Blockchain-based circular economy for achieving environmental sustainability in the Indian electronic MSMEs

Subhodeep Mukherjee is a Ph.D. student at the GITAM Institute of Management, GITAM (Deemed to be University), Visakhapatnam, India. He obtained his master's degree from the Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, India. His research papers are published in Benchmarking: An International Journal, Management Decision, Management of Environmental Quality, Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management and Decision. He has presented several papers in various conferences and has also received two best paper and best paper presented awards. His main research interests includes food supply chain management, retail supply chain, cloud computing, artificial intelligent and blockchain technologies. He has expertise in statistical techniques such as SEM.

Ramji Nagariya is working as an assistant professor in the School of Business and Management, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Delhi NCR, Ghaziabad, India. He holds a Ph.D. in the area of sustainable service supply chain from the Department of Management Studies, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, India. He holds an M.Tech in Industrial Management from Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi and bachelor's degree in Aeronautical Engineering. His research papers are published in Business Process Management Journal, Benchmarking: An International Journal, International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, Management Decision, Management of Environmental Quality, Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Decision and International Journal of Services and Operations Management. His research interest includes service supply chain, buyer–supplier relationship and sustainability in supply chain.

Manish Mohan Baral is working as an assistant professor in Department of Operations, GITAM Institute of Management, GITAM (Deemed to be University), Visakhapatnam, India. He is an engineering graduate from KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, MBA in International Business from GITAM University, Visakhapatnam and pursued his Ph.D. in Management from Birla Institute of Technology Mesra, Ranchi. He has published his research works in International Journal of Logistics Management, Benchmarking: An International Journal, Management Decision, Management of Environmental Quality, Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Decision and International Journal of Services and Operations Management. His research areas include information technology, cloud computing, supply chain management, artificial intelligence, operations research and quality management.

Bharat Singh Patel is working as an assistant professor in Thiagarajar School of Management, Pamban Swamy Nagar, Thiruparankundram, Madurai District, Tamil Nadu, India. He holds Ph.D and M.Tech in Industrial Management from Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi, India. His research papers have been published in ABDC listed journals and Scopus indexed journals. His research interests include supply chain management, supply chain agility, lean manufacturing and agile manufacturing.

Venkataiah Chittipaka is working as Associate Professor (Operations Management) at Indira Gandhi National Open University, Delhi, India. He is an engineering graduate and completed MBA from National Institute of Technology, Warangal and obtained his doctorate from the Department of Business Management, Osmania University and qualified in UGC-NET conducted by University Grants Commission, New Delhi. His area of interest includes Operations, Quality, Marketing Research, logistics, Supply Chain Management and Project Management.

K. Srinivasa Rao is currently an assistant professor at the GITAM School of Business, GITAM (Deemed to be University) in India. He obtained his PhD in Faculty of Science from GITAM (Deemed to be University) in India. His research interests include operation research, fuzzy set theory and optimization.

U.V. Adinarayana Rao is a professor in Department of Operations, GITAM School of Business, GITAM (Deemed to be University), Visakhapatnam, India. He is an Engineering and Management Post-Graduate, having more than 26 years of teaching and research experience including four years of international teaching exposure. He has published more than 28 articles in various journals of repute. Most of the journals are indexed in SCOPUS and Web of Science. His research interest includes supply chain management, IT and sustainable supply chain, etc. He is a consultant to NTPC, Need Assessment and Social Impact Assessments under CSR CD programs across India. Till now he has completed seven consultancy projects.