Dr Ramachandran Natarajan is the W.E Mayberry Professor of Management and Associate Dean of the College of Business.
He received his BTech from IIT – Madras, PGDM from IIM – Calcutta, Master’s in Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences from Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University and his PhD in Business from the University of Kansas.
His research and teaching interests are in the areas of Management of Operations, Technology & Innovation, Quality & Performance Management, Supply Chain Management, and Global Aspects of Operations.
Dr Natarajan has published in many international journals and has authored/co-authored books, case studies, and monographs on manufacturing, supply chain management, quality and performance management.
In a study published in 1993 in the Journal of Operations Management, he was recognized as one of the “Top 100 Researchers,” in Operations Management during a five-year period.
He has received the College of Business Advisory Board Award for Outstanding Faculty/Researcher many times.
