Name: PROF. (DR.) Sricharan Chirra

Designation: Assistant Professor

Qualification: M. Tech (IIT Roorkee); Ph.D. (IIT Roorkee)

Functional Area: Operations Management

DOJ: 28 December 2023

Email Id: sricharan@imthyderabad.edu.in

Phone: 8279845385

Teaching Interests
Research Interests

Supply Chain Management
Operations Management
Project Management
Business Statistics
Quality Management

Sustainability
Supply Chain Flexibility
Circular Economy
Industry 5.0.

Journal Papers

V. V. Gedam, R. D. Raut, P. Priyadarshinee, S. Chirra, P. D. Pathak. (2021). “Analysing the adoption barriers for sustainability in the Indian power sector by DEMATEL approach”, International Journal of Sustainable Engineering, 14 (3): 471 – 486.
Sricharan Chirra, Rakesh D. Raut & Dinesh Kumar (2020), “Barriers to sustainable supply chain flexibility during sales promotions”, International Journal of Production Research, 59 (22): 6975 – 6993.
Chirra, S. and Kumar, D. (2020), “Effect of SCF on automobile industry performance during sales promotional schemes”, International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 70 (7): 1816 – 1836.
Sricharan Chirra and Dinesh Kumar (2018). “Analysis of SCF under Sales Promotional Schemes: An application of interpretive structural modelling approach”– International Journal of Production Research 56 (18): 6015 – 6033
Sricharan Chirra and Dinesh Kumar (2018). “Evaluation of supply chain flexibility in automobile industry with Fuzzy DEMATEL approach” – Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management 19 (4): 304 – 319
Chirra, S. and Kumar, D. (2018). “Analysis of supply chain issues under sales promotional schemes using FAHP”, International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management 31 (2): 224 – 248

Awarded Research Fellowship by Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD), Government of India (2014-contd.) during PhD

Awarded GATE Fellowship by Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD), Government of India (2007-09) during Masters.

Qualified in Graduate Aptitude Test for Engineers (GATE) Exam (2007)

Education
Service

PhD in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, IIT ROORKEE, 2018.
M. Tech in Production and Industrial Systems Engineering, IIT ROORKEE, 2009
B. Tech in Industrial and Production Engineering, K.S.R.M. College of Engineering, Kadapa (S.V. University, Tirupati), 2002

Assistant Professor, Operations Management area, IMT-Hyderabad, since December 2023.
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, S. R. K. R. Engineering College, Bhimavaram, A. P., from October 2018 to December 2023.
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Raghu Group of Institutions, Visakhapatnam, A. P., from January 2010 to July 2014.
Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dehradun Institute of Technology, Dehradun, from July 2009 to December 2009.
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, D.R.K. Institute of Science and Technology, Hyderabad from September 2006 to May 2007.

Coordinated the “Intellectual Property Awareness program” under National Intellectual Property Awareness Mission on 25th July 2022, organized by Intellectual Property Office, India with the support of SRKR Engineering College, Bhimavaram in association with RGNIIPM, Nagpur.

Coordinated One Week Faculty Development Program on “Research methodology” organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, S. R. K. R. Engineering College, Bhimavaram, A.P. from 8th July to 12th July 2019.

Reviewer for International Journal of Production Research (Taylor & Francis Publications) and International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management (Emerald Publications)

Committee Member of Institution of Engineers (MIE) from Production Engineering Division, Bhimavaram Local Centre.

Research coordinator for the Department of Mechanical Engineering, SRKR Engineering College with responsibility for organizing and looking after various events like, Workshops, FDPs, Guest Lectures, Expert Talks, Seminars, etc.

In charge for Annual Academic Audit of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, SRKR Engineering College.

AICTE-PARAKH Coordinator for the Department of Mechanical Engineering, SRKR Engineering College.

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION