Prem Chhetri Email & Phone Number

Prem Chhetri is Professor supply chain and logistics management at RMIT University in Australia. He was the former Head of Department, Director of Global Supply Chain and logistics Research Priority Area, Deputy Head for Industry Engagement at RMIT and Program Director for Open Australia Universities. After completing a Doctorate in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) from RMIT University, Prem commenced his career as a GIS consultant with a planning firm and latter with the Local Government (Brimbank City Council) in Melbourne, Australia. In 2005, Prem formally started his academic career as a Research Fellow with the University of Queensland Social Research Centre where he successfully completed a number of ARC projects. Internationally, Prem is the Chairman of Global Research Network of Belt and Road Initiative. He is a Visiting Professor at Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) and Chandigarh University. Prem is a spatial analyst with a strong interest in supply chain analytics, urban systems modelling, transport and logistics analysis, emergency services planning, and management of geographic information. He has an international reputation for the multi-disciplinary, applied and policy-driven research. He holds a number of degrees that include a Master degree in Regional Development and Planning from Jawaharlal Nehru University and a Master degree from Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University in India – the two most prestigious institutions in India.Prem has received the 2016 RMIT College of Business Excellence Award for Innovative Research Supervision, RMIT University 2013 Research Excellence Award, NIGLAS Chinese Academy of Sciences Fellowship 2013, the RMIT 2009 Learning and Teaching Award, The Pope John Paul Fellowship, the University Grant Commission Fellowship, Government of India and the EU Visiting Professorship at Hull Institute of Logistics, Fraunhofer Institute, Karlsruhe and Hellenic Institute of Transport, Greece. Prem has been a member in the international panel of experts on the 7th RTD Framework Program of the European Commission and a contributor to two key research projects WEATHER (Weather Extremes – Impacts on Transport Systems and Hazards for European Regions) and MOWE-IT (Management of Weather Extremes on Transport Systems). He is currently in the Quality Assurance Panel on NOVELOG funded through the EU Horizone2020.

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