Research Areas:
Stochastic models;  Systems Engineering and Thinking: Reliability, Maintainability and Supportability; Business Analytics; Multi-Criteria Decision-Making; Six Sigma; Service Operations Management

Recent Consulting:
Weapon system procurement through performance based logistics
Business Analytics in retail sector
Total cost of ownership models for weapon systems

Current Projects:
Weapon system acquisition and management using performance based logistics, Army Management Studies Board (AMSB), India

Academic Positions:
IIM Bangalore: July 2006- present
Visiting Professor (on leave from IIM Calcutta), Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA, September 2005- July 2006
Professor, Operations Management, IIM Calcutta, India, March 2005- August 2005
Visiting Fellow, School of Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, Australia, June 2004- December 2004
Visiting Professor, National Graduate School of Management, Australian National University, Australia, June 2004
Associate Professor, Operations Management, IIM Calcutta, India, January 2000-March 2001
Assistant Professor, Operations Management, IIM Calcutta, India, January 2000- March 2001
Lecturer, School of Engineering, University of Exeter, United Kingdom, September 1996- January 2000
Post Doctoral Fellow, School of Management, University of Toronto, Canada, October 1995- September 1996
Research Associate, Reliability Laboratory, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland, February 1995- April 1995
Senior Research Fellow, Department of Mathematics, IIT Bombay, October 1994- September 1995

Other Professional Appointments:
Associate Editor, OPSEARCH - The Journal of Operational Research Society of India
Area Editor: IIMB Management Review
Ambassador, School of School of Systems and Enterprises, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA, March 2006- till date
Chairman Admission at IIM Calcutta, 2001 - 2004
Editorial board member, International Journal of Advanced Operations Management
Editorial board member, Journal of Indian Business Research
Editorial board member: Journal of Science and Technology
Editorial Board member: International Journal of Performability Engineering
Editorial Member: The International Journal of Reliability and Risk
Member, Academic Council, Anna University, Trichy, India, March 2008 - present

Member, Board of Studies for MBA Programme, Anna University Trichy, India, February 2008 - present

Teaching Award:
Best Young Teacher Award by the Association of Indian Management Schools - 2003

Significant Publications:

Books:
1. Dinesh Kumar, U., Crocker, J., Chitra, T., and Saranga, H., (2006), Reliability and Six Sigma, Springer, USA
2. Dinesh Kumar, U., Knezevic, J., Crocker J., and El-Haram, M., (2000), Reliability, Maintenance and Logistic Support - A Life Cycle Approach, Kluwer Academic Publishers, USA

Book Chapters:
1. Dinesh Kumar, U., "Six Sigma: Status and Trends", in Handbook of Performability Engineering (Ed. K B Misra), Springer, UK 2008
2. Dinesh Kumar, U., and Crocker, J., (2002), Maintainability and Maintenance - A Case Study on Mission Critical Aircraft Components and Engines, in Case Studies in Reliability and Maintenance (Eds. Blischke W and Murthy D N P), John Wiley, USA

Edited Volumes:
1. Knezevic, J., Dinesh Kumar, U., and Nicholas, C. (Editors), (1999), Proceedings of the 9th International MIRCE Symposium on System Operational Effectiveness, December 1999
2. Knezevic, J., Dinesh Kumar, U., and Nicholas, C., (Editors), (1999) Proceedings of the 15th International SOLE Congress, May 1999

Publications in Refereed Journals:
1. U Dinesh Kumar and H Saranga, (2009) "Optimal selection of obsolescence mitigation strategies using a restless bandit model", Forthcoming European Journal of Operational Research, 2009
2. D Nowicki, U Dinesh Kumar, H J Steudel and D Verma, (2008) ‘Spares Provisioning under performance based logistic contract: profit centric approach,' Journal of Operational Research Society, Vol. 59, 342-352
3. U Dinesh Kumar, José E. Ramírez-Márquez, D Nowicki and D Verma, (2008), ‘On the Optimal Selection of Process Alternatives in a Six Sigma Implementation', International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 111, 456-467
4. U Dinesh Kumar, Haritha Saranga, José E. Ramírez-Márquez, and D Nowicki, (2007), ‘Six Sigma Project Selection Using Data Envelopment Analysis', TQM Magazine, Vol. 19, No. 5, pp. 419-441
5. U Dinesh Kumar, José E. Ramírez-Márquez, D Nowicki and D Verma, (2007), ‘A Goal Programming Model for Optimizing Reliability, Maintainability and Supportability under Performance Based Logistics', International Journal of Reliability, Quality and Safety Engineering, Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 251-261
6. U Dinesh Kumar, José E. Ramírez-Márquez, D Nowicki and D Verma, (2007), ‘Reliability and Maintainability Allocation to Minimize the Total Cost of Ownership in a Series-Parallel System', Journal of Risk and Reliability, Vol. 221, No. 2, pp. 133-140

Publications in Refereed Conferences:
1. U Dinesh Kumar and G Chattopadhyay (2004), Mathematical Models for Analysis of Extended Warranty, Proceedings of the Fifth Asia Pacific Conference on Industrial Engineering and Management Systems, Cairns, 12-15 December 2004, Australia
2. U Dinesh Kumar, G Chattopadhyay and H S Pannu (2004), Total Cost of Ownership for Railway Assets - A Case Study on Wagons, Proceedings of the Fifth Asia Pacific Conference on Industrial Engineering and Management Systems, Cairns, 12-15 December 2004, Australia
3. U Dinesh Kumar and H Saranga, (2004), Multi-Echelon Multi-Indenture Models for Aircraft Spare Parts Inventory and Availability Optimization, IASTED Conference on Modeling, Identification and Control, 23-25 February 2004, Switzerland
4. U Dinesh Kumar, J Crocker, J Knezevic, (1999), Evolutionary Maintenance for Aircraft Engines,' Proceedings of the Annual Reliability and Maintainability Symposium, pp. 62-68