Prof (Dr) Kalyana C Chejarla is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Management Technology, Hyderabad. He is a PhD from the Indian Institute of Management (Lucknow), postgraduate from Indian Institute of Management (Ahmedabad), PGDBA & CFA from ICFAI Business School, and B.Sc. (Engineering) from National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur. Before moving into academics in 2014, he has worked for about 18 years in the supply chain domain at globally renowned organizations such as Tata Motors, HCL Technologies, Tata Consultancy Services and Dell International Services. During his corporate stint, he played diverse roles in digital transformation journeys of customers in US, UK and Japan. He has published numerous cases and has recently authored a book titled ‘Lean Management for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises: Adapting Operations to Changing Business Environment’, published by Springer Nature. His areas of interest are operations, logistics and supply chain management, lean and quality management, business process management and decision making. He is a Panel member of Digital Transformation, IT and Startup chapter of CII, Telangana.
