Dr. Kamalakanta Muduli is presently working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Papua New Guinea University of Technology, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. He obtained a PhD from the School of Mechanical Sciences, IIT Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India. He obtained a master’s degree in industrial engineering. Dr. Muduli has over 16 years of academic experience at universities in India and Papua New Guinea. Dr. Muduli is a recipient of the ERASMUS+ KA107 award provided by the European Union. He has published 75 papers in peer-reviewed international journals, most of which are indexed in Clarivate Analytics, Scopus, and listed in ABDC, and more than 34 papers in national and international conferences. He has also been guest editing a few special issues in journals and books approved for publication by Springer, Taylor and Francis, MDPI, CRC Press, Wiley Scrivener, and Apple Academic Press. Dr. Muduli has also guided three PhD students. His current research interests include materials science, manufacturing, sustainable supply chain management, and Industry 4.0 applications in operations and supply chain management. Dr. Muduli is a fellow of the Institution of Engineers of India. He is also a senior member of the Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering and a member of ASME.