Areas of Specialization:

Quality Management, Quality Improvement, Six Sigma, Lean six Sigma, Process capability Analysis

Interest Areas:

MCDM, Sustainability, Climate change

Experience:

6 years Teaching Experience in undergraduate programs including BBA, BCom (Hons), BBA (Fintech) and MIB.

Research:

yes

Publications:

• Xu, S., Nupur, R., Kannan, D., Sharma, R., Sharma, P., Kumar, S., … & Bai, C. (2023). An integrated fuzzy MCDM approach for manufacturing process improvement in MSMEs. Annals of Operations Research, 322, Issue 2, 1037–1073. (Impact Factor 4.854; Cite Score-7.1) (ABDC: A, AMS: B, ABS, SCI)
• Nupur, R., Kaul, A., Sharma, P., Kumar, S., Barrueta, M., & Jha, P. C. (2020). Block printing process performance evaluation and improvement using FMEA and Taguchi loss function for selecting print paste suppliers in apparel industry. International Journal of Advanced Operations Management, 12(3), 237-272. [SCOPUS; Cite Score-3.0]
• Kumar, Arun, Sushil Kumar, Nagendra Kumar, Nitin Lohan, and Reena Nupur (2025), Estimating the Influence of Cumulus Parametrization Schemes in Simulation of Super Cyclonic Storm ‘Amphan’Over The Bay of Bengal Using WRF-ARW Model. Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Physics (IJPAP), 63(10). [SCI]
• Nupur, R., Gandhi, K., Solanki, A., and Jha, P. C. (2018). Six Sigma implementation in cutting process of apparel industry. In Quality, IT and business operations (pp. 279–295). Singapore: Springer. DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-5577-5_22. [SCOPUS]
• Kumar, A., Nupur, R., Kumar, S., & Kumar, N. (2025, January). Evaluating the Performance of Era5 Reanalysis Datasets in Analysing Escs ‘Mocha’Over the Bay of Bengal. In 2025 International Conference on Cognitive Computing in Engineering, Communications, Sciences and Biomedical Health Informatics (IC3ECSBHI) (pp. 626-630). IEEE. [SCOPUS]
• Reena Nupur, Kanika Gandhi, Anjana Solanki and P. C. Jha (2016), Process Capability and Six Sigma Implementation in Printing Process of Apparel Industry, Mathirajan, M., Rajendran, C., Sadagopan, S., Ravindran, A., & Balasubramanian, P., Analytics in Operations/Supply Chain Management, I K International publishing house Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, chapter-37, page: 519-536, ISBN: 9789384588946. [OFFLINE]

Publications and Research papers presented:

• Reena Nupur, P C Jha and Sushil Kumar “Ranking of Defects for Improving Washing and Finishing Process Through BWM and Multiple Regression Analysis in DMAIC (2023)
• Reena Nupur, Kanika Gandhi, Anjana Solanki and P. C. Jha, “Process Capability and Six Sigma Implementation in Printing Process of Apparel Industry”.
• Reena Nupur, Kanika Gandhi, Anjana Solanki and P. C. Jha, “Six Sigma implementation in cutting process of apparel industry”. (in press, Springer,s proceeding).
• Reena Nupur, Kanika Gandhi, Anjana Solanki and P. C. Jha, “Defects prioritization in six sigma and process capability analysis in printing process of apparel company”.
• Reena Nupur, Kanika Gandhi, Anjana Solanki and P. C. Jha, “Estimation of Process capability index and implementing Six Sigma in Apparel Industry”.
• Reena nupur, Vernika Aggarwal, Sushil Kumar and P. C. Jha “Fuzzy PCA to improve six sigma methodology of stitching process of Apparel industry”.
• Reena nupur, Arshia Kaul, Sushil Kumar and P. C. Jha, “DMAIC Six Sigma Improvement through Fuzzy PCA and Fuzzy AHP in Stitching process of Apparel Industry”.
• Reena Nupur, Arshia Kaul, Sushil Kumar and P. C. Jha, “Stitching process in the apparel industry: fuzzy DMAIC”.
• Reena Nupur, Pallavi Sharma and Sushil Kumar, “Process performance improvement through risk analysis and integrated Taguchi loss function”.

Research Projects going on:

1. Title- Integrated Diagnostic and Numerical Modelling of Heavy Precipitation Events in India with Focus on Western Uttar Pradesh, New Delhi, and Himachal Pradesh: Data Assimilation Techniques/ AI-ML
   Organisation: INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY (An Autonomous Institute of the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt. of India)
2. Title- Women-Led Self-Help Groups in Uttarakhand: Strengthening Environmental Outcomes through Waste Management and Potential for Integration with Green Credit Program
   Organisation: Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)

Book Authored:

Title: Lean Six Sigma

Author: Dr. Reena Nupur

Editor & Reviewer: Dr Bishal Dey Sarkar

ISBN: 978-81-966544-6-7, 2025

Published by: Symbiosis School for Online and Digital Learning, SIU, Lavale, Pune.

