Research Areas:

• Business Analytics.
• Stochastic models (Markov and Non-Markov models), Reliability and Software Reliability, Optimization, Multi Criteria Decision Making, Six Sigma, Maintainability and Maintenance, Integrated Logistic Support, New Product Development.
  

Recent Consulting:

• Life Time Sustenance for Weapon Systems and Equipment being procured ex-Import
• 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:

1. Associate Editor, OPSEARCH - The Journal of Operational Research Society of India.
2. Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Advanced Operations Management.
3. Editorial board member: Journal of Science and Technology
4. Area Editor: IIMB Management Review
5. Editorial Board member: International Journal of Performability Engineering
6. Editorial Member: The International Journal of Reliability and Risk.
7. Editorial Member of the International Journal Communications in Dependability and Quality Management.
8. Secretary, SOLE - The International Society of Logistics, Southwest Chapter, England.
9. Co-ordinator of the 6th International M.I.R.C.E Symposium on Logistics, University of Exeter, UK, December 10-12, 1996
10. Co-ordinator of the 7th International M.I.R.C.E Symposium on System Operational Effectiveness, University of Exeter, UK, December 8-10, 1997
11. Co-Chair of the 8th International M.I.R.C.E Symposium on System Operational Effectiveness, University of Exeter, UK, December 7-9, 1998
12. Referee: International Journal of Production Economics.
13. Referee : European Journal of Operational Research.
14. Referee : Asia Pacific Journal of Operational Research.
15. Referee : Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering.
16. Referee : Reliability Engineering and System Safety.
17. Referee: IMA Journal of Applied Industrial Mathematics.
18. Referee: Journal of Indian Association for Productivity, Quality and Reliability.
19. Referee: International Journal of Reliability, Quality and Safety Engineering.
20. Referee: IEEE Transactions on Reliability
21. Referee: OPSEARCH
22. Referee: IIE Transactions

Teaching Award:

1. Best Young Teacher Award by the Association of Indian Management Schools - 2003
2. Visiting Fellowship - Queensland University of Technology - 2004

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.
3. Dinesh Kumar, U., Knezevic, J., and Nicholas, C., (Editors), 1998, Proceedings of the 8th International M.I.R.C.E Symposium on System Operational Effectiveness,' Exeter, December 1998.

CASE STUDIES DISTRIBUTED THROUGH HARVARD BUSINESS PUBLISHING

1. A game of two-halves: In-play betting in football (Case Number IMB 401). Co-authors: V Sandeep and H Satyabala
2. Pricing of Players in the Indian Premier League (Case Number IIMB 379). Co-author(s): Kshitiz Ranjan.
3. Delivering Doors in a Window: Supply Chain Management at Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (Case Number IMB 305). Co-authors: Arun Manohar and G N Sripriya.
4. Supply Chain Optimization at Madurai Aavin Milk Dairy. (Case Number IMB 341). Co-authors: P Arun Pandian and S P Nachiappan.

Publications in Refereed Journals:

1. U Dinesh Kumar, Anirban B Roy, H Saranga and K Singal (2010), "Analysis of Hedge Fund Strategies Using Slack Based DEA Models", Journal of Operational Research Society, Vol 61 (12), 1746-1760.
2. U Dinesh Kumar and H Saranga, (2010) "Optimal selection of obsolescence mitigation strategies using a restless bandit model", European Journal of Operational Research, Vol 200, 170-180.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. T Bhaskar and U Dinesh Kumar (2006), A cost model for N-version programming under imperfect debugging, Journal of Operational Research Society, Vol. 57, 986-994.
9. H Saranga, and U Dinesh Kumar (2006), Optimization of aircraft maintenance and support infrastructure using genetic algorithms - level of repair analysis, Annals of Operations Research, Vol. 143, pp. 91-106.
10. J Crocker and U Dinesh Kumar, (2000), Age-related Maintenance Versus Reliability Centred Maintenance - A Case Study on Aero Engines, Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Vol. 67, pp. 113-118.
11. Oded Berman and U Dinesh Kumar, (1999), Optimisation Models for Recovery Block Schemes, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 115, No. 2, pp. 368-379.
12. Oded Berman and U Dinesh Kumar, (1999), Optimisation Models for Complex Recovery Block Schemes, Computers and Operations Research, Vol. 26, No. 5, pp. 525-544.
13. U Dinesh Kumar and M N Gopalan, (1999), On the Utilization of a Merge Production System Under ‘Make-to-Order' Policy - Semi-Regenerative Modelling," OPSEARCH, Vol. 36, No. 1, pp. 10-25.
14. U Dinesh Kumar, (1999), New Trends in Reliability and Maintenance Measures,' Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering, Vol. 5, No. 4, pp. 287-295.
15. U Dinesh Kumar, J Knezevic and John Crocker, (1999), Maintenance Free Operating Period - An Alternative Measure to MTBF and Failure Rate for Specifying Reliability?, Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Vol. 64, No. 1, pp. 127-131.
16. Oded Berman and U Dinesh Kumar, (1998), Reliability Analysis of Communicating Recovery Blocks, IEEE Transactions on Reliability, Vol. 47, No. 3, pp. 245-254.
17. U Dinesh Kumar, (1998), Reliability Analysis of Fault Tolerant Recovery Blocks, OPSEARCH, Vol. 35, No. 4, pp. 281 - 294.
18. U Dinesh Kumar and J Knezevic, (1998), Availability Based Spare Optimisation Using Renewal Process, Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Vol. 59, pp. 217-223.
19. A Brenner and U Dinesh Kumar, (1997), Performance/Dependability Modelling Using Stochastic Reward Models: Transient Behaviour, Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol. 38, No. 3, pp. 449-454.
20. M N Gopalan and U Dinesh Kumar, (1995), On the Utilization of a Split Production System with Inter-Stage Inspection, International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 38, No. 2, pp. 107-116.
21. M N Gopalan and U Dinesh Kumar, (1994), On the Transient Behaviour of a Merge Production System with an End Buffer, International Journal of Productions Economics, Vol. 34, pp. 157-165.

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.
5. U Dinesh Kumar, (1999), Spares Forecasting and Constant Failure Rate - The magic and the Myth,' Proceedings of the 15th International Logistics Congress,' Exeter, UK, pp. 91-96.
6. U Dinesh Kumar, (1997), Spares Modelling Using Alternating Renewal Process, Proceedings of the 7-th International M.I.R.C.E Symposium on System Operational Effectiveness, Exeter.
7. U Dinesh Kumar and J Crocker, (1997), Review of Spare Optimisation Models, Paper Presented at 36 ORS Conference, Bath, UK.
8. U Dinesh Kumar, R. K. Jain and J. Knezevic, (1996), Optimal Maintenance Policies for r-out-of-n:G Systems," Proceedings of the sixth International MIRCE Symposium, University of Exeter, UK, pp. 153-164.
9. M N Gopalan and U Dinesh Kumar, (1993), On the Expected Queue Length of a n-Unit Cold-Standby System with Single Repair Facility, Proceedings of the XXXV Annual Convention of Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering, Hyderabad, pp. 414-423.