Dr. Sukrit Pal, Iowa State University, United States
Dr. Sukrit Pal is an Assistant Professor of Supply Chain Management at the Ivy College of Business, Iowa State University 🇺🇸. He earned his PhD in Business Administration from Michigan State University in 2022 🎓, specializing in operations, healthcare resilience, and econometrics. His research focuses on healthcare innovation, ride-hailing platforms, and public health supply chains 🏥🚕. He has published in leading journals like Journal of Operations Management and Decision Sciences 📚. Dr. Pal has received notable honors including the Best Analytical Paper Award 🏅 and actively contributes to academia through teaching, grants, presentations, and editorial roles
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🎓 Educational Background
Dr. Sukrit Pal holds a PhD in Business Administration from Michigan State University, USA (2022) 🎓. His dissertation focused on building a resilient healthcare supply chain, exploring hospital systems and vaccine distribution during pandemics 🏥💉. He specialized in Operations and Supply Management with a minor in Machine Learning, Data Science, and Econometrics 🤖📊. He earned his MBA in 2017 from Texas Christian University, USA, majoring in Supply Chain and Operations Management 📦📈. Dr. Pal began his academic journey with a Bachelor’s in Engineering (2010) from West Bengal University of Technology, India, majoring in Computer Science and IT
📚 Research Contributions
Dr. Sukrit Pal’s research explores process innovation in healthcare and platform services, focusing on capacity management, public health emergencies, and health informatics 🏥📊. His interests also include labor allocation, service provider behavior, social network analysis, and performance management 👥⚙️. Currently serving as Assistant Professor of Supply Chain Management at Iowa State University (2022–Present) 🧑🏫, Dr. Pal has published extensively. His work appears in Decision Sciences Journal (2025) and Journal of Operations Management (2023, 2024) 📝🏆. Notably, he received the Best Problem-Driven Analytical Research Paper Award at the Decision Sciences Annual Conference in 2022
🏆 Honors and Awards
Dr. Sukrit Pal has been recognized for his outstanding research contributions in the field of supply chain and operations management. He was honored with the Best Problem-Driven Analytical Research Paper Award at the Decision Sciences Annual Conference in 2022 🎓📈. This prestigious award reflects his commitment to addressing real-world challenges through rigorous analytical methodologies and impactful insights. His award-winning research focuses on consignment inventory shrinkage in medical supplies, demonstrating his dedication to advancing healthcare operations and supporting evidence-based decision-making in public health and hospital systems
📚 Teaching Contributions
Dr. Sukrit Pal has demonstrated strong teaching capabilities in supply chain and operations management. At Iowa State University’s Ivy College of Business, he has taught courses like Lean Operations in Healthcare Management (SCM 526X) and Decision Tools for Logistics and Operations Management (SCM 460) with consistent ratings between 3.3 to 3.7 out of 5 ⭐. At Michigan State University, he earned high ratings (up to 4.3/5.0) for Manufacturing Plan and Control (SCM 372) 🏭📈. His teaching interests include manufacturing, procurement, supply chain analytics, decision tools, and quality management, showcasing his dedication to impactful education in business operations
💼 Professional Experience
Dr. Sukrit Pal brings a blend of academic and industry experience to his career in operations and supply chain management. Currently serving as an Assistant Professor at Iowa State University (Aug 2022–Present) 🏫, he previously worked as a Research and Teaching Assistant at Michigan State University (2017–2022) and Texas Christian University (2016–2017) 📘. He gained industry exposure as an Operations Manager Intern at Think Finance LLC (2016) and held pivotal roles at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) as Manager of Information Security and Project Management, and Consultant for Enterprise Applications (2013–2015)
🔬 Research Focus
Dr. Sukrit Pal’s research revolves around healthcare operations, supply chain resilience, and public health emergency management 🏥🔗. His work explores manufacturing strategy alignment, process integration, and the impact of information sharing during crises like pandemics 🌐💉. Additionally, he investigates open-source collaboration, team dynamics, and inventory shrinkage in medical supplies 📦🧠. His interdisciplinary approach leverages data science, econometrics, and platform service analysis to optimize decision-making in uncertain environments 📊🤖. With contributions cited in leading journals, Dr. Pal is shaping the future of healthcare and operations management through analytical modeling and system-level innovations
Publication Top Notes
📘 Withstanding the economic recession: Examining the efficacy of manufacturing strategy alignment and process integration – 18 citations | 2021
📘 Collaborative dynamics in open source software development: Influence of team interaction & role of project manager – 3 citations | 2024
📘 Consignment inventory shrinkage in general and physician preference medical supplies: An analytical investigation – 3 citations | 2023
📘 Medical countermeasures during public health emergencies—Does information sharing help? – 2025
📘 Toward a Resilient Healthcare Supply Chain: Managing Health Systems, Hospitals & Vaccine Distribution – Doctoral Dissertation | 2022