Vandana Sonwaney

@siom.in

Director
Symbiosis International University Symbiosis Institute of Operations Management

Vandana Sonwaney


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Dr. Vandana Sonwaney, founding member and Director of Symbiosis Institute of Operations Management (SIOM) , shifted to academics 22 years back after 12 years of corporate experience in Electronic, FMCG and Consulting sector with profiles in Marketing, brand liquidation, logistics service enhancement, S&OP and SCM and Consulting.
Her exemplary research and work in curriculum development evolving competency requirements of the industry, culminating into shaping a niche Institute in field of Operations management that SIOM stands conceitedly today and speedily evolving into a center of operations excellence. Bringing Symbiosis MBA college to Nashik has been a great game changer to industry and education fraternity in Nashik.
Under her leadership, SIOM bagged “Best Industry Interface” and “Best Industry oriented curriculum”. SIOM also received the prestigious “Education Excellence Award 2018” by “Confederation of International Accreditation Commission forum” in Delhi

EDUCATION

MBA PhD

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Strategy and Management, Marketing
29

Scopus Publications

2683

Scholar Citations

21

Scholar h-index

39

Scholar i10-index

Scopus Publications

  • The Ideal Human Care in Green ICU: An integrated AI framework for future ICU care – Letter on Arabfard et al
    Tarun Madan Kanade, Vandana Sonwaney, Sampada V. Bende
    Intensive and Critical Care Nursing, 2026
  • Examining the causal factors of the electric vehicle adoption: a pathway to tackle climate change in resource-constrained environment
    Harshad Sonar, H M Belal, Cyril Foropon, Ramkrishna Manatkar, Vandana Sonwaney
    Annals of Operations Research, 2025
    Electric vehicles (EVs) serve an important role in lowering greenhouse gas emissions, which helps to mitigate global warming while also contributing to long-term growth. Thus, this research explores various criterions relevant to electric vehicle (EVs) adoption and causal relationships using the decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) method. From the comprehensive literature review, a set of criteria for EVs adoption were identified and are finalised through the Delphi method. The data was gathered from eleven experts and was analyzed using the DEMATEL method to develop the causal relationship between each criterion. The sensitivity analysis was performed to check the robustness of the model. The findings revealed that the key criteria for EV adoption include their causal relationships. It is observed that charging time, driving range and price are the most important criteria for an EV purchase. Battery capacities have a major and influential impact on other criteria like charging time, torque, driving range, and maximum power. Professionals and managers in the EV manufacturing industry can benefit from this prioritization of criteria by understanding the causal relationships between them. This study can also serve as guidance for EV engineers when it comes to implementing client preferences into vehicle design. It can also assist low-performing electric vehicles in determining their benchmarks. This work contributes to building an improved understanding of causal factors of electric vehicle adoption in resource-constrained environments for policy making.
  • Community Participation, Technical Solutions, and Adaptive Management: Keys to Successful Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) Plantation Initiatives in Maharashtra
    Wadghane Rahul, Ghangale Seema, Kala Chandra Prakash, Sonwaney Vandana
    Journal of Resources and Ecology, 2025
    The Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) initiative in Maharashtra addresses the critical need to balance development with environmental conservation by ensuring compensatory afforestation for diverted forest lands. It manages funds collected from agencies using forest areas for non-forest purposes, ensuring their proper utilization for reforestation, biodiversity conservation, and ecosystem restoration. This initiative is crucial for maintaining ecological balance, mitigating climate change impacts, and promoting sustainable development in the state, while also providing transparency in the management of environmental compensation funds. This research examines the factors influencing the success of CAMPA plantations in western and central Maharashtra, India. We employed field surveys, SWOT analysis, and stakeholder interviews to assess plantation outcomes and challenges. Our analysis revealed strengths like natural forests, good rainfall, and suitable soil, alongside weaknesses such as challenging terrain, water scarcity, and wildlife interference. Opportunities for improvement include promoting natural regeneration, implementing water and soil conservation practices, and fostering local community involvement. Threats to success come from monsoon inaccessibility, inappropriate species selection, and wildlife disturbance. The study emphasizes a two-pronged approach for successful CAMPA initiatives. First, technical considerations like irrigation during initial years, planting mature saplings, and constructing large cattle-proof