Sripad Devalkar
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Sripad Devalkar
Associate Professor, Operations Management
Biography
Professor Sripad Devalkar is an Associate Professor of Operations Management at the Indian School of Business (ISB). His research interests fall under two broad themes - agricultural operations and 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 programme at ISB, as well as, an elective course on Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
Education
- PhD in Operations, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, 2011
- MBA, Indian Institute of Management, 2000
- B.Tech in Chemical Engineetring, Indian Institute of Technology, 1998
Experience
Academic positions
- 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 Positions
- 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
Selected publications
- Devalkar, Sripad., Deo, Sarang., Allu, Rakesh., Ganesh, Maya. (2024) "Technology enabled agent-choice and uptake of social assistance programs: Evidence from India’s food security program", Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, 26 (4), 1472-1488
- Ganesh, Maya., Deo, Sarang., Devalkar, Sripad. (2024) "Leveraging digital technology to improve monitoring and Planning in Public Sector Supply Chains: Evidence from India’s food security program.", Production and Operations Management, 33 (4), 861-879
- Devalkar, Sripad., Seshadri, Sridhar., Janakiraman, Ganesh. (2023) "Dual Sourcing Systems: An Asymptotic Result for the Cost of Optimal Tailored Base-Surge (TBS) policy", Operations Research Letters, 51 (3), 338-345
- Ganesh, Maya., Allu, Rakesh., 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
- Devalkar, Sripad., Krishnan, Harish. (2019) "The impact of working capital financing costs on the efficiency of trade credit", Production and Operations Management, 28 (4), 878-889
- 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., Seshadri, Sridhar., Ghosh, Chitrabhanu., Mathias, Allen. (2018) "Data science applications in Indian agriculture", Production and Operations Management, 27 (9), 1701-1708
- Devalkar, Sripad., Anupindi, Ravi., Sinha, Amitabh. (2018) "Dynamic Risk Management of Commodity Operations: Model and Analysis", Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, 20 (2), 317-332
- 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
- Seshadri, Sridhar., Hariharan, Prashanth., Chhatre, Ashwini., Devalkar, Sripad. (2016) "Crop Diversification to Reduce Exposure to Climatic Changes: Associated Risks and Mitigation Strategies", ISB Insight
- Fischer, Harry., Chhatre, Ashwini., Devalkar, Sripad., Kolagani, Sriharitej., Sohoni, Milind. (2016) "From Apple Juice to Garlic Pickle: Climate Change Adaptation in the Himalayas", ISB Insight
- 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
- 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)
- Sohoni, Milind., Devalkar, Sripad. (2015) "Ex-post Funding: Innovating Non-profit Organisations", ISB Insight (Oct-Dec 2015)
Cases published
- 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
- 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
In the press
- April 2, 2019: How Aadhaar-based biometrics hurts PDS in India, Live Mint.
- December 2, 2015: Ex-post Funding: Innovating Non-Profit Operations, ISB Insight.
