DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

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Dr. Viswanath Kumar Ganesan

Adjunct Faculty

Doctoral Programme (Ph. D),in Operations Management, Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India. (2003)/p>

Master of Engineering (M.E) , in Industrial Engineering, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, India. (1999)

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E),Department of Mechanical Engineering, Government College of Engineering, Tirunelveli, India. (1997)

vkganesan[at]iitm[.]ac[.]in

Office : DoMS 114

Brief Profile

Viswanath Kumar has been with Corporate Research & Innovation at Tata Consultancy Services since 2005, looking at applied research activities, design & development and delivery of large-scale data and decision science engagements across business verticals such as Logistics & Supply Chains, Transportation, Retail, Travel & Hospitality, Manufacturing & Services, Disaster Management, and Human Resources.

Research Interest
  • Industrial Logistics & Supply Chains,
  • Human Capital Management
  • Community Detection
  • Stochastic Networks
  • Risk & Resilience
Experience
  • Principal Scientist Tata Consultancy Services Apr’2005 - Till date
  • Research Fellow Singapore MIT Alliance, NTU Singapore Aug’2003 - Apr’2005
Publications

Kindly visit the below google scholar link for the list of journal and conference publications/patents.

https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?hl=en&user=Vdig1m8AAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate

Awards & Recognition
  • Member in Research Advisory Board at Advanced Manufacturing Technology Development Centre (AMTDC), a center of excellence on Machine Tools and Production Technology – jointly supported by IITMadras and Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, Govt. of India (from 2019 – till date)
  • Member of Board of Studies, School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, SASTRA University from 2017 – till date.
  • Special Initiative Award for being part of TATA Innovista Jury Panel in 2022/23.
  • Part of the team winning CTO Chartbuster Award in TCS CTC 2012 in recognition of contribution to business from R&D Unit.
  • Received Dr Eldin’s Best Paper Award for the paper titled “Cycle Time Reduction in Batch Processes using Look Ahead Batch Scheduling” in the 33rd International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering, Jeju, South Korea, March 25-27, 2004.
  • Received Best Paper Award for the paper “Minimizing Completion Time Variance in Single Machine Systems using Tabu Search” presented in Operations Management Conference – 4, IITMadras, Dec 2000.
Recent Collaborative Initiatives & Activities
  • Part of the core team and one of the Principal Architects in conceptualization, design, and development of KITE (https://www.mykite.in), a Technology Innovation Platform, created by AMTDC-IIT Madras for the enrichment of Manufacturing Innovation, Product Development and Skill Development.
  • Facilitating and driving collaborative initiatives under Co-Innovation Network (TCS COIN), an open innovation ecosystem at Tata Consultancy Services.