Dr Manoj Dora
Reader - Operations Management

Research area(s)

• Circular Economy
• Sustainable Food Value Chain
• Industry 4.0 (Blockchain, IoT, AI)
• Lean Management 
• Supply Chain issues to improve the effectiveness of the value chain
• Humanitarian Operations and Logistics
• Agribusiness in Africa
• Modern Slavery

Research group(s)

• Operations and Information Systems Management Research Group (OISM)

Grants

Project details

•  International Initiative for Impact Evaluation/ Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Topic: Economic and Empowerment Impacts of Millet Processing and Value Addition Enterprises by Women SHGs in Tribal Areas of Odisha (India) (Co-I),  981,054 USD
• UKRI – BBSRC - Partnership for a Sustainable Food Future – Centre for Doctoral Training (2020-2025) (Co-I), 5million GBP
• STFC Food Network fund 2020 (Co-I), Topic: Fraud Indicators: Winning the War against Food Fraud with STFC Data
• STFC Food Network fund 2020 (Co-I), Topic: Using STFC Technology to Create a Novel Digital Platform to Integrate Fish Farmers and Customers in Ghana
• STFC Food Network fund 2020 (Co-I), Topic: A feasibility study of using Raman Spectroscopy to detect counterfeit seeds in Malawi
• STFC Food Network fund 2020 (Co-I), Topic: Developing Price Risk-Protected Warehouse Receipt System in Promoting Resilient Food Supply Chains in Africa
• Newton Fund Research Environment Links grant 2019-2021 (Co-I) Topic: Developing capacity and research network on circular and Industry 4.0 driven sustainable solutions for reducing food waste in supply chains in Turkey
• GCRF Impact Accelerator in developing countries grant 2019 (Principal Investigator) Topic: Lean logistics to ensure efficient food distribution in humanitarian crisis in Turkey
• Research IDEA award 2019 (Principal Investigator) Topic: Leveraging Food Systems to Reduce Nutrition Loss in Banana Supply Chains
• British Council Newton Fund Grant 2018 (Principal Investigator) Topic: Fighting Food Fraud with Blockchain in Brazil
• GCRF Brunel Research Development Fund 2018 (Principal Investigator) Topic: Mobile processing unit for fruits for the small holders’ farmers in India
• British Council - UK India Education Research Initiative 2017-2020) (CO-I) Topic: Training for All- a capacity building initiative
• British Council Newton Fund Grant 2016 (Principal Investigator) Topic: Lean humanitarian supply chain and logistics to ensure resilient and efficient food distribution in disasters and emergencies
• British Academy Grant 2016-2018 (Principal Investigator) Topic: Mapping the impact of food waste on sustainability performance
• Royal Academy of Engineering 2018 (CO-I) Topic: Perishable Food Cold Chain Logistics in Turkey
• Brunel Research Initiative & Enterprise Fund 2017-18 (Principal Investigator) Topic: Mapping the impact of a circular pathway for the UK food supply chain
• Brunel Research Development Fund-ESRC 2016-17 (Principal Investigator) Topic: Building resilience in Brazilian food supply chains
• Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation & New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) 2016 (Co-I) Topic: Priority agricultural value chains in Central Africa
• EU Erasmus plus 2014-17 (CO-I) Topic: Network of universities and enterprises for food training in Southeast Asia
• VLIR Interuniversity collaboration project 2013-2025 (Co-I) Topic: Strengthening agribusiness value chain through community engagement in Uganda
• EU IMSFood project 2010-2012  (CO-I) Topic: Innovative Management System for Food processing SMEs