Conferences / Workshops / Seminars attended/ Certifications:

• Silver Jubilee (Annual) International Conference of the Society of Statistics, Computer and Applications (SSCA), February 15-17 (Wednesday-Friday), 2023, Department of Statistics, University of Jammu, Jammu-180006
• International Conference on emerging innovations in statistics & operations research (EISOR – 2018), Dec 27-30, 2018, organized by department of Statistics, M.D. University, Rohtak, India
• Joint International Conference on Interdisciplinary Research and 8th International Conference on Quality, Reliability, Infocom Technology and Business Operations, 8th-10th Feb, 2017 at Amity university, Noida, Uttar Pradesh (JIRICQRIT, 2017).
• Fifth international conference on Business Analytics and Intelligence held during December 11th to 13th, 2017 organized by IIM, Bangalore.
• National Conference on Analysis and application, held during Feb. 5-7, 2016 at the Department of Mathematics, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.
• International Conference on soft computing: Theories and Application from 28th-30th Dec. 2016 at Amity University, Jaipur, Rajasthan (SoCTA, 2016).
• International Symposium In Honor of Dr. A. Ravi Ravindran, March 12th-13th, 2015 Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India.
• International Conference on Recent Advances in mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science” 29 – 31 May, 2015, Central University of Bihar, Patna.
• 7th International conference on quality, Reliability, Infocom technology and Business Operations, 28-30 December, 2015 at University of Delhi. (ICQRIT, 2015)
• National Conference on Recent trends and development in statistics (NCRTDS), from Feb 21-23, 2015, organized by Department of Statistics, M.D University, Rohtak in association with Indian Association for Reliability and Statistics (IARS).
• 2nd national Conference on next generation computing and information security:” emerging trends and challenges’ NCNGCIS-2013(22nd & 23rd March 2013) organized by IMS Noida along with CSIR, New Delhi and CSI, Noida Chapter. [Anchor for the afternoon session]
• One Day workshop on “LaTex” in Gautam Buddha University.
• Course on swarm and evolutionary computation, organized by soft computing research society at South Asian University, November 24-25, 2018.
• Workshop on intellectual property rights organized by symbiosis institute of computer studies and Research in Association with NIPAM (National IP Awareness Mission), December 9, 2022
• Workshop on Suicide Prevention And Gate Keeper Training held on 30th September 2023 by Symbiosis Centre for Emotional Wellbeing.

FDP Attended

• 5-day online FDP on the theme “Inculcating Universal Human Values in Technical Education” organized by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) from 27th June to 1st July, 2022.
• 3-Day offline FDP on “Data Analysis using R” conducted by Institute Research Committee (IRC) & Quality Improvement Cell (QIC), SCMS, Noida on 10,12 & 13 January, 2023.
• 4-day online FDP on “Foundations of Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning with Real-World Case Studies” organized by Symbiosis Institute of Technology & Symbiosis Teaching Learning Resource Centre, on 4-7 January 2023.
• 3-Day online FDP on “Foundations of Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning with Real-World Case Studies” jointly organized by Symbiosis Institute of Technology & Symbiosis Teaching Learning Resource Centre, on 1-3 June 2023.
• 3-Day FDP on Foundations of Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning with Real-World Case Studies” jointly organized by Symbiosis Institute of Technology & Symbiosis Teaching Learning Resource Centre, on 1-3 June 2023
• 2-Day FDP on “Multivariate Data Analysis” jointly organized by Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Nagpur & Symbiosis Teaching Learning Resource Centre, on 5-6 January 2024

Online Courses:

• Introduction to Data Analysis Using Excel on Coursera: The use of Excel is widespread in the industry, and this course will introduce you to the functionality of Excel for business statistics applications. Excel is a very powerful data analysis tool, and almost all big and small businesses use it in their day to day functioning. At the end of this course, a working knowledge of Excel and a foundation from which to understand more advanced topics in Business Statistics. Data analysis and business statistics are very sought-after skills in today’s business environment.
• Open classroom online lecture series on satellite meteorology: Jointly organized by south Asian meteorological association (SAMA) and Department of remote sensing, Birla institute of technology, Mesra from Sept 02, 2023 to Feb 03, 2024.

Invited as a resource Person:

• Series-3: Regional Capacity Building Program on “Inspiring the Minds for Disaster Risk Reduction” 6-10th February, 2023, jointly organizing Gautam Buddha University and Indian Universities and Institutions Network on Disaster Risk Reduction (IUINDRR), National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM).
• To a national seminar on Integration of IKS in PG curriculum of mathematics in the light of NEP 2020 held from 30-31st March 2024, organized by Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut University.
• Global Advances in Statistical Modelling, Optimization Techniques and Data Science (IC-GASMOTDS-2025)” being organized by the Department of Statistics, M.D. University, Rohtak (India) in collaboration with 9th convention of Indian Association for Reliability and Statistics (IARS) during Nov. 28-30, 2025 on the eve of Golden Jubilee Celebration of the University.

Academic activities:

Contribution to Academics: ·Specialization in the area Statistics. Some of the subjects taught at ASMSOC include: Business Statistics for Data Analysis and Operations Management.

Awards:

Received letter of National scholarship from Office of Registrar (Development), BHU, Varanasi.