Karthik Natarajan

Karthik Natarajan

Assistant Professor

Supply Chain and Operations

Education

Ph.D. 2013
Operations University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Expertise

Humanitarian and Notforprofit Operations

Health Care Delivery Systems in Resource Constrained Settings

Socially Responsible Operations

Global Health Supply Chains

Karthik Natarajan is an assistant professor of Supply Chain and Operations at the Carlson School of Management. He received his Ph. D. in Operations from the KenanFlagler Business School at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, where he won numerous awards for his research including the outstanding graduating student award and a competitive universitywide fellowship.

Natarajan''s research interests are in humanitarian and nonprofit operations with a specific focus on global public health. In a recent work, he studied how different donor funding schedules and uncertainty in donor funding impact the operational performance of humanitarian health supply chains. Natarajan''s previous work experience include Honeywell Technology Solutions and Brakes India Limited, and he is currently consulting for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). He is an ad hoc reviewer for the Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) journal.

Selected Works

Natarajan, K.V., J.M. Swaminathan. 2014. "Inventory Management in Humanitarian Operations: Impact of Amount, Schedule, and Uncertainty in Funding", Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, 16(4), pp. 595603

Natarajan, K.V., J.M. Swaminathan. 2016. "MultiTreatment Inventory Allocation in Humanitarian Health Settings under Funding Constraints", Production and Operations Management.

Current Activities

Scholarly Service

Reviewer for Management Science, Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, Production and Operations Management, Journal of Operations Management and Decision Sciences.