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Walter E. Masing Thought Leader in Quality Management
ASQ Crosby Medal Recipient Faculty
British American Tobacco (BAT) Research Fellow
Email Vijaya_SunderM@isb.edu
Vijaya Sunder M is currently an Assistant Professor of Operations Management (Practice), Academic Director of the Centre for Business Innovation, and Experiential Learning Program Chair at the Indian School of Business (ISB). Additionally, he is an advisory board member of the Executive Fellow Program in Management, and ISB Executive Education.
His research interests include Operational Excellence, Project Management, Behavioral Operations and Management of Technology. He is the author of three books and over 50 scholarly papers published in top academic outlets such as Production and Operations Management, Journal of Operations Management, Int. Journal of Operations & Production Management, Int. Journal of Production Economics, and Int. Journal of Production Research. Additionally, his writings have appeared in reputed practitioner outlets such as the Harvard Business Review, California Management Review, Stanford Social Innovation Review, and Rotman Management. Teaching case studies authored by him are published in Harvard Business Publishing Education.
He is the recipient of prestigious accolades that include ASQ's Global Crosby Award, IAQ's Walter E Masing Award, and is among the PEX Network's (IQPC) top 50 operational excellence thought leaders worldwide. Before becoming an academic, he had over 18 years of industry experience across global corporations in various leadership positions. Previously, he was Head of Business Process Excellence at the World Bank Group, Assistant-Vice-President at Barclays, and Quality Leader at American Express and Citi.
He actively teaches specialized management courses for MBA, Executive MBA, and Ph.D. scholars that include Business Process Excellence, Digital Transformation in Services, Project Management, Operations Management. He won “Professor of the Year” – Teaching Excellence Awards for Post Graduate Program in Management (PGP) for the Class of 2021 (elective courses), Class of 2023 (core and elective courses), Class of 2024 (core courses).
Additionally, as a consultant and trainer, he has trained more than 10k business executives worldwide. He is a sought-after keynote speaker with a global following.
February 13, 2024: AI for Social Good: Revolutionising lives through operational excellence, Forbes India.
April 21, 2023: Digitalisation for safeguarding the digital health data, Express Health Care.
March 16, 2023: Why doctors are critical to digital health deployments, Forbes India.
October 11, 2022: Electric Vehicles: From transition to transformation in 3 steps, Forbes India.
April 21, 2022: India's sustainability Promise, Business India.
May , 2022: Newborns to entrepreneurs—Indian hospitals need a perinatal service package. It’s a win-win, The Print - Online Newspaper.
December 13, 2021: Need for national digital readiness within the Indian healthcare system, Forbes India.
October 8, 2021: Next step in healthcare: Sharing economy to overcome resource crisis, Forbes India.
July 7, 2021: Towards a telehealth ecosystem, Fortune India.
June 16, 2021: Getting ready for the third Corona wave, The New Indian Express.
June 7, 2021: Making the case for Lean Six Sigma in the healthcare sector, The Business Times, Singapore.
May 24, 2021: Bringing the internet to billions—the future of data transmission over the internet, Forbes India.
May 3, 2021: How to tackle the oxygen logistics nightmare, The Hindu Business Line.
March 24, 2021: Lean Six Sigma for healthcare: Improving the health of healthcare processes, Express Healthcare.
December 9, 2020: Why COVID Is India’s Chance to Use AI, Tech – And Enter The Future, The Quint.
November 30, 2020: From the source and not through force: Green supply chain practices for environmental sustainability, The Business Times, Singapore.
October 29, 2020: Technology, Crisis Management And The Pandemic, Outlook India.
September 25, 2020: Environmentalism at the core, The Hindu.
April , 2020: A Global Study on Quality Professionals”,, The Future Factory.
August 9, 2020: Shramik saviours, Fortune India.
July 6, 2020: Shramik trains helped avert a 'humanitarian crisis': Report by ET BUREAU, The Economic Times.