trenches are crucial for sapling survival, water conservation, and soil protection. Second, effective management practices are equally important. Timely access to funding ensures proper implementation, while engaging local communities through Gram Sabha (village assembly) fosters a sense of ownership and promotes plantation protection. Flexibility in planning allows for adaptation to diverse site conditions. Therefore, site observations, consultations with forest officials and key informants (to rank the crucial success factors) enabled this study to fetch dynamic results. In a nutshell, this research highlights the importance of combining scientific knowledge with community participation for building resilient and sustainable CAMPA initiatives. Stakeholders, despite minor variations in emphasis, agree on core success factors: community involvement, animal protection through large trenches, and securing funding.
  • Critical appraisal on “Leveraging chatgpt’s advanced data analysis for forensic science research and applications”
    Tarun Madan Kanade, Vandana Sonwaney, Mrunal Milind Pandit
    Forensic Science Medicine and Pathology, 2025
  • Eco-friendly operations in Reality: Analysis of key factors of sustainability performance in manufacturing companies
    Vishakha Kuwar, Vandana Sonwaney, Neeta Bhide, Kamal Upreti, Ramesh Chandra Poonia
    Cognitive Cloud Computing Building Intelligent Systems for Tomorrow, 2025
  • Cognitive robotics for social, educational, and therapeutic applications
    Vishakha Kuwar, Vandana Sonwaney, Neeta Bhide, Shitiz Upreti, Gaurav Agarwal, Akash Sanghi
    Cognitive Cloud Computing Building Intelligent Systems for Tomorrow, 2025
  • Real-time data analytics and decision making in cyber-physical systems
    Vishakha Kuwar, Vandana Sonwaney, Shitiz Upreti, Shubham Rajendra Ekatpure, Prakash Divakaran, Kamal Upreti, Ramesh Chandra Poonia
    Navigating Cyber Physical Systems with Cutting Edge Technologies, 2024
    The future of digital innovation lies in Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), integrating computational capabilities with physical processes. CPS function as interconnected networks, merging physical and digital inputs and outputs. This study defines CPS and highlights real-time data analytics' role in enhancing communication across industries like manufacturing and robotics. CPS depend on data collection via edge computing, IoT, and sensors, involving data cleaning, preparation, and normalization. Real-time analytics, including stream processing, machine learning, and AI, are crucial for CPS. Decision-making systems and algorithms enhance efficiency. Given their sensitivity, security and privacy in real-time analytics are vital. The study addresses threat detection, privacy preservation, and data security, along with challenges like data heterogeneity, latency, and scalability. Future prospects include edge AI, fog computing, and blockchain integration.
  • Modelling the factors affecting organizational flexibility in MSMEs
    Jude Jegan Joseph Jerome, Vandana Sonwaney, Arunkumar O.N.
    Journal of Global Operations and Strategic Sourcing, 2024
    Purpose In the era of multiple global disruptions, firms are finding it to continue their business. MSMEs are impacted more as they have constrained resources. Organizational flexibility has emerged as an organizational and management principle that would help firms stay competitive even in volatile markets. This study aims to present a set of guidelines and insights for MSME managers to implement organizational flexibility in their organizations. Design/methodology/approach This study uses total interpretive structural modelling to study how the various factors contributing to organizational flexibility behave together. Behavioural theory is used to explain why organizations need to incorporate flexibility, and systems theory of organization is used to explain why an organization needs to have open boundaries. Findings Organizational flexibility is a principle that may be supported by the systems theory of organization. The study has shown that it is important for MSMEs to have supply chain collaborations to be more flexible. The study also shows pressure from competitors as the key driver that would make a firm more flexible, and that adequate support from management and technological skills are required to drive flexibility in an organization. Research limitations/implications Single respondent bias may have occurred in this study. This can be eliminated by interviewing multiple people from the same organization. Further research around the reasoning for linkages can be explored with theory-driven grounded studies. Originality/value This study attempts to use a multi-criteria decision-making technique to present insights to managers to help them make their organizations flexible.
  • Stakeholders’ perspectives on critical success factors for environmental social and governance (ESG) implementation
    Muhammad Sani Khamisu, Ratna Achuta Paluri, Vandana Sonwaney
    Journal of Environmental Management, 2024
  • Analysis of the Past, Present and the Future of International Student Mobility: A Retrospective Review
    Muhammad Sani Khamisu, Ratna Achuta Paluri, Vandana Sonwaney
    South Asian Journal of Business and Management Cases, 2024
