Educational Qualification

• Ph.D. in Management, University Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang, Malaysia 
• Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Agribusiness), Chaudhary Charan Singh National Institute of Agricultural Marketing (NIAM), Jaipur, India
• Bachelor of Science (Hort.), University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru, India

Work Experience (Research /Teaching)

• Guest Faculty - Institute of Co-Operative Management, India
• Assistant Professor - Saudi Electronic University, Saudi Arabia
• Management Trainee - Indian Immunological Limited, India
• Intern - Premium Farm Fresh Produce Limited, India

Area of Interest (Research /Teaching)

• Sustainable Supply Chain Management
• Circular Economy
• Reverse Logistics
• SDG12
• Agribusiness Marketing
• General Management

Journal Publication

• Vijayan, G., Kamarulzaman, N.H., Mohamed, Z.A., & Abdullah, A.M. (2014). Reverse logistics by food retailers in Klang Valley, Malaysia. Global Management Journal for Academic and Corporate Studies, 4(1).
• Vijayan, G., Kamarulzaman, N.H., Mohamed, Z.A., & Abdullah, A.M. (2014). Sustainability in food retail industry through reverse logistics. International Journal of Supply Chain Management, 3(2), 11-23.
• Kamarulzaman, N.H., Jamal, K., Vijayan, G., & Jalil, S.M. (2014). Will consumers purchase stevia as a sugar substitute? An exploratory study on consumer acceptance. Journal of Food Products Marketing, 20(SE 1), 122-139. (Taylor & Francis, Scopus, B, Impact Factor: 2.28)

Book Chapter Publication

• Vijayan, G. (2024). Supply Chain Resilience – A Must for Sustainability? In: Strategies for Environmentally Responsible Supply Chain and Production Management. Pennsylvania: IGI Global Publishers (Proposal Accepted)
• Jose, A.M., & Vijayan, G. (2024). Digital India – The Route to Financial Inclusion. In: The Role of Financial Inclusion for Reaching Sustainable Development Goals. Pennsylvania: IGI Global Publishers (Proposal Accepted)
• Vijayan, G., & Kamarulzaman, N.H. (2020). An introduction to sustainable supply chain management and business implications. In: Sustainable Business: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications. Pennsylvania: IGI Global Publishers 
• Vijayan, G., Kamarulzaman, N.H., Mukherjee, A., & Vaiappuri, S.K.N. (2020). Strategic value creation in a supply chain. In: Supply Chain and Logistics Management: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications. Pennsylvania: IGI Global Publishers
• Vijayan, G., & Kamarulzaman, N.H. (2016). Three tiers of sustainability measurement in the Grocery retail industry. In: Achieving Sustainable Supply Chain through the Creation of Economic Growth, Environmental Protection and Social Progress. Malaysia: UPM Press
• Mukherjee, A., Kamarulzaman, N.H., Vijayan, G., & Vaiappuri, S.K.N. (2016). Sustainability: A comprehensive literature. In: Handbook of Research on Global Supply Chain Management (248-268). Pennsylvania: IGI Global Publishers
• Vaiappuri, S.K.N., Kamarulzaman, N.H., Vijayan, G., & Mukherjee, A. (2016). An empirical view of knowledge management. In: Handbook of Research on Global Supply Chain Management (452-465). Pennsylvania: IGI Global Publishers

Paper Presentation

• Presented – paper titled “Eco-Conscious Consumerism and Purchase Intention towards Alternative Fuel Vehicles – An Examination”, In: 9^th FEB International Scientific Conference on Sustainable Management in the Age of ESG and AI: Navigating Challenges and Opportunities, Maribor, Slovenia (May 13, 2025)
• Presented- poster titled “Sustainability Practices in the Malaysian Grocery Retail Industry”, In: International Agriculture Congress, Putrajaya, Malaysia (November, 2014)
• Presented- “An Insight into Adaptation of Reverse Logistics by Food Retailers in Klang Valley, Malaysia presented, In: 1st International Conference on Innovation Driven Supply Chain, Kedah, Malaysia (March, 2014)
• Presented - paper titled “Reverse Logistics in the Malaysian Food Retail Industry”, In: 2nd International Conference on Socio-Political and Technological   dimensions of Climate change, Putrajaya, Malaysia (November, 2012)

Conferences / MDPs Attended / FDPs Attended

• Session chair- Rajagiri Management Conference 2025, RBS & RCSS (February 14, 2025)
• Session chair – International Conference on Multidisciplinary Approaches to SDGs & International Partner’s Meet 2024, RBS & RCSS (January 10 -13, 2024)
• Participated- 2023 KNU SDGs GLOCAl Week (Conference, Discussions and Meetups),  Chungcheong, Republic of Korea (November 20-24, 2023)
• Session chair- 4^th Rajagiri Management Conference on Entrepreneurship, and Management for a Sustainable Business Growth in the Age of Web 4.0 and Beyond – Challenges and Opportunities, Kochi, India (April, 2023)
• Participated- 1^st Research Innovation in Sustainable Marketing: A Global Virtual Symposium (Virtual), Hawaii, U.S.A (March, 2023)
• Business Simulation Conference, CESIM, India (May 16-17, 2022)
• Session chair - 3^rd Rajagiri Management Conference on Sustainable Development Goals in the Post-Pandemic World, Kochi, India (April 2022)

