Other Activities

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

	Computer Knowledge
	Membership - Professional Forum
	Academic Activities Editorial & Review Work Professional Forum Indian Institute of Science Other Institute / University

Computer Knowledge top

	Computer System : Dec 1090 System ; Sperry Univac Computer; IBM 360; and Personal computers with DOS, WINDOWS and UNIX.
	Computer Languages : Fortran, Cobol, Basic, and C
	Special Purpose Software Packages : LINDO, LINGO, FMPS, SCICONIC, CMOM, POM, STORM, QSOM, SPSS, Statgraph, and MS Office packages

Membership Professional Forum

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	Senior (Life) Member of Operational Research Society of India (ORSI) - Since April 1999 Secretary of ORSI-Bangalore Chapter - Since February 2007 Treasurer of ORSI-Bangalore Chapter - (1997 -2006) Joint Secretary of ORSI-BC - (1993 - 1994) Editorial Committee Member of "OR News" of ORSI-BC - (1995 - 1996) Management Committee Member of ORSI-BC - Since 1993
	Member in Indian Ports Association, New Delhi - Since 1995

Editorial And Review Work top

	IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering
	EEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing [with Prof Sivakumar of NTU, Singapore]
	International Journal of Production Research [IJPR]
	Computers and Industrial Engineering [C&IE]
	IEEE Control Systems Society Conference Management System [2004 CCA/ISIC/CACSD]
	Proceeding of 37th Annual Convention of ORSI
	OPSEARCH, a quarterly Journal of Operational Research Society of India

Activities : In Professional Forums top

	Advisory Committee member, 37th Annual Convention of Operational Research Society of India. Jan. 8-11 2005, Ahmedabad.
	Organizing committee member, International Workshop on IT-Enabled Manufacturing, Logistics, and Supply Chain Management, organized by CSA Department of Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India [December 15-17, 2003]
	Technical Committee Member, Singapore-MIT Alliance Symposium : 2003 [17-18, January, 2003].
	Organizing/Programme committee member, International Conference on Operations Research for Development – 2002 [ICORD-2002], jointly organized by Bangalore and Chennai Chapters of ORSI. [December 27-30, 2002].
	Co-ordinator (along with other co-ordinators : Dr M H Bala Subhramanya and P Balachandra), One Day Workshop on "Research and Development in Small Scale Industries",jointly organized by the Department of Management Studies, IISc,Karnataka Council for Technology Upgradation (KCTU), and Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology (KSCST), IISc, Bangalore [30 May 2001]
	Co-ordinator (along with other co-ordinators : Dr M H Bala Subhramanya and P Balachandra), Seminar on “TECH-MEET for Small Entrepreneurs”, jointly organized by the Department of Management Studies, IISc,Karnataka Council for Technology Upgradation (KCTU), and Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology (KSCST), IISc, Bangalore [26 November 1999].
	Treasurer, Seminar on “Information Technology for Management Science Applications”, jointly organized by Operational Research Society of India – Bangalore Chapter (ORSI-BC) and JNCASR, IISc, Bangalore [27-28 July 1999].
	Organising Committee Member, Workshop on “Information and Internet Technologies”, jointly organised by National Institute of Engineering, Mysore and ORSI-BC, Bangalore [18 July 1998].
	Secretary-Working Committee, Professor B.G.Raghavendr’s Memorial Seminar on “Impact of Operations Research”, jointly organised by ORSI-BC and JNCASR, Bangalore [8 March 1997].
	Organizing Committee Member, Workshop on “Logistics Management: Efficiency and Effectiveness”, jointly organized by ORSI-BC and Bangalore Management Association, Bangalore [24 February 1996].
	Organizing Committee Member, Seminar on “Industrial Applications of Operations Research", organized by ORSI-BC, Bangalore [7 December 1994].

Activities : Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Faculty/Senate

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	Set and Evaluated General Management Aptitude Test papers (along with Prof R Srinivasan) for admission to M.Tech programme in Management Studies.
	Assisted in the admission operation of the department in CAM calculation, creating data base and generating merit list for the admission of M.Sc/Ph.D research candidates as well as M.Tech candidates of the Department [Since 1990].
	Member, Interview and selection committee for admission to M.Tech programme in Management Studies
	Examiner for M.Tech projects evaluation: Dept. of Management Studies, IISc, [Since 1997].
	Set questions and evaluated the answer script for the entrance test on the topic: MIS, OR and OM of Business Administration for admission to the research program in the Department of Management Studies, IISc, Bangalore [1997-98 and 1998-99].
	Member of outstation teams for overseeing the conduct of Institute’s research admission examinations
	Invigilator for GATE examination at BNE Centre [Since 1996]; except 1998. In 1998, member of the IISc representative team for conducting GATE exam at the Calicut centre.
	Developed a Matrix Generator Program [for the Mathematical Model, developed by Shri P Balachandra, Scientific Officer of MS Department, for his M.Sc Engineering thesis work] for generating MPS file to run on OSL routines of IBM [1995].
	Actively supported Professor K.N.Krishnaswamy and late Professor B.G.Raghavendra in the preparation of documents of project proposals, research papers, etc. (upto 1996).
	Extensively supported Professor K.N.Krishnaswamy in preparation of the initial as well as the final manuscript of his book entitled : Cases on Production/Operations Management” [Published by PHI, New Delhi during 1998].
	Prepared the write-ups on “Heuristics and Simulation” along with numerical examples for the pre-publication manuscript of Professor K.N.Krishnaswamy’s book entitled “Management Research Methodology”. Also extensively co-ordinated with him in preparing contents, tables and figures for the same book [PHI, New Delhi accepted for publishing
	Co-ordinator for the institution of ‘CASH Prize and Certificate” in felicitation to Prof K.N.Krishnaswamy

Assisted to : Other Universities / Institutions top

	Member in the Board of Studies for PG programmes of Mechanical Science (PE & IE), Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, Tamilnadu [2004-2006]
	Invited Speaker for “Research Opportunities in Mechanical Sciences”, organized by Mechanical Engineering Department, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam, Tamil Nadu [21^st November 2003]
	External Examiner for five ME Project of Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, Tamilnadu [November 2003 – March 2004].
	Resource person for the Refresher Course on “Applicable Mathematics” of University Grant Commission, India, coordinated by Gandhigram Rural Institute, Tamilnadu [7^th November 2003].
	Member, Scientist/Engineer Selection Committee of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Bangalore [September 2001]
.	Member, Staff-Evaluation Committee of JNCASR, Bangalore [Since 1999].
	Presiding Officer for Bangalore Centre (Since 1999) Graduate Programme Examination in Operations Research conducted by the Operational Research Society of India (ORSI), Calcutta
	Member, Expert-Panel of Evaluation of IPE students’ project work, RVCE Bangalore University {Since 1998].
	Guided / Assisted in developing a Mathematical Model for a Ph.D student of Madurai Kamaraj University, as a part of his Ph.D theis work, on the software package LINDO
	Guided in developing a Mathematical Model for a group of students from SIT, Tumkur, as part of their project work, on the software package LINDO June 1999].
	Being Guided MCA students of Madurai Kamaraj University and Bharathidasan University
	Setting questions and Correcting Answer Sheets (along with Prof K.N.Krishnaswamy) for MBA (Full Time/Part Time) for Cochin University of Science and Technology.
	Visiting Faculty for Maharishi Institute of Management (Taught “Selected Topics in Operations Research for MBA Students) and also for Bharathidasan (Off-Campus) Distance Education Programme – MBA (Taught “Operations Research” for (off-campus MBA Programme).