Educational Qualification

• Ph.D. in Management, Universiti 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 | OCTOBER 2021 – FEBRUARY 2022

• Taught MBA courses on Domestic business environment and value based management, Environmental management,  Executive business communication, and Organizational change and development

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | SAUDI ELECTRONIC UNIVERSITY, SAUDI ARABIA | NOVEMBER 2019 – AUGUST 2021

• Taught undergraduate courses on H.R management, Business ethics, International business, Marketing, and Principles of management
• Taught MBA courses on Decision theory, Business ethics and sustainability, Leadership management, Performance management, Operations management, and Strategic management
• Course coordinator for MBA course – Business ethics and sustainability 
• Research supervisor for various MBA student research projects

MANAGEMENT TRAINEE | INDIAN IMMUNOLOGICALS LIMITED, INDIA | APRIL 2011 – JUNE 2011

• Developed departmental brochure for Human Biologicals Limited (HBI), IIL
• Involved in the development and implementation of promotional activities 2011 for Doctors, Hyderabad, India

INTERN | PREMIUM FARM FRESH PRODUCE LIMITED, INDIA | APRIL 2010 – JULY 2010
 

Area of Interest (Research /Teaching)

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

Journal Publication

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

BOOK PUBLICATION

• Vijayan, G. (2014). Organic Production of Coffee, Okra, Tomato, Mango, and Banana. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-`495285899
• Vijayan, G. (2014). Organic Food Certification and Marketing Strategies. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1495285745
• Vijayan, G. (2014). Organic Production of Some Agronomic Crops: Basmati Rice, Cotton, Red Gram, and Sugarcane. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1495285622
• Vijayan, G. (2013). Organic Crop Production Technology. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1493736515
• Vijayan, G. (2013). Organic Production of Black Pepper, Ginger, and Turmeric. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1493737345
   

Conferences / MDPs Attended / FDPs Attended

• Session chair In: 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, April 2023, Kochi, India
• Participated In: 1^st Research Innovation in Sustainable Marketing: A Global Virtual Symposium, March 2023, Hawaii, U.S.A (Virtual)
• Session chair In: 3^rd Rajagiri Management Conference on Sustainable Development Goals in the Post-Pandemic World, April 2022, Kochi, India
• Presented poster titled “Sustainability Practices in the Malaysian Grocery Retail Industry”, In: International Agriculture Congress, November 2014, Putrajaya, Malaysia
• Best Paper Award for paper titled “An Insight into Adaptation of Reverse Logistics by Food Retailers in Klang Valley, Malaysia presented, In: 1st International Conference on Innovation Driven Supply Chain on March, 2014, Kedah, Malaysia
• Presented paper titled “Reverse Logistics in the Malaysian Food Retail Industry”, In: 2nd International Conference on Socio-Political and Technological   dimensions of Climate change on November, 2012, Putrajaya, Malaysia

Other Details

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

• MICROSOFT OFFICIAL SPECIALIST – EXCEL 2019 ASSOCIATE Certificate | Microsoft Office | 2023
• MOOC FROM Coursera | University of Colorado Boulder | Graphic Design |2023
• DELEGATE IN 40TH KMA NATIONAL MANAGEMENT CONVENTION| Kerala Management Convention (KMA) | January 12th 2023 – January 13th 2023
• FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM| Guru Angad Dev Teaching Learning Centre, under the Ministry of India | December 8th 2022 – December 14th 2022
• GLOBAL ONLINE CERTIFICATION COURSE ON COMPETING IN BUSINESS THROUGH AI-POWERED SUPPLY CHAINS 2022| National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), INDIA | October 29th 2022 – December 4th 2022
• CERTIFICATE PROGRAM ON LEADERSHIP FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT| Center for Business and Social Research (CBSR) and the Center for Research and Implementation of Sustainable Practices (CRISP), INDIA | July 2nd 2022 – July 23rd 2022
• TRAINING ON CLIMATE LITERACY & ACTION | Nottingham Business School, UK & Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME) | June 16th 2022 – July 14th 2022
• BUSINESS SIMULATION CONFERENCE | CESIM, INDIA | May 16th 2022 – May 17th 2022
• ELSEVIER AUTHOR WORKSHOP | Elsevier | May 11th 2022
• CASE TEACHING SESSION | Harvard Research Center | May 10th 2022
• FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM | FORE School of Management, INDIA | 2nd May 2022 – 5th May 2022
• FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM | Sharda University, India | 29TH June 2020 – 3rd July 2020
• MOOC FROM edx.org | Fullbridge, USA | Business and Data Analysis Professional Certificate| 2019
• FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM | Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA), India | May 2018 – August 2018
• MOOC FROM edx.org | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA | Certificate of Supply Chain Analytics | 2017

WRITING CAPABILITY

• Reviewer for the 2023 IFAMA Academic Symposium, New Zealand (November 2022 – February 2023)
• Reviewer for International Journal of Information Systems and Supply Chain Management (IJISSCM), (“C” category), IGI Global Publishers, Pennsylvania (May 2022 - onwards) 
• Reviewed papers submitted for publication acceptance In: 3rd Rajagiri Management Conference on Sustainable Development Goals in the Post-Pandemic World”, April 2022, Kochi, India
• Reviewer for International Journal of E-Business Research (IJEBR), (“Q3” category), IGI Global Publishers, Pennsylvania (November 2021 – March 2022) 
• Editorial Review Board member for the International Journal of Applied Management Theory and Research (IJAMTR), IGI Global Publishers, Pennsylvania (July 2019 - onwards)  
• Reviewer for International Food and Agribusiness Management Review (IFAMR), (“Q2” category), Wageningen Academic Publishers (April 2018 - onwards)  
• Reviewer for International Journal of Business Information Systems (“C” category), Inderscience Publishers (May 2020 – April 2023) 
• Reviewer for International Journal of Business Forecasting and Marketing Intelligence, Inderscience Publishers (July 2019 – April 2023)  
• Technical writer for the e-learning platform Agrihortico.com (2012 – January 2020)  
• Editorial board member for the Handbook of Research on Industrial and Organizational 
• Psychology in the Modern Workforce. Pennsylvania: IGI Global Publishers (2016-2017)  
• Reviewer of Journal of Cleaner Production (“A” category), Elsevier Publishers (2015-2016)  
• Freelance Proof-reader for research papers, book chapters at UPM (2013-2015)