IMNATILA PONGEN

Designation:

Assistant Professor

Area:

Operations and Decision Science

Education:

PhD in Operations Management from Indian Institute of Management Ranchi

Date of Joining:

2025-07-01

Imnatila Pongen is a faculty member in the area of Operations and Decision Sciences, with a research focus on sustainable supply chains and closed-loop systems. Her work has been published in internationally recognized journals and presented at global academic conferences. She employs a mixed-methods approach, integrating MCDM, bibliometric analysis, contract modeling, structural equation modeling, and qualitative comparative analysis.

She is a doctoral scholar in Operations Management at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ranchi and holds degrees in Biomedical Engineering and an MBA in Marketing and Operations. She is passionate about teaching and curriculum development in supply chain and operations management.

Published Papers:

  • Pongen, I., Ray, P. and Govindan, K. (2024). Creating a Sustainable Closed- Loop Supply Chain: An Incentive-Based Contract with Third-Party E-Waste Collector. Journal of Cleaner Production. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.142351. (ABDC A, Scopus Indexed).
  • Pongen, I., Ray, P. and Gupta, R. (2023). Evaluating the barriers to e-waste closed-loop supply chain adoption. Benchmarking: An International Journal. https://doi.org/10.1108/BIJ-01-2023-0032. (ABDC B, Scopus Indexed)

 
Conference Presentations:

  • Pongen, I. and Ray, P. (2023). An MCDM Approach to Smart Contract Adoption in Indian Electronic Industry. In: Proceedings of the 8th North American Conference on Industrial Engineering & Operations Management, Houston, Texas, USA.
  • Pongen, I. and Ray, P. (2023). Application of Blockchain Enabled Smart Contract for Short-Life Products: An MCDM Approach. In: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Technology, Innovation, and Sustainability in Business Management (ICTIS 2023), Middlesex University, Dubai
  • Pongen, I. and Ray, P. (2022). Bibliometric analysis of supply chain contracts under disruption risk. In Gunasekaran et al. (Eds), Lecture Notes in Operations Research. Applications of Operational Research in Business and Industries (Chapter 13). Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-8012-1 (SCOPUS indexed)
  • Pongen, I. and Ray, P. (2021). Two Decades of Closed-loop Supply Chain: A Bibliometric Analysis. In: Proceedings of the 6th North American Conference on Industrial Engineering & Operations Management, Monterrey, Mexico

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Supply Chain Management, Procurement and Material Management, Logistics Management

Supply Chain Sustainability, Resilience, and Technology Adoption

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  • Awarded the best track paper in the 6th North American Conference on Industrial Engineering & Operations Management, Monterrey, Mexico