Raghuram

Prof. G. Raghuram has a PhