Summary
Professor and Head of Operations & Supply Chain Department at NUST Business School (NBS). Certified Supply Chain Professional and have more than 19 years of professional and teaching experience.
Academic Background
PhD
(Industrial Engineering) Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse
November 01, 2006 - October 30, 2009
Honours and Awards
Leopold Escande Award
Leopold Escande Award
Best PhD thesis of academic year 2008-2009 at Institut National Polytechnique Toulouse (INPT).
December 21, 2009
HEC Scholarship
HEC Scholarship for MS leading to PhD Studies
January 12, 2005
Erasmus Mundus Leader Sch
Erasmus Mundus Leader Scholarship
Three-month scholarship for the Teacher Training/Research Program. As an outcome of the scholarship a joint project is being conducted in collaboration with University of Brescia (Italy) on topic of Total Cost of Ownership. Moreover, the research resulted in signing of MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) between CUST and University of Brescia.
September 03, 2017
Erasmus Mundus Fusion Sch
Erasmus Mundus Fusion Scholarship
One-month scholarship for the Teacher Training/Research Program. As an outcome of the scholarship a joint project is being conducted in collaboration with University of Bremen (Germany) on topic of Network Analysis of China Pakistan Economic Corridor
July 03, 2016
Publications
Novel ergonomics indicator-based approach for evaluating a supplier organization's sustainable process performance
November 01, 2025
Applied Ergonomics - Volume:129, Article Number 104583
Circular supply chain design with neutrosophic optimization for tackling market cannibalization
October 01, 2025
APPLIED SOFT COMPUTING - Volume:182, Article Number:113503, Pages:
An inventory-based integrated model of a hybrid electricity supply chain for sustainable electricity storage management
April 01, 2024
Journal of Energy Storage - Volume 83, Article Number:110746
Logistics performance system and their impact on economic corridors: a developing economy perspective
February 16, 2024
Industrial Management & Data Systems - Volume 124, No. 3, Pages 1005-1025
Integrating Ergonomics and sustainability: A framework with LDA methodology and implementation roadmap
November 01, 2023
Technology in Society - Volume 75, Article Number 102369
European transition toward climate neutrality: Is renewable energy fueling energy poverty across Europe?
May 01, 2023
Renewable Energy - Volume 208, Pages 181-190
Investigating the role of risk mitigation strategies on supply chain disruption impact amidst covid-19 outbreak
July 01, 2022
NUST Business Review - Volume 03(02), Pages 1-28
Industrial structure, energy intensity and environmental efficiency across developed and developing economies: The intermediary role of primary, secondary and tertiary industry
May 15, 2022
Energy - Volume 247, Article Number 123576
Redefining Critical Tasks for Responsive and Resilient Scheduling–An Intelligent Fuzzy Heuristic Approach
November 01, 2021
IEEE Access - Volume 9, Pages 145513-145521
A Multi-Criteria Decision Framework for Sustainable Supplier Selection and Order Allocation using Multi-objective Optimization and Fuzzy Approach
April 05, 2021
Engineering Optimization - Pages 1-22
Conceptualizing Audit Fatigue in the Context of Sustainable Supply Chains
November 03, 2020
Sustainability - Volume 12(21), Article Number 9135
Simultaneous Customers and Supplier’s Prioritization: An AHP-Based Fuzzy Inference Decision Support System (AHP-FIDSS)
October 30, 2020
International Journal of Fuzzy Systems - Pages 1-27
Case study on the Competitiveness Comparisons of Karachi Port with the Neighbouring Emerging Ports in Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean
October 01, 2020
NUST Business Review - Volume 2, Issue 1, Pages 12-42
Development of specific cutting energy map for sustainable turning: a study of Al 6061 T6 from conventional to high cutting speeds
February 01, 2020
The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology - Volume 106, Issue 7-8, Pages 2949-2960
Evaluation of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor Road Network: Shortest Route, Regional Distribution, and Robustness
October 10, 2019
NUST Business Review - Volume 1, Issue 1, Pages 12-43
Heat coupling of the pan-European vs. regional electrical grid with excess renewable energy
July 05, 2019
Energy - Volume 122, Pages 363-377
Investigation of surrogate measures of robustness for project scheduling problems
March 01, 2019
Computers & Industrial Engineering - Volume 129, Pages 220-227
Impact of instrumental ties, tacit knowledge sharing and affective commitment on absorptive capacity–an empirical study of pharmaceutical companies
February 01, 2019
Technology Analysis and Strategic Management - Volume 31, Issue 2, Pages 125-139
Sustainable turning using multi-objective optimization: a study of Al6061 T6 at high cutting speeds
January 14, 2019
International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology - Volume 100, Issue 1–4, Pages 843–855
Development of energy consumption map for orthogonal machining of Al 6061-T6 alloy
December 01, 2018
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture - Volume 232, Issue 14, Pages 2510-2522
Commonality, conflict, and absorptive capacity: Clarifying middle manager roles in the pharmaceutical industry
September 10, 2018
Management Decision - Volume 56, Issue 9, Pages 1904-1916
Development and analysis of energy consumption map for high-speed machining of Al 6061-T6 alloy
April 01, 2018
The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology - Volume 96, Issue 1-4, Pages 91-102
Recent Research Trends in Genetic Algorithm based Flexible Job Shop Scheduling Problems
February 28, 2018
Mathematical Problems in Engineering - Article Number 9270802, 32 pages
Impact of knowledge sharing, learning adaptability and organizational commitment on absorptive capacity in pharmaceutical firms based in Pakistan
January 08, 2018
Journal of Knowledge Management - Volume 22, Issue 1, Pages 44-56
Technology Transformation in Pharmaceutical Industries of Pakistan through joint efforts of R&D and Manufacturing Departments-A Process Centered Approach
January 01, 2017
Sindh University Research Journal series - Volume 49, Issue 1, Pages 205-212
SAP-ERP Implementation: Change Management Model using Qualitative Approach
June 01, 2016
International Journal of Computer Science and Network Security - Volume 16, Issue 6, Pages 9-13
Should Organisations Compete or Collaborate when Absorbing New External Knowledge?