Workshops / Training Attended

• Participant- Research Workshop- RMC 2025 Workshop on Experimental Research, RBS & RCSS (February 14, 2025)
• Participant-FDP- Guru Angad Dev Teaching Learning Centre, under the Ministry of India (December 8-14, 2022)
• Participant-FDP- FORE School of Management, India (May 2-5, 2022)
• Participant- ELSEVIER AUTHOR WORKSHOP, Elsevier (May 11, 2022)
• Participant- FDP- Sharda University, India (June 29- July 3, 2020)
• Participant-FDP- Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA), India (May- August 2018)

Certifications

• Microsoft Official Specialist Excel 2019 Associate Certificate (2023)

Awards And Achievements

• Best Paper Award- “An Insight into Adaptation of Reverse Logistics by Food Retailers in Klang Valley, Malaysia presented, In: 1st International Conference on Innovation Driven Supply Chain, Kedah, Malaysia (March 2014)

Administrative Roles

• Associate Co-ordinator- Student Success Centre (2022-24)
• Area Chair – General Management (December 2022 –January 2024)

Other Details

• Faculty Coordinator -Student Club Session (Online) on the topic “Reinventing the Plastic Sector: Start-ups Pioneering Circular Solutions” organized in collaboration with Climate Collective Foundation (CCF), a Climate Tech Accelerator (April 12, 2025)
• Panelist- Roundtable Discussion for educators, organized by the Climate Collective Foundation (CCF) on the topic “The Need for Climate Entrepreneurship Courses as part of University Curriculum” (April 16, 2025)
• Reviewer - International Scientific Conference on Sustainable Management in the Age of ESG and AI: Navigating Challenges and Opportunities, Maribor, Slovenia (April, 2025)
• Reviewer-Innovation and Green Development Journal, Elsevier Publisher (April 2025 onwards)
• Faculty Coordinator- Mini-Hackathon hosted by Rajagiri Business School for SUSTERA, ASAR, and the Clean Mobility Collective (July 5th  2024)
• Contributor – Rajagiri blog on ‘Scarcity to Plentiful: The Journey of a Thousand Steps the’(https://www.rajagiribusinessschool.edu.in/blog-details/circular-economy) (November 19, 2024)
• Reviewer-AI Hybrid International Conference 2024 on ‘Entrepreneurship & Sustainability in Digital Era’, Assumption University of Thailand (March – May 2024)
• Reviewer for the 2024 Academy of Management (AOM) Annual Conference, Chicago, USA (February 16, 2024)
• Editorial Review Board Member for the International Journal of Strategic Management and Innovation (IJSMI), IGI Global Publishers, Pennsylvania (January 29, 2024- onward))
• Reviewer- 2023 IFAMA Academic Symposium, New Zealand (November 2022 – February 2023)
• Reviewer International Journal - Information Systems and Supply Chain Management (IJISSCM), IGI Global Publishers, Pennsylvania (May 2022 - onwards) [“C” Category]
• Reviewed papers submitted for publication acceptance - 3rd Rajagiri Management Conference on Sustainable Development Goals in the Post-Pandemic World”, April 2022, Kochi, India
• Reviewer - International Journal of E-Business Research (IJEBR), IGI Global Publishers, Pennsylvania (November 2021 – March 2022) [“Q3” Category]
• Editorial Review Board member- International Journal of Applied Management Theory and Research (IJAMTR), IGI Global Publishers, Pennsylvania
• Reviewer - International Food and Agribusiness Management Review (IFAMR), Wageningen Academic Publishers (April 2018 - onwards) [“Q2” Category] 
• Reviewer - International Journal of Business Information Systems, Inderscience Publishers (May 2020 – April 2023) [“C” Category]
• Reviewer - International Journal of Business Forecasting and Marketing Intelligence, Inderscience Publishers (July 2019 – April 2023)
• Technical writer - E-learning platform Agrihortico.com (2012 – January 2020)  

Professional Development Programs

• Judge for QS Reimagine Education Awards and Conference (2023 and 2024)
• MOOC Course on Graphic Design from Coursera  (2023)
• Global Online Certification Course on Competing in Business Through Ai-Powered Supply Chains 2022, National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), India (October 29 – December 4, 2022)
• Certificate Program on Leadership for Sustainable Development, Center for Business and Social Research (CBSR) & Center for Research and Implementation of Sustainable Practices (CRISP), India (July 22-23, 2022)
• Training On Climate Literacy & Action, Nottingham Business School, UK & Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME) (June 16- July 14, 2022)
• Case Teaching Session, Harvard Research Center (May 10, 2022)