Ayon Chakraborty

I am an Associate Professor in Engineering Project Management within the School of Engineering, IT and Physical Sciences at Federation University Australia. Prior to joining the university, I was working as an Associate Professor in Operations Management and Decision Sciences area at Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli, India.

I also worked as Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Services Science Discipline, Information Systems School at the Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. I haves more than eleven years of experience in teaching and consulting business students and executives at various institutes such as Queensland University of Technology, James Cook University Australia (Singapore Campus).

Research and teaching contribution

My main research interests are in the area of Quality Management such as on Lean, Six Sigma, and other quality tools and techniques. In recent years he also worked on practices related to sustainable development and circular economy, specifically in Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).

I am also involved in international collaborative research projects such as Erasmus Plus and Global Challenges Research Funding (GCRF) with Aston University in UK. Both these projects focus on sustainability and wellbeing of MSMEs and are sponsored and funded by UK Government.

I have taught courses such as Business Statistics, Quality Toolkit for Managers, Operations Management, Project Management and is also developing courses related to Introduction to Decision Sciences, Quality Analytics, Sustainable Supply Chain Management, Analytics in Project Management, and Circular Economy for both post graduate and undergraduate levels.

I had also coordinated various Management Development Programs related to my teaching and research interests and trained both middle and senior level executives across public sector and private sector organizations in Singapore, Australia, and India.

Research keywords

• Lean, Six, Sigma, TQM
• Sustainable Supply Chain
• Circular Economy
• Healthcare Operations

Education

• Ph D National University of Singapore (2005 — 2009)
• M.E Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani (1999 — 2000)
• B.E University of Rajasthan (1994 — 1998)

Companies

• Associate Professor Federation University Australia (2020)
• Associate Professor Indian Institute of Management, Tiruchirappalli (2016 — 2020)
• Assistant Professor Indian Institute of Management, Tiruchirappalli (2014 — 2016)
• Lecturer James Cook University Australia, Singapore Campus (2013 — 2014)
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow Queensland University of Technology (2009 — 2012)
• Research Scholar National University of Singapore (2005 — 2009)
• Assistant Professor C V S R College of Engineering (2002 — 2004)
• Engineer, Quality Assurance Duke Arnics Electronics Limited, Hyderabad, India (2002 — 2002)
• Assistant Lecturer Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani (2001 — 2001)