Recent Refereed Journal Articles Published

• With Sunder M. Vijaya and L.S. Ganesh (2019), “Lean six sigma in consumer banking – An empirical enquiry,” International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management (Accepted).
• With Vijaya Sunder M. and L.S. Ganesh (2019), “Dynamic Capabilities: A Morphological Framework,” European Business Review, 31(1), pp. 25-63.
• With Yamini S. (2018), “Mathematical model to mitigate planning fallacy and to determine realistic delivery time,” IIMB Management Review. 30(3), p. 242 – 257.
• With Sunder M. Vijaya and L.S. Ganesh (2018), “A Morphological Analysis of Research Literature on Lean Six Sigma for Services," International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 38(1), p. 149 – 182.
• With Arti D. Kalro and Bharadhwaj Sivakumaran (2017), "The Ad Format-Strategy Effect on Comparative Advertising Effectiveness," European Journal of Marketing, 51(1), p. 99 – 122.
• With Sarabjeet D. Natesan (2017), “Evaluation of MGNREGA: A data envelopment analysis approach,” International Journal of Social Economics, 44(2), p. 181 – 194.
• With Sarabjeet D. Natesan (2017), "The importance of being a policy implementer,” Public Administration Quarterly, 41(4), p. 612 – 642.
• With Hema Priyamvada et al. (2017), "Terrestrial macrofungal diversity from the tropical dry evergreen biome of Southern India and its potential role in aerobiology", PLoS One, 12(1), p 1- 21.

Recent Conference Proceedings (Refereed)

• With S. Srivatsa Srinivas, “Managing perceived quality of outpatient medical service,” POMS 28th Annual Conference, Seattle, Washington, May 2017.
• With S. Srivatsa Srinivas and Sundara Natarajan P., “Managing dishonest retailers in supply chain,” POMS 28th Annual Conference, Seattle, Washington, May 2017.
• With Jaimini Bhattacharyya and G. Srinivasan, “Multi-channel retailing: inventory and pricing issues,” POMS 28th Annual Conference, Seattle, Washington, May 2017.
• With Sundara Natarajan P. and Yamini Srinivasan, "A Deterministic and Probabilistic Approach for Modeling Inter-Temporal Choices of Individuals,“ XX Annual International Conference of Society of Operations Management, Gwalior, India, December, 2016.
• With Jaimini Bhattacharyya and G. Srinivasan, “Inventory And Pricing Decisions In a Dual Channel Supply Chain: An Overview,” XX Society Of Operations Management Conference 2016, Gwalior.
• With S. Srivatsa Srinivas, "Do the Operational factors influence the Perceived Quality of Outpatient Medical Services?", XX Society of Operations Management Conference, Gwalior, December 2016.
• With Sundara Natarajan P., S. Srivatsa Srinivas and Arshinder Kaur, "Contracts based on Revenue Sharing to Penalize Dishonest Retailers," SPJIMR - POMS India Chapter Conference, Mumbai, July 2016.
• With Yamini Srinivasan and Sundara Natarajan P., “An Experimental Analysis of Inter-Temporal Choices of Individuals,” SPJIMR-POMS Indian Chapter Conference, Mumbai, India, July, 2016.
• With Sundara Natarajan P., “Forecasting Temporal Changes in Biases,” EURO 2016- 28th European Conference on Operational Research, Poznan, Poland, July, 2016.

Consulting Assignments / Sponsored Research

• Consulting assignment for a clothing retailer, “Demand and inventory management mathematical model for multiple product.” (2016)
• Consulting assignment for a logistics organization, “Development of an optimization model for logistics operations.” (2012)
• Sponsored Research grant from multinational consulting firm for a study on “Smart analytics framework for GIS/GPS data,” with Prof. B. Shankar, Prof. G. Srinivasan and Prof. Usha Mohan (2011).
• Consulting assignment for an auto component supplier, “Design and analyses of work-flow and information flow systems in the factory,” With Prof. G. Srinivasan (2010).
• Consulting assignment for an analytics firm in the domain of micro-manufacturing, “Pattern identification and defect clustering on Integrated-Chips silicon wafer” (2010).
• Consulting assignment for a state tourism development corporation, “Comparative positioning and review of its operations to design medium-term strategy,” (2009).
• Sponsored research project for a multinational sheet metal machine manufacturer, “Schedule optimization at the blanking stage for a sheet metal production system,” (2009).
• Consulting assignment for a multinational gasket manufacturer, “Development of a statistical model to forecast demand for gaskets used in oil refineries in USA” (2009).
• Consulting assignment for a batch process chemicals manufacturer, “Production planning and scheduling engine,” With Prof. G. Srinivasan (2008).

Executive Education / MDPs

• Training programs for HAL, Bangalore on Operations Management and Industrial Engineering.
• Training program for Sabre Holdings, Bangalore on Data Analytics.
• Training programs for TAFE, Chennai on Manufacturing Management.
• Training program for Caterpillar Analytics, Chennai on Fundamentals of Optimization.
• Course Instructor for Visionary Leadership for Manufacturing (Executive management program jointly conducted by IIT Madras, IIT Kanpur and IIM Calcutta).
• Industrial Engineering module for engineers and technicians of a large multinational electrical power transmission and distribution company (AREVA).
• Supply chain management workshop for Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).
• Supply Chain Management training program for IBM, Bangalore.

Invited Talks / Seminars

• “Supply Chain Management Issues in Leather Industry,” at Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI), Chennai, March 2012.
• “Smart analytics for GIS/GPS based data: Applications and technology,” at IBM Regional Technical Exchange, Chennai, May 2011.
• “Use of exotic financial options in optimization,” at the Department of Mathematics, IIT Madras, April 2010.
• “Optimization under uncertainty,” at the Faculty Development Program organized by the Department of Mathematics, NIT Calicut, June 2009.
• Three lectures (on Geometric Brownian motion process) at the Indo-German Workshop-cum-Lecture Series, Department of Mathematics, IIT Madras, January 2009.
• “Stochastic optimization,” at MOP Vaishnav College, Chennai, August 2008.