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 <span class=\"doms-fh2-designation\">Professor<\/span>\r\n\r\n            <div class=\"doms-fh2-edu\">\r\n                <div class=\"doms-fh2-edu-item\">\r\n                    <strong>Ph.D.<\/strong> (2002) \u2014 (Operations Research), Indian Statistical Institute, India\r\n                    <span class=\"doms-fh2-dissertation\">Dissertation: Symmetric Traveling Salesman Problem: Some New Insights<\/span>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                <div class=\"doms-fh2-edu-item\">\r\n                    <strong>M.Phil.<\/strong> (1992) \u2014 (Operations Research), University of Hyderabad, India\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                <div class=\"doms-fh2-edu-item\">\r\n                    <strong>M.Sc.<\/strong> (1991) \u2014 (Statistics and Operations Research), University of Hyderabad, India\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                <div class=\"doms-fh2-edu-item\">\r\n                    <strong>B.Sc.<\/strong> (1989) \u2014 (Mathematics, Physics and 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class=\"doms-pb1-heading\">Research & Teaching Interests<\/h2>\r\n                \r\n                <div style=\"display: flex; gap: 30px; align-items: flex-start; flex-wrap: wrap;\">\r\n                    <div style=\"flex: 1; min-width: 300px;\">\r\n                        \r\n\r\n\r\n                        <ul class=\"doms-pb1-list\">\r\n                            <li>Quantitative Models in Supply Chain Management<\/li>\r\n                            <li>Combinatorial Optimization<\/li>\r\n                            <li>Mathematical Programming<\/li>\r\n                        <\/ul>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n\r\n            <div id=\"tab-usha-publications\" class=\"doms-pb1-panel\">\r\n                <h2 class=\"doms-pb1-heading\">Selected Journal Publications<\/h2>\r\n                <div class=\"doms-pb1-scroll-box\">\r\n                    <ul class=\"doms-pb1-list small-text\">\r\n                        <li>\u201cOrder Acceptance and Scheduling: Overview and Complexity Results\u201d, with Venkata Prasad Palakiti and Viswanath Ganesan, Accepted for publication in International Journal of Operational Research.<\/li>\r\n                        <li>\u201cConstant factor approximation algorithm for TSP satisfying a biased triangle inequality\u201d, with Sivaramakrishnan Ramani and Sounaka Mishra, Theoretical Computer Science, Volume 657, Part B, Pages 111-126, 2017.<\/li>\r\n                        <li>\u201cAn Integrated Approach To Evaluating Sustainability In Supply Chains Using Evolutionary Game Theory\u201d, with Sujatha Babu, Computers and Operations Research, 2017.<\/li>\r\n                        <li>\"Impact of Retailer Competition on Manufacturer\u2019s Decisions and Profits at Equilibrium\", with Parshuram Hotkar, International Game Theory Review, Vol. 15, No. 04, 2013.<\/li>\r\n                        <li>\u201cThreshold Incentives and Sales Variance\", with Milind Sohoni, Sunil Chopra, and Nuri Sendil, Production and Operations Management, July\/August 2011, Volume 20, Issue 4, pp.571-586.<\/li>\r\n                        <li>\u201cThreshold Incentives over Multiple Periods and the Sales Hockey Stick Phenomenon \", with Milind Sohoni, Achal Bassamboo, Sunil Chopra, and Nuri Sendil, Naval Research Logistics, 2010, Volume 57, Issue 6, pp 503-518.<\/li>\r\n                        <li>\u201cOutsourcing of Front-End Business Processes: Quality , Information and Customer Contact\u201d, with Balakrishnan, Karthik and Seshadri, Sridhar, Journal of Operations Management, Volume 26, Issue 2, March 2008, pp 288-302.<\/li>\r\n                        <li>\u201cThe importance of decoupling recurrent and disruption risks in a supply chain \u201d, with Chopra S. and Reinhardt G, Naval Research Logistics, Volume 54, Issue 5, August 2007, Pages 544-555.<\/li>\r\n                        <li>\u201cImpact of Avian Influenza on the Poultry Supply Chain in India\u201d, with Viswanadham, N and Prachi Trika., International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management, 2009 - Vol. 5, No.1\/2 pp. 89 - 105.<\/li>\r\n                        <li>\u201cOn the Equivalence of the Multistage-insertion and Cycle-shrink formulations of the Symmetric Traveling Salesman Problem\u201d, with Arthanari T. S. , OR Letters, 29(2001)pp 129-139.<\/li>\r\n                        <li>\u201cAn Alternate Formulation of the Symmetric Traveling Salesman Problem and its properties\u201d, with Arthanari T. S., Discrete Applied Mathematics, 98(2000), pp 173-190.<\/li>\r\n                    <\/ul>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n\r\n            <div id=\"tab-usha-conferences\" class=\"doms-pb1-panel\">\r\n                <h2 class=\"doms-pb1-heading\">Conference Proceedings<\/h2>\r\n                <ul class=\"doms-pb1-list small-text\">\r\n                    <li>\u201cA Credit Scoring Model for Microfinance: Case Study from India\u201d, with Srikant Menon, Accepted for publication in Proceedings of the \u201cInclusive Financial Innovation Making Finance and Insurance Markets Work for the Poor \" workshop organized XLRI, 2012.<\/li>\r\n                    <li>\u201cImpact of Avian Influenza in the Indian Poultry Industry: A Supply Chain Risk Perspective\u201d with Viswanadham, N and Prachi Trika, in Achieving Rural and Global Supply Chain Excellence- The Indian Way edited by N. 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(1992) \u2014 (Operations Research), University of Hyderabad, India M.Sc. (1991) \u2014 (Statistics and Operations Research), University of Hyderabad, India B.Sc. 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