Dr. Raghuram P.

Dr. Raghuram P. currently serves as Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, Coimbatore Campus. His areas of research include Responsive Supply Chain Management, Lean Manufacturing, Agile Manufacturing and Tool Design.

Education

• Ph.D. (Modeling and Assessment of Supply Chain Responsiveness), Department of Mechanical Engineering,Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore, India.
• M.E., 2003-06, Department of Production Engineering,P.S.G. Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, India.
• B.E., 1989-93, Department of Mechanical Engineering,Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, India.

Professional Experience

Teaching/Research Interests

Major Subjects Taught

• Supply Chain Management
• Lean Manufacturing
• Manufacturing Technology
• Tool Design

Research Interests

• Supply Chain Management
• Lean Manufacturing
• Exergy

Total number of Publications : 21
Citations : 28

Other Academic/Non-Academic Activities

Offices held:

• 2013-Present:Aakash Coordinator, facilitated by IIT-Bombay under the National Mission on Education through ICT (MHRD, Govt. of India).
• 1997-Present:CIR Department Coordinator, Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham..
• 1997-2002:Staff-in-Charge, Association of Mechanical Engineers (AcME), Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham.
• 2002-2006:Admissions Coordinator, School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham.

Membership in Professional Bodies

1. Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), Active Member

Student Guidance

Inititatives & Responsibilities @ Amrita

University Level

• Part of the core team for conducting the International CEO Summit organized withDr. VenkatRangan, Vice Chancellor, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham in Sep 2004 as part of Amritavarsham 50. Under Amma's leadership, it was attended by more than 100 international and national CEOs and Dr.APJ Abdul Kalam.
• Aakash Coordinator – An initiative from MHRD through IIT-Bombay.
  • Maintenance and distribution of Aakash tablets
• Involved in English to Tamil translation project for the machine translation project.

School / Department Level

• Admissions (2002 – 2006)
  • Designed the School’s admission brochure for all four years.
  • Coordinated Counseling of students for admission into the University
  • Designed and readied the flex prints for exhibitions and counseling.
  • Coordinated faculty and staff for the exhibitions and counseling.
• Modified the college website content and design for the launch of the site on Institution Day 2007.
• NBA Accreditation (April 2002) - Coordinated all departments towards accreditation. Prepared the presentations for the department for Accreditation and Deemed University status.
• 1997-2002: Staff-in-Charge, Association of Mechanical Engineers (AcME), Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham.
• Lab-in-charge of Welding lab.
• Coordinator – ‘Special Interest Group’ formed with seven engineering colleges.
• Was in-charge of purchase and maintenance of projection equipment.

Classroom

• Introduced a computerized learning environment with presentations and videos.
• Extensive use of Internet and e-library to impart up-to-date information.
• Handling classes & labs to create intensive interest in the students by giving innovative and industry-relevant projects assigned individually.
• Prepared presentations for most of the subjects taught – Supply Chain Management, Enterprise Management, Unconventional Machining Processes, Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Engineering Management and several other technical and general topics.

Conferences/Workshop Organized

• Organized a National level One day workshop on Lean Manufacturing on 17 June 2017 with Dr.Eric Blanco, Deputy Director, School of Industrial Engineering, University of Grenoble Alps.
• COSMA International conference
  • Active Executive committee member
  • Designed the conference website, momentos
  • Coordinated the design and printing of Proceedings
  • Chaired one session
• COPEN International conference
  • Active Executive committee member
  • Designed the conference website
  • Coordinated the design and printing of Proceedings
  • Chaired two sessions

Placement Training

• Department Placement Coordinator – to coordinate activities with the Department of Corporate and International Relations(CIR).
• Guiding/Counseling students in career building and personality development.
• Have conducted numerous aptitude tests, group discussions and mock interviews.
• Have conducted two workshops for arts and polytechnic students on personality development.

List of Ph.D. Students

Advisor

• CB.EN.D*MEE18006-PT- Subin B Markose
• CB.EN.D*MEE19008-PT - Edwin Joy P
• CB.EN.D*MEE20004-PT - Dhianeshwar. J
• CB.EN.D*MEE20005-FT - Nikhil Ninan

Co-Advisor

• CB.EN.D*MEE18003 - Liju Mathew A
• CB.EN.D*MEE18004 - Sreejith J

Industrial Collaboration/Consultancy

More than 70 projects done in more than 25 organizations focused on solving practical industry problems in the areas of Supply Chain Responsiveness, Risk Management, inventory management, scheduling and process improvement. The methodologies/software tools used in various projects are SPSS, Structural Equation Modeling (Lisrel), System dynamics (iThink), Big data (R), AHP, DEA, Agent based modeling and discrete event simulation. Various simulation and optimization tools like Anylogic, Arena, Matlab toolbox have been used. The current focus of research is in the following domains.

