Dr T A S Vijayaraghavan

Qualification : B.Sc. (Math), M. Stat. (ISI), PGD in SQC & OR (ISI), Fellow (IIM Bangalore)

Email : tasviji@xlri.ac.in

Functional Area : Production, Operations & Decision Sciences and Information Systems

Experience Detail  

June 1988 - May 1991

• (3 years)Associate Professor in the Systems & Operations Management Area Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar, India (http://ximb.ac.in)

May 1991-May 1995

• (4 years ) Member of Faculty (Deputy Director) in the Operations Area Central Institute of Road Transport, Pune India (an institute under the Ministry of Surface Transport, Government of India)(http://www.cirtpune.com)

June 1995- till date

• (app 21 years) Professor in the Production, Operations Management & Decisions Sciences and Information Systems Area XLRI, Jamshedpur (One of the premier management institutes in India ranked third best)(http://www.xlri.ac.in)

Dr T A S Vijayaraghavan

Courses Taught

1. Logistics & Supply Chain Management
2. Quantitative Techniques for Management
3. Operations Research
4. Decision Support Systems
5. Operations Research for Human Resources Management
6. Demand and Business Forecasting
7. Supply Chain Analytics

Consultancy Undertaken

1. Project Coordinator for preparing Transportation Plan for Sub-Regional plan of Vasai-Virar Sub-Region for the City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra (CIDCO), New Bombay
2. Project Coordinator for preparing Transportation Plan for Vijayawada City for the Ministry of Surface Transport, Government of India
3. Project Coordinator for preparing Transportation Plan for Nagpur City for the Ministry of Surface Transport, Government of India
4. One of the coordinators for developing the Decision Support System MOBILE" for Resource Scheduling for State Transport Undertakings in India in collaboration with the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Pune.
5. Core member of the team on the project on Manpower Assessment and Organisational Restructuring for the Paradip Port Trust , Paradip, Orissa, India ( a Government of India Undertaking)
6. Project Co-Coordinator for the Feasibility of Taking over Machinery and Manpower from Tea Trading Corporation of India for State Trading Corporation of India
7. Selection and Recruitment for Central Fuel Research Institute, Dhanbad
8. Skill Development for Jharkhand State for Government of Jharkhand

In-Company Programs

Conducted Training Programmes on Supply Chain and Logistics Management for middle and senior level managers of

1. IPCL Baroda
2. Telcon
3. Bhongaigaon Refineries
4. Steel Authority of India
5. Lafarge Cements
6. Daimler Chrysler
7. RANE Group
8. Timken India
9. Tata Steel
10. Tata Motors
11. Coke
12. Pepsico
13. Britannia Industries
14. NIIT
15. Madura Garments (Fashion Styles)
16. Ashok Leyland 

INTELLECTUAL CONTRIBUTIONS (PUBLICATIONS)

Journal Articles-Refereed

Conference Proceedings-Refereed

1. Impact of Buyer-Supplier Cooperation in Buyer and Supplier Relationships: Insights from Indian Industries, International Journal of Academic Conference Proceedings

Paper Presentations-Refereed

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES:

1. Application of Item Response Theory (IRT) in Developing Scale for measurement of Buyer-Supplier Co-operation: A Literature Review. Presented at the  International Conference on Business Management & Information Systems, 2013, Institute of Management Technology, Dubai,  November 19 - 21, 2013
2. A Game Theoretic Approach for Exploring Feasibility of Buyer-Supplier Co-operation. Presented at the International Conference on Business Management & Information Systems, 2013,  Institute of Management Technology, Dubai,  November 19 - 21, 2013
3. Presented a paper on Impact of Buyer-Supplier Cooperation in Buyer and Supplier Relationships: Insights from Indian industries, International Conference on Business Management & Information Systems, Singapore, November 21-23,2012.
4. A paper on Extending the framework of Supplier Management Orientation & its effect on supplier buyer performance ( co-authored with Priyal Singh) POMS 20th Annual Conference Orlando, Florida U.S.A during May 1 to May 4, 2009
5. Presented a paper on " Supply Management Orientation and Buyer/Supplier Performance: Insight from Indian Automobile Industry" in the Annual Conference of the Academy of International Business and Economics in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States during October 17-20, 2004
6. Presented a paper on " Supply Management Orientation and Buyer/Supplier Performance: Insight from Indian Automobile Industry" in the Annual Conference of the Academy of International Business and Economics in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States during October 17-20, 2004.
7. Invited as a keynote speaker and a panel member (with all expenses sponsored) by the Retail Technology Forum, Dubai to present my paper on " Inventory Visibility in Retail Supply Chains" held on September 27, 2004 in Dubai.
8. Invited as a keynote speaker (with all expenses sponsored) by the Chinese Association of Productivity Science to present my paper on " Urban Logistics Planning and Infrastructure: Indian Experience" in the Fifth China International Summit for Logistics-2004 held in Beijing, China during September 22-24, 2004.
9. Presented a paper on Understanding Logistics Processes and Logistics Teams in Indian Manufacturing Organisations in the International conference on Industrial Logistics (ICIL-2001) which was held in the Ryukyus University, Okinawa, Japan during July 9-12, 2001.
10. Invited as a resource person to chair an International Consulting Workshop on Mobility and presented a theme paper on " Information Technology in Urban Mobility and improving Quality of Transport Services" organised by the International Office Agenda-21 under the Bremen Initiative, Germany, held in Pune, India, October 12-13, 1999
11. Invited as a Panel Member & Speaker to present a paper on " Macro-Logistics and Infrastructure in India-Problems, Issues ans Strategies" in the International Conference organised by SOLE-International Society for Logistics on held in Las Vegas, Nevada, US during August 28-September 2, 1999.
12. Invited as a keynote speaker and presented a paper on " Infrastructure and Logistics in India- Problems, Issues and Strategies" in the Annual Conference "Logistics for the Millenium" organised by SOLE-International Society for Logistics held in Orlando, Florida, US during February 18-19,1999.
13. A paper on " Need for Strategic orientation in State Transport Undertakings in India- A diagnostic approach" in the Third Annual Conference of the Association of Management Development Institutes in South Asia (AMDISA) held in Dhakka, Bangladesh during February 1994.

