Project Management

Prof. Ramesh Anbanandam has supply chain management and transportation expertise. Currently serving as Professor in the Department of Management Studies at the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India, Prof. Ramesh's research interests revolve around 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 is an accomplished teacher who 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 10 PhD theses and 13 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" in collaboration with Santosh Rangnekar, which was published by Springer in 2022. He has also edited "Lean and Green Manufacturing: Towards Eco-Efficiency and Business Performance" with M. Kalian, H. Vimal, and A. Agrawal, which was 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 in 2014 and the 19th Global Conference on Flexible Systems Management, GLOGIFT-19, in 2019. 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 for the International Journal of Revenue Management, published by Inderscience Publishers and listed under the ABDC-C category.