Dr. Mahendra Parihar

Specialization

• Transport Economics, Industrial Economics, Development Economics, Micro Economics & Public Policy.

Academic Experience: (18 Years)

• Associate Professor (Economics), Mukesh Patel School of Technology Management and Engineering, NMIMS (Deemed to be University) Mumbai, Mumbai-Maharashtra (India) June 2019 to Present.
• Associate Professor and HoD (Economics), Department of Economics, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Manipal University Jaipur, Jaipur-Rajasthan (India) August 2014 to June 2019.
• Assistant Professor (Economics), Department of Humanities, Thadomal Shahani Engineering College, University of Mumbai, Mumbai, Mumbai-Maharashtra (India) May 2007 to August 2014.
• Lecturer- Visiting Faculty (Economics), Valia College, University of Mumbai, Mumbai, Mumbai-Maharashtra (India) July 2006 to March 2007.
•  Lecturer (Economics), Mittal College, University of Mumbai, Mumbai, Mumbai-Maharashtra (India) November 2004 to June 2006.
• Lecturer (Economics), Thakur College of Science and Commerce, University of Mumbai, Mumbai, Mumbai-Maharashtra (India) June 2004 to November 2004.
• Lecturer- Visiting Faculty (Economics), Department of Economics, University of Mumbai, Mumbai, Mumbai-Maharashtra (India) January to March Year-2011, 2012 and 2013.
• Lecturer – Visiting Faculty (Economics), Alkesh Dinesh Mody Institute of Financial & Management Studies, University of Mumbai, Mumbai, Mumbai-Maharashtra (India) January – June year- 2006 & 2007.
• Lecturer – Visiting Faculty (Economics), Indian Institute of Packaging, Mumbai January – April 2006.
• Lecturer – Visiting Faculty (Economics), Guru Nanak Degree College, University of Mumbai, Mumbai, Mumbai-Maharashtra (India) June – December 2006.
• Lecturer – Visiting Faculty (Economics), H.R. Degree College, University of Mumbai, Mumbai, Mumbai-Maharashtra (India) August-September 2006.

Number of PhD Students Guided:

• Akanksha Singh: on the topic entitled "Efficiency Analysis of Road Goods Transport Industry in India with Special Reference to Jaipur” (Main Guide from 10-07-2017 to 10-06-2019 and Co-guide from 11-06-2019 to 08-10-2020)
• Ayushi Fatehpuria: on the topic entitled "Economic Analysis of Impact of Infrastructural Development on Agriculture sector in India with Special Reference to Rajasthan” (Main Guide from 01-01-2018 to 10-06-2019 and Co-guide from 11-06-2019 to 08-10-2020)
• Gatha Kumar: on the topic entitled "Productivity and Efficiency Study of Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS) in India with Special Reference to Metro Rail System in Rajasthan” (Main Guide from 13-07-2018 to 10-06-2019 and Co-guide from 11-06-2019 to 08-10-2020).

Membership:

• Life member: Rajasthan Economic Association (REA), Jaipur (Rajasthan).
• Life Member: Indian Society for Training and Development (ISTD), New Delhi.
• Life member: Association for Transport Development in India (ATDI), New Delhi.
• Life member: Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), New Delhi.
• Coordinator and Member (2013-2016): Road Transport Research Team (RTRT), Digital Transport Information Exchange (DTiX), Mumbai.
• Coordinator and Member (2016-2019): All India Road Transport Research and Training Institute (AIRTRTI), Digital Transport Information Exchange (DTiX), Mumbai.
• Elected as Vice President of Rajasthan Economic Association for the year 2019-20.
• Advisory Board Member (2019-20) at Indian institute of Fleet Management (IIFM).

Service Activities (Within Organization)

• In-charge Academic Procession during Convocation of MPSTME in August 2022.

Service Activities (Outside Organization)

