Pushpesh Pant is an Assistant Professor of Operations at IMT Hyderabad. Earlier, he was associated with NMIMS Hyderabad Campus as an assistant professor. He has done his Ph.D. from IIT Kharagpur. He has worked under the supervision of two leading researchers in their area: Prof. SP Sarmah (IIT Kharagpur, India) and Prof. Shantanu Dutta (University of Ottawa, Canada) during his Ph.D. tenure. He has published in ABDC (category A, B, and C) and SCI indexed journals like the International Journal of Logistics Management, International Journal of Emerging Markets, Maritime Policy and Management, Technology and Disability, Management of Environmental Quality, among others. Professor Pant has also participated and presented papers in scholarly conferences. His research interests include panel data modeling, empirical analysis, multivariate statistical modeling, supply chain finance, corporate governance, blockchain, text analytics, technology forecasting, and data mining. Currently, he serves as an article editor of SAGE open (SSCI journal) and reviewer of Computer and Industrial Engineering (SCI, ABDC A).