    Globalization has led academics to realize the value of broadening classrooms beyond the typical school atmosphere to a place where students can engage in cross-cultural interaction. Despite being discussed in academic literature since the nineteenth century, international student mobility (ISM) did not become prominent until 2003. However, it has emerged as a global phenomenon throughout the last few decades. The present research aims to illustrate the broad patterns and developments in the relevant literature during the past six decades of ISM research. This review is a hybrid form of systematic literature review as it employs a dual approach to address its research questions, i.e., bibliometric and thematic analysis. The present study analysed 1,497 ISM article publications in 867 Scopus-indexed journals from 1964 to 2023. In doing this, the ‘Scientific Procedures and Rationales for Systematic Literature Reviews’ (SPAR-4-SLR) protocol is followed. The findings present a retrospective description of the ISM literature by spotting the key contributors in authorship, articles, journals and countries alongside the past, present and future research patterns. Although the field is not completely novel, surprisingly, the bibliometric analysis technique has not been efficiently used in past ISM studies. By addressing the gaps found in the few past reviews, this article thoroughly describes ISM’s knowledge foundation, production and future direction.
  • Environmental social and governance (ESG) disclosure motives for environmentally sensitive industry: an emerging economy perspective
    Muhammad Sani Khamisu, Ratna Achuta Paluri, Vandana Sonwaney
    Cogent Business and Management, 2024
  • Enablers and barriers for supply chain finance investments in Pharma 4.0: a study in the Indian context using total interpretive structural modelling
    Jude Jegan Joseph Jerome, Vandana Sonwaney, O.N. Arunkumar
    International Journal of Revenue Management, 2024
  • Achieving competitive advantage through technology-driven proactive supply chain risk management: an empirical study
    Jude Jegan Joseph Jerome, Vandana Sonwaney, David Bryde, Gary Graham
    Annals of Operations Research, 2024
  • The role of Project managers in navigating digitalization in a supply chain for resilience
    Jude Jegan Joseph Jerome, Vandana Sonwaney, Arunkumar O N
    Production and Manufacturing Research, 2023
  • Brillio Technologies and ‘Bringing Smiles’
    Achuta Ratna Paluri, Vandana Sonwaney
    Asian Journal of Management Cases, 2022
  • How Demographic Factors Impact Consumers’ Product Choice During Online Shopping: An Empirical Study of Tier-III Markets
    Snehal Chincholkar, Vandana Sonwaney
    Indian Journal of Marketing, 2022
  • Procurement 4.0 to the rescue: catalysing its adoption by modelling the challenges
    Jude Jegan Joseph Jerome, Disha Saxena, Vandana Sonwaney, Cyril Foropon
    Benchmarking, 2022
  • Supply chain routine issues in Indian FMCG manufacturing firm
    Sachin Modgil, Rohit Kr. Singh, Vanadana Sonwaney
    International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management, 2020
  • Enhancing operational efficiency by optimizing working capital management of manufacturing firms
    Arunkumar O N*, , Vandana Sonwaney, and
    International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering, 2019
  • Operational efficiency and its determinants in Indian machinery manufacturing firms
    Arunkumar O N*, , Vandana Sonwaney, and
    International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering, 2019
  • Planning the application of blockchain technology in identification of counterfeit products: Sectorial prioritization
    Sachin Modgil, Vandana Sonwaney
    IFAC Papersonline, 2019
  • Identifying the factors impacting online consumer buying behaviour
    International Journal of Scientific and Technology Research, 2019
  • “Anjaneya” health drink: re-positioning dilemma
    Aasha Jayant Sharma, Vandana Prashant Sonwaney
    Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies, 2018
  • Measurement of overall equipment effectiveness to improve operational efficiency
    Rohit Kumar Singh, Elvin Joseph Clements, Vandana Sonwaney
    International Journal of Process Management and Benchmarking, 2018
  • Prioritisation of flexibility enablers using AHP in steel making via electric arc furnace
    Rohit Kumar Singh, Arun Goyal, Aditya Bhagwat, Vandana Sonwaney
    International Journal of Procurement Management, 2017
  • Empirical Study of S&P BSE 100 Index on the Role of Dividend and Earnings Announcements: A Signalling Effect
    Vandana Sonwaney, Sunny Oswal
    Indian Journal of Science and Technology, 2016
  • Family communication patterns and children's influence on purchase decisions
    Adya Sharma, Vandana Sonwaney
    Indian Journal of Marketing, 2015
  • Exploring the role of family communication and brand awareness in understanding the influence of child on purchase decisions: Scale development and validation
    Adya Sharma, Vandana Sonwaney
    International Journal of Business Excellence, 2015
  • Antecedents of innovation and contextual relationship
    Rameshwar Dubey, Vandana Sonwaney, Padmanabha Aital, V.G. Venkatesh, Sadia Samar Ali
    International Journal of Business Innovation and Research, 2015