Sunder M, Vijaya., Modukuri, Siddhartha. (2024) "In an Era of Digital Everything, Is Lean Still Relevant?", Rotman Management , 110-112 Sunder M, Vijaya., Modukuri, Siddhartha. (2024) "Essential Capabilities for Successful Digital Service Innovation at the Bottom of the Pyramid", California Management Review Nidumolu, Ram., Sunder M, Vijaya., Pavitra, Madhira. (2024) "Metro rail comes to Hyderabad", Stanford Social Innovation Review Sunder M, Vijaya., Gangwar, Manish., Modukuri, Siddhartha. (2024) "Do Gender Diverse Teams Deliver Better Operational Performance: An Experimental Study", Production & Operations Management Sunder M, Vijaya., Linderman, Kevin. (2024) "Explicating the microfoundations of operational excellence in services: A capabilities perspective", Journal of Operations Management , 28 Sunder M, Vijaya., Prashar, Anupama. (2024) "The Interplay of Lean Practices and Digitalization on Organizational Learning Systems and Operational Performance", International Journal of Production Economics , 15 Sunder M, Vijaya. (2023) "3 Mistakes First-Time Managers Make with Digital Transformation", Harvard Business Review (Ascend) Sunder M, Vijaya., Rithica, Mamidi. (2023) "Beyond a Single Quadrant: Rethinking Platform Businesses in the Digital Era", Asian Management Insights , Vol. 10(2), 46-53 V. Kamala., Sunder M, Vijaya., Raja Sreedharan, V., Kaoutar Chargui., Tarik Zouadi., Guilherme Luz, Tortorella. (2023) "Testing the S-Curve Theory in OEM for Lean Operations: A Study on Organizational Transformation in the VUCA World", IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management , 1 - 16 Sunder M, Vijaya., Prashar, Anupama., Tortorella, Guilherme., Sreedharan, Raja. (2023) "Role of Organizational Learning on Industry 4.0 Awareness and Adoption for Business Performance Improvement", IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management Journal , Early Access Sunder M, Vijaya., Modukuri, Siddhartha. (2023) "Technology on the Farm", Stanford Social Innovation Review , 21 (2), 15-16 Sunder M, Vijaya., Diti, Joshi. (2023) "Decoding the Augmented Intelligence Matrix for Operational Excellence in the Digital Era", California Management Review (Insight) Zakaria El, Hathat., Tarik Zouadi., Raja Sreedharan, V.., Sunder M, Vijaya. (2023) "Strategizing a Logistics Framework for Organizational Transformation: A Technological Perspective", IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management , 1 - 22 Sunder M, Vijaya., Modukuri, Siddhartha. (2022) "Realizing and Overcoming the Digital Myopia", California Management Review Milad, Haerizadeh., Sunder M, Vijaya. (2022) "Bridging organizational performance gaps using the EFQM excellence model", Quality Management Journal , 29 (4), 248-266 Gutierrez, L., Lameijer, BA., Anand, G., Antony, J., Sunder M, Vijaya. (2022) "Beyond efficiency: the role of lean practices and cultures in developing dynamic capabilities microfoundations", International Journal of Operations & Production Management , 42 (13), 506-536 Sunder M, Vijaya., Modukuri, Siddhartha., Srivastava, Rajendra. (2022) "A Value-Driven Digital Strategy Framework for Healthcare Firms", California Management Review (CMR Insight - Strategy) Sunder M, Vijaya. (2022) "Mission Possible: Overcoming challenges to bring clean water to rural India", Asian Management Insights , 9 (1), 26-32 Sunder M, Vijaya., Prashar, Anupama Prashar. (2021) "Characterization and Examination of Operational Excellence Deployment Failures: Mediation Effect of Technical and Behavioral Failure Factors", IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management Baliga, Ashwin., Chawla, Vaibhav., Sunder M, Vijaya., Rajesh, Kumar. (2021) "Barriers to service recovery in B2B markets: a TISM approach in the context of IT-based services", Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing , 36, 1452-1473 Sunder M, Vijaya., Ganesh, L.S.. (2021) "Lean additives