Biography
Dr. Anjali Awasthi is Full Professor at Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering (CIISE), in Concordia University, Montreal. She is currently serving as the President for CORS (Canadian Operations Research Society). In the past, she has served as Concordia University Research Chair (Tier-II) in Connected Sustainable Mobility Systems, CORS in the role of Vice-President, Education Chair, and jury member of student competitions. She is a senior member of ASQ (American Society for Quality), associate of LSRC (Loyola Sustainability Research Center), and regular member of CIRRELT (Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche sur les Reseaux d'Entreprise, la Logistique et le Transport). She is also the recipient of Eldon Gunn service award (CORS 2018, Halifax) and IEOM Special Recognition Award (4th North American Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, Toronto, 2019). Her research paper entitled "A system dynamics simulation model to evaluate regulatory policies for sustainable transportation planning" received the best paper award from Taylor and Francis journal "International Journal of Modeling and Simulation". She is also a member of CORS Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) committee and promotor of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math). She received her PhD in industrial engineering and automation from INRIA Rocquencourt and University of Metz, France and a Masters in Industrial and Management Engineering from IIT Kanpur, India. Prior to Concordia, Dr. Awasthi worked at University of British Columbia and University of Laval where she was involved in several projects on industrial applications of operations research. In France, she worked on many European research projects aimed at improving urban mobility in cities, city logistics and on cybernetic transportation systems. She has appeared on Radio Canada, CTV, Montreal Gazette, Le Devoir, The suburban, Metro and The Globe and The Mail.
Research Interests
Professor Awasthi's research interests lie in modeling and simulation, data mining, Information Technology and decision making, sustainable logistics planning, quality assurance in supply chain management and sustainable supply chain management. she is particularly interested in investigating how the new digital technologies are shaping our everyday decision making process. Other key problems include how our cities can be relieved of ongoing traffic congestion, how should the sustainability policies be devised for improved mobility of goods and people, how to perform stakeholder collaboration planning, how to benchmark sustainability performance of organizations, and how autonomous vehicles can be brough mainstream to complement our transportation ecosystem. She is also interested in industrial applications of OR (Operations Research), and has published extensively in the area.
- N Chemma, M El Amine Abdelli, A Awasthi, E Mogaji. (2022). Management and Information Technology in the Digital Era: Challenges and Perspectives, Emerald Publishing Limited (https://bookstore.emerald.com/management-and-information-technology-in-the-digital-era.html).
- Awasthi A. (Eds.). (2021). Mobility Management in Urban Areas: Models and Perspectives, Novascience (https://novapublishers.com/shop/mobility-management-in-urban-areas-models-and-perspectives/).
- Awasthi A., Grzybowska K. (Eds). (2019). Handbook of Research on Interdisciplinary Approaches to Decision Making for Sustainable Supply Chain, IGI Global (https://www.igi-global.com/book/handbook-research-interdisciplinary-approaches-decision/221874).
- Awasthi A. (Eds.). (2019). Sustainable City Logistics Planning: Methods and Applications, NovaScience (https://novapublishers.com/shop/sustainable-city-logistics-planning-methods-and-applications-volume-1/).
- Grzybowska K., Awasthi A., Sawhney R. K. (Eds). (2019). Sustainable Logistics and Production in Industry 4.0 new opportunities and challenges, Springer (https://www.springerprofessional.de/en/sustainable-logistics-and-production-in-industry-4-0/17454958).
- Prasenjit Chatterjee, Pamucar, D., Yazdani, M., & Awasthi, A. (2019). AAP Research Notes on Optimization and Decision Making Theories, Apple Academic Press (https://www.appleacademicpress.com/AAP-Research-Notes-on-Optimization-and-Decision-Making-Theories).
Selected Publications
- A fuzzy multicriteria approach for evaluating environmental performance of suppliers – International Journal of Production Economics, 2010
- Multi-tier sustainable global supplier selection using a fuzzy AHP-VIKOR based approach – International Journal of Production Economics, 2018
- Solar PV power plant site selection using a GIS-AHP based approach with application in Saudi Arabia – Applied Energy, 2017
Teaching
- Quality Assurance in Supply Chain Management (INSE 6300)
- Quality in Supply chain Design (INSE 6290)
- Advanced Systems Modeling and Simulation (INSE 691)
Contact Information
Email: anjali.awasthi@manslog.com
Office: EV 7.636, Concordia University
Phone: 514 848 2424x 5622