Formerly, Professor, Depart-ment of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
M. Mathirajan, Ph.D. (in Operations Management from IISc, Bangalore), is with Anna University Tiruchirappalli as Professor of Management and Professor of Planning and Development and he is on deputation for two years from May 2007 from Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. He is a Principal Research Scientist in the Department of Management Studies, IISc, Bangalore. Dr. Mathirajan was a post-doctoral fellow at Singapore MIT Alliance (SMA) of Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and a visiting consultant at Sultan Qaboos University, Oman. His research interests include mathematical modelling and heuristic methods for production planning and scheduling, personnel scheduling, routing and scheduling in logistics, container terminal logistics, distribution in supply chain management and research methods. He has published over 25 research articles in both national and international journals and also presented over 30 research papers both at national and international conferences.