in a service factory: A design science approach", Technovation , 104(1/2) Sunder M, Vijaya., Ganesh, L.S.., Rahul, Marathe. (2021) "A Dynamic Capabilities View of Lean in a Service Context", IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management Luz Tortorella, Guilherme., Sanson Fogliatto, Flavio Sanson Fogliatto., Sunder M, Vijaya., Vergara, Alejandro Mac Cawley Vergara., Vassolo, Roberto Vassolo. (2021) "Assessment and prioritization of Healthcare 4.0 implementation in hospitals using Quality Function Deployment", International Journal of Production Research Luz Tortorella, G.., Narayanamurthy, Gopalakrishnan., Sunder M, Vijaya., ACauchick-Miguel, Paulo. (2021) "Operations Management teaching practices and information technologies adoption in emerging economies during COVID-19 outbreak", Technological Forecasting and Social Change , 171(1) Baliga, Ashwin., Chawla, Vaibahv., Sunder M, Vijaya., Ganesh, L.S.., Sivakumaran, B. (2020) "Service Failure and Recovery in B2B Markets – A Morphological Analysis", Journal of Business Research , 131, 763-781 Sunder M, Vijaya., Prashar, Anupama. (2020) "Empirical examination of critical failure factors of continuous improvement deployments: stage-wise results and a contingency theory perspective", International Journal of Production Research , 58 (16), 4894-4915 Sunder M, Vijaya., Ganesh, L.S.. (2020) "Identification of the Dynamic Capabilities Ecosystem—A Systems Thinking Perspective", Group & Organization Management Sunder M, Vijaya., Ganesh, S., Marathe, R. (2019) "Dynamic Capabilities: A morphological analysis framework and agenda for future research", European Business Review , 31 (1), 25-63 Sunder M, Vijaya., Ganesh, S., Marathe, R. (2018) "A morphological analysis of research literature on Lean Six Sigma for services", International Journal of Operations and Production Management , 38 (1), 149-182 Sunder M, Vijaya., Shah, S. (2016) "A structured approach to managing stakeholders in lean Six Sigma projects: Role Call!", Quality Progress , 49 (2), 44-55 Sunder M, Vijaya. (2015) "Offshore Output", Six Sigma Forum Magazine , 14 (3), 8-20 Sunder M, Vijaya. (2013) "Six Sigma-A Strategy for Increasing Employee Engagement", The Journal for Quality and Participation , 36 (2), 34-42
Mathiyazhagan, Kaliyan., Sreedharan, Raja., Mathivathanan, Deepak., Sunder M, Vijaya. (2022) "Blockchain in a Volatile-Uncertain-Complex-Ambiguous World", Elsevier Publications Sunder M, Vijaya. (2020) "Change Management Practices for Lean Six Sigma Deployment in Higher Education Institutions", Book: Lean Six Sigma for Higher Education Research and Practice, World Scientific Press , 111-127 Sunder M, Vijaya. (2020) "Continuous Improvement Practices in Higher Education", World Scientific Press Murphy, Tom., McNulty, John., O'Dubhghaill, Ronan., Sunder M, Vijaya. (2020) "Case Studies of LSS in Higher Education", Emerald Publishing Ltd Sunder M, Vijaya., Ganesh, L.S.. (2020) "Lean Six Sigma in Banking Services - Operational and Strategy Applications for Theory and Practice", Springer Antony, Jiju., Sunder M, Vijaya. (2020) "Basic Lean Six Sigma tools for Higher Education", Book: Lean Six Sigma in Higher Education: A Practical Guide for Continuous Improvement Professionals in Higher Education, Emerald Publishing Ltd. Sunder M, Vijaya. (2020) "Lean Six Sigma roadmap for implementation in higher education sector", Book: Lean Six Sigma in Higher Education: A Practical Guide for Continuous Improvement Professionals in Higher Education, Emerald Publishing Ltd. Anthony, J., Sunder M, Vijaya., Laux, C., Cudney, E. (2019) "The Ten Commandments of Lean Six Sigma: A guide for practitioners", Emerald Publishing Ltd
