Research Areas:
Supply Chain Management; Lean Manufacturing; Procurement and Pricing in Supply Chain

Recent Consulting:
New Product Development at CABS, DRDO (jointly with Prof Madanmohan), 1998
Research project "Design of a Physical Distribution System" sponsored by Larsen & Toubro, Powai, Bombay, 1987-88

Academic Positions:
IIM Bangalore: 1996- present
Visiting Faculty, IIM Bangalore, India, 1995-1996
MBA Instructor in Summer Term 1991 at the University of Rochester, NY, USA
Teaching Assistant, University of Rochester, NY, USA, 1991-1994

Other Assignments:
Assistant Executive Engineer, ONGC, Mumbai, 1983-1986

Professional Affiliations:
Member of the Beta Gamma Sigma Society, an honour society in the USA

Awards:
Best Elective in Operations Management, 2003, given by the PGP Batch of 2001-2003
Best Elective in Operations Management, 2002, given by the PGP Batch of 2000-2002
Best Elective in Operations Management, 2001, given by MBA Batch of 1999-2001
Most Responsive Professor, 2001, given by MBA Batch of 1999-2001
Best Elective in Operations Management, 2000, given by MBA Batch of 1998-2000

Significant Publications:
Journal Papers and Refereed Proceedings:
1. "A Procurement Model using Capacity Reservation," accepted for publication in European Journal of Operational Research, to appear in 2009
2. "Capacity Sourcing using a Reservation Contract," Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE IEEM, pg 1544-1548, (jointly with B Mahadevan)
3. "A Procurement Model for Electronic Markets," in International Journal of Services Technology and Management, Vol 7, No 5/6, 2006, (jointly with B Mahadevan)
4. "Impact of Supply Base Heterogeneity in Electronic Markets," Vol 174, Issue 3, pg 1580-1594, European Journal of Operational Research, 2006, (jointly with B Mahadevan)
5. "Capacity Allocation among Multiple Suppliers in an Electronic Market," Vol 13, No. 2, pg 161-170, Production and Operations Management, 2004, (jointly with B Mahadevan and Sudhi Seshadri)

Conference Presentation:
1. "Contracting for Capacity using a Reverse Auction Mechanism," invited Paper at General Motors ISL Workshop on Frontiers of E-Business, Indian Institute of Science, December 8-9, 2005, (co-authored with B. Mahadevan)
2. Chaired a Round Table Discussion on "Supply Chain Management in the Internet Era"; Discussion appeared in IIM Management Review, 2004, Vol 16 No. 4, pp 54-74
3. "Impact of Supply Base Heterogeneity in Electronic Procurement," 15th Annual POM Conference, May 2004, Cancun, Mexico, (jointly with B Mahadevan)
4. "Modelling Capacity Reservation", presented at the 6th National Conference of the Society of Operations Management, (jointly with B Mahadevan), Kozhikode, 2003