Name: PROF. (DR.) Kalyana C Chejarla

Designation: Associate Professor

Qualification: PhD (IIML), PGPX (IIMA), PGDM (IBS, Hyderabad), CIRM (APICS), B.Sc. Engineering (NIT, Jamshedpur)

Functional Area: Operations Management

DOJ: 17 February 2014

Email Id: kalyan@imthyderabad.edu.in

Phone: 8414671690

Teaching Interests
Research Interests

Operations and Supply Chain Management
Logistics Management
Business Process Management
Lean Management
Procurement and Supply Management

Digital Transformation
Lean Management
Decision-Making
Supply Chain Finance
Innovation Management

Chejarla, K. C., & Vaidya, O. S. (2024). A hybrid multi-criteria decision-making approach for longitudinal data. OPSEARCH, DOI: 10.1007/s12597-023-00736-y
Chejarla, K. C., & Vaidya, O. S. (2022). Ease of Doing Business: Performance comparison of G20 countries using Grey MCDM. International Journal of Information Technology & Decision Making, 1-41, https://doi.org/10.1142/S021962202250078X
Chejarla, K. C., Vaidya, O. S., & Kumar, S. (2022). MCDM applications in logistics performance evaluation: A literature review. Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis, 29(3–4), 274-297. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mcda.1774
Chejarla, K. C., Vaidya, O. S., & Kumar, S. (2021, in press). Flexibility in Logistics: A literature review. International Journal of Services and Operations Management, xx–yy, DOI: 10.1504/IJSOM.2021.10040768
Chejarla, K.C. and Chatterjee, S. (2021), "GoUNESCO: achieving strategic growth", Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies, Vol. 11 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/EEMCS-06-2018-0146
Chejarla, K.C. and Chatterjee, S. (2021), "Managing inventory at GoUNESCO", Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies, Vol. 11 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/EEMCS-03-2021-0059

Chejarla, K.C. (2023), CenturyPly Laminates: Redesigning the Supply Chain; Ivey Publishing, (W35179)
Chejarla, K.C. (2023), ElasticRun: Pathways to Growth; Ivey Publishing, (W32505)
Bhattacharya, S. and Chejarla, K.C. (2022), The School of Management: Handling Admission Leakage; Ivey Publishing, (W27745)
Bhattacharya, S. Chejarla, K.C. Mathew, R. Gupta, A. and. Anand. V. (2022), Serum Institute of India: Delivering COVID-19 Vaccines; Ivey Publishing, (W27136)
Chejarla, K.C., Bhattacharya, S. Kalakbandi, V.K. and Bagchi. S.S. (2022), Rain Industries Limited: Responding to Global Supply Chain Shifts; Ivey Publishing, (W25341)
Chejarla, K.C. and Chatterjee, S. (2021), "GoUNESCO: achieving strategic growth", Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies, Vol. 11 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/EEMCS-06-2018-0146
Chejarla, K.C. and Chatterjee, S. (2021), "Managing inventory at GoUNESCO", Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies, Vol. 11 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/EEMCS-03-2021-0059
Bhattacharya, S. and Chejarla, K.C. (2021), "Aggregate Planning at Hercules Valves", Case Center, (621-0013-01)
Chejarla, K.C., Bhattacharya, S. and Ravichandran. N. (2020), Butterfly Edufields: Value Chain Reconfiguration; Ivey Publishing, (9B20D021)
Chejarla, K.C. (2019), "Inventory Management Challenges at IMC", Case Center (619-0017-1)
Chejarla, K.C. and Bhattacharya, S. (2019), Butterfly Edufields: Different shades of capacity; Ivey Publishing, (9B19D003)
Bhattacharya, S. and Chejarla, K.C. (2018), "Power Cutter India Private Limited - Transforming the Transportation", Case Center, (618-0029-1)
Bhattacharya, S. and Chejarla, K.C. (2018), "Power Cutter India Private Limited - Transforming the Transportation", Case Center (B), (618-0029-1B)

