Prof. T. T. Niranjan

Faculty Profile

T. T. Niranjan

Associate Professor

Office: Room 213, Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management, IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai
Phone: 91-22-25767756
T. T. Niranjan

Research

Research Areas

  • Empirical Supply Chain Management
  • Human Interaction in Operations Management

Background

Education

  • Management Development Institute, Gurugram
    Fellow Programme in Management, 2008
    Thesis: Bullwhip effect and its behavioral causes: An empirically validated critique
    Advisors: Professor Bhimaraya A. Metri and Professor Vijay Aggarwal
  • The National Institute of Engineering, Mysuru
    B.E., Mechanical, 1996

Curriculum

Teaching

  • B.Tech: Project Management (Minor)
  • MBA: Operations Management (Core), Supply Chain Management, Service Operations Management
  • PhD: Behavioral Operations Management, Qualitative Research Methodologies (Core)
  • IITB-WUStL Joint EMBA: Operations & Manufacturing Management (Core)

Career

Employment

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay — December 2011 to present

  • Associate Professor, Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management (November 2017 onwards)
  • Assistant Professor, Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management

ETH Zurich — December 2008 to November 2011

  • Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Management, Technology and Economics

Indian Air Force — May 1997 to May 2003

  • Commissioned Officer, frontline operational missile squadrons

Recognition

Honors and Awards

  • ›Finalist, Chan Hahn Best Paper Award, Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management
  • ›Vice President DSI Asia-Pacific Award for the Best Paper, ISDSI Conference
  • ›Best Theory-Driven Empirical Research Paper Award, Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute
  • ›Listed as a subject matter expert in OM area in “Research productivity in management schools of India during 1968-2015”, Omega: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omega.2016.02.004
  • ›Nominee, Best Theory-Driven Empirical Research Paper Award, Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute
  • ›Outstanding Reviewer Award, Decision Sciences

Scholarship

Key Publications

Journal Articles

  • ›Niranjan, T. T., Ghosalya, N. K., Gavirneni, S. (in press), “Crying wolf and a knowing wink: A behavioral study of order inflation and discounting in supply chains,” Production and Operations Management, https://doi.org/10.1111/poms.13595 (Winner, Best Theory-Driven Empirical Research Paper Award, 48th Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, Washington DC, USA, November 2017).
  • ›Prasad, M., Sengupta, S., Niranjan, T. T. (2020), “A peek into academic (de) motivation of undergraduates at India’s top engineering schools,” European Journal of Engineering Education 45(4), 578–596. (ERA 2010 journal rating: A).
  • ›Sengupta, S., Niranjan, T. T., Krishnamoorthy, M. (2018), “Trends and directions in service triads research,” International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management 48(3), 333–360.
  • ›Arici, G., Niranjan, T. T. (2014), “CRM maturity and its impact on B2B customer satisfaction: An empirical study,” in Warkentin, Merrill (Ed.) Trends and Research in the Decision Sciences: Best Papers from the 2014 Annual Conference, Pearson/FT Press; 1st edition. (Nominee, Best Theory-Driven Empirical Research Paper Award, 45th Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA, November 2014).
  • ›Niranjan, T. T., Rao, S., Sengupta, S., Wagner, S. M. (2014), “Existence and extent of operations and supply management departmental thought worlds: An empirical study,” Journal of Supply Chain Management, 50(4), 76–95.
  • ›Griffis, S. E., Rao, S., Goldsby, T. J., Niranjan, T. T. (2012), “The customer consequences of returns in online retailing: An empirical analysis,” Journal of Operations Management, 30(4), 282–294.
  • ›Niranjan, T. T., Wagner, S. M., Nguyen, S. M. (2012), “Prerequisites to vendor-managed inventory,” International Journal of Production Research, 50(4), 939–951.
  • ›Niranjan, T. T., Wagner, S. M., Bode, C. (2011), “An alternative theoretical explanation and empirical insights into over-ordering behavior in supply chains,” Decision Sciences, 42(4), 859–888.
  • ›Niranjan, T. T., Weaver, M. (2011), “A unifying view of goods and services supply chain management,” The Service Industries Journal, 31(14), 2391–2410.
  • ›Niranjan, T. T., Wagner, S. M., Aggarwal, V. (2011), “Measuring information distortion in real-world supply chains,” International Journal of Production Research, 49(11), 3343–3362.

Editorial Review Boards

  • ›Journal of Operations Management (March 2014 to present)
  • ›Journal of Business Logistics (June 2017 to present)

Grants

  • ›“Service triads: An empirical analysis”: Seed grant of INR 0.7 Million from IRCC, IIT Bombay
  • ›“Making organic farming profitable for farmers with small land holding”: INR 3 Million CSR grant from Tide Water Oil Co. India Ltd.