Associate Professor

Dr. Prabha Bhola

Dr. Prabha Bhola is presently working as associate professor at IIT, Kharagpur, India.
Email Address

prabha@see.iitkgp.ac.in

Phone Number

+91-3222-282417

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AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Sustainability & Circular Economy: Circular business models, Entrepreneurship development, Sustainable development.

Energy Policy & Economics: Community renewable energy, Business modeling around RE projects, DRE systems.

Technology Entrepreneurship: Innovation and Venture management, SMEs.

PUBLICATIONS

Journal
  • Renewable Energy Empowering Remote Communities Through Microgrids: Control and management strategies to provide sustainable and cost-effective electricity by Kotsampopoulos P., Hatziargyriou N. , Maiti S. , Karanki S. B., Sørensen C. N., Vasilakis . , Giri S. K., Yang G. , Pal B. , Milionis G. , Keshri R. , Thangadurai M. , Bhola P. IEEE Electrification Magazine 13 37-48 (2025)
  • Analysing Product Attributes of Refurbished Laptops Based on Customer Reviews and Ratings: Machine Learning Approach to Circular Consumption by Ghosh A., Pathak D. , Bhola P. , Bhattacharjee D. , Sivarajah U. Annals of Operations Research 1-23 (2023)
  • Business Model Selection for Community Energy Storage: A Multi Criteria Decision Making Approach by Bhola P., Chronis A. , Kotsampopoulos P. , Hatziargyriou N. Energies 16 1-32 (2023)
  • Exploring the Practicality of Circular Economy: A Case Analysis-based Approach by Ghosh A., Bhattacharjee D. , Bhola P. , Sivarajah U. Journal of Cleaner Production 421 1-14 (2023)
  • Emerging Associates of the Circular Economy: Analysing Interactions and Trends by a Mixed Methods Systematic Review by Ghosh A., Bhola P., Sivarajah U. Sustainability 14 – (2022)
  • Ecodesigning and improving performance of plugin hybrid electric vehicle in rolling terrain through multi-criteria optimisation of powertrain by Bhattacharjee D., Ghosh T., Bhola P., Martinsen K., Dan P. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering 236 1019-1039 (2022)
  • Evaluation of barriers and enablers through integrative multicriteria decision mapping: Developing sustainable community energy in Indian context by Vallecha H., Bhattacharjee D., Osiri J.K., Bhola P. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 138 – (2021)
  • Modelling interrelationships of quality management, information technology and entrepreneurial culture and their impact on performance from Indian IT enabled service SMEs by Basu R., Bhola P. Benchmarking – (2021)
  • A framework of quality management practices for Indian service SMEs by Basu R., Bhola P., Das M.C. Quality Management Journal 27 62-75 (2020)
  • Modelling of Safe Driving Assistance System for Automotive and Prediction of Accident Rates by Bhattacharjee D., Bhola P. , Dan P. K. International Journal of Ambient Computing and Intelligence 10 61-77 (2019)
  • Data-driven surrogate assisted evolutionary optimization of hybrid powertrain for improved fuel economy and performance by Bhattacharjee D., Ghosh T., Bhola P., Martinsen K., Dan P.K. Energy 183 235-248 (2019)
  • Scope, Relevance and Sustainability of Decentralized Renewable Energy Systems in Developing Economies: Imperatives from Indian Case Studies by Vallecha H., Bhola P. International Journal of Environmental and Ecological Engineering 13 447-453 (2019)
  • Sustainability and replicability framework: Actor network theory based critical case analysis of renewable community energy projects in India by Vallecha H., Bhola P. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 108 194-208 (2019)
  • A heuristic synthesis of multistage planetary gearbox layout for automotive transmission by Bhattacharjee D., Bhola P., Dan P.K. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part K: Journal of Multi-body Dynamics 233 336-347 (2019)
  • Critical Linkages between Quality Management Practices and Performance from Indian IT Enabled Service SMEs by Basu R., Bhola P. , Ghosh I. , Dan P. K. Total Quality Management & Business Excellence Taylor & Francis. Accepted 881-919 (2018)
  • An Analytical Review on Automatic Gear Shifting in Automotive Transmission by Bhattacharjee D., Bhola P. , Dan P. K. International Journal of Vehicle Design 77 227-246 (2018)
  • Impact of Quality Management Practices on Performance Stimulating Growth: Empirical Evidence from Indian IT enabled Service SMEs by Basu R., Bhola P. International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management 33 (8), Emerald 1179-1201 (2016)
  • Integrating Fuzzy MCDM Methodology to Investigate Quality Management Practices in Indian Digital Service SMEs by Rana Basu and Prabha Bhola International Journal of Services and Operations Management 25 (2), Inderscience 173-205 (2016)
  • Neoteric Quality Improvement Approach in Resource Constrained Indian Service SMEs: A Concept Note by Basu R., Bhola P. , Dan P. K. International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management Inderscience. Accepted – (2016)
  • Exploring Quality Management Practices and its Pattern Analysis in Indian Service SMEs by Basu R., Bhola P. Journal of Enterprising Culture 23 (2), World Scientific 199-235 (2015)
  • Reviewing the Knowledge Systems of Innovation and the Associated Roles of Major Stakeholders in the Indian Context by Punit Saurabh, Prabha Bhola & K. K. Guin Technology Innovation Management Review 4 (8) 36-45 (2014)