1. Invited as a speaker in the Annual conference DISHA organizes by IIMM Mumbai during 17-18, April 2015 on Innovative Supply Chain Strategies to Drive Business Competitiveness  in Mumbai
2. Invited as he Key Not Speaker in the Conference organized by IIMM Kolkata on Operational Challenges & Enablers in Supply Chain Management on 10th January 2015 in Kolkata
3. Urban freight and supply chain  the neglected stakeholder: an analysis of current research trend, 3rd Conference of Transportation Research Group ofIndia (CTRG), Kolkata, India.December 2015
4. Effect of Urban Freight Regulations on Supply Chains: A Game Theoretic Approach Using Bi-Level Programming, 3rd Conference of Transportation Research Group of India (CTRG), Kolkata, India., December 2015
5. "Quantitative Modelling in Closed Loop Supply Chain Recovery Networks Value Enhancement Proposition, presented in XVI Annual International Conference of Society of Operations Management at IIT Delhi, December 21-23, 2012 ( presented by Arun Paul)
6. A Conceptual Framework to Study Supply and Buyer Management Orientation in Buyer-Supplier Performance, presented in XVI Annual International Conference of Society of Operations Management at IIT Delhi, December, 21-23, 2012 (presented by Arijit Mitra)
7. A paper on Study of the Influence of contextual factors on Supply Chain Integration and Firm Performance-A Conceptual Framework for Indian Manufacturing Organisations (co-authored with Milind Patil) at the XI Annual International Conference of Society of Operations Management held at Nasik during December 21-23, 2007
8. A paper on Study of the Influence of contextual factors on Supply Chain Integration and Firm Performance-A Conceptual Framework for Indian Manufacturing Organisations (co-authored with Milind Patil) at the XI Annual International Conference of Society of Operations Management held at Nasik during December 21-23, 2007
9. A paper on " Transportation Logistics in India- Issues, Problems and Strategies for Competitive Advantage" in the International Seminar on Supply Chain Management held in Management Development Institute, Gurgaon, India during November 18-19,1998
10. Presented a paper on " Service Quality Perceptions of Transport Services- The case of State Transport Undertakings" in the Fourth National conference on Transportation System Studies (NCOTSS-96) held in the University of Mumbai during December,1996. 
11. Presented a paper on " A Method for estimating sectional loads in Suburban Rail System" in the Fourth National conference on Transportation System Studies (NCOTSS-96) held in the University of Mumbai during December 1996.
12. Presented a paper on "A multiobjective programming problem and its equivalent goal programming problem with appropriate priorities and aspiration levels: A fuzzy approach " in the Annual convention of the Operational Research Society of India (ORSI) held in IIM,Ahmedabad during December 1994.
13. Presented a paper on " Decision Support System for Vehicle and Crew Scheduling" during the National Conference on Transportation Systems Studies: Analysis & Policy (NCOTSS-93) held in the Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India during December 1993.
14. Presented a paper on " Marketing of Intangibles in Transport Services - case of State Transport Undertakings " in the Annual Conference of Association of Indian Management Schools (AIMS) held at MDI, Gurgaon, New Delhi , India during August 1994.
15. Presented a paper on "Decision support systems-Concept and Applications in State Transport Undertakings" in the National Seminar on Computer Applications in State Transport Undertakings organised jointly by Association of State Road Transport Undertakings in India and the Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation in Hyderabad, India during October 1991.
16. Presented a paper on "Orthogonal Array Design of Experiments to improve single Yarn Strength " in the Golden Jubilee Conference of the Indian Statistical Institute held in Vigyan Bhavan , New Delhi, India during February 1981

Other Professional Activities

Co-ordinating/Organizing Workshop/Conferences /MDPs

1. Logistics Management

2. Supply Chain Management

3. Quantitative Tools for Decision Making

4. Managerial Decisions & Effectiveness

5. Decision Support Systems for Effective Corporate Decisions

6. Six Sigma Tools and Techniques for Manufacturing Excellence

7. Demand Forecasting

8. Supply Chain Analytics

Guide/evaluator/ examiner at doctoral research level

Principal and Main Guide for the following students for their Thesis Work

1. Milind Patil 
2. Priyal Singh
3. Arun Paul
4. Sayan Mukherjee
5. Chitresh Kumar
6. Rajeev Goenka