Krishna Sundar

Professor | Production & Operations Management at Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

Biography

Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

Dr. S. Krishna was a Professor in Information Systems and Quantitative Methods at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore. He has worked closely with the Indian Software Industry since its early years and has pioneered several research and academic programs in close collaboration with the Indian software industry.

Dr. S. Krishna obtained Ph.D degrees in Computer Science (Software Engineering) and Theoretical Physics from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. He was associated with the initial set up of the National Informatics Centre at New Delhi. He has been a consultant to the Indian Banks Association, National Judicial Pay Commission and the World Bank. Over the last few years Prof Krishna along with research collaborators in Europe and North America has studied Global Work Arrangements of the Indian Software Industry extensively with field work undertaken in several countries in North America, Europe, Japan, Korea and Singapore. Two of his recent books (authored with collaborators) are Global IT Outsourcing: Software Development across borders (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge) and The Digital Challenge: Information Technology in the Development Context (Ashgate, London).

Research

Research Areas

  • Operations Strategy
  • Enterprise Resource Planning
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Manufacturing Strategy
  • IT Strategy
  • E-Business Management
  • E-Governance

Journal Papers Published/ Accepted (in the last 2 years)

  • “Two substitutable perishable product disaster inventory systems”, VSS Yadavalli , Diatha Krishna Sundar, Swaminathan Udayabaskaran, Accepted for publication in Annals of Operations Research, Springer, appeared online, (January 23, 2015).
  • “An age-dependent branching process model of a stochastic renewable resource and the problem of optimal harvesting”, VSS Yadavalli, Diatha Krishna Sundar, Swaminthan Udayabaskaran, Indian Journal of Mathematics, Vol 57, No.1, (April 2015), pp 121-133
  • “An actor–critic algorithm for multi-agent learning in queue-based stochastic games” Diatha Krishna Sundar and K.Ravikumar, Neurocomputing, Elsevier, Vol. 127 (March 2014) pp.258–265
  • “A Mobile Solution for an Inclusive Public Distribution System in India” Diatha Krishna Sundar and Shashank Garg, Electronic Journal of E-Governance, Acad.Publishing, Volume 11, Issue 2 (December 2013), pp 210-228
  • “An application of the extended Technology Acceptance Model in understanding technology-enabled financial service adoption in South Africa”, John P Wentzel, Krishna Sundar Diatha & VSS Yadavalli, Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis, Volume 30,(October 2013) Issue 4-05, 2013 pp. 659-673
  • “Influence of ERP systems on business process agility”, Ravi Seethamraju and Diatha Krishna Sundar, IIMB Management Review, Elsevier, (September 2013) Vol. 25, pp.137-149
  • “A comparison of financial service adoption propensity across three channels at the bottom of the pyramid in South Africa” John P Wentzel, V S Sarma Yadavalli, Diatha Krishna Sundar; Management Dynamics, Southern African Institute for Management Scientists, Vol.22, No.1, (January 2013), pp.26-37
  • “Evaluating the impact of government policies and regulations on M-Commerce in India: A system dynamics modeling approach” Deepali Sharma, Diatha.Krishna Sundar, Rajluxmi V.Murty; International Journal of Business Management, Canadian Center of Science and Education; Vol.7, No.23, 2012, pp.54-76
  • “A Periodic Tabular Policy for Scheduling of a Single Stage Production-Inventory System” Shashank Garg, D.Krishna Sundar, K.Ravi Kumar; Computers and Industrial Engineering, Elsevier, Vol.62, Issue 1, February 2012, pp. 21-28

Book(s)

  • “Public Health in India – Technology, Governance and Service Delivery” Ed. Diatha Krishna Sundar, Shashank Garg and Isha Garg, Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group), 2015; ISBN:978-1-138-89839-4 (hbk), ISBN:978-1-315-68436-9 (ebk)

Book Chapter(s)

  • Diatha Krishna Sundar, Shashank Garg and Isha Garg “A mobile electronic data capture solution for application in Public Health” in “Public Health in India – Technology, Governance and Service Delivery” ed. Diatha Krishna Sundar et al., Routledge 2015, pp140-158;
  • Krishna Sundar D and Shashank Garg, “The Role of Mobile Computing & Communication Technologies in Mobile Governance" in Handbook of Research on Enterprise Systems Elliot Bendoly, Sanjay Kumar, Jose Esteves (Eds), SAGE Publications (New York, London, Singapore and New Delhi), 2010
  • Krishna Sundar D, Isha Garg and Shashank Garg, “Rural Empowerment: An Integrated Disease Surveillance System Based on Mobile Technologies” in IT and Rural Health Care M D Tiwari and K N Agarwala (Eds), IIIT Allahabad Series on E-Government, 2009 pp.141-167
  • International Conference Papers (Presented & Appeared in the conference proceedings in the last 2 years)

