Sidhartha S Padhi

Sidhartha S. Padhi is an Associate Professor in the external pageQuantitative Methods and Operations Management Groupcall_made at the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode. Earlier, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the Chair of Logistics Management at the ETH Zurich, and a Senior Lecturer in the Operations Management Group at the Management Development Institute, Gurgaon, India, where he taught business statistics, management science, decision making, and research methodology. He obtained his Ph.D from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, and also holds a Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Master Degree in Scientific Computing.

His interests are in the areas of operations and supply chain management, decision sciences, and purchasing and supply management – including e-​procurement and auctioning. He has published several book chapters and articles in journals including Decision Sciences, International Journal of Production Research, Journal of Purchasing & Supply Management, Journal of Cleaner Production, International Journal of Project Management, and Operational Research: An International Journal.

Education

• Post Doctorate (D-MTEC) ETH Zurich, Switzerland
• Ph.D ( Industrial and Systems Engineering), IIT Kharagpur
• M.Tech (Scientific Computing)
• B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering)

Research Areas

• Procurement, Auction, and E-Procurement in Government
• Supply Chain Risk Management
• Operations Strategy and Sustainability
• Supply Chain Finance

Teaching

• Operations Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Simulation and System Dynamics

Other Professional Appointments

• Associate Editor OPSEARCH, Springer
• Reviewer: European Journal of Operational Research, Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, International Journal of Production Research, International Journal of Production Economics, etc
• Editorial Board Member of Public Administration Research (PAR) Journal, Canadian Center of Science and Education (CCSE) Canada

Corporate / Public Sector Leadership

• SWC Chairperson (2017 to 2019)
• IRB Member (2018-2020)
• Ranking and Accreditation Chairperson (2019 to 2022, September 13)

Conferences, Seminars & Talks

• Analysis of Triple Bottom Line Performance in Indian Fertilizer Supply Chain: A System Dynamics Approach, POMS 29?? ANNUAL CONFERENCE At: Hilton Americas, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
• Achieving efficiencies in service delivery: evaluation of a government call center, DIGIT, 2017
• A systematic review of sustainability research in chemical supply chain, Rajeev A., R. K. Pati, S. S. Padhi, SPJIMR-POMS India chapter conference, Held on 29-30 July, 2016, Mumbai, India
• Sustainable and Green Supply Chain Management: Literature Review, Rajeev. A., Rupesh K. Pati, Sidhartha S. Padhi, Global Cleaner Production & Sustainable Consumption Conference, Sitges, Barcelona, Spain; 11/2015
• Role of Corporate Disclosure Practices on Firms Performance, Accepted in 46th Decision Science Institute (DSI) Annual Meeting in Seattle, WA, USA to be held on 21st to 24th November 2015.
• A selected review of issues and answers to government procurement, Sidhartha S. Padhi, International seminar on sustaining competitive advantage in service sector (SUCAS-2015) held on 15th and 16th May 2015, SOA University, Bhubaneswar, India
• Survival of status: Empirical evidence, Ingmar Zanger, Stephan Wagner, Sidhartha S. Padhi, (POMS 24th Annual Conference held on May 3 to May 6, 2013, Denver, USA)
• Performance improvement in parallel manufacturing systems through scenario analysis and optimal design of parameters (POMS 22nd Annual Conference held on April 29 to May 2, 2011, Reno, Nevada, USA)
• Contractor selection using combined ANP and DOE approach (International Conference on Supply Chain-2008, held on 8-9th March 2008, Institute of Technology, Banarash Hindu University, Varanashi, India)
• A discrete-event simulation model for awarding of works contract in the government - A case study (5th International Conference on E-Goverence-2007, 28-30th December 2007, University of Hyderabad, India). (Won the Best Paper Award of the Conference)
• Sourcing of project works in a government department considering the past performance scores of the contractor - A case study (7th International Consortium of Students in Management Research - 2007, 12-13th December 2007, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India)
• Multi-attribute decision making in procurement auction (4th International Conference on E-Goverence-2006, 15-17th December 2006, IIT Delhi, India).
• Data mining in e-based manufacturing to coordinate the supply (International symposium on intelligence based materials and manufacturing, 18-20 August 2005, BIT Mesra, India)
• System dynamics model of procurement auction (National Conference on System Dynamics-2006, 25-28th December 2006, BVB College of Engineering and Technology, Hubli).
• Mathematical modelling of disaster caused in a mine with light roofs backed by cavities (National Seminar on disaster management: role of meteorology and allied disciplines-2005, 08-09 April 2005, BIT Mesra)
• Utilization of resources efficiently and effectively to combat disaster (National Seminar on disaster management: role of meteorology and allied disciplines-2005, 08-09 April 2005, BIT Mesra)
• Information the growing organism (National Conference on information resource management in digital environment, INFO GOLD -2004, 01-02 October 2004, BIT Mesra)
• Rajeev A., Rupesh K. Pati, Sidhartha S. Padhi, 'Analysis of Triple Bottom Line Performance in Indian Fertilizer Supply Chain: A System Dynamics Approach', POMS 2018 Annual Conference, Houston, U.S.A., 4 - 7 May 2018
• Shalique M., Rajeev A., Rupesh K. Pati, Sidhartha S. Padhi, 'Adoption Trends of Sustainable Supply Chain Process Among Indian Industries', XXII International Conference of the Society of Operations Management, held at IIMK, Kerala, 20 - 22 December 2018
• Chaurasia, S., Pati, R. K., Padhi, S. S., 'Nutraceutical Industry: A New Path to attain Sustainable Development Goals of 2030,' 2nd EWG Conference on Sustainable Supply Chains: Sustainable Supply Chains and the Circular Economy, Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 6-7, 2018.
• Chaurasia, S., Pati, R. K., Padhi, S. S., 'Emergence of Nutraceutical Industry: A New Path to attain Sustainable Development Goals of 2030,' XXII Annual International Conference of the Society of Operations Management (SOM 2018), Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, IIMK Campus, Kozhikode, Kerala, India, December 20-22, 2018.
• Shalique M., Sidhartha S. Padhi, Omkumar Krishnan, 'Design structure matrix modeling using multiple perspective group decision: the case of Kochi Metro Rail Limited, 5th project management research and academic conference, Feb 28th to 2nd March 2019 at IIM Kozhikode.
• Pati,, R. K., Vishnubhotla, A. K., Sidhartha S. Padhi, 'Can projects on block chain reduce risks in supply chain management? - An oil company case study, 5th project management research and academic conference, Feb 28th to 2nd March 2019 at IIM Kozhikode.
• Shalique, S., Sidhartha S Padhi , Rupesh Kumar Pati (2019)'Use of twitter data for risk management in an organic food supply chain', 2019 POMS Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., U.S.A, May 5, Washington, D.C: Production and Operations Management Society, pp.123
• Mukherjee, S. and Padhi S. S., Global supply chain in 'I2P? mode of operation, 5th project management research and academic conference, Feb 28th to 2nd March 2019 at IIM Kozhikode.

Academic Positions

• Professor, IIM Kozhikode (2021 onward)
• Associate Professor, IIM Kozhikode (2017-2021)
• Assistant Professor, IIM Kozhikode (2014-2017)
• Post Doctorate (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
• Sr. Lecturer (MDI gurgaon)
• Visiting Faculty (IIM Raipur)
• Visiting Faculty (IIM Amritsar)