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Panels<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n
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Registration Link:<\/span> https:\/\/www.xcdsystem.com\/IEOM\/attendee\/index.cfm?ID=HVkL8bE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Panel on Global Engineering Education<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

August 16, Monday,\u00a0 8:00 – 9:30 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

Panel Chair<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Dr. Bhaskar Bhandarkar
\n<\/strong>Director General<\/span>
\nInstitution for Innovation Industrial Engineering and Entrepreneurship India and <\/span>
\nFormer Chairman Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering<\/span><\/h3>\n

Dr. Bhaskar Bhandarkar is Director General of Institution for Innovation & Industrial Engineering and Entrepreneurship.\u00a0 He received is BSc from Nagpur University, BTech from JNU New Delhi, MTech from Pune University, MBA (Operation & Marketing) and PhD: BIT, Mesra ,Gold Medalist from NCDC, GOI, Ministry of Home affairs. Dr. Bhandarkar has 37 years\u2019 experience in Operations\/Refits\/Quality Assurance\/Manufacturing and Training; Consultant to NITIE Govt. of India, Ministry of Human Resource Development; Chairman, Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering for record eight years; Director General Indian Institution of industrial Engineering Mumbai, Managing Editor of Industrial Engineering Journal; Member of the Technical Committee Indian Register of Shipping. He served in many international committees including Board Member of Asia Pacific IE and Management Systems Society (APIEMS) , and Program Head: Indo US Science & Technology Forum (workshop). His research interests are servant leadership, safety management, quality management, futuristic SCM and logistic and lean six sigma. He is a Fellow of Institution of Engineers (India)(FIE), Institution of Marine Engineers (FMarE), and Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering (FIIE). Dr. Bhandarkar received various awards including Lilian-Gilbert Award, Ramaswami Award, Coal-India Productivity Award, Shiksha-Bharati Award, Best-Educationalist Award, Distinguished Engineer Awards, Distinguished IIIE Service Award. International recognitions include Production and Operation Management Society (POMS):\u00a0 Recognition on 08th May 2016 at Orlando USA Conference, IEOM at Rabata, Morocco Conference, Advisor IEM, MOST Govt of Taiwan. He served as an Associate Editor of International Journal of Production Research (IJPR) Taylor and Francis. Award Constituted in the Honor of Dr Bhandarkar include Dr. Bhandarkar Award for First Merit Student, VJTI, Mumbai University and Nagpur University and Cdr Bhandarkar Visionary Leadership Award ( For CEOs with outstanding leadership and\u00a0 Visionary Institution Building.<\/p>\n

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Panel Speaker I<\/p>\n

\"\"Dr. Madan Dabbeeru
\n<\/strong>Senior Director<\/span>
\nRakuten<\/span>
\nBangalore, India<\/span><\/h3>\n

Dr. Madan Dabbeeru is a Senior Director for Research in one of the Japans e commerce giants Rakuten, India Bangalore. Dr. Madan completed his M.E (Manufacturing Engg) In BITS Pilani there he developed Gait Analysis of Quadruped walking robot , Phd ( AI, Robotics) in IIT Kanpur under the of\u00a0 guidance\u00a0 Prof. Kalyanmoy Deb and PostDoC (Unmanned Vehicles and this application for defence) under the guidance of Prof. SK Gupta\u00a0 from University of Maryland, USA. His research areas include Configuration space approach to motion planning for Robots, Cognitive science ( Theories of Mind), Medical Imaging (Computer assisted Cancer detection), convex optimization and reinforcement learning algorithms with neuro-evolutionary approaches.<\/p>\n

Dr Madan as published 50 Research papers,\u00a0 5 Patents\u00a0 and some of the\u00a0 popular article by Dr. Madan are AI, am i in the right direction ? and Do you really need machine learning ? He is the Resource person for many International conference workshop, seminars and short term courses and delivered expert lectures on AI in Robotics, Reinforcement learning etc.<\/p>\n

