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Charles E. Morrison Professor of Decision Sciences
Professor of Operations
Co-Director of MMM Program
Chair of Operations Department

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Finalist for Best OM Paper in Management Science, MSOM Society 2022 for Learning from Inventory Availability Information: Field Evidence from Amazon, published at Management Science
Professor of the year for core course: PGP Class of 2023 Mohali Cohort, Indian School of Business.
Finalist for Best OM Paper in Management Science, MSOM Society 2022 for Learning from Inven- tory Availability Information: Field Evidence from Amazon, published at Management Science, MSOM Society
Sidney J. Levy Teaching Award for an elective course, Kellogg School of Management for 2021-2022.
Professor of the year for core course: PGPpro Class of 2022, Bengaluru Cohort, Indian School of Business.
Professor of the year for core course: PGP Class of 2022 Mohali Cohort, Indian School of Business.
Professor of the year for core course: PGP Class Mohali Cohort
L.G. Lavengood Professor of the Year Nominee for 2021
Professor of the year for core course: PGPpro Class, Bengaluru & Mumbai Cohorts
Professor of the year for core course: PGP Class of 2020 Mohali Cohort, Indian School of Business.
Chair Core Teaching Award
Finalist for the Service Management SIG Prize, MSOM Society 2019 for "Scheduling Homogeneous Impatient Customers" published at Management Science., MSOM, INFORMS
Professor of the year for core course: PGPpro Class of 2019 Mohali Cohort, Indian School of Business.
Professor of the year for core course: PGP Class of 2019 Hyderabad Cohort, Indian School of Business., Indian School of Business
Professor of the year for core course: PGPpro Class of 2018 Hyderabad Cohort, Indian School of Business., Indian School of Business
Chair Core Teaching Award, Kellogg School of Business
MSOM Young Scholar Prize, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, INFORMS, Researcher under the age of 40
Second Place, Article, Junior Faculty Interest Group, 2008
Chairs Core Course Teaching Award, Kellogg School of Management, 2009-2010
Silver Medal, IIT Delhi
Third Place, Article, Junior Faculty Interest Group, 2010

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Field Study (OPNS-498-0)
Field Studies include those opportunities outside of the regular curriculum in which a student is working with an outside company or non-profit organization to address a real-world business challenge for course credit under the oversight of a faculty member.

Supply Chain Management (OPNS-455-0)
What are the key capabilities a supply chain must develop to support the business strategy of a firm? What is the relationship between the desired capabilities and the structure of a supply chain? This course provides a framework to answer these questions. We define supply chain structure in terms of the following drivers of performance: facilities, information, inventory and transportation. The relationship between structure and performance is analyzed using various case studies that require students to develop analytical spreadsheet models to support their decision making. Students are taught the strategic role of the supply chain. The course also discusses methodologies for designing and planning a supply chain.

Operations Management (OPNS-430-0)
1Ys: This course is typically waived through the admissions process or the equivalent course Operations Management (Turbo) (OPNS-438A) was completed during the Summer term. MMMs: This course is equivalent to the MMM core course Designing and Managing Business Processes (OPNS-440) Operations management is the management of business processes--that is, the management of the recurring activities of a firm. This course aims to familiarize students with the problems and issues confronting operations managers, and to provide the language, concepts, insights and tools to deal with these issues to gain competitive advantage through operations. We examine how different business strategies require different business processes and how different operational capabilities allow and support different strategies to gain competitive advantage. A process view of operations is used to analyze different key operational dimensions such as capacity management, cycle time management, supply chain and logistics management, and quality management. Finally, we connect to recent developments such as lean or world-class manufacturing, just-in-time operations, time-based competition and business re-engineering.

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Doctoral Courses

Executive Education

Executive MBA Courses

Full-Time / Evening & Weekend MBA Courses