Yuvraj Gajpal

Dr. Yuvraj Gajpal is a Professor of Supply Chain Management at the Asper School of Business, University of Manitoba. He earned his Ph.D. in Management Science from the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, and holds a Master's degree in Industrial Management from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, India.

Prior to joining the University of Manitoba, Dr. Gajpal served as an Assistant Professor at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia. He also held a postdoctoral research position at the Interuniversity Research Centre on Enterprise Networks, Logistics and Transportation (CIRRELT), one of Canada's leading research centers in transportation, logistics, and supply chain management.

Dr. Gajpal's research focuses on supply chain optimization, with particular emphasis on transportation and logistics management. His work has contributed to advancing decision-making methodologies in supply chain systems through quantitative modeling and analytical approaches. To support his research, he has successfully secured numerous competitive research grants from both internal and external funding agencies, including the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), the Junior Faculty Research Grant (JFRG), and various Internal Research Grants.

His research has been published in leading international journals including Computers & Operations Research, European Journal of Operational Research, International Journal of Production Economics, Journal of the Operational Research Society, Annals of Operations Research, and Construction Management and Economics, among others. He actively collaborates with researchers from universities and research institutions around the world, fostering international partnerships in supply chain and operations research.

In addition to his research contributions, Dr. Gajpal serves as a reviewer for numerous prestigious journals, including Computers & Operations Research, European Journal of Operational Research, Journal of Heuristics, and Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review. 

An experienced educator, Dr. Gajpal has taught a wide range of undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral-level courses in engineering, business, and management disciplines. His teaching portfolio includes Management Science, Quantitative Analysis, Production and Operations Management, Project Management, Quantitative Supply Chain Management, Mathematical Optimization Models, Simulation with Arena, Statistics, Global Supply Chain Management, Engineering Economics, Cost Accounting, and Methods Engineering.

Through his research, teaching, and professional service, Dr. Gajpal continues to contribute to the advancement of supply chain management and operations research, helping organizations improve efficiency, competitiveness, and decision-making in increasingly global supply chains.

• Optimization
• Logistics
• Transportation
• Vehicle routing problem
• Metaheuristics

In 2015, the United Nations identified 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a shared framework to address urgent global challenges, from poverty reduction to environmental sustainability. This scholar’s research advances knowledge and contributes to impact in the following SDG(s):