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Panel Speaker II<\/p>\n

Dr. Shijith Nambiar P.M.<\/strong><\/span>
\nAssistant Professor<\/span>
\nSolBridge International School of Business<\/span>
\nSouth Korea<\/span><\/h3>\n
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Panel Speaker III<\/p>\n

\"\"Dr. Jorge Kurita<\/span><\/strong>
\nProfessor and Research Director<\/span>
\nUniversidad Nacional de Asuncion<\/span>
\nParaguay<\/span><\/h3>\n

Dr. Jorge Kurita attended Universidad Nacional de Asuncion in Paraguay, where he got his BS in Electromechanical Engineering. After graduation, he spent some time in academia working as faculty. During this tenure, he taught courses on heat transfer, fluid mechanics, and physics. In 2004 Dr. Kurita was granted the Fulbright scholarship to attend a graduate program on Mechanical Engineering at Michigan Technological University. He has finished his MS and then continued with a doctorate program. NASA and the NSF funded his doctorate research. Dr. Kurita\u2019s contribution to his field was well-published in several papers from high-impact journals. From 2011 Dr. Kurita worked as a development engineer II in the competitive automotive industry, Filtran LLC, located in Des Plaines, Illinois. As an experimental researcher, his experience helped Filtran develop special testing techniques never implemented before on filtration systems. In addition, Dr. Kurita worked in the CAE group, contributing to developing simulation techniques to help build state-of-the-art filtration systems. Dr. Kurita participated in developing OEM filters; some of them obtained awards from Jatco and GM. From 2016 Dr. Kurita is back to his alma mater as an assistant professor in Universidad Nacional de Asuncion. Later the same year, he is appointed to lead the research department of the School of Engineering. In 2017 he was appointed to be the Mechanical Engineering Department head at Universidad Nacional de Asuncion. In August of the same year, Dr. Kurita is awarded the \u201cDistinguished Citizen by the City Council of Asunci\u00f3n\u201d for his contributions to education in Paraguay\u2019s space sector. And in December of the same year, he was mentioned as \u201cOutstanding Protagonist of 2017\u201d by the newspaper Ultima Hora.<\/p>\n

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Panel Speaker Iv<\/p>\n

\"\"Dr. Annamalai Pandian<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Associate Professor<\/span>
\nDirector, Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology Management<\/span>
\nDepartment of Mechanical Engineering<\/span>
\nSaginaw Valley State University<\/span>
\nUniversity Center, Michigan, USA<\/span><\/h3>\n

Annamalai Pandian is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Saginaw Valley State University, Michigan, USA and the Program Director for B.S. in Engineering Technology Management. He worked for Chrysler corporation for more than 13 years continuously while company changed hands from Daimler to Fiat. He has wealth of Body-In-White (BIW) experience in automotive tooling design and processes. He led an Advance Manufacturing Engineering (AME) team that developed & designed tooling and processes for Small Car, Large Car, Sports Car, Luxury SUV, Jeep, Truck and Minivans. The AME team launched vehicles in the assembly plants all over the North America plants. At any given time, he managed numerous automotive vendors and suppliers budget totaling over $50M. The AME launch team was responsible for proving the throughput and quality of the new vehicles per ISO 9001 & 14001 requirements. Seasoned Professional in Lean manufacturing, Project management, Layout optimization, Automation, PLC, Robotics, Systems Engineering, Simulation, FMEA, DMAIC and Six Sigma. Over the past 10 years, he has taught several mechanical and manufacturing engineering courses, including Engineering Mechanics, CAD, Jigs & Fixtures design, Robotics & Machine Vision, Manufacturing Process Eng., and Manufacturing Systems Design and Simulation, Lean Manufacturing, Engineering Technology Management courses and mentored numerous Senior Design Capstone Projects at SVSU and at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. His research interests include 3D printing, Simulation, Automation, DOE, Robotics, ARMA and ANN. He is a member of ASQ, ASEE, and IEOM. He is also a member of the editorial advisory board for the International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management. Journal paper reviewer for many International Journals. He published more than 20 paper presentations and journal articles.<\/p>\n

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Panel Speaker V<\/p>\n

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Women in Industry and Academia (WIIA)<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

August 16, Monday,\u00a0 9:30 – 11:00 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

Panel Chair<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Dr. Anjali Awasthi
\n<\/strong>Professor and Concordia University Research Chair
\n<\/span>Montreal, Canada<\/span><\/h3>\n

Dr. Anjali Awasthi is Full Professor and Concordia University Research Chair (Tier-II) in Connected Sustainable Mobility Systems at Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering (CIISE), in Concordia University, Montreal. She received a PhD in industrial engineering and automation from INRIA Rocquencourt and University of Metz, France and a Masters in Industrial and Management Engineering from IIT Kanpur, India. Prior to Concordia, Dr. Awasthi worked at University of British Columbia and University of Laval where she was involved in several projects on industrial applications of operations research. In France, she was involved in many European projects aimed at improving urban mobility in cities, city logistics and on cybernetic transportation systems. Her areas of research are modeling and simulation, data mining, Information Technology and decision making, sustainable logistics planning, quality assurance in supply chain management and sustainable supply chain management. She is currently serving as the Education Chair for CORS (Canadian Operations Research Society), a senior member of ASQ (American Society for Quality), associate of LSRC (Loyola Sustainability Research Center), and regular member of CIRRELT (Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche sur les Reseaux d’Entreprise, la Logistique et le Transport). She is also the recipient of Eldon Gunn service award (CORS 2018, Halifax) and IEOM Special Recognition Award (4th North American Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, Toronto, 2019).<\/p>\n

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Panel Speaker I<\/p>\n

\"\"Dr. Neelam Srivastava
\n<\/strong>Professor & HOD Electronics & Comm. Engg.<\/span>
\nIET Institute of Engineering & Technology Lucknow Constituent College of A K T U lucknow<\/span>
\nEx- Founding Director ( REC) | Ex – CPC SPFU, U.P | Senior Member IEEE<\/span>
\nLucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India<\/span><\/h3>\n

Prof. Neelam Srivastava<\/strong> received the BE degree from M.M.M. Engineering college, Gorakhpur in 1985 and the M.Tech degree from Institute of Technology, BHU Varanasi, India in 1987 and PhD degree in the area of optical communication at Lucknow university, Uttar Pradesh, India in 2004. She has been working at the Institute of Engineering and Technology Lucknow, India for 35 years. She was State Coordinator in TEQIP II an World Bank scheme of MHRD Delhi for UP for about 2 years. \u00a0She has worked as a Director of Rajkiya Engineering College Kannauj from January 2017 to Jan2020 as founder Director. At present time she is Professor of Institute of Engineering & Technology, Lucknow, A constituent college of AKTU, Lucknow. She is an active member of many professional bodies like IETE, IEEE, IE board of faculty of Engineering and Technology Lucknow. Her research interest includes wireless and optical communication. She is having around 100 papers in various conferences and Journals.<\/p>\n

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Panel Speaker II<\/p>\n

Dr. Shraddha Gawankar
\n<\/strong>Assistant Professor of Decision Sciences<\/span>
\nSchool of Business<\/span>
\nThe George Washington University<\/span>
\nWashington, D.C. 20052, USA<\/span><\/h3>\n
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Panel Speaker III<\/p>\n

Richa Grover
\n<\/strong>Category Manager \u2013 Flipkart<\/span>
\nNational Winner Godrej LOUD | Godrej | Hitachi | SIBM Pune<\/span>
\nPune, Maharashtra, India<\/span><\/h3>\n
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Panel Speaker III<\/p>\n

\"\"Dr. Seema Singh<\/strong> <\/span>
\nProfessor of Economics <\/span>
\nDelhi Technological University (DTU)<\/span>
\nDelhi, India<\/span><\/h3>\n

Dr. Seema Singh is a Professor of Economics at the Delhi Technological University (DTU), Delhi India and has Headed the Department of Humanities, DTU between August 2006 and December 2017.<\/p>\n

She is a Board Member (South Asia) – 2021-23 of the International Network of Women in Engineering and Sciences (INWES) and was the Vice-President (Education and Research) in its previous Board, 2018-20.<\/p>\n