Chejarla, K.C, Saha E, & Mishra ‘A Supply Chain Disruption Management: A Resiliency Maturity Model Framework’, XXVI Annual International Conference of SOM held at Indian Institute of Management, Shillong, December 14-16, 2024.
Lanka, K., & Chejarla, K.C. “Last Mile Delivery Planning & Orchestration – India Topology Review & Challenges’, 9th INFORMS Transportation Science and Logistics Society Workshop held at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, December 13-15, 2021
Chejarla, K.C; Vaidya, O.S; Kumar. S. "Digitalization-A Comparative Study of Manufacturing and Services". 3rd ICDE & 14th ISDSI Annual Conference held at Indian Institute of Management, Raipur, December 27-29, 2020
Chejarla, K.C; Vaidya, O.S. "Incorporating flexibility as a determinant in LSP selection". 18th Global Conference on "Digitalization and Flexibility for Organizational Management and Transformation" held at Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, December 18-20, 2018
Mathur, R.P; Chejarla, K.C; Vaidya, O.S. "Adaptive Supply Chain Planning in Indian Pharmaceutical Industry: Drivers, Enablers and Obstacles" 18th Global Conference on "Digitalization and Flexibility for Organizational Management and Transformation" held at Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, December 18-20, 2018
Chejarla, K.C. "A Survey of Sustainable Operations in Indian Industry". Research Conference on Supply Chain Management held at Symbiosis Institute of Operations Management, Nashik, February 17-18, 2018
Chejarla, K.C; Vaidya, O.S. "Influence of Logistics in executing Supply Chain Strategies: Evaluation and Performance Management of Logistics Service Providers". 21st Annual International Conference of Society of Operations Management held at Ahmedabad University, Ahmedabad, December 21-23, 2017
Chejarla, K.C. "Using Single Period Inventory models as an interface between Marketing & Operations". In the International Conference on Marketing Challenges in Emerging Markets MCEM 2017 held at IMT, Hyderabad, December 8-9, 2017

Kalyana C Chejarla and Ganesh Mahadevan; 2023; “Lea'R'n with continuous 'R'esilience”; Supply Chain Tribe by Celerity; June 2023, pp 38 ~ 41
Kalyana C Chejarla; 2021; How does your work experience uplift the scope of selection to a good B-school?; IMT Ghaziabad website; https://www.imt.edu/blog/how-does-your-work-experience-uplift-the-scope-of-selection-to-a-good-b-school/
Kalyana C Chejarla; 2019; "Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Vulnerabilities and the role of IT"; Materials Management Review; Dec 2019, pp 24 - 26

Mahadevan, G and Chejarla, K. C. (2022). Lean Management for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises: Adapting Operations to Changing Business Environment. Springer Nature ISBN: 978-981-19-4339-3

Education
Service

EFPM from IIM(L), 2022
MBA (Executive) from IIM(A) in 2011
CIRM from APICS (2006)
CFA from ICFAI (1999)
PGDBA from IBS (1999)
B Sc. Engineering from NIT, Jamshedpur (1993)

2012-14: Dell International Services (Practice Head - SCM & Procurement BPO)
2003-09: Tata Consultancy Services Limited (Account Manager – Retail SCM)
2001-03: HCL Technologies (Lead Consultant - SCM)
2000-01: Kirby Building Systems, Kuwait (Business Analyst)
1999-00: OceanWijs Maritime Services Limited (Finance Controller)
1993-97: Tata Motors (Supply Chain Engineer)

2024 :Program Chairperson (PGDM-LSCM)
2016-19: Area Chairperson (Operations Management)
2014-18: Chairperson (Placements)

Project Management and O&M Excellence (Greenko) in Aug 2024
Program Director for Coromandel Fertilizers MDP (Feb 2024)
Total Quality Management (Midhani) in 2017
Project Management (Advanta Seeds) in 2016

Experiences on case writing – Manipal university, Jaipur in 2022
Experiences on case writing – Gitam university in 2021
Research review "Sustainable Operations" (SOM Summer School) in 2018.
Overview of MCDM Methods (SOM Summer School) in 2018.

Digital Transformation at Indian PSUs – A Report
TdABC study at ACG Capsules (2019)
Logistics study at Rain Calcinating (2018)

‘IT and Supply Chain Integration’ at The Unbroken Cold Chain Thought Leadership Event at Novotel, Hyderabad on 30th Jan 2019
Smart Logistics: Future-Proofing Indian Supply Chain – A conference by Indian Chamber of Conference on 6th Oct 2023 at The Park, New Delhi
‘Careers in Logistics’ to B-School students by HMA (January - 2021, March - 2024)
Supply Chain Models: Past, Present, and Future – Knowledge Sharing Session organized for the CMR & A team, TCS (18th Jul 2023)
Key supply chain challenges in industries: a deep dive @ Global Supply Chain Excellence Summit organized by Datalabs India (3rd eb 2024) https://youtu.be/K2r5y1Gy51U
Supply chain assessment @ Global Supply Chain Webinar Series organized by Datalabs India (23rd Mar 2024) https://www.linkedin.com/events/globalsupplychainwebinarseries-7173604840676208640/theater/
Supply Chain Finance: A Review of State of Art @ Global Supply Chain Excellence Summit 2.0 organized by Datalabs India (31st Aug 2024) https://youtu.be/H_JGZpA33lk