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Sripad Devalkar
Associate Professor, Operations Management
Email Sripad_Devalkar@isb.edu
Overview
Professor Sripad Devalkar's research interests fall under two broad themes:
- agricultural operations
- non-profit and public sector operations.
Within these thematic areas, he is interested in understanding issues related to supply chain management and how the interaction of operational, financial and risk management decisions affect outcomes.
He teaches the core Operations Management course in the PGP at the ISB, as well as an elective course on Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
Experience
Academic
- 2019 - Present: Associate Professor, Indian School of Business
- 2011 - 2019: Assistant Professor, Indian School of Business
- 2008 - 2011: Tutor, EMBA 611: Managing the Value Chain, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
- 2007 - 2011: Teaching Assistant, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
- 2008 - 2008: Instructor, OMS 311:Operations Management., Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
Professional
- 2003 - 2004: Functional Consultant, Retail Vertical, Wipro Technlogies Ltd., Chennai, India
- 2002 - 2003: Inventory Planner, Frito Lay Inc., Plano, TX USA
- 2000 - 2002: Senior Consultant, i2 Technologies Inc., Dallas, TX USA
In the Media
April 2, 2019: How Aadhaar-based biometrics hurts PDS in India, Live Mint.
July , 2016: Crop diversification to reduce exposure to climatic changes: Associated risks and mitigation strategies, ISB Insight.
December 2, 2015: Ex-post Funding: Innovating Non-Profit Operations, ISB Insight.
Research & Publications
Published Papers
Devalkar, Sripad., Seshadri, Sridhar., Janakiraman, Ganesh. (2023) "Dual Sourcing Systems: An Asymptotic Result for the Cost of Optimal Tailored Base-Surge (TBS) policy", Elsevier , 51 (3), 338-345 Allu, Rakesh., Ganesh, Maya., Deo, Sarang., Devalkar, Sripad. (2022) "Portability in the Public Distribution System: Determinants of utilization and their implications", Economic and Political Weekly , 57 (2) Fischer, Harry., Chhatre, Ashwini., Devalkar, Sripad., Sohoni, Milind. (2021) "Rural institutions, social networks, and self-organized adaptation to climate change", Environmental Research Letters , 16 (10), 104002 Devalkar, Sripad., Sohoni, Milind., Sharma, Neha. (2021) "Payment for Results: Funding Non-Profit Operations", Production and Operations Management , 30 (6), 1686-1702 Allu, Rakesh., Deo, Sarang., Devalkar, Sripad. (2019) "Alternatives to Aadhaar based biometrics in the Public Distribution System.", Economic and Political Weekly , 54 (12), 30-37 Devalkar, Sripad., Krishnan, Harish. (2018) "The impact of working capital financing costs on the efficiency of trade credit", Production and Operations Management , 28 (4), 878-889 Devalkar, Sripad., Seshadri, Sridhar., Ghosh, Chitrabhanu., Mathias, Allen. (2018) "Data science applications in Indian agriculture", Production and Operations Management , 27 (9), 1701-1708 Devalkar, Sripad., Sohoni, Milind., Arora, Priyank. (2017) "Ex-post funding: How should a resource constrained non-profit organization allocate its funds?", Production and Operations Management , 26 (6), 1035-1055 Devalkar, Sripad., Anupindi, Ravi., Sinha, Amitabh. (2017) "Dynamic Risk Management of Commodity Operations: Model and Analysis", Manufacturing and Service Operations Management , 20 (2), 317-332 Chhatre, Ashwini., Devalkar, Sripad., Seshadri, Sridhar. (2016) "Crop diversification and risk management in Indian agriculture", Decision , 43 (2), 167-179 Devalkar, Sripad., Anupindi, Ravi., Sinha, Amitabh. (2011) "Integrated Optimization of Procurement, Processing and Trade of Commodities", Operations Research , 59 (6), 1369-1381
Reports
Sohoni, Milind., Singha, Sumanta., Devalkar, Sripad., Kunnumkal, Sumit. (2021) "AI Based Systems to Improve Efficiency of Operations in Indian Railways", Devalkar, Sripad., Sohoni, Milind., Arora, Priyank. (2017) "Tapping the Sceptical Donor: A Novel Funding Approach for Non-profits", (4-2017) Fischer, Harry., Chhatre, Ashwini., Devalkar, Sripad., Kolagani, Sriharitej., Sohoni, Milind. (2016) "From Apple Juice to Garlic Pickle: Climate Change Adaptation in the Himalayas", Cover Story, ISB Insight 42 (July-Sep 2016) Sohoni, Milind., Devalkar, Sripad. (2015) "Ex-post Funding: Innovating Non-profit Organisations", ISB Insight (Oct-Dec 2015)
Cases
Devalkar, Sripad., Sohoni, Milind., Mathur, Ravi., Ahmed, Asrar., Priyadarshini, Mallika., Singh, Simerpreet., Singh, Shweta. (2020) "Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd: Inventory Management Under Resource Constraints", ISB Case Collection distributed through HBS Publishing Devalkar, Sripad., Deo, Sarang., Gokhale, Meghana., Vaidya, Akshay. (2017) "AtMyDoorsteps.com: Breaking Ground in Online Grocery Market in India", ISB Case Collection distributed through HBS Publishing
Working Papers
Devalkar, Sripad., Ramaswami, Bharat., Seshadri, Sridhar. "Creating markets: Intermediaries, non-staples and farmer welfare" Devalkar, Sripad., Deo, Sarang., Allu, Rakesh., Ganesh, Maya. "Agent-choice in last-mile delivery of food security programs: impact, usage and implications" Devalkar, Sripad., Seshadri, Sridhar., Janakiraman, Ganesh. "A Bound on the Cost of a Simple Policy in a Dual Sourcing Inventory System" Ganesh, Maya., Deo, Sarang., Devalkar, Sripad. "Leveraging digital technology to improve monitoring and Planning in Public Sector Supply Chains: Evidence from India’s food security program."