Largely, interested in the issues related to Higher Education, Gender, Technology, Employment and Labour Market, she has presented, published several papers and conducted successfully several research projects funded by National and International organisations. At present, working on the project, \u201cEnhancing Employability Skills for Empowerment of Girls and Young Women\u201d, funded by Graduate Women International, Geneva and have also joined KWSE-INWES GISE Project as an expert of Women in STEM. She is member of the editorial team and paper reviewer of many journals and supervising Post-Doctoral and Doctoral Fellows.<\/p>\n

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Panel Speaker IV<\/p>\n

\"\"Rashmi Bhandarkar<\/strong><\/span>
\nManager (Special projects) <\/span>
\nMahindra Logistics Ltd.<\/span><\/h3>\n

Rashmi is a practicing Industrial Engineer, presently contributing as Manager (Special projects) at Mahindra Logistics Ltd. She holds Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering degree and MBA (Operations and Marketing) degree from prestigious Symbiosis University. She has also completed International Business and Cross-Cultural management program from Bremen University, Germany. Rashmi is experienced in Corporate Strategy, SCM, Operations Management and Information Management. She is an active member of Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering (IIIE) and has contributed immensely as Joint secretary, IIIE Mumbai chapter in the past. She was the lead anchor of the International CEOs Conference organised by the Institution at Dubai and numerous CEOs conferences in India. Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering has honoured her with Dr JM Mahajan Award for the promotion of Industrial Engineering knowledge and practices. Besides publishing papers on international forums, in her free time Rashmi participates in adventure sports activities and other NGO outreach programs.<\/p>\n

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Panel Speaker V<\/p>\n

\"\"Dr. Usha Mohan<\/strong><\/span>
\nPrfessor<\/span>
\nDepartment of Management Studies<\/span>
\nIndian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM<\/em>)<\/span>
\nChennai, Tamil Nadu, India<\/span><\/h3>\n

Short Bio:<\/p>\n

Usha Mohan holds a Ph.D. from Indian Statistical Institute. She has worked as a researcher in ISB Hyderabad and Lecturer at University of Hyderabad prior to joining IIT Madras. She offers courses in Data analytics, Operations research, and Supply chain management to under graduate, post graduate and doctoral students. In addition, she conducts training in Optimization methods and Data Analytics for industry professionals. Her research interests include developing quantitative models in operations management and combinatorial optimization. She has worked extensively on food supply chains and healthcare operations. She is the current president of the Chennai chapter of the ORSI.<\/p>\n

Title: Exploring Farm to Fork Business Models in Fruit and Vegetable Supply Chains: An Indian Perspective<\/p>\n

Abstract: In this talk , \u00a0we explore emerging \u201cFarm-to-Fork\u201d business models, where retailers adopt alternate supply chain management( SCM) practices to market fruits and vegetables. Thetalk will discuss\u00a0a few\u00a0insights\u00a0conducted in Chennai, considered to be the retail capital of India, by identifying retailers who have adopted the \u201cFarm-to-Fork\u201d model. The talk will highlight the significant challenges faced by these retailers and focus on the extent of coordination among all stakeholders.<\/p>\n

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Panel on Data Analytics \/ Business Analytics<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

August 17, Tuesday,\u00a0 8:00 – 9:30 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

Panel Chair:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Panel Speaker I<\/p>\n

Sanjid Haque
\n<\/strong>Production Engineer<\/span>
\nHanwha Q CELLS America Inc.<\/span>
\nDalton, Georgia, United States<\/span><\/h3>\n
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Panel Speaker II<\/p>\n

Shrikant joined Eaton in 2007 as a Product Engineer in Eaton\u2019s Innovation Center at Pune. He has taken up several roles of increasing responsibilities and was instrumental to build product development capabilities and has successfully launched products.<\/p>\n

He has overall 16 years of experience in product design & development. He holds a Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering and Certified Dale Carnegie Train the Trainer. He is Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certification from ASQ and EQI. Passionate about Continuous Improvement and actively contributes to various CI deployment initiatives.<\/p>\n

