College of Business and Economics | Annual Report 2020 82 student, delivered an inspiring talk about 4IR and its role in the industry. Students were very excited as each module lecturer delivered their respective address and kept the audience engaged with the subject matter. Students left the Council Chambers well equipped to make good choices in respect of their elective modules. The evening’s programme was certainly a wonderful accomplishment by the department of Transport and Supply Chain Management. TsCm adaPTing To worKing from home! Prof Surajit Bag, a Visiting Professor of Practice in the Department of Transport and Supply Chain Management (TSCM) conducted a workshop titled ‘Publishing high-quality scientific research papers in the area of Logistics and Supply Chain Management’. sTaff PromoTions Prof Noleen Pisa Head of the Department: Transport and Supply Chain Management was promoted from Senior Lecturer to Associate Professor. Prof Pisa holds a PhD from North West University and specialises in international logistics. Noleen has supervised four master’s dissertations and numerous honours research projects to completion, contributed 6.38 Research Output Units, while her research impact in Google Scholar shows 86 citations, and an h-index of six. Her Scopus-profile shows 13 citations, an h-index of two and a 5-Year Field Weighted Citation index of 0.57. Prof Pisa serves as a member of the College Leader Team, the College Higher Degrees Committee, and the CBE Programme Management Committee. From 2015 to 2018 she was the Department’s Deputy Head (Research and PG studies). She manages the R2 million Department of Transport bursary fund and is a member of the Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies (Africa). Key developments under her leadership are with the University of Chinhoyi, the Association of Rectors of Transport Universities, the World Bank, and the National Rail and Transportation Institute India. Prof Noleen Pisa Prof Surajit Bag
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