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • A vehicle-mounted retrofit waste segregation apparatus with self-calibrating sensor system and automated conveyor-based sorting mechanism
    S Satheesh, A Sur, A Pathania, K Shukla, Y Patil
    IN Patent 202,621,035,930 , 2026
    2026
  • Chelating Agent-Driven Modulation of Thermal, Structural and Magnetic Properties in Sol-Gel Synthesized Zinc Ferrite Nanoparticles
    R Shendkar, J Yadav, A Vyas, M Shirolkar, Y Patil
    Ceramics International 52 (6), 7736-7747 , 2026
    2026
    Citations: 2
  • A Total Interpretive Structural Modelling (TISM) Framework for Gamification in Solid Waste Management and its Influence on Quality of Life (QoL)
    S Satheesh, V Pradhan, K Shukla, Y Patil
    Discover Sustainability 7 (415), 1-23 , 2026
    2026
  • Influence of floral diversity on seasonal foraging behaviour of honeybees (Apis spp.) in the Kashmir Himalayas
    C Sonawane, MA Khan, N Singh, R Khurshid, AM Khan, S Hussain, ...
    Discover Sustainability , 2026
    2026
  • Fate and Transformation of Pharmaceutical Residues: Environment and Human Health Implications
    O Prakash, Y Patil, P Rao, M Dhanorkar, P Singh, R Kaul-Ghanekar, ...
    Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability , 2026
    2026
  • Patent Landscape Analysis on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Carbon Capture and Utilization Technologies
    S Gandhale, S Wankar, S Pohekar, A Kulkarni, O Prakash, Y Patil, ...
    Discover Sustainability 7 (203) , 2026
    2026
  • Optimising Experimental Conditions: The Role of Buffered Environments in Microbial Isolation, Physiological Studies, and Taxonomic Characterization
    O Prakash, U Waghmare, A Chauhan, Y Patil
    Applied and Environmental Microbiology 91 (6), 1-18 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 8
  • A volume capacity planning-based municipal organic waste composting system
    F Roowalla, YB Patil
    IN Patent App. IN202,521,014,166 , 2025
    2025
  • AI-Driven Sustainable Waste Management for Enhancing Quality of Life
    S Satheesh, K Shukla, V Pradhan, Y Patil
    IEEE International Conference on Emerging Information Technology and … , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 2
  • Quality of Life and Climate Change: Impacts, Sustainable Adaptation, and Social-Ecological Resilience
    K Shukla, YB Patil, RC Estoque, PA López de Haro
    IGI Global , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 16
  • Factors Impacting Adoption of Climate Change Mitigation Strategies in the Indian Iron and Steel Industry
    Y Patil, P Singh
    Quality of Life and Climate Change: Impacts, Sustainable Adaptation, and … , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 1
  • Global Perspectives on the Impact of Climate Change on Quality of Life
    K Shukla, YB Patil, RC Estoque, PA López de Haro
    Quality of Life and Climate Change: Impacts, Sustainable Adaptation, and … , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 2
  • Preface
    K Shukla, YB Patil, RC Estoque, PA López de Haro
    Quality of Life and Climate Change: Impacts, Sustainable Adaptation, and … , 2024
    2024
  • Harnessing photocurrent enhancement in silver-bacterial cellulose nanocomposite for ultra-sensitive Hg2+ electrochemical detection
    P Deshpande, S Wankar, R Gumathannavar, S Kulkarni, Y Jadhav, Y Patil, ...
    Nanocomposites 10 (1), 227-240 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 3
  • Agriculturally important functioning of beneficial microorganisms for healthy ecosystem maintenance
    P Singh, M Dhanorkar, Y Patil, V Rale
    The Potential of Microbes for a Circular Economy, 149-183 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 6
  • Modelling drivers and barriers of climate change mitigation strategies in Indian iron and steel industry: a TISM-based approach
    P Singh, VS Pradhan, YB Patil
    Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 14
  • Effect of biosurfactant on thiocyanate degradation by automobile service station soil isolates Brachybacterium sp. and Bacillus albus
    V Kadam, P Singh, Y Patil, O Prakash, N Berawala
    Bioremediation Journal , 2023
    2023
  • An optical device for detection of hexavalent chromium
    A Kulkarni, P Deshpande, U Alset, Y Tiwari, Amit Kumar and Patil
    IN Patent 202,321,008,019 , 2023
    2023
  • Mapping climate change mitigation strategies adopted by industries: An overview from first commitment of Kyoto Protocol (2009-2023)
    P Singh, P Mulay, Y Patil
    Environmental and Climate Technologies , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 8
  • Bacterial Cellulose: Natural Biomaterial for Medical and Environmental Applications
    P Deshpande, S Wankar, S Mahajan, Y Patil, J Rajwade, A Kulkarni
    Journal of Natural Fibers 20 (2), 2218623 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 26