Shrikant is an adventure enthusiast, completed Half Iron distance triathlon (Swim-Cycle-Run), Open water Swimathon (5Km), Ultramarathons (50Km) and recently completed 100Km Oxfam trail walk with family to raise charity and got featured in Times of India and Indian Express News.<\/p>\n

Shrikant has taken nonprofit social initiative to conduct Communication Skills workshops for students and covered 5K students and aspiring to impact 1M students.<\/p>\n

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Panel Speaker III<\/p>\n

Tarun Mohan Lal
\n<\/strong>Vice President, Analytics and Solutions\/CAO<\/span>
\nAtrium Health Navicent<\/span>
\nAtlanta, Georgia, USA<\/span><\/h3>\n
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Panel Speaker III<\/p>\n

Anjani Punnamaraju
\n<\/strong>Data Analyst<\/span>
\nDACCO Behavioral Health<\/span>
\nTampa, Florida, USA<\/span><\/h3>\n
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Panel Speaker IV<\/p>\n

Panel Speaker V<\/p>\n

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Panel on Industry 4.0<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

August 17, Tuesday,\u00a0 9:30 – 11:00 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

Panel Chair<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Aru<\/strong><\/span>n Yadav<\/strong><\/span>
\nManager- MES Lead (Smart Manufacturing|Industry4.0|Digital Transformation)<\/span>
\nGrasim Industries Limited | Pulp & Fibre<\/span>
\nBangalore, India<\/span><\/h3>\n
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Panel Speaker I<\/p>\n

\"\"Dr. Rohit Sharma
\n<\/strong>Research Scholar at NITIE<\/span>
\nBlockchain in Agriculture, industry 4.0 applications in agriculture<\/span>
\nMumbai, Maharashtra, India<\/span><\/h3>\n

Dr. Rohit Sharma was awarded the Ph.D. in Operations and Supply Chain Management from the National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Mumbai. He holds a PG degree in Agribusiness and Plantation Management from the Indian Institute of Plantation Management, Bengaluru with an award for the best all-round PGDM candidate. His research areas include sustainable operations management; industry 4.0 technologies; supply chain management; and logistics management. He has published his work in leading international refereed journals and international conferences such as Computers and Operations Research, International Journal of Information Management, Journal of Enterprise Information Management, Computers in Industry, International Journal of Information Management- Data Insights, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, Production and Operations Management Conference, Global Food Security Conference, and Decision Sciences Conference. He was awarded the Tata-Cornell Ag Initiative Scholarship in 2015.<\/p>\n

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Panel Speaker II<\/p>\n

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Dr. Surya Prakash<\/span>
\nAssociate Professor <\/span>
\nBML Munjal University<\/span>
\nGurgaon, Haryana, India<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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Panel Speaker III<\/p>\n

Dr. Kottala Sri Yogi
\n<\/strong>Assistant Professor<\/span>
\nSVKM’s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS)<\/span>
\nHyderabad, India<\/span><\/h3>\n
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Panel Speaker IV<\/p>\n

Panel Speaker V<\/p>\n

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Panel on Global Supply Chain and Logistics<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

August 18, Wednesday,\u00a0 5:00 – 6:30 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

Panel Chair<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Dr. Aalok Kumar<\/strong> <\/span>
\nAssistant Professor, Production and Operations Management area<\/span>
\nIIM Visakhapatnam<\/span>
\nAndhra Pradesh, India<\/span><\/h3>\n

Dr. Aalok Kumar is currently working as Assistant Professor, Production and Operations Management area, IIM Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. He has been awarded PhD in Operations Management from Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, India and MTech. in Industrial Management from IIT (BHU) Varanasi with Gold Medal. His PhD work also received the \u201cExcellence in Doctoral Research Award\u201d from IIT Roorkee.<\/p>\n

