volume 9, Issue 1, 2007, pp. 53-80. (THIRTEENTH AMONG “SCOPUS TOP 20 CITED ARTICLES IN BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT AND ACCOUNTING (2007 - 2011) & FIFTEENTH AMONG “SCOPUS TOP 20 CITED ARTICLES IN DECISION SCIENCES (2007 - 2011)”
 * Samir K Srivastava, Radio Frequency Identification Technology in Retail Outlets: Indian Scenario, International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management (special issue on Connective Technologies and Their Impact on Manufacturing and Logistics), Volume 10, Issue 1, 2007, pp. 71-91.
 * Samir K Srivastava, RFID Technology in Indian Retail Sector, In: Sameer Kumar (Ed.), Connective Technologies in the Supply Chain, Taylor and Francis, 2007, Chapter 9, pp. 185-210.
 * Samir K Srivastava, Role and Application of RFID in Libraries, In: Sameer Kumar (Ed.), Connective Technologies in the Supply Chain, Taylor and Francis, 2007, Chapter 7, pp. 139-158.
 * Samir K Srivastava, Consumers need quality power, The Economic Times, May 10, 2007, pp. 12.
 * Samir K Srivastava, Estimating COQ using PAF quality costing model in a pharmaceutical firm, International Journal of Business & Economics, Volume 6, Issue 1, 2007, pp. 7-16.
 * Samir K Srivastava and Rajiv K. Srivastava, Managing Product Returns for Reverse Logistics, International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management (special issue on 3PL, 4PL and Reverse Logistics Part 1), Volume 36, Issue 7, 2006, pp 524-546.
 * Samir K Srivastava, Logistics and Supply Chain Practices in India, Vision: The Journal of Business Perspective, Volume 10, Issue 3, 2006, pp. 69-79.
 * Samir K Srivastava and R.K. Srivastava, Profit Driven Reverse Logistics, International Journal of Business Research, Volume 4, Number 1, 2005, pp 53-61.
 * Rahul Pandey, Rajiv K. Srivastava and Samir K Srivastava, Indian Foundries Limited, Asian Journal of Management Cases, Volume 1, Number 2, 2004, pp. 177-186.
 * Samir K Srivastava and Rajiv K. Srivastava, A state-of-the-art Literature Review of Green Supply Chain Management, Udyog Pragati, Volume 27, No. 3, 2003, pp. 5-23.
 * Samir K Srivastava and Rajiv K. Srivastava, How Green are Indian Firms, Productivity, Volume 44, No. 2, 2003, pp. 294-302.

Personal Life
Srivastava currently lives in his home town Lucknow.