Prof. Ramesh Anbanandam is a
Professor in the
Department of Management Studies
at the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India. Prof. Ramesh's research
interests are in Transportation and Supply Chain Management. He specialises in Sustainable Multimodal
Transportation Logistics, Humanitarian Supply Chains, Healthcare Supply Chains and Waste Management, and
the Adoption of Electric Vehicles in India. Furthermore, he is enthusiastic about exploring the
potential applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Transportation and Supply Chain Management
problems.
Prof. Ramesh has taught several courses in the management field, including supply chain management, data
analytics, project management, and operations research. He is also passionate about teaching the latest
topics, such as IoT applications in Management, circular supply chains for sustainability, and Data
Science and Big Analytics. He has supervised 11 PhD theses and 14 M.Tech projects and has been
recognised for his outstanding teaching abilities with the Outstanding Teacher Award in 2022 from IIT
Roorkee.
Prof. Ramesh has edited three books, including "Flexibility, Innovation, and Sustainable Business"
published by Springer in 2022. He has also edited "Lean and Green Manufacturing: Towards Eco-Efficiency
and Business Performance", published by Springer in 2021. Additionally, he was a co-author of the Indian
edition of the book "Project Management: A Strategic Managerial Approach" published by Wiley in 2022.
Besides his academic and teaching responsibilities, Prof. Ramesh has taken up several administrative
responsibilities at the Institute and Department Levels. He also organised two major conferences, the
18th Annual International Conference of the Society of Operations Management(SOM) in 2014 and the 19th
Global Conference on Flexible Systems Management, GLOGIFT-19, in 2019.
His NPTEL course 'Data Analytics with Python' has maintained a consistently high number of enrolled
learners since its inception.
Prof. Ramesh is a Life Member of four professional societies, including the Indian Institution of
Industrial Engineers, the Society of Operations Management, the Global Institute of Flexible Systems
Management, and the Indian Society for Technical Education. He has received several accolades for his
contributions to the field of Management, including the Award for Excellence in PhD Research in 2020
from IIT Roorkee and the Literati Award for Excellence in 2011 and 2016 under the "Highly Commended
Research Paper in the Year" category for his papers published in Emerald publications. He is currently
the Associate Editor of the International Journal of Revenue Management.
