Dr. Anchal Patil is a scholar in the field of Operations and Supply Chain. He holds a PhD from the Department of Management Studies, IIT Delhi. His research interests include the application of simulation, optimization, and MCDM methods to improve supply chain performance. Anchal has published several research papers related to transportation and humanitarian work in reputed journals, including Business Strategy and the Environment (BSE), International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management (IJPDLM), International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (IJDDR), the International Journal of Logistic Management (IJLM), and Computer & Industrial Engineering (CIE). He has also reviewed manuscripts for several reputed journals, including the Journal of Cleaner Production and Computers & Industrial Engineering.