During his PhD, he has been also awarded with prestigious Newton-Bhabha fellowship (jointly awarded by British Council UK and DST India) at the University of Sussex, UK, and Queen Elizabeth Visiting Fellowship at the University of Regina, Canada (awarded by Government of Canada). His research interests are in multimodal logistics planning, data-driven logistics
\noperations in Industry 4.0 era, electric vehicles-based freight mobility, and resilient logistics system. His research work has appeared in top journals of Operations and Management Science, such as Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Transport Policy, Journal of Cleaner Production, and Journal of Enterprise Information Management, among others. He has also participated in EURO Winter School at the University of Padova, Italy, and presented paper in various conferences such as POMS USA, EURO Europe, DSI USA, SOM India, GLOGIFT India, and IEOM Society USA.<\/p>\n

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Panel Speaker I<\/p>\n

Dr. N C Hiremath\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>
\nFaculty Member<\/span>
\nDepartment of Industrial Engineering Technology <\/span>
\nHigher Colleges of Technology<\/span>
\nUAE<\/span><\/h3>\n

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Dr. N C Hiremath is presently working as a faculty member in the Department of Industrial Engineering Technology of Higher Colleges of Technology, UAE. Prior to this he had worked for 28 years in Karnataka and for 3 years in Maharashtra States of India in various academic cadres from Lecturer to Principal. He obtained his Ph. D. from Indian Institute of Technology, (IIT) Kharagpur, India in 2012. He has published research\/technical papers in peer reviewed international journals, national, and international conferences. He has delivered technical talks\/seminars at various institutes and organizations. He has been a reviewer for international journals like International Journal of Systems Science (IJSS), European Journal of Operations Research (EJOR), International Journal of Production Research (IJPR), and Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing (JIM). His areas of research interests include logistics and supply chain management, operations research, ergonomics, blockchain technology, and information management.<\/p>\n

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Panel Speaker II<\/p>\n

Satish Kumar
\n<\/strong>Assistant Professor<\/span>
\nMotilal Nehru National Institute Of Technology<\/span>
\nUttarakhand, India<\/span><\/h3>\n
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Panel Speaker III<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/strong>Dr. Vivek Soni
\n<\/strong>Assistant Professor<\/span>
\nCoordinator -Internal Quality Assurance Cell<\/span>
\nCoordinator Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Innovative Energy Solutions<\/span>
\nBharatiya Vidya Bhavan\u2019s \u2013 Usha and Lakshmi Mittal Institute of Management<\/span>
\nNew Delhi, India<\/span><\/h3>\n

Dr. Soni is a distinguished faculty of Operations and Decision Sciences at one of the well reputed educational system Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan\u2019s Institute of Management New Delhi. Professor Soni has deep insights into management areas, is also certified Independent Director by Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Govt. of India and works as a consultant to wide aspects of energy (particularly wide dimensions of conventional and non-conventional forms of security and sustainability), energy\u2013environment nexus, India\u2019s strategic development on energy, role of sustainable technologies to reduce climate change, and technology-based climate change adaptation.\u00a0More specifically, his research focuses on operations cum strategic management-based modeling approaches to assist development of India as data and knowledge driven society with an equitable and sustainable and qualitative education, energy and also with cleaner and safe environment. He is Accredited Management Teacher by AIMA, conveyor of Innovation Cell, and also Coordinator of Internal Quality Assurance Committee and Centre for Excellence in Innovative Energy Solutions; He teaches Entrepreneurship, Operations and Supply Chain Management related courses.<\/p>\n

His innovative research intending to optimal solutions for objectives of several GDP dependent, both SME and service sectors working towards reforming India\u2019s rural economy, specifically through academic deliveries are leverages by his deep industry rich experiences, all of which he gained with his wide gamut of experience with Government, Public Sector Units and Corporate, particularly on National Educational Programme for creating awareness for enhance energy efficiency under the National Action Plan for Climate Change. Renewable energy and energy efficiency, the politics of large-scale energy infrastructure, designing public policy to improve energy security and access to electricity, and building adaptive capacity to the consequences of climate change, all are of his ever green and ongoing research agenda to advocate to management stakeholders.<\/p>\n