  • “Study of sustainability measures in supply chain management: A grounded theory approach”, Anirban Adhikary, Krishna Sundar Diatha, POMS 25th Annual Conference, Atlanta, May 2014, pp.111, ISBN-13: 978-0-692-02470-6

  • “Two substitutable perishable product disaster inventory systems”, Sarma Yadavalli, Krishna Sundar Diatha, Udayabaskaran S, POMS 25th Annual Conference, Atlanta, May 2014, pp.77, ISBN-13: 978-0-692-02470-6

  • “ERP systems and business process agility: A model”, Ravi Seethamraju, Krishna Sundar Diatha, Vidyaranya Gargeya, , POMS 25th Annual Conference, Atlanta, May 2014, pp.168, ISBN-13: 978-0-692-02470-6

  • “Service process mapping and mobile workflow solutions in the monitoring of Tuberculosis treatment in regional India”, Ravi Seethamraju, Diatha Krishna Sundar and Shashank Garg, NITIE-POMS International Conference, December 2014 Proceedings, pp 326-337, ISBN:978-93-84869-01-4

  • “A framework for lean implementation”, Saideep Rathnam and Diatha Krishna Sundar, NITIE-POMS International Conference, December 2014 Proceedings, pp 72-82, ISBN:978-93-84869-01-4

  • “Mobile Enabled Operations Management using Multi-Objective based Logistics Planning for Perishable Products” K.S Diatha1, R. Karumanchi and S. Garg, CIE42 Proceedings, 16-18 July 2012, Cape Town, South Africa, PP 218-1to 218-15

  • “A Mobile Decision Support System for Optimal Supplier Selection in an Agro Supply Chain” Shashank Garg, Krishna Sundar D, P&OM World Conference, Amsterdam, 1-5 July 2012

  • “Supply chain management of perishable items: A case of Indian mushroom growers" D.Krishna Sundar, Suresh Bhagavathula, Rajluxmi V Murty, 23rd POMS 2012 Conference, Chicago , April 20-23, 2012. ISBN-10:0-615-61858-8; ISBN-13:978-0-615-61858-6

  • "Electronic Data Capture for a Longitudinal Study in Public Health - A Case study" Isha Garg, D.Krishna Sundar & Shashank Garg, 23rd POMS 2012 Conference, Chicago , April 20-23, 2012. ISBN-10:0-615-61858-8; ISBN-13:978-0-615-61858-6

  • “Optimal supplier selection and apriori penalty structure for delays in an agro supply chain” Shashank Garg & D.Krishna Sundar, , 23rd POMS 2012 Conference, Chicago , April 20-23, 2012. ISBN-10:0-615-61858-8; ISBN-13:978-0-615-61858-6

Working Papers (Published by IIMB)

  • Working Paper no.220: The Distribution Free Newsboy Problem with Partial Information; IIMB Working Paper Series
  • Working Paper no 210: Multi-Agent Learning in Dynamic Pricing Games of Service Markets, IIMB Working Paper Series
  • Working Paper no 193: Creating e-Chains to enable E-Governance through Embedded technologies, IIMB Working Paper Series
  • Working Paper no.178: Integrated Virtual Logistics Network for Quick Responses, IIMB Working Paper Series
  • Working Paper no.177: Learning Algorithms for Price Control in an Internet-Based Dutch Auction, IIMB Working Paper Series

Ph.D. Guidance

  • 3 students were awarded Ph.D degrees.
  • 5 students are working, at present, towards their doctoral degree.

Sponsored Research (completed)

  • “Integrated Electronic Business Management Model for Quick Responses for Small and Medium Manufacturing Enterprises (SMEs )”
  • Sponsoring Agency: Ministry of Human Resources Development, Govt. of India “Electronic Business Management (EBM): Consulting Business Opportunities with specific reference to Service Sector" Sponsoring Agency: Winsoft Corporation, High Lands Ranch, CO-80126,USA

Ongoing Project

  • Service Availability mapping for improved Public Health Service Delivery in regional India, collaborative project with Dr.Ravi Seethamraju, University of Sydney, Sponsoring Agency: Australia-India Council

Ongoing Research (technology development)

Developing on Open X-Data Platform,

  • Mobile Data Collection System for Disease Surveillance (MODISS) Collaborators: Shashank Garg, Isha Garg, D.Krishna Sundar
  • Specification of GPS & GSM/GPRS based Tracking Platform along with flexi form design for field data collection: Collaborators: Balabrahmanandam, Shashank Garg, D.Krishna Sundar

Teaching

He teaches masters and doctoral level courses in the areas of:

  • Electronic Business Management
  • Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
  • Logistics Management
  • Decision Modeling
  • Quantitative Methods
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Operations Management
  • Computer-based Materials Management

As part of executive education, he designs and conducts programmes of short and long duration for both private and public sector organizations.

Education

  • PhD, IIT Kharagpur, India
  • MTech, National Institute of Technology, Calicut, India
  • BE, Andhra University, India

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