The Sustainable Supply Chain Centre (SSCC) is the dedicated platform for advancing responsible operations, resilient logistics, and sustainability driven value creation at Chitkara Business School. The Centre integrates academic excellence, industry collaboration, applied research, and ESG aligned frameworks to prepare future leaders for the evolving global supply chain landscape. SSCC aligns supply chain education with sustainability principles, digital transformation, and global competitiveness, ensuring that operational efficiency and environmental responsibility move forward together strategically.
SSCC is not a conventional operations unit - it is a structured, impact-driven ecosystem shaped through curriculum integration, experiential immersion, measurable outcomes, research depth, digital enablement, industry engagement, and responsible value creation.
Sustainability and resilience principles are embedded across programs through structured curriculum mapping aligned with contemporary global supply chain standards. Students engage in applied simulations, real-world supply chain case analysis, sustainability-focused capstone projects, industry-mentored logistics and procurement studies, and research initiatives connected to ESG and circular economy models.
Learners work within simulation-driven modules and analytics-enabled operational environments that mirror contemporary supply chain ecosystems. Through structured exposure to scenario planning, inventory optimisation, demand forecasting analysis, risk modelling, and resilience testing frameworks, students build solution-oriented capabilities aligned with real business contexts.
The Centre ensures graduates demonstrate operational intelligence, governance awareness, environmental accountability, and long-term systems thinking in sustainable supply chain design and execution. Operational performance is consistently evaluated alongside measurable sustainability impact, regulatory compliance standards, and stakeholder responsibility frameworks systematically.
A professionally structured supply chain learning environment, integrated digital systems exposure, and sustained industry alignment empower students to translate operational data into strategic, resilient, and sustainability-driven outcomes.
Dedicated simulation and analytics environments support experiential and interdisciplinary learning. Infrastructure enables structured scenario modelling, forecasting environments, collaborative logistics case execution spaces, and applied operational testing frameworks aligned with global best practices.
Students work with enterprise platforms integrated across academic delivery and applied projects. Exposure includes ERP systems, logistics and inventory tools, procurement platforms, and sustainability performance frameworks aligning operational efficiency with environmental accountability.
SSCC bridges academia and industry to advance operational resilience and sustainable practices. Live supply chain projects, industry immersion, collaborative research, and practitioner-led sessions align learning with global logistics and procurement standards.
The Centre advances research linking operational performance with sustainability and value. Faculty and students collaborate across procurement, circular economy models, green logistics, ethical sourcing, and supply chain resilience-supporting responsible growth and global alignment.
SSCC operates with a performance-driven approach focused on tangible outcomes and continuous enhancement.
Students Engaged annually in Sustainability-linked Supply Chain Learning
Live Operational & Logistics Projects executed each academic cycle
Expert Sessions on ESG, Resilience & Global Logistics trends annually
Students Successfully completing applied or Simulation-Based Supply Chain Projects
Beyond structured curriculum delivery, SSCC cultivates a culture of responsible leadership, interdisciplinary collaboration, and global operational awareness. Students participate in sustainability-focused supply chain conclaves, green logistics workshops, simulation challenges, research colloquiums, practitioner roundtables, and structured industry immersion engagements-strengthening analytical reasoning, collaborative problem‑solving, and strategic systems thinking.
The Centre hosts focused conclaves that bring together academic experts, industry leaders, and policymakers to deliberate on resilient logistics, sustainable procurement, and evolving global supply chain frameworks.
Students engage in hands-on workshops and simulation-based challenges that strengthen capabilities in carbon footprint optimisation, inventory planning, risk mitigation, and operational resilience modelling.
Structured research forums provide platforms for students to present analytical studies on sustainable operations, circular economy models, and supply chain governance while engaging with faculty and industry experts.
Through curated immersion visits and executive roundtables, learners gain exposure to real-world supply chain ecosystems, operational best practices, and sustainability-led transformation strategies.
SSCC believes in learning that leads to measurable operational impact, sustainability integration, and sustained professional advancement through experiential pedagogy and meaningful industrial academia collaboration.
Students analyse multi-tier supply structures using structured modelling frameworks, translating operational data into actionable strategic insights.
Learners align procurement, logistics, and inventory strategies with environmental, social, and governance considerations.
Students demonstrate governance awareness in enterprise systems deployment, risk modelling, compliance standards, and ethical sourcing practices.
Through applied projects and industry collaboration, students design adaptive, efficiency-driven, and sustainability focused operational solutions.
SSCC believes in learning that leads to measurable operational impact, sustainability integration, and sustained professional advancement through experiential pedagogy and meaningful industrial academia collaboration.
Students analyse multi-tier supply structures using structured modelling frameworks, translating operational data into actionable strategic insights.
Learners align procurement, logistics, and inventory strategies with environmental, social, and governance considerations.
Students demonstrate governance awareness in enterprise systems deployment, risk modelling, compliance standards, and ethical sourcing practices.
Through applied projects and industry collaboration, students design adaptive, efficiency-driven, and sustainability-focused operational solutions.
At its core, SSCC reflects Chitkara Business School’s commitment to responsible management education, industry relevance, and globally benchmarked academic excellence.
The Centre strengthens institutional capability by ensuring supply chain management is embedded not merely as an operational function, but as a strategic leadership competency aligned with sustainability and long-term value creation.
Chitkara Business School
Chitkara University
Email: neeraj.anand@chitkara.edu.in
Chandigarh-Patiala National Highway
Punjab 140 401
Unit No. A 201-202
Elante Mall Office Complex
Industrial Area Phase 1
Chandigarh 160 002
Unit No. A 201-202
Elante Mall Office Complex
Industrial Area Phase 1
Chandigarh 160 002
Chandigarh-Patiala National Highway
Punjab 140 401
