B Mahadevan

B. Mahadevan is a professor of Operations Management at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, where he has been teaching since 1992. Professor Mahadevan has more than 23 years of wide-ranging experience in teaching, research, consulting, and academic administration at IIM Bangalore and other reputed institutions such as IIT Delhi and XLRI, Jamshedpur. He was a visiting scholar at the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, in 1999–2000. He was also a retainer consultant to Deloitte Consulting LLP, USA, in 2001–2002. He was earlier Chief Editor of the IIMB Management Review.

Professor Mahadevan’s research interests include researching the possibility of using ancient Indian wisdom to address contemporary concerns, spirituality in the work place, and management paradigms from Bhagavad Gita. In the traditional areas of management, the research interests include design of service systems in customer co-creation of value and order allocation issues in electronic markets.

Professor Mahadevan was a member of the Central Sanskrit Board, an advisory body to the Ministry of HRD, Department of Education on all Sanskrit policy issues in the country.

Journal Papers (Refereed):

• Mahadevan, B., Sivakumar, S., Dinesh Kumar, D., and Ganeshram, K. (2013). "Redesigning Mid-day meal logistics of Akshaya Patra Foundation: OR at work in feeding hungry school children", Interfaces, 43 (6), pp 530-546.
• Mahadevan, B. (2013). “Spirituality in business: Sparks from the Anvil: In conversation with Suresh Hundre, Chairman and MD, Polyhydron Pvt. Ltd.’, IIMB Management Review, 25 (2), pp. 91-103.
• Mahadevan, B. (2013). "Inspirational Leadership: Perspectives from Gita", Chapter 13 in Sanskrit and Development of World Thought, Kutumba Sastry V. (Ed.), D K Print World, New Delhi, pp 199-210.
• Uma, K. and Mahadevan, B. (2012). “A review of the strategic sourcing literature during 1997 - 2010: Trends and Emerging Issues for Research”, South Asian Journal of Management, Vol. 19 (2), pp 78-98.
• Punniyamoorthy, M., Mahadevan, B., Shetty, N.K., and Lakshmi, G. (2011). “A framework for assessment of brand loyalty score for commodities”, Journal of Targeting, Measurement and Analysis for Marketing, Vol. 19 (3/4), pp 243-260.
• Adhia, H., Nagendra, H.R. and Mahadevan, B. (2010). “Impact of adoption of yoga way of life on organizational performance”, International Journal of Yoga. Vol. 3 (2), pp 55-66.
• Adhia, H., Nagendra, H.R. and Mahadevan, B. (2010). “Impact of adoption of yoga way of life on the reduction of job burnout of managers”, Vikalpa. Vol. 35 (2), pp 21-33.
• Adhia, H., Nagendra, H.R. and Mahadevan, B. (2010). “Impact of Adoption of Yoga Way of Life on the Emotional Intelligence of Managers”. IIMB Management Review. Vol. 22 (1&2), pp 32-41.
• Mahadevan, B. (2009). “Global Sourcing through Electronic Markets: Academic Perspective”, IIMB Management Review, Vol. 21 (4), pp 323-327.
• Hazra, J. and Mahadevan, B. (2009). “A procurement model using capacity reservation”, European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 193 (1), pp 303-316.
• Mahdavi, I. and Mahadevan, B. (2008). “CLASS: An algorithm for cellular manufacturing system and layout design using sequence data”, Robotics and Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Vol. 24 (3), pp 488-497.
• Mahadevan, B. and Venkataramanaiah, S. (2007). "Realigning research objectives in Cellular Manufacturing System Design: A users' perspective". Asian Journal of Operations Management.  
• Hazra, J. and Mahadevan, B. (2006). “A procurement model for electronic markets”, International Journal of Services Technology and Management, Vol. 7, pp 475-489.
• Hazra, J. and Mahadevan, B. (2006). “Impact of supply base heterogeneity in electronic markets”, European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 174 (3), pp 1580-1594.
• Hazra, J., Mahadevan, B., and Seshadri, S. (2004). “Capacity Allocation among Multiple Suppliers in an Electronic Market”, Production & Operations Management, Vol. 13 (2), pp 161-170.
• Mahadevan, B. (2003). "Making sense of the emerging market structures in Business to Business E Commerce". California Management Review, Vol. 46 (1), pp 86-100.
• Mahadevan, B. and Pyke, D.F., and Fleischmann, M.  (2003). "Periodic Review Inventory Policies for Remanufacturing". European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 151, pp 536-551.
• Mahadevan, B. (2001). "The ERP Conundrum". IIMB Management Review. Vol. 9 (2), pp 96-104.
• Mahadevan, B. (2000). "Business Models for Internet based E Commerce: An anatomy". California Management Review. Vol. 42 (4), pp 55-69.
• Mahadevan, B. (1998). "Principles of World Class Manufacturing" The Management Accountant. Vol. 33 (9), pp 645-649.
• Mahadevan, B. (1997). "Are Indian Companies ready for Just-in-Time?" IIMB Management Review. Vol. 9 (2&3), pp 85-92.
• Mahadevan, B. (1996). "Top Gear Manufacturing". IIMB Management Review. Vol. 8 (2), pp 60-66.
• Mahadevan, B. and Narendran, T.T. (1994). "A hybrid modelling approach to the design of an AGV-based material handling system for an FMS". International Journal of Production Research. Vol. 32 (9), pp 2015-2030.
• Mahadevan, B. (1994). "Emerging trends in technology and new challenges for management accounting". The Management Accountant. Vol. 29 (9), pp 646-649.
• Mahadevan, B. and Narendran, T.T. (1993). "Estimation of number of AGVs for an FMS: an analytical model". International Journal of Production Research. Vol. 31 (7), pp 1655-1670.
• Mahadevan, B. and Narendran, T.T. (1993). "Buffer levels and choice of material handling device in Flexible Manufacturing Systems". European Journal of Operational Research. Vol. 69,pp 166-176.
• Mahadevan, B. and Narendran, T.T. (1992). "Determination of unit load sizes in an AGV-based material handling system for an FMS". International Journal of Production Research. Vol. 30 (4), pp 909-922.

