Dr. Sivakumar Kirubanandan is an Assistant Professor in the Centre for Logistics and Supply Chain Management at Loyola Institute of Business Administration, Chennai. He is a Supply chain and Industrial engineering professional, with 7 years of teaching experience in the area of Operations and Supply Chain Management. He is a Mechanical Engineering graduate from Institute of Road and Transport Technology, Erode, and Production Engineering master graduate. He holds a Doctorate degree from National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli in the field of Sustainable management of end-of-life components in Indian manufacturing sectors. His area of research includes Sustainable Supply Chain Management, Sustainable Manufacturing and Industry 4.0. He has published several papers in reputed International Journals and International Conferences proceedings. He has also published book chapters in the area of Smart Manufacturing.