October 01, 2015
International Journal of Advanced Corporate Learning - Volume 8, Issue 3
Utilizing Quality Tools: A Predictive Maintenance Perspective
November 01, 2012
International Journal of Performability Engineering - Volume 8, Issue 6, Pages 699-704
A Survey of Lean Implementation Gap Analysis in Public Sector Organizations
September 03, 2012
Life Science Journal - Volume 9, Pages 1261-1269
The Role of Data Protection Technologies: A Case Study
September 03, 2012
Life Science Journal - Volume: 9, Issue: 4, Pages: 1270-1279
The extended resource task network: a framework for the combined scheduling of batch processes and CHP plants
February 01, 2012
International Journal of Production Research - Volume 50, Issue 3, Pages 623-646
Integrated production and utility system approach for optimizing industrial unit operations
February 02, 2010
Energy - Volume 35, Issue 2, Pages 611-627
Algorithm for Integrated Production and Utility System Scheduling for Batch Plants
October 01, 2009
Book on Computer Aided Chemical Engineering - Volume 27, Pages 1497-1502
Conferences
Audit fatigue in sustainable supply chains - A case study of Pakistan textile industry
October 13, 2021 - October 13, 2021
Muhammad Kamran Khalid, Mujtaba Hassan Agha, Muhammad Naseer Akhtar, Syed Tasweer Hussain Shah,
1st International Conference on Business, Management and Social Sciences (ICBMASS).
Supply Chain Complexity and Audit Performance
December 19, 2020 - December 20, 2020
Muhammad Kamran Khalid, Mujtaba Hassan Agha, Syed Tasweer Hussain Shah, Muhammad Naseer Akhtar,
7th International Conference on Business Management - (ICoBM)
Integration of Triple Sustainable Management by Considering the Multi-period Supply Chain for Next-Generation Fuel
August 30, 2020 - September 03, 2020
Waqas Ahmed, Biswajit Sarkar, Mujtaba Hassan Agha,
IFIP International Conference on Advances in Production Management Systems
Flexible cell formation and scheduling of robotics coordinated dynamic cellular manufacturing system: A gateway to industry 4.0
October 21, 2019 - October 22, 2019
Abdul Saboor , Muhammad Imran , Mujtaba Hassan Agha, Waqas Ahmed,
International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Industry (ICRAI)
A formalism for integrated production and site utility system scheduling
May 10, 2010 - May 12, 2010
Raphaele Thery, Mujtaba Hassan Agha, Gilles Hétreux, Alain Hait, Jean Marc Le Lann,
8th International Conference of Modeling and Simulation (MOSIM?10), Hammamet, Tunisia
Optimization of auto-production using industrial unit
August 23, 2009 - August 27, 2009
Mujtaba Hassan Agha, Raphaele Thery, Gilles Hétreux, Alain Hait, Jean Marc Le Lann,
8th World Congress of Chemical Engineering, WCCE8 2009, Montreal, Canada.
Vers un ordonnancement intégré des ateliers batch et des centrales de cogénération associées
June 10, 2009 - June 12, 2009
Mujtaba Hassan Agha, Raphaele Thery, Gilles Hetreux, Alain Hait, Jean Marc Le Lann,
8ème Congrès International de Génie Industriel, CIGI 2009, Tarbes, France.
Collaboration among companies for better energy management
July 01, 2008 - July 04, 2008
Mujtaba Hassan Agha, Raphaele Thery, Gilles Hetreux, Alain Hait, Jean Marc Le Lann,
18th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering, ESCAPE 18, Lyon, France.
Modèle intégré pour l'ordonnancement d'ateliers batch et la planification de centrales de cogénération
March 31, 2008 - April 02, 2008
Raphaele Thery , Gilles Hetreux , Mujtaba Hassan Agha,
7eme Conférence Internationale de Modélisation et Simulation, MOSIM 08, Paris, France.
Associate Professor
Capital University of Science and Technology (CUST)
July 21, 2011 - January 14, 2019
Assistant Professor
National University of Sciences and Technology
September 13, 2010 - July 19, 2011
Manager
National Engineering and Scientific Commission
July 01, 2001 - January 11, 2011