Deepak Mathivathanan

Dr. Deepak Mathivathanan is Associate Editor, Management Matters & Coordinator, Beyond Management Initiative (BMI) & an Assistant Professor in the Centre for Logistics and Supply Chain Management @LIBA. He is a Supply chain and Industrial engineering professional, Black belt in lean six sigma with 8 years of teaching experience in operations management and facilitating supply chain projects. Expertise in Supply chain sourcing, network design, capacity planning and optimization. 6 years of research experience in the field of data driven decision making in supply chain management in automotive component manufacturing. Trained towards continuous improvement using Lean Six Sigma and data driven quality tools. 2 years of industrial experience in 2D & 3D modeling with academic background of Production engineering at bachelor level, Industrial engineering at master’s level and with a doctorate in Sustainable Supply Chain Management with an automotive industry perspective.

Qualification & Specialization : B.E. – Production Technology (Madras Institute of Technology, Chennai), M.Tech. – Industrial Engineering (National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli), Ph.D. – Sustainable Supply Chain Management (National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli)

Experience In Years Teaching/Practice/Industry/Research : 9 Years of Teaching / 7 Years of Research / 2 years of Industrial experience

Academic Biography

• B.E. – Production Technology (Madras Institute of Technology, Chennai)
• M.Tech. – Industrial Engineering (National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli)
• Ph.D. – Sustainable Supply Chain Management (National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli)

Areas of Interest:

• Sustainable Supply Chain Management
• Circular Economy
• Blockchain applications in Supply Chains
• Industry 4.0, Sustainable Development
• Operations Management

International Journal publications

• K. Mathiyazhagan, Venkatesh Mani, Deepak Mathivathanan & Sonu Rajak (2021) Evaluation of antecedents to social sustainability practices in multi-tier Indian automotive manufacturing firms, International Journal of Production Research, DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2021.1938276
• Deepak Mathivathanan, K. Mathiyazhagan, Nripendra P. Rana, Sangeeta Khorana & Yogesh K. Dwivedi (2021) Barriers to the adoption of blockchain technology in business supply chains: a total interpretive structural modelling (TISM) approach, International Journal of Production Research, 59:11, 3338-3359, DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2020.1868597
• Kumar, N., Mathiyazhagan, K. and Mathivathanan, D., 2020. Modelling the interrelationship between factors for adoption of sustainable lean manufacturing: a business case from the Indian automobile industry. International Journal of Sustainable Engineering, pp.1-15.
• Kumar, N., Mathiyazhagan, K. and Mathivathanan, D., Modelling the interrelationship between factors for adoption of sustainable lean manufacturing: a business case from the Indian automobile industry. International Journal of Sustainable Engineering, pp.1-15.
• Mathivathanan, D., Mathiyazhagan, Haq, A.N and Vishnu K., (2019) Multi-sectoral comparisons of Sustainable Supply Chain Management practices in Indian manufacturing industries. Journal of Modelling in Management.
• Mathiyazhagan, K., Sengupta, S. and Mathivathanan, D., 2019. Challenges for implementing green concept in sustainable manufacturing: a systematic review. OPSEARCH, 56(1), pp.32-72.
• Mathivathanan, D., Kannan, D. and Haq, A.N., 2018. Sustainable supply chain management practices in Indian automotive industry: A multi-stakeholder view. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 128, pp.284-305.
• Mathivathanan, D., and Haq, A.N., 2017. Comparisons of sustainable supply chain management practices in the automotive sector. International Journal of Business Performance and Supply Chain Modeling, 9(1), 18-27.
• Mathivathanan, D., Govindan, K and Haq, A.N., 2017. Exploring the impact of dynamic capabilities on sustainable supply chain firm’s performance using Grey-Analytical Hierarchy Journal of Cleaner Production. 147, 637-653.