Adjunct Professor of Operations and Information Management; Vice Dean and Director, Wharton Graduate Division
Analysis and design of manufacturing systems; optimization algorithms; probabilistic analysis of combinatorial problems; auction-based mechanisms for resource allocation
Impact of product variety on manufacturing.
(with J.W. Mamer)
"Approximations for the Random Minimal Spanning Tree with Applications to Network Planning." Operations Research 36 (1988).
"Probabilistic Analysis of an LP Relaxation Bound for the Steiner Problem in Networks." Networks 19 (1989).
(with M.L. Fisher and J.P. MacDuffie)
"Strategies for Product Variety: Lessons From the Auto Industry." Redesigning the Firm E. Bowman and B. Kogut (eds.), Cambridge University Press, 1994.
PhD, University of California, Los Angeles, 1987; MBA, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 1979; BSc, University of Indore, India, 1977
Improvement of manufacturing and service processes in various industries including automotive, food processing, and financial services
Wharton Excellence in Teaching Award, 1992, 1994; Wharton Miller-Sherrerd Award for Teaching in the Core Curriculum: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1999; Wharton Graduate Association MBA Core Curriculum Award: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000; Wharton Graduate Association "Whatever It Takes" Award, 1996; Howard E. Mitchell Award, 2000
Wharton: 1986-present (Vice Dean and Director, Wharton Graduate Division, 2000-present; Deputy Vice Dean and Director, Wharton Graduate Division, 1998-00; Director, Academic Affairs, Wharton Graduate Division, 1993-99; Assistant Professor of Decision Sciences, 1987-94; Adjunct Associate Professor of Operations Management, 1994-2000).
Systems Analyst, Associated Cement Companies, India, 1980-81; Junior Fellow, Systems Research Institute, Pune, India, 1979-80