• Co-Chaired Technical Session during International Conference on Sustainable Finance, Economics and Accounting in the Pre- & Post- Pandemic Era organized by Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Jammu during 30-31 July, 2021.
• Chaired Technical Session during International Conference on BLOCKCHAIN FOR BUSINESS: Embracing Digital Disruption organized by Mittal School of Business, Lovely Professional University, Punjab during 14^th October, 2022.
• Invited as Subject Expert by Research Advisory Committee of Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences for PhD Program of Symbiosis International University, Pune on February 8, 2022.
• Invited as Speaker for the talk on "Case Study Workshop” by KES’s B K Shroff College of Arts and M H Shroff College of Commerce, Kandivali (W), Mumbai on August 11, 2021.
• Invited as External Auditor for the Department of Business Economics Audit at KES’s B K Shroff College of Arts and M H Shroff College of Commerce, Kandivali (W), Mumbai on January 8, 2022.
• Invited as Speaker to deliver expert talk on "Infrastructural Development and Eco-system in India” for the Student Exchange Program Department of Business Economics, KES’s B K Shroff College of Arts and M H Shroff College of Commerce, Kandivali (W), Mumbai on April 14, 2022.
• Invited as Guest Speaker to deliver a talk on "Work from Home: Issues and Challenges in Education” at International Conference BICON-2021 on Recreating Higher Education in the Post-Pandemic World organized by Biyani College Jaipur on December 14, 2021.
• Co-Chaired Technical Session during International Conference on RETHINKING BUSINESS: Designing strategies in the Age of Disruptions (Track 6: Rethinking Business Functions in the Age of Disruptions) organized by Mittal School of Business, Lovely Professional University, Punjab during 19^th December, 2020.
• Co-chaired a Technical Session during 40^th Annual Conference of Rajasthan Economics Association on "Re-thinking Poverty and the ways to end it” organized by S. S. Jain Subodh P.G. (Autonomous) College, Jaipur- Rajasthan during 24^th-25^th January, 2020.
• Chaired a Session (Track: Managing Physical, Economic and Social Infrastructure during a Global Crisis) during S-TEAM Conference 2020 on Changing Paradigm of Management during and after a Global Crisis organized by Symbiosis Centre for Management and Human Resource Development, Symbiosis International (Deemed University) during 17-22 August, 2020.
• Chaired a session during 6^th International Conference on Energy and Infrastructure Management organized by School of Petroleum Management, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar-Gujarat during 15^th-16^th February, 2018.
• Reviewed: INDERSCIENCE Publication - 2020/IJEPEE/49089 and 2022/IJBE/99949.
• Reviewed: International Journal of Business Environment, INDERSCIENCE Publication- IJBE 99949.
• Reviewed: Indian Economic Journal by Indian Economic Society (SAGE Publication – 7 Papers) - Paper No. 43237, 46421, 47776, 47993, 64098, 65178, 67261.
• Reviewed: 2022 IEEE World Conference (AIC 2022)- Paper Submission No. 26, 46, 48.

Awards:

• Research Paper entitled "Covid 19: Preference for Online Teaching and its Impact on Academic Performance” nominated for Best Paper Award in session during 2021 IEEE Sponsored International Conference on Emerging Trends in Industry 4.0 (ETI 4.0), organized by O P Jindal University, Raigarh, Chattisgarh-India during 19-21 May, 2021.
• Research Paper entitled "Impact Analysis of Road Infrastructure on Growth of Road Goods Transport (Trucking) Industry in India” nominated for Best Paper presentation in session during International Conference on Energy and Infrastructure Management (ICEIM) 2018, organized by School of Petroleum Management, PDPU-Gujarat.
• Research Paper entitled "Analysis of Issues Relating to Work Life Balance in Trucking Operation: A Human Resource Perspective” nominated for Best Paper Presentation of the Conference during 1^st National Conference on Innovation and Challenges in Business Management: Socio Economic Perspective organized by Aryabhata College of Management, Ajmer on 8^th September, 2018.
• Research paper entitled "Technology Innovation for Sustainability: A Case of Trucking Industry in India” nominated for Best Paper Award of the Conference during International Research Conference on Innovation, Growth and Sustainability organized by SASMIRA’s Institute of Commerce and Science, University of Mumbai, Mumbai on 8^th-9^th March, 2019.

Journal Publications

• M. Parihar (2020). Do We Need to Promote Public Transport for Sustainable Development with Reference to Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS)? A Case of Jaipur Metro Rail Project in Rajasthan. GIS-Business, 15(1), 310-323.
• M. Parihar et.al. (2021). Bringing Competitive Efficiency through Trucking Co-operatives: A Case of Road Freight Transportation in India. Psychology and Education Journal, 58(4), 2336-2343.

