
Dr Manoj Dora
Reader - Operations Management
Eastern Gateway 202i
- Email: manoj.dora@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 268380
- Innovation and Sustainability
- Brunel Business School
- College of Business, Arts and Social Sciences
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)
Research grants and projects
Research Projects
Grants
Food fraud prevention using Blockchain technology: Role of Contextual factors
Funder: British Council
Duration: February 2019 - January 2020
Funder: British Council
Duration: February 2019 - January 2020
Developing curriculum for training special needs trainers
Funder: UK-India Education and Research Initiative
Duration: January 2018 - January 2021
Funder: UK-India Education and Research Initiative
Duration: January 2018 - January 2021
Lean humanitarian supply chain and logistics to ensure resilient and efficient food distribution in disasters and emergencies
Funder: British Council Newton Fund
Duration: December 2016 - December 2017
Funder: British Council Newton Fund
Duration: December 2016 - December 2017
Mapping the impact of food waste on sustainability performance
Funder: British Academy
Duration: September 2016 - August 2018
Funder: British Academy
Duration: September 2016 - August 2018
Evaluating food waste and its impact on sustainability performances in the fresh fruit and vegetables value chain in the UK using �lean thinking� principles.
Funder: British Academy
Duration: September 2016 - August 2018
Funder: British Academy
Duration: September 2016 - August 2018
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