Prof. O.S. Vaidya of IIM Raipur adjudged the Best Teacher in Operations Management

Pro. O.S. Vaidya at the launch of Strive

 Prof. O.S. Vaidya on 18 February, 2012 was conferred the Award for “Best Teacher in Operations Management” by Bloomberg UTV B-School Excellence Awards at Taj Lands End, Mumbai. The award recognizes institutions that are innovative, modern and have Industry-related curriculum.

The awards are chosen by an independent jury and a panel of professionals who believe in nurturing talent and recognizing Best of the Best. The award is in recognition of leadership, development, marketing an institute and Industry Interface of a Business School.

Prof. Omkarprasad Vaidya is a faculty in the area of Operations Management and Quantitative Techniques. He obtained his doctoral degree from National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Mumbai.

He has published articles in Journals of International repute like European Journal of Operational Research (EJOR), International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management, International Journal of Reliability and Safety, and others. The article published in EJOR “Analytic Hierarchy Process: An Overview of its applications” is currently rated at top slot among the most cited articles. It has 233 citations (Scopus) and 321 citations (Google Scholar) so far (accessed on May 24, 2011).

He has also presented a number of papers at national and international conferences like Society of Operations Management (SOM). He is also involved in reviewing research articles for reputed International Journals. He is a supervisor to research scholars from Symbiosis International University (SIU), Pune.

His teaching and research interests include Operations Management, Six Sigma, Quantitative Techniques and Supply Chain Modeling. As guest faculty, he has taught courses at IIM Lucknow, and NITIE, Mumbai.

He has completed a couple of consultancy projects. Since 2009, he is a panel member for the corporate competition on Lean and Six Sigma organized by Symbiosis Pune.

IIM Raipur Faculty and Students contribute Articles for Pan IIM Operations Magazine

The second edition of the Pan IIM Operations Magazine, “Opsworld” was released by Prof. Janat Shah, Director, IIM Udaipur during the International Operations Conference organized by Society of Operations Management at IIM Calcutta on 18th December 2011. The theme of the magazine is Sustainable Operations Management. The magazine would be hosted on SOM website alongside the prestigious operations management journals.

The magazine contains two corporate articles – one from Flipkart and the other from Ernst & Young. The magazine contains faculty as well as student opinion on Sustainability through two different sections. Also included are the general operations management articles in the General section.

The magazine can be downloaded from the following address as well. (http://paniimoperations.com/magazine/)

In the Editorial, The Editor in Chief has thanked IIM Raipur for their valuable support throughout the process.

In his article, “Jack of All Trades, Master of… Two”, Prof. Omkarprasad S Vaidya, Faculty in Operations Management and Quantitative Techniques Group at IIM Raipur has discussed some of the Management Problems and their possible solutions as a result of an interface of other streams with ‘Operations’ Management.    

Rohit Bhagat, a PGP 2010-12 Student of IIM Raipur has written an article on “Unique Challenges in Humanitarian Logistics”. The article starts with a description of the Disaster Profile of India and emphasises the need for research in the field of Humanitarian Logistics keeping in mind India’s risk profile. The article brings out the challenges that need to be addressed while undertaking humanitarian logistics.

Aditya Kumar Konathala and Amit Sharan Singh, PGP 2010-12 Students of IIM Raipur have discussed the positive impact of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) on Paddy Procurement and Public Distribution System (PDS) in Chhattisgarh in their article “ICT and Supply Chain Practices in PDS (Chhattisgarh)” .

Tarang Singhal, a PGP 2011-13 Student of IIM Raipur was a part of the Layout and Design Team.