Dr Vishnu C. Rajan

Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest

• Operations Management
• Industrial Engineering
• Supply Chain Management
• Operations Research & Management Science
• Quantitative Techniques, Statistics and Machine Learning
• Production Planning & Control
• Reliability Engineering & Management
• Maintenance Management
• Project Management
• Discrete Event System Simulation

Education

• Ph.D.: National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), India
• M.Tech: College of Engineering Trivandrum (CET), India
• B.Tech: AWH Engineering College, Calicut, India

Latest Publications

• Akenroye, T. O., Oyedijo, A., Vishnu, C. R., Zsidisin, G., Mkansi, M. and Elbaz, J. (2023) ‘Connecting the dots: uncovering the relationships between challenges confronting Africa's organ transplant supply chain systems’, Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, Vol. 28/7, pp. 43–61. https://doi.org/10.1108/SCM-12-2022-0457.
• Vishnu, C. R., Anilkumar, E. N., Sridharan, R. and Kumar, P. N. R. (2023) ‘Investigating the inter-relationships between operational risk factors in public hospitals in an Indian state: a statistical validation’, OPSEARCH, Vol. 60, pp. 812–834. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12597-023-00633-4.
• Vishnu, C. R., Sangeeth, P. D., Sridharan, R., Kumar, P. N. R. and Narahari, N. S. (2021) ‘Development of a Reliable and Flexible Supply Chain Network Design Model: A Genetic Algorithm based Approach’, International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 59, No. 20, pp. 6185–6209. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2020.1808256.
• Akenroye, T. O., Abubakre, A., Elbaz, J., Vishnu, C. R., Beka Be Nguem, J-N, Rana, G., Ihua, B., Kalili, H. and Falode, O. (2021) ‘Modelling the barriers to multistakeholder collaboration for COVID-19 pandemic response: evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa’, International Public Management Journal, Vol. 25, No. 2, pp. 192-216.
• Vishnu, C. R., Sridharan, R, Gunasekaran, A. and Kumar, P. N. R. (2020) ‘Strategic Capabilities for Managing Risks in Supply Chains: Current State and Research Futurities’, Journal of Advances in Management Research, Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 173-211.