As a sample of reflection, his research on precise decision on energy has been depicted in several international and national journals\/ magazine interviews, few of them include Fundamental and Innovations in Solar Energy, Sustainable Production and Consumption, Indian Journal of Public Administration, International Energy Sector Management, Transforming Government: People Process and Policy, Information Security and Management, and Journal of Advances in Management etc. His research also conferred upon Emerald\u00a0Literati Network\u00a0Awards\u00a0for Excellence (2017) by Emerald Publishing, United Kingdom, under the category of Highly Commended Paper. His research work is seen in international conferences at The Institute of Energy Economics (IEEJ) Japan (2009), International Academy of Business, and Economies (IABE), USA (2012) and Canadian University of Dubai, (2014).<\/p>\n

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Panel Speaker IV<\/p>\n

Panel Speaker V<\/p>\n

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Diversity & Inclusion Panel sponsored by Ford Motor Company<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n

August 18, Wednesday,\u00a0 6:30 – 8:00 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

Panel Chair<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Dr. Sundaravalli Narayanaswami
\n<\/strong>Indian Institute of Management<\/span>
\nAhmedabad, India<\/span><\/h3>\n

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Sundaravalli Narayanaswami is on the faculty, Public Systems group, IIM Ahmedabad. She earned her PhD in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from IIT Bombay, India after a Masters in Computer Science. Her research and teaching interests involve applications of ICT and OR tools in real-life problems of large impact. Sundaravalli has taught at various Institutions in India and abroad. She publishes and reviews regularly for scholarly editorials and presents her research findings among peers, both in India and abroad. She is a life member of several professional associations and was a Fellow of the British Computer Society (2009-2013). She serves on the Editorial board of the Annals of Management Science.<\/p>\n

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Panel Speaker I<\/p>\n

\"\"Professor Donald M. Reimer
\n<\/strong>Director of Membership and Chapter Development \u2013 IEOM Society<\/span>
\nPresident, The Small Business Strategy Group, Detroit, Michigan, USA<\/span>
\nAdjunct Faculty \u2013 A. Leon Linton Department of Mechanical Engineering<\/span>
\nLawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan, USA<\/span><\/h3>\n

Donald M. Reimer is an adjunct faculty at the A. Leon Linton Department of Mechanical Engineering in College of Engineering at Lawrence Tech in Southfield, Michigan. He coordinates the Certificate of Entrepreneurial Engineering Skills. Mr. Reimer holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Management from Lawrence Technological University and a Master of Arts degree in Political Science from University of Detroit\/Mercy. He is a Certified Management Consultant with over 35 years of experience in working with closely-held businesses. He has taught courses in entrepreneurship, strategic management, corporate entrepreneurship and innovation for engineers. Mr. Reimer is a member of the Lawrence Tech Kern Campus Committee, Coordinator of the Lawrence Tech Innovation Encounter. He is faculty Advisor of the Collegiate Entrepreneurs\u2019 Organization. Mr. Reimer serves as a Kern Fellow of The Kern Family Foundation, Co-Direct of the Coleman Fellows Program, member of the National Collegiate Entrepreneurs\u2019 Organization Faculty Advisory Council and is a member of the American Society of Engineering Education.<\/p>\n

He has operated his own consulting company \u2013 The Small Business Strategy Group for 23 years. He published numerous articles on small business, entrepreneurship and strategic thinking. He has received several awards and recognition by local, state and federal agencies for his work in entrepreneurship and minority business development. Mr. Reimer served as member of the Minority Economic Development Committee of New Detroit. Mr. Reimer is member of the Small Business Advisory Council of the Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Reimer is a member of Advisory Board of the Milwaukee Junction Small Business Assistance Center. He is also a member of the Applied Innovation Alliance. Mr. Reimer serves as a KEEN Fellow for The Kern Family Foundation and is a member of United States Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n

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Panel Speaker II<\/p>\n

\"\"Rama Shanker
\n<\/strong>Chief PSD<\/span>
\nTata Steel Limited<\/span>
\nProductivity Services Department<\/span>
\nJamshedpur, India<\/span><\/h3>\n

Mr. Singh, an Industrial Engineering professional, heads the Productivity Services Division<\/strong> of Tata Steel Ltd as Chief of the Division. He has a wide experience in the field of applying tools & techniques of industrial engineering for overall productivity and profitability enhancement of the organization.<\/p>\n