Sunder M, Vijaya. "Lean Six Sigma in Banking – Drivers, Inputs, Influencers and Outcomes", Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) 30th Annual Conference [Invited Speaker], May 2019 Sunder M, Vijaya. "Lean as a dynamic capability", 12th Annual Indian Subcontinent Decision Sciences Institute (ISDSI) Conference, December 2018, S. P. Jain Institute of Management & Research Sunder M, Vijaya. "Improving customer satisfaction in helpdesk operations using Six Sigma", Six Sigma Symposium, July 2015, Indian Statistical Institute Sunder M, Vijaya. "Agility during challenging business conditions", Independent Finance Professionals Association’s (IFPA) Knowledge Summit, October 2018, IFPA Sunder M, Vijaya. "Workplace Agility in the digital transformation era", ASTHRA - International Symposium on Workplace Transformation, June 2017, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University Sunder M, Vijaya. "A Meta-analysis of Operations Management Research: Examining publications in JOM, IJOPM and POM", XXII Annual International Conference of Society of Operations Management (SOM 2018), December 2018, Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode
Singha, Sumanta., Sohoni, Milind., Devalkar, Sripad., Sunder M, Vijaya. (2023) "Artificial Intelligence for Improving the Procurement Experience of Non-Stock Items at Indian Railways", Harvard Business Publishing Education Sunder M, Vijaya. (2023) "Account Opening in Blue Bank - Part B: Root Cause Analysis", Harvard Business Publishing Education Sunder M, Vijaya. (2023) "Account Opening in Blue Bank - Part A: Process Visualization", Harvard Business Publishing Education Krishnan, Navaneetha., Baliga, Ashwin., Mourya, Mohit., Sunder M, Vijaya. (2023) "Wat-a-Burger: Aiming for Growth in a Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous (VUCA) Environment", Harvard Business Publishing Education Sunder M, Vijaya., Modukuri, Siddhartha., Srivastava, Rajendra. (2023) "Aadhaar: The Digital Multiplier of the Indian Economy", Harvard Business Publishing Education Sunder M, Vijaya., Saihjpal, Vinodini., Shah, Geetika. (2023) "Telangana Graduates' MLC Elections 2021: Handling Known and Unknown Uncertainties", Indian School of Business Sunder M, Vijaya., Mamidi, Rithica. (2023) "An Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Based Disruptive Innovation in Cataract Screening: The Case of E-Paarvai", Harvard Business Publishing Education Sohoni, Milind., Chitla, Sandeep., Rout., Mallya, A., Sunder M, Vijaya. (2022) "Data Analytics Based Decision Making at Teach for India", HBS Case: ISB325-PDF-ENG Sunder M, Vijaya., Raman, M.. (2022) "Health-Tech Strategy at KG Hospital Part B: Tech Strategy Design and Implementation", Harvard Business Publishing Sunder M, Vijaya., Raman, M., Seshadri, D. V. R. (2022) "Hopes Critical Care: Scale-up of a tele-intensive care solution", Harvard Business Publishing Sunder M, Vijaya., Raman, M.. (2022) "Health-Tech Strategy at KG Hospital Part A: Identification and Prioritization of Key Focus Areas", Harvard Business Publishing Sunder M, Vijaya., Deo, Sarang., Modukuri, Siddhartha. (2022) "Project Ashray: Planning a Time-Constrained Project", Indian School of Business Sunder M, Vijaya. (2022) "Creative Chocolates in Nigeria: To Test Market or Not?", Harvard Business Publishing , 4 Sunder M, Vijaya., Deo, Sarang. (2021) "Technology decision-making in a semi-urban ICU: An intensivist's dilemma", Harvard Business Publishing , 8 Sunder M, Vijaya., Sohoni, Milind., Kumar S.. (2021) "Executing the Bogibeel Bridge for Social Impact – Risk Planning and Managing Earned Value", HBS Case ISB265 Sunder M, Vijaya., Sohoni, Milind., Kishore S.., Tewari A.., Kumar S.. (2021) "Swachh Rail, Swachh Bharat: Adoption of Bio-Toilets in Indian Railways", HBR Case (ISB 254) Sunder M, Vijaya., Shah, S.. (2021) "Premamrutha Dhaara Project: A sustainable water purification system for social impact", Harvard Business Publishing Sohoni, Milind., Shah, Geetika., Khan, Arun., Nagpal, Rajiv., Ahmed, Asrar., Sunder M, Vijaya. (2020) "SpiceJet: Flying in the Face of Imminent Shutdown", Harvard Business Publishing