• Supply Chain Risk Management
  • Assessment of Supply Chain Risk mitigation capability using OM-AHP and DEA (part of the work is published in a national conference MISSA organized by PSG Tech)
  • Supply Chain Risk filter mapping – Proactive approach to risk mitigation.
  • Development of Supply Chain Risk Mitigation Index using a Maturity Framework (Published in The TQM journal)
  • Modeling and Assessment of the Impact of Supply Disruption and Cost of Recovery using Systems Dynamics Approach (Accepted in Int. J. Industrial and Systems Engineering)
  • Empirical Investigation of Supply Disruption in Plastic SMEs using Structural Equation Modeling (Accepted in Int. J. of Productivity and Quality Management)
  • Possible partnership with KTH - Prof. Luca Urciuoli and team.
• Warehouse Analytics and Optimization
  • Design of a Lean warehouse for a Heavy machinery manufacturer (Elgi Equipments, Coimbatore)
  • Warehouse optimization using demand data analytics – a case study-based approach (Accepted in Int. J. Business Information Systems)
  • Warehouse optimization using Anylogic (Combined optimization and DES)
  • Warehouse system optimization using Machine Learning (Current project)
• Agility and Supply Chain Responsiveness
  • A combined AHP and ISM–based model to assess the agility of supply chain-a case study (Int J. of Integrated Supply Management 7(1), 167-191).
  • Modeling a responsive supply chain through exploratory factor analysis - Proceedings of The 12th Consortium of Students in Management Research (COSMAR 2012) organized by Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore on 16th & 17th November 2012
  • Assessing the responsiveness of supply chain - SEM based approach (Int. J. Logistics Systems and Management, 25(4), pp. 558-579)
  • Responsiveness Model of Textile Supply Chain – A Structural Equation Modeling based Investigation (Accepted in Int. J. Services and Operations Management)
  • Assessment of Supply Chain Responsiveness – A System Dynamics Model
  • Evaluation of responsiveness vis-à-vis system efficiency through data envelopment analysis
• Scheduling/Inventory Management
  • Improving service levels through bi-echelon inventory positioning – A case study based system dynamics model (Elgi Equipments, Coimbatore)
  • Inventory positioning in the supply chain – A simulation-optimization approach
  • Inventory Analytics - Bibliometric Review and Bayesian Networks Approach to Inventory Control
  • Development of a Model for Inventory Optimization using System Dynamics (Delphi Connection Systems., Thrissur)
  • Delivery Service through an Integrated Inventory Management Model using a System Dynamics Model (Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management Bogota, Colombia)
  • Criticality Analysis and Inventory Cost Reduction for High-Value, High Volume Spares
  • Optimization and Scheduling of HAZCHEM Logistics with Time Windows: A case study.
  • Agent_based modelling in Capacitated Lot Sizing Problem with Sequence dependent Setup time (Accepted in Int. J. of Operational Research)
• Process Improvement using Lean Manufacturing Techniques
  • Quality filter mapping – Foundry/Engine Assembly line/ Small Angle Grinders
  • Productivity improvement through VSM and Defect reduction for an automotive component
  • Process Improvement of Slim-3 Vertical Machining Centre Assembly Line
  • Assembly line Balancing and Workstation Design for a Pump Manufacturing Industry
  • Design and Implementation of a Cellular Manufacturing System (CMS) in a Pump manufacturing industry
  • Implementation of Lean Six Sigma in a Pump manufacturing industry
• Exergy Analysis
  • Optimization of Machining Parameters in Turning Process using Exergy Analysis
  • Sustainable Lean manufacturing as a tool for exergy improvement in a manufacturing industry (Current)
  • HEP Challenge – Development of an index to improve human potential (Current)

Conferences/Workshops/Short-term courses (Organized)

• Organized a National level One day workshop on Lean Manufacturing on 17 June 2017 with Eric Blanco, Dy. Director, School of Industrial Engineering, University of Grenoble Alps.

• COSMA International conference

• • Active Executive committee member / Designed the conference website, momentos / Coordinated the design and printing of Proceedings / Chaired one session

• COPEN International conference
  • Active Executive committee member / Designed the conference website / Editorial board / Coordinated the design and printing of Proceedings / Chaired two sessions

Key Responsibilities at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham

University Level

• Part of the core team for conducting the International CEO Summit organized with Dr. VenkatRangan, Vice Chancellor, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham in Sep 2004 as part of Amritavarsham 50. Under Amma's leadership, it was attended by more than 100 international and national CEOs and Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, President of India.
• 2013-Present: Aakash Coordinator, facilitated by IIT-Bombay under the National Mission on Education through ICT (MHRD, Govt. of India). - Maintenance and distribution of Aakash tablets
• Involved in English to Tamil translation for the machine translation / haptics projects.

School Level

• Worked in developing ‘Amrita’ as a brand name and university. Took an active role in conceptualizing, planning, implementing and managing all activities.
• Member of Institute Induction Program Cell (IIPC) – Coordination and mentoring of First year Student Induction Program (2019 onwards).
• Admissions Coordinator (2002 – 2006)
  • Designed the School’s admission brochure for all four years.
  • Coordinated Counseling of students for admission into the University
  • Designed and readied the flex prints for exhibitions and counseling.
  • Coordinated faculty and staff for the exhibitions and counseling.
• Modified the college website content and design for the launch of the site on Institution Day 2007.
• NBA Accreditation (April 2002) - Coordinated all departments towards accreditation. Prepared the presentations for the dept. for Accreditation and Deemed University status.

Department Level

• Board of Studies - Manufacturing Stream Coordinator – curriculum/syllabus revision.
• NBA Accreditation activities
  • Manufacturing Stream Coordinator.
  • Designed an excel sheet from marks entry to CO Attainment calculation – towards outcome based education (OBE).
  • Coordination of data collection and online submission.
• 2019-Present: PG Admissions Coordinator – Improving program to enhance Admissions.
• 1997-Present: CIR - Department Coordinator – to coordinate activities with the Department of Corporate and International Relations (CIR) – campus placements and technical/aptitude training/counseling.
• Designed brochures for the Department in 2017 and 2018.
• 1997-2002: Staff-in-Charge, Association of Mechanical Engineers (AcME), Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham.
• Coordinator – ‘Special Interest Group’ formed with seven engineering colleges.

Membership in Professional Bodies

• Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), Active Member