Associate Professor Dr Arsalan Zahid Piprani

Associate Professor Dr Arsalan Zahid Piprani

  • Associate Professor
  • Programme Leader - Master of Business Administration (ODL)
Department of Management

Biography

Dr Arsalan Zahid Piprani is currently an Associate Professor at Sunway Business School. He has more than 15 years of diverse professional experience in academia and business. He holds a Ph.D. in Business Administration (Majors: Supply Chain Risk Management) from the Faculty of Business and Economics (AACSB and AMBA Accredited), University of Malaya and earned MBA Industrial Management from the Institute of Business Management, Karachi. His other credentials include professional diploma in Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP), Certified Quality Professional (CQP) and Lead Auditor of ISO 9001.

Dr Piprani has extensive teaching expertise and has taught specialized supply chain courses at a variety of business schools. He has also contributed to the development of courses and program for academic institutions and professional associations that cater to current and aspiring supply chain professionals. In addition, he is an avid researcher. Some of his research interests include supply chain risk management, supply chain resilience, data analytics in supply chain, green supply chain management, sustainable business performance, and technological innovations in the field of supply chain. As part of global research partnership, Dr. Piprani worked on research that contributed to the construction of a resilient and viable supply chain, with the goal of mitigating the detrimental effects of supply chain risks. He engaged with University of Malaya on two public private partnership initiatives related to the Consumer Sentiment Index and the Green Supply Chain Program. Dr. Piprani has also published his research findings in various journals that are included on the SCI, SSCI, and ABDC databases, such as IEEE Access, Operations Management Research, International Journal of Emerging Markets, Benchmarking, Cogent Business and Management, and others. Currently, he is a member of the Supply Chain Association of Pakistan (SCAP), Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transportation Pakistan, and the Chartered Institute of Management (CIM).

Academic & Professional Qualifications

  • PhD Supply Chain Risk Management, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia, 2020
  • Master of Business Administration (Industrial Management), Institute of Business Management, I0BM, Karachi, Pakistan, 2009
  • Bachelor of Science with Honours (B.Sc), Textile Institute of Pakistan, Karachi, Pakistan, 2005

Research Interests

  • Supply Chain Risk Management
  • Supply Chain Resilience
  • Supply Chain Data Analytics
  • Big data Analytics
  • Green Supply Chain Management
  • Circular Economy
  • Technological innovation in supply chain

Teaching Areas

  • Supply Chain management
  • Operations Management
  • Quality Management

Courses Taught

  • Strategic Supply Chain Management
  • Inventory Management
  • Operations Management
  • Strategic Procurement
  • Materials Management
  • Green Supply Chain Management
  • Total Quality Management
  • Operations Planning in Supply Chain
  • Quantitative Methods in Production and Logistics
  • Operations Research
  • Methods in Business Research

Notable Publications

2017 -

Shayaa, S., Al-Garadi, M.A., Piprani, A.Z., Ashraf, M. and Sulaiman, A., , December. Social media sentiment analysis of consumer purchasing behaviour vs consumer confidence index. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Big Data and Internet of Thing (pp. 32-35).

Achievements & Accolades

Graduate Research Assistant – University of Malaya

President’s List Award

Dean’s List Award

Professional Associations

  1. Chartered Management Institute (CMI)
  2. Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transportation, Pakistan (CILT)
  3. Supply Chain Association of Pakistan (SCAP)