He has been instrumental in improving the employee productivity and operational excellence of Tata Steel through leading various interventions.<\/p>\n

He has served Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering (IIIE) Jamshedpur Chapter as Chairman and has been awarded Fellowship by IIIE for recognising his contribution\u00a0\u00a0 in the field of Industrial Engineering. He is a life member of INVEST, ORSI.<\/p>\n

To spread the IE profession, he started a symbolic celebration of Productivity Week at Tata Steel every year which consists of organising Conferences & Seminars for showcasing concurrent IE practices and providing knowledge sharing opportunity amongst industry and academia.<\/p>\n

As a part of social cause, Mr. Singh has nurtured many interns from various prestigious campuses. He has volunteered himself in various initiatives like adopting a school in Tribal area village, plantation drive, safety awareness campaign etc.<\/p>\n

He is B.Tech in Production Engineering, M.Tech in Production Management and Post Graduate Diploma in Operations Research.<\/p>\n

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Panel Speaker III<\/p>\n

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Professor Eldon G. Caldwell Marin, Ph.D., Sc.D, Dr.Ed.
\n<\/strong>Director, Industrial Engineering Department<\/span>
\nEngineering School<\/span>
\nUniversity of Costa Rica<\/span>
\nSan Jose, Costa Rica<\/span><\/h3>\n

Eldon Caldwell is full professor\/Cathedraticus of the University of Costa Rica, Central America; member of the IEOM Society Academy of Fellows and member of the IEOM Society Global Council. Also, he has been recognized by the IEOM Society with the \u201cOutstanding Service Award\u201d for his career of over 30 years as an educator, researcher and promoter of development of industrial engineering and as \u201cDistinguished Professor\u201d by IEEE Computer Society, USA.<\/p>\n

Dr. Caldwell earned his B.Sc. and Master degree in Industrial Engineering at University of Costa Rica and he earned a Master degree in Service Marketing, as well in Financial Analysis at Interamerican University of Puerto Rico; M.Sc. Health Management Systems at UNED, Costa Rica and a M.Sc. Operations Management at ITESM, M\u00e9xico. Finally, he earned three doctoral degrees: 1-Ph.D. in C.Sc. \/ Industrial Engineering, University of Nevada, USA \/ Autonomous University of Central America; 2- Ph.D. (Sc.D.) in Robotics and Automation, University of Alicante, Spain; and 3-Ph.D. (Dr. Ed.) in Education at the University of Costa Rica, developing the \u201cTheory of Socio-educational Exergy-Anergy and Entropy\u201d.<\/p>\n

He is author of many scientific articles and two books: \u201cMarketing of Social Products & Services\u201d, UCR Publications; and \u201cLean Manufacturing: Fundamentals and techniques for cycle time reduction\u201d, Kaikaku Ins. Press, USA.<\/p>\n

Dr. Caldwell served as Operations Manager at MASECA, CA; Lean Manufacturing Project Manager at Eaton Corp. Costa Rica, General Manager at Quir\u00f3s & C\u00eda-Bandag Inc. and General Manager at Lean Systems Intl., USA. He has more than 30 years of experience as advisor and consultant in Operations Management, Lean Manufacturing and Lean Logistics at Interamerican Bank for Development, WHO, UN, World Wide Bank, Coca-Cola, Ministry of Health, Costa Rica, Honduras, Panam\u00e1, Costa Rican Institute for Electricity, RTC- Per\u00fa, Young Electrical Signs, Nevada, USA, AirCare Inc., Reno, Nevada, Plan International-Honduras, Bournes Co., DOLE Co. and many others. Currently, Dr. Caldwell is Director of Industrial Engineering Department at Engineering School of University of Costa Rica.<\/p>\n

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Panel Speaker III<\/p>\n

Madhukar Sharma
\n<\/strong>President at ASME India PL<\/span>
\nGurgaon, Haryana, India<\/span><\/h3>\n
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Panel Speaker IV<\/p>\n

Panel Speaker V<\/p>\n

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