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a reviewer of various journals like Managerial Auditing Journal, International Journal of Law and Management, Heliyon, Indian Economic Journal, Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, and has also been on the review committee of the Strategic Management Society’s Conferences for 4 consecutive years. She has actively led a scholar-run organization under the aegis of Centre for Societal Mission IIT (ISM), Dhanbad for almost 4 years in various leadership positions like treasurer and inter-organization convenor, working towards the development of underprivileged students in the district of Dhanbad. DR. VARSHA MAMIDI Dr. Varsha Mamidi is currently working as an Associate Professor in Information Systems and Analytics at IIM Shillong. She has extensive IT industry experience as a programmer, project lead, technical architect, and project manager in multinational companies in Australia, India, andUK.She completedPhD in ITandFinance fromMonash University, Australia. Her doctoral thesis work received the best doctoral research award from IDRBT (Reserve Bank of India), India. She received several competitive research grants from industry and government bodies for implementing AI/ML and blockchain technology solutions. Prior to this, she worked as an Assistant Professor at Hyderabad Central University and Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences, Hyderabad. She has about 12 years of teaching experience in Australia, India, Singapore, and Germany. She is a certified project management professional since Feb 2007. Her research interests are in the areas of Predictive Analytics, Text & Social media Analytics, Machine learning, Blockchain, and Generative AI. DR. VIBHAS AMAWATE Dr. Vibhas Amawate holds Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Management Kashipur. He has an extensive experience of more than two decades as a marketing professional in the corporate world. He has been a visiting faculty at leading Indian Business Schools -IMT Ghaziabad (2003- 2009), FMS Delhi, MDI. His teaching interests lies in Business Research Methods, Advanced Market Research, Business to Business Marketing, International Marketing, Product Management. DR. VISHAKHA BANSAL Dr. Vishakha Bansal holds Ph.D (Taxation and Capital Structure) from Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi. She has around 8 years of experience as a faculty in various institutes and was actively involved in multiple roles. She is also the Awardee of UGC Junior Research Fellowship and Senior Research Fellowship. DR. YADAV VINAY SURENDRA Dr. Yadav Vinay Surendra is working at Indian Institute of Management Shillong as a Assistant Professor in Operations & Quantitative Techniques. Priorly, he worked as Research Associate at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Industrial Engineering & Management (IE&M) from National Institute of Technology Raipur, India. He also holds a master’s degree in IE&M from National Institute of Technology Raipur, India. He received a gold medal for outstanding academics in his M.Tech degree. He did his graduation in Mechanical Engineering from University of Pune, India. He is Graduate Aptitude Test (GATE 2014 & 2015) qualified in Mechanical Engineering. His research areas include agro-food supply chain,blockchain,big data analytics, omnichannel, mathematical programming, multi-criteria decisionmaking and Industry4.0 etc.He has publications in many reputed journals like Computers & Industrial Engineering (Elsevier), Computers in Industry (Elsevier), Resources, Conservation and Recycling (Elsevier), Sustainable Production and Consumption (Elsevier), Journal of Cleaner Production (Elsevier), Renewable Energy (Elsevier), Annals of Operations Research (Springer), The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology (Springer), Business Strategy and the Environment (Wiley), The International Journal of Logistics Management (Emerald), Industrial Management & Data Systems (Emerald), Journal of Enterprise Information Management (Emerald) and Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management (Emerald). He is also serving as reviewer of many top-tier journals. He is a life member of professional bodies like Indian Institute of Industrial Engineering, Operations Research Society of India, Institution of Engineers (India), and Global Institute of Flexible System Society.  20 Indian Institute of Management Shillong