Conference Publication:

• Paper on "Computing Financial Performance of Road Freight Transportation (Trucking) Industry in India using Mathematical Tool” presented at International Conference on Global Economic Revolutions (ICGER) organized by Ahlia University, Bahrain during 15-16 September, 2021 and published in Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Finance and Sustainable Technology (Conference Proceedings of ICGER published by SPRINGER- Scopus Indexed dated January 01, 2022 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-93464-4_11).
• Paper on "Application of Computational Technique to Assess the Performance of Staff for Sustainable Business” presented and published in2^nd International Conference on Computation, Automation and Knowledge Management (ICCAKM 2021) organized by Amity University during 19^th – 21^st January, 2021(IEEE Conference Record Number 50778. The conference publication is indexed in SCOPUS, DBLP and Google Scholar), DOI:10.1109/ICCAKM50778.2021.9357761, Date Added to IEEEXplore:25 February 2021.
• Paper on "Intelligent Infrastructure and Transportation: A case of Passenger Transportation system in Jaipur city of Rajasthan” presented and published inSCOPUS Indexed Springer Book SeriesSmart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, Volume 235, ISBN:978-981-16-2876-4,at 3^rd International Conference on Smart Systems: Innovations and Computing organized by Manipal University Jaipur during 22-23 January, 2021 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2877-1_2
• Paper on "Economic Analysis of Energy Efficient Transportation in India with Special Reference to the Passenger Movement” presented and published inSCOPUS Indexed Springer Book SeriesSmart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, Volume 235, ISBN:978-981-16-2876-4,at 3^rd International Conference on Smart Systems: Innovations and Computing organized by Manipal University Jaipur during 22-23 January, 2021 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2877-1_4
• Paper on "Smart City Solution: Enhancing Capacity Utilization of Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS) for Economic Viability with Special Reference to Jaipur Metro Rail Network” presented and published inSCOPUS Indexed Springer Book SeriesSmart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, Volume 235, ISBN: 978-981-16-2876-4, at 3^rd International Conference on Smart Systems: Innovations and Computing organized by Manipal University Jaipur during 22-23 January, 2021 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2877-1_6
• Paper on "Analysis of Exertion with Relative Grading Mechanism in Academics using Computational Technique” accepted for presented and published inSCOPUS Indexed IOP Conference Series: Material Science and Engineering at International Conference on Applied Scientific Computational Intelligence using Data Science (ASCI 2020) organized by Department of Computer Applications, Manipal University Jaipur during 22-23 December, 2020 DOI: 10.1088/1757-899X/1099/1/012018
• Paper on "Using Intelligent Communication System (ICT) to Solve a Problem of Enroute Confirmation of Wait listed Tickets in Indian Railways” presented and published in IEEE Xplore Digital Library (IEEE Conference Record Number 46177 and ISBN: 978-1-7281-1712-6. The conference publication is indexed in SCOPUS, DBLP, Google Scholar) at Second International Conference on Intelligent Communication and Computational Techniques (ICCT 2019) being organized by Manipal University Jaipur, Jaipur-India during September 28-29, 2019, DOI:10.1109/ICCT46177.2019.8969018, Date Added to IEEEXplore:27 January 2020.
• Paper on "Efficiency Analysis of Online Ticket Reservation System in Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation (RSRTC) Using ITS & ICT Enabled Services” presented and published in IEEEXplore Digital Library (IEEE Conference Record Number 46177 and ISBN: 978-1-7281-1712-6. The conference publication is indexed in SCOPUS, DBLP, Google Scholar) at Second International Conference on Intelligent Communication and Computational Techniques (ICCT 2019) being organized by Manipal University Jaipur, Jaipur-India during September 28-29, 2019, DOI:10.1109/ICCT46177.2019.8969050, Date Added to IEEEXplore:27 January 2020.
• Paper on "An Economic Analysis of Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS) in India with Special Reference to Jaipur Metro Rail in Rajasthan” accepted for presentation and publication in IEEE Xplore Digital Library (IEEE Conference Record Number 46823 and ISBN: 978-1-7281-1712-6. The conference publication is indexed in SCOPUS) at International Conference on Computation, Automation and Knowledge Management (ICCAKM-2020) being organized by Amity University, Dubai during 9-11 January, 2020, DOI:10.1109/ICCAKM46823.2020.9051472, Date Added to IEEEXplore:02 April 2020.
• Paper on "Feasibility of Blockchain in Indian Banking and Finance Sector” accepted for presentation and published inSCOPUS Indexed Springer Book SeriesAdvances in Intelligent Systems and Computing (Innovations in Computational Intelligence and Computer Visionpp 479-487) at International Conference on Innovations in Computational Intelligence and Computer Vision (ICICV 2020) organized by Manipal University Jaipur during 17-19 January, 2020, DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6067-5_54 First Online:22 September 2020, Pp. 479-487.

Academic Profiles:

• Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=BiMlYc4AAAAJ&hl=en
• ORCID: 0000-0002-4385-9777
• Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mahendra-Parihar-2
• Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mahendra-parihar-33b95a37/
• Scopus: 57215118671