  • A Framework to Identify Service Quality Determinants of IT Enabled Scalable Ventures: A Study from Indian Context by Basu R., Bhola P. Journal of Information and Knowledge Management 13 (4), World Scientific 1-14 (2014)
  • Factors Influencing Rural Poverty in Uttar Pradesh: A District Level Analysis by Bhola P., Goswami K. , Chatterjee B. Indian Development Review: An International Journal of Development Economics 8 317-330 (2010)
  • Linkage between rural poverty and agricultural productivity across the districts of Uttar Pradesh in India by Bhola P., Goswami K. , Chatterjee B. Journal of Development and Agricultural Economics 2 26-40 (2010)
  • Poverty in Uttar Pradesh: An Inter-Regional Study by Bhola P., Goswami K. , Chatterjee B. Journal of Rural Development 28 101-121 (2009)
  • Impact of Infrastructure and Technology on Agricultural Productivity in Uttar Pradesh by Bhola P., Goswami K. , Chatterjee B. Agricultural Economics Research Review 22 61-70 (2009)
Conferences
  • Adoption of Industry 4.0 Technologies and Sustainable Performance of an Organisation by Jaiswal A., Bhola P. International Conference on Next-Gen Supply Chain: Trends, Innovations, and Best Practices (NGSC-2024) – (2024)
  • Industry 4.0 Technologies adoption and Organisational Performance by Jaiswal A., Bhola P. Leveraging Emerging Technologies and Analytics for Development (LEAD) – (2024)
  • Prioritizing Dimensions and Drivers of Sustainable Innovation Management by Gandotra A., Kulshrestha A., Bhola P. 2023 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, IEEM 2023 355-359 (2023)
  • Mindset of an Innovation Resistant Consumer: An Expert’s Opinion Analysis by Kulshrestha A., Bhola P. 2023 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, IEEM 2023 944-948 (2023)
  • Demystifying Indian SME’s Data-driven Business Model for Sustainability by Ghosh A., Bhola P. , Bhattacharjee D. , Sivarajah S. 2nd International Conference on Technology, Innovation, and Sustainability in Business Management (ICTIS 2023) – (2023)
  • Generation of an Entrepreneurship model using Entrepreneurship theories to utilize the skill set of migrants by Raj R., Ghosh A. , Bhola P. International Management Conference on Post Covid Management Strategies: Recovery, Resilience and Adaptation – (2021)
  • Integrated model predictive control in hybrid vehicle powertrain for improving fuel consumption by Bhattacharjee D., Bhola P. , Dan P. K. 11th International Conference on Applied Energy (ICAE2019) – (2019)
  • Prioritization of challenges and enablers associated with community energy projects in indian context by Vallecha H., Bhola P. Energy Procedia 158 3886-3892 (2019)
  • Proposed decision framework for smart product development in industry 4.0: An Indian Perspective by Jaiswal A., Basu R., Bhola P. 2019 6th International Conference on Control, Decision and Information Technologies, CoDIT 2019 628-633 (2019)
  • An Empirical Analysis on Factors Influencing Smart Product Development from Industry 4.0 in Indian Context by Basu R., Bhola P. 26th EurOMA Conference – (2019)
  • Modeling the enablers of sustainable new product development based on circular economy by Jaiswal A., Bhola P. 26th EurOMA Conference – (2019)
  • Scope, Relevance and Sustainability of Decentralized Renewable Energy Systems in Developing Economies: Imperatives from Indian Case Studies by Vallecha H., Bhola P. 21st International Conference on Environmental Management and Engineering (ICEME 2019) – (2019)
  • A fuzzy based propulsion selection for fuel efficiency in hybrid electric vehicle by Bhattacharjee D., Bhola P., Dan P.K. Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference 3 – (2018)
  • A Torque Prediction Based Gear Shift Controller Modeling for HEV by Bhattacharjee D., Bhola P. , Dan P. K. International Conference for Convergence in Technology (I2CT) – (2018)
  • Conceptual modelling of assistance system based on Analytical determination of factors related to Safety in automotive driving in Indian context by Bhattacharjee D., Bhola P. , Dan P. K. Computational Intelligence, Communications and Business Analytics (CICBA 2017) 72-83 (2017)
  • Modelling Start-up Funding and its Determinants in Indian Context by Gupta A., Bhola P. 12th Biennial Conference on Entrepreneurship – (2017)
  • An approach to prioritize Quality Dimensions of IT enabled small service firms: A study of Indian SMEs by Basu R., Bhola P. 11th IEEE International Conference on Service Systems and Service Management (ICSSSM) 1-6 (2014)
Workshop
  • ESG Performance: Trends and Analysis at Global Level by Bhola P., K. S. , Kulshrestha A. 21st EIASM Workshop on Corporate Governance – (2024)
Book Chapter
  • Generation of an Entrepreneurship model using Entrepreneurship theories to utilise the skill set of migrants by Raj R., Ghosh A. , Bhola P. Accepted for Publication in Book Chapter in IMC2021, IIM Bodhgaya – (2021)
  • Insights of Entrepreneurial Journey, CACM by Bhola P. The Innovators: Stories of Hi-tech Entrepreneurs Supported by Dept. of Science and Technology (DST) 353-364 (2015)
  • Advanced Engineering Solutions for Energy Efficiency and Productivity, P2Power Solutions Pvt. Ltd. by Bhola P. The Innovators: Stories of Hi-tech Entrepreneurs (Supported by DST) 313-326 (2015)
Book
  • Rural Poverty and its Determining Factors: An Empirical Analysis of Districts in Uttar Pradesh, India by Bhola P. . – (2010)