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Biosurfactant production: emerging trends and promising strategies
    P Singh, Y Patil, V Rale
    Journal of Applied Microbiology 126 (1), 2-13 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 446
  • Assessment of noise pollution indices in the city of Kolhapur, India
    RB Hunashal, YB Patil
    Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 37, 448-457 , 2012
    2012
    Citations: 307
  • Development of a process for biodetoxification of metal cyanides from wastewaters
    YB Patil, KM Paknikar
    Process Biochemistry 35, 1139-1151 , 2000
    2000
    Citations: 213
  • Role of big data in decision making
    S Jeble, S Kumari, Y Patil
    Operations and Supply Chain Management 11 (1), 36-44 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 198
  • Biomanagement of hexavalent chromium: Current trends and promising perspectives
    P Singh, N Itankar, Y Patil
    Journal of Environmental Management 279 (111547) , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 159
  • Removal and recovery of metal cyanides using a combination of biosorption and biodegradation processes
    YB Patil, KM Paknikar
    Biotechnology Letters 21, 913-919 , 1999
    1999
    Citations: 112
  • Development of an integrated model to recover precious metals from electronic scrap - A novel strategy for e-waste management.
    V Bhat, P Rao, Y Patil
    Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 37, 397-406 , 2012
    2012
    Citations: 96
  • City based analysis of MSW to energy generation in India, calculation of state-wise potential and tariff comparison with EU.
    S Saini, P Rao, Y Patil
    Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 37, 407-416 , 2012
    2012
    Citations: 85
  • Biodetoxification of silver-cyanide from electroplating industry wastewater.
    YB Patil, KM Paknikar
    Letters in Applied Microbiology 30, 33-37 , 2000
    2000
    Citations: 80
  • Role of big data and predictive analytics
    S Jeble, S Kumari, Y Patil
    International Journal of Automation and Logistics 2 (4), 307-331 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 77
  • E-waste consciousness and disposal practices among residents of Pune city
    V Bhat, Y Patil
    Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences 133, 491-498 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 72
  • Conceptual frameworks for the drivers and barriers of integrated sustainable solid waste management: A TISM approach
    AP Gahana Gopal C, Yogesh B Patil, Shibin K T
    Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal 29 (3), 516-546 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 54
  • Management of hexavalent chromium from industrial waste using low-cost waste biomass
    N Itankar, Y Patil
    Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences 133, 219-224 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 45
  • Industrial Waste Management in the Era of Climate Change: A Smart Sustainable Model Based on Utilization of Passive Biomass
    Y Patil, P Rao
    Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation 4, 2079-2092 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 37
  • Enablers of sustainable industrial ecosystem: framework and future research directions
    S Kumari, YB Patil
    Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal 30 (1), 61-86 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 36
  • Barriers to technology adoption in agriculture-based industry and its integration into technology acceptance model
    S Kumari, S Jeble, YB Patil
    International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology 14 … , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 34
  • Development of a Low-Cost Industrial Waste Treatment Technology for Resource Conservation – An Urban Case Study With Gold-Cyanide Emanated from SMEs
    YB Patil
    Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 37, 379-388 , 2012
    2012
    Citations: 33
  • Assessing Physicochemical Technologies for Removing Hexavalent Chromium from Contaminated Waters—an Overview and Future Research Directions
    N Itankar, Y Patil
    Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 233 (355) , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 31
  • Bacterial Cellulose: Natural Biomaterial for Medical and Environmental Applications
    P Deshpande, S Wankar, S Mahajan, Y Patil, J Rajwade, A Kulkarni
    Journal of Natural Fibers 20 (2), 2218623 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 26
  • Studies on biological detoxification of metal-cyanide containing industrial effluents
    YB Patil
    Ph.D. Thesis, University of Pune, Pune , 1999
    1999
    Citations: 23