Journal Papers (Non-Refereed):

• Mahadevan, B. (2011). “Trends & Implications for SMEs”, eCargolog, July 2011, pp 24-25.
• Mahadevan, B. (2005). “Journey to the Deming: Implications for Corporate Transformation and Competitiveness”, IIMB Management Review, Vol. 17 (2), pp 59-70.
• Mahadevan, B. (2005). “Instilling Business Skills through Management Games”, Business Today (Sri Lanka), Vol. 10 (1), pp 78-81.
• Mahadevan, B. (2004). “Applying theory to practice”, Business Today (Sri Lanka), Vol. 8 (11), pp 23-30.
• Kumar, K. and Mahadevan, B. (2003). "Evolution of business models in B2C E-Commerce: The case of Fabmall", IIMB Management Review, Vol. 15 (4), pp 23-30. 
• Mahadevan, B. (2002). "The Manufacturing Dilemma". Search. Vol. 5 (2), pp 80-81.
• Mahadevan, B. (1998). "Management Education: Time for Soul searching", IIMB Management Review, Vol.10 (1&2), 129-132.

Conference Papers:

• Hazra, J. and Mahadevan, B. (2010). Sourcing Strategies in the presence of Low Cost Suppliers in a Supply Base. INFORMS Annual Meeting, Austin TX, November 2010.
• Hazra, J. and Mahadevan, B. (2007). “Capacity sourcing using a reservation contract”, IEEE Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, Dec. 2007, Singapore, pp. 1544-1548.
• Mahadevan, B. and Deb, M. (2007), “A survey based framework for Recovery and Re-manufacturing issues of Orphan Products”, 18th Annual Conference of the Production and Operations Management Society, Fairmont Hotel, Dallas, May 4-7, 2007.
• Mahadevan, B. (2006). “A single period model for manpower planning in Software Firms”, XthAnnual Conference of Society of Operations Management, December 22-23, 2006, IIM Ahmedabad.
• Mahdavi, I. and Mahadevan, B. (2006). “Cell and layout design in CMS using sequence data”, GT/CM 2006, University of Groningen, The Netherlands, July 2-5, 2006.
• Mahadevan, B. (2004). "A framework for business model innovation", IMRC 2004 Conference, December 16-18, 2004. Bangalore, India.
• Hazra, J. and Mahadevan, B. (2004). "A business to business procurement model with coordination costs", Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium on Logistics, July 11-14, 2004, Bangalore, India. 
• Hazra, J. and Mahadevan, B. (2003). “Supplier selection models for a heterogeneous supply base”, International Workshop on IT-Enabled Manufacturing, Logistics, and Supply Chain Management, December 15-16, 2003, Bangalore.
• Mahadevan, B. and Srinivasan, G. (2003). "Software for manufacturing cell formation: Issues and Experiences", GT/CM World Symposium. July 28-30, 2003, Columbus, OH.
• Hazra, J., Mahadevan, B., and Seshadri, S. (2002). "Modeling Capacity Reservation Contract", Sixth National Conference of the Society of Operations Management. December 20-22, 2002, Kozhikode, India.
• Mahadevan, B. (2002). "An exploratory study of periodic review inventory policy framework in reverse logistics", Sixth National Conference of the Society of Operations Management, December 20-22, 2002, Kozhikode, India. 
• Mahadevan, B. (2002). "Emerging Market Mechanisms in Business-to-Business E-Commerce", International Conference on Advances in Infrastructure for e-Business, e-Education, e-Science, and e-Medicine on the Internet (SSGRR 2002s), Rome, ITALY, July 29-August 4, 2002.
• Hazra, J., Mahadevan, B., and Seshadri, S. (2001). "Order allocation issues among multiple suppliers in B2B E-market places", Fifth National Conference of the Society of Operations Management. December 2001, Mumbai, India.
• Mahadevan, B., Venkataramanaiah, S., and Shah, J. (2000). "Design of a cellular manufacturing system for a product oriented plant". Proceedings of the Third International Conference in Operations & Quantitative Methods. University of Western Sydney, Australia, Dec. 17 - 20, 2000 pp 44-60.
• Mahadevan, B. and Venkatesh, N.S. (2000). "A framework for building online trust in business to business E Commerce: Issues & Challenges," IT Asia Millennium Conference, Bombay, November 28-29, 2000.
• Venkataramanaiah, S., Mahadevan, B., and Shah, J. (1998). "Conversion of functionally organised manufacturing system into product focused cellular manufacturing system: A heuristic approach". Second National Conference of the Operations Management Group. December 1998, Bangalore, India.
• Mahadevan, B. (1998). "Designing an appropriate manufacturing architecture". Second National Conference of the Operations Management Group. December 1998, Bangalore, India.
• Mahadevan, B. (1995). "New Manufacturing Systems – Implications on Cost Management". Cost Management – Vision 2000, National Cost Convention 1995, ICWA Institute, Madras, pp 3-1 to 3-7.
• Mahadevan, B. (1994). "Some Managerial Issues Concerning Implementation and Maintenance of Flexible Manufacturing Systems: An Indian Perspective". Proceedings of the Third AMDISA Conference: Management of Change in South Asia. pp 482-494.
• Mahadevan, B. and Narendran, T.T. (1992). "A hybrid modelling approach to the design of an AGV-based material handling system for an FMS". 8th International Conference on CAD/CAM, Robotics and Factories of the Future, Metz, France, August 17-19, 1992.
• Collaborative White Papers with Consulting Firms:
• (2001). “Business Model Innovation: Deconstructing the formula for uncovering value-creating opportunities in familiar places”, A competitive strategy study by Deloitte Consulting and Deloitte & Touche, Deloitte Research.

Other Invited Contributions:

• Nayadu, A. (2007). “Dawn of a phenomenon called India Inc”, Search, 10 (8), pp 72-80.
• Jayatilake, C. (2004). “The stuff that economic success stories are made of”, Daily News (Sri Lanka), March 30, 2004.
• (2004). “Management Education in SL has much to learn”, Sunday Leader (Sri Lanka), March 21, 2004.

Books:

• Mahadevan, B. (2010), Operations Management: Theory & Practice, 2nd Edition, Pearson Education, New Delhi.
• Mahadevan, B. (1999). The New Manufacturing Architecture, Tata McGraw Hill Co. Ltd., New Delhi.

Regular Cases:

• ABC Transport Equipment Ltd.
• ABC Transport Equipment Ltd. (B)
• Advanced Light Helicopter, HAL
• Emergency Healthcare in Rural Areas
• Indcoserve: Stirring up!
• K B Pumps
• Operational Excellence at Bosch India Limited
• Personal Finance Limited
• PFY Plant at PG Complex, RIL
• Swastik Electricals Limited
• Teaserve: Electronic Auction of Tea
• XYZ Limited

Short Cases:

• A Tale of Two FMSs - I
• A Tale of Two FMSs - II
• ABS Caterers
• Aerospace India Limited
• Bangalore Garment Exports Limited
• Bharath Auto components Limited
• Bharath Controls Limited Mysore
• Braking Systems Incorporated
• Distribution Transformer Company Limited
• Ginger Hotels
• Indcoserve: An Industrial Co-operative of Tea Factories in the Nilgiris
• New Age Electronics Limited
• The New Product Development Process at ENERGYX
• Vasudhri Tooling Limited
• Waiting Time at Post Offices
• Some Writings on Ancient Indian Wisdom:
• Mahadevan, B. (2014). "Work and its impact on a wise person", Sadguru's Blessings, Vol. 12 (3), November 2014, pp 17-19.
• Mahadevan, B. (2014). "Detached Attachment - An expression of Godliness", Sadguru's Blessings, Vol. 12 (2), October 2014, pp 15-17.
• Mahadevan, B. (2014). "Dharma - Universal principle of equilibrium", Sadguru's Blessings, Vol. 12 (1), September 2014, pp 9-12. 
• Mahadevan, B. (2014). "Our perspective towards the world outside", Sadguru's Blessings, Vol. 11 (12), August 2014, pp 12-14.
• Mahadevan, B. (2014). "Axioms of meaningful work", Sadguru's Blessings, Vol. 11 (11), July 2014, pp 13-15.
• Mahadevan, B. (2014). "Know the chariot of your life journey", Sadguru's Blessings, Vol. 11 (10), June 2014, pp 15-17.  
• Mahadevan, B. (2014). "Two main enemies in Life", Sadguru's Blessings, Vol. 11 (9), May 2014, pp 15-17. 
• Mahadevan, B. (2014). "The importance of aligning with one’s own nature", Sadguru's Blessings, Vol. 11 (8), April, 2014, pp 25-27.
• Mahadevan, B. (2014). "Traits of Inspirational Leaders", Sadguru's Blessings, Vol. 11 (7), March, 2014, pp 19-21.
• Mahadevan, B. (2014). "Walking the Talk", Sadguru's Blessings, February 2014, Vol. 11 (6), pp 15-17.
• Mahadevan, B. (2014). "The Principle of Peaceful Co-existence", Sadguru's Blessings, Vol. 11 (5), January, 2014, pp 14-16.
• Mahadevan, B. (2013). "Evolving Oneself through Work", Sadguru's Blessings, Vol. 11 (4), December, 2013, pp 19-21.
• Mahadevan, B. (2013). "Being Alert in Life", Sadguru's Blessings, Vol. 11 (3), November, 2013, pp 19-21.
• Mahadevan, B. (2013). "Bhakti: A path for realizing our ultimate goal in life", Sadguru's Blessings, Vol. 11 (2), October, 2013, pp 45-49.
• Mahadevan, B. (2013). "Developing a Steady Mind", Sadguru's Blessings, Vol. 11 (1), September 2013, pp 20-21.
• Mahadevan, B. (2013). "Being Alert in Life", August 2013.
• Mahadevan, B. (2013). "Decision Making Dilemmas in Life", Sadguru's Blessings, Vol. 10 (11), July 2013, pp 19-20.
• Mahadevan, B. (2013). "Reality of Difficult Decision Making Situations", Sadguru's Blessings, Vol. 10 (10), June 2013.
• Mahadevan, B. (2013). " The World of Duality - Relevance to our work", Sadguru's Blessings, Vol. 10 (9), May 2013, pp. 26-27.
• Mahadevan, B. (2013). "A sensible approach to discovering peace of mind", Sadguru's Blessings, Vol. 10 (8), April 2013, pp. 19-21.
• Mahadevan, B. (2013). "The immutable self within us", Sadguru's Blessings, Vol. 10 (7), March 2013, pp. 15-16.
• Mahadevan, B. (2013). "How to cope with changes?", Sadguru's Blessings, Vol. 10 (6), February 2013, pp. 29-30.
• Mahadevan, B. (2013). "The Art of Man Making & Character Building: Inspirations from Swami Vivekananda", Second International Youth Conference on "Shaping a drudgery free world -Swami Vivekananda's perspective", G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, during January 11-13, 2013.
• Mahadevan, B. (2013). "Understand the power of senses", Sadguru's Blessings, Vol. 10 (5), January 2013, pp. 20-21.
• Mahadevan, B. (2012). "How to react to real time events and outcomes?", Sadguru's Blessings, December 2012, Vol. 10 (4), pp 18-19.
• Mahadevan, B. (2012). "Work and Executional Excellence", Sadguru's Blessings, November 2012, Vol. 10 (3), pp 19-20.
• Mahadevan, B. (2012). "Working your way to contentment", Sadguru's Blessings, October 2012, Vol. 10 (2), pp 19-20.
• Mahadevan, B. (2012). “Landing in troubles and failures in life: A root cause analysis”, Sadguru’s Blessings, Vol. 10 (1), September, 2012, pp 19-20.
• Mahadevan, B. (2012). “Unshaking ourselves from the fear of outcomes”, Sadguru’s Blessings, Vol. 9 (12), August, 2012, pp 17-18.
• Mahadevan, B. (2012). "Leadership lessons from Bhagavad Gita", Impact, July 2012, pp 13-16.
• Mahadevan, B. (2012). "Meaning of Life and Innovation", Sadguru's Blessings, July 2012, Vol. 9 (11), pp 17-18
• Mahadevan, B. (2012). “The notion of change and changelessness”, Sadguru’s Blessings, Vol. 9 (10), June, 2012, pp 16-17.
• Mahadevan, B. (2012). “The power of concentration”, Sadguru’s Blessings, Vol. 9 (9), May, 2012, pp 17-18.
• Mahadevan, B. (2012). “Developing a sustained commitment”, Sadguru’s Blessings, Vol. 9 (8), April, 2012, pp 17-18.
• Mahadevan, B. (2012). "Yajna: The cardinal principle of sustainability", Sadguru's Blessings, March 2012, Vol. 9 (7), pp 16-17.
• Mahadevan, B. (2012). "The value of mutual dependence" Sadguru's Blessings, February 2012, Vol. 9 (6), pp 16-17.
• Mahadevan, B. (2012). “Measuring progress in one's life”, Sadguru’s Blessings, January 2012, Vol. 9 (5), pp 16-17.
• Mahadevan, B. (2011). “Developing a right perspective of life”, Sadguru’s Blessings, December 2011, Vol. 9 (4), pp 14-15.
• Mahadevan, B. (2011). “Avoid being a victim of situations”, Sadguru’s Blessings, November 2011, Vol. 9 (3), pp 13-14.
• Mahadevan, B. (2011). “Breaking the connection between work and stress”, Sadguru’s Blessings, October 2011, Vol. 9 (2), pp 16-17.
• Mahadevan, B. (2011). “Managing stress in our daily life”, Sadguru’s Blessings, September 2011, Vol. 9 (1), pp 22-23.
• Mahadevan, B. (2010). “Strategic Transformation of Samskrit institutions in India”, Sanskrit Promotion Foundation, New Delhi, September 12, 2010.
• Mahadevan, B. (2009). “Shrimad Bhagavad Gita – Ideas for Modern Management”, IIM Bangalore, December 12, 2009.
• Mahadevan, B. (2009). “Towards a new paradigm of management – Alternative Perspectives from Ancient Indian Wisdom”, IIM Bangalore, December 12, 2009.
• Mahadevan, B. (2008). “Management Lessons from the Bhagavad Gita”, Vedanta Kesari, December 2008, pp 558-561.
• Mahadevan, B. (2004). “What constitutes good management? Lessons from Ancient Sanskrit Scriptures”, Sri Tirunarayana Trust Bangalore, (August, 2004).
• Mahadevan, B. (2003). “Relevance of Sanskrit in Contemporary Society”, Sri Tirunarayana Trust Bangalore, (August, 2003).

Short Articles:

• Mahadevan, B. (2001). "The Great Privacy Debate", Business Line, May 3, 2001.
• Mahadevan, B. (2000). "Dotcoms Vs Notcoms", Business Line, December 6, 2000.
• Mahadevan, B. (2000). “Why Supply Chain Management is important for SMEs”, Experts Corner, Indian Markets Online.
• Mahadevan, B. (2000). "E Commerce: A true killer application?". Business Line. February 4, 2000.
• Mahadevan, B. (1999). "Economic worth of Indian austerity". Business Line. August 18, 1999.

Management Games:

• Cellular Manufacturing Systems Planning Game

Teaching

• Operations Management
• Inspirational Leadership Lessons from the Gita
• Management Paradigms from Bhagavad Gita
• Ancient Indian Wisdom and Contemporary Applications in Management
• E-Sourcing
• Supply Chain Management
• Lean Management
• Just-in-Time and Lean Production
• Management of Services
• Service Quality
• Services Supply Chain

Consulting

• Turnaround Plan for Industrial Cooperatives of Tea Factories in the Nilgiri District
• Marketing of Indoserve Tea
• Electronic Auction of Tea, Tea Board of India
• Mid-day Meal Logistics Planning for Akshaya Patra Scheme of ISKCON
• E-Procurement Practices for Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam, Tirupati
• Establishment and Sustenance of a Non-profit Oriented Rural Education System

Awards

Professor Mahadevan has been recognized for his excellence in teaching both at IIMB and outside. His awards include:

• Top Five Teaching Faculty in the Post Graduate Programme in 1998, 2002, and 2008
• Top Five Teaching Faculty in the Executive Training Programmes (1998–2002)
• Top Five teaching faculty in Management Programme for Technologists in 1998
• ICFAI Best Teacher Award by the Association of Indian Management Schools in 2005
• Winner, ISB-Ivey Case Competition, 2011
• Nominated globally for the Economic Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) Business Professor of the Year Award, 2012

Service

Professor Mahadevan was a member of the Central Sanskrit Board, an advisory body to the Ministry of HRD, Department of Education, on all Sanskrit policy issues in India. He served on the editorial board of Six Sigma and Competitive Advantage. He is also on the advisory boards of several business schools and management journals in India.

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) (Industrial Management), Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India (1991)
• Master of Technology (MTech) (Industrial Management), Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India (1987)
• Bachelor of Engineering (BE) (Production Engineering), College of Engineering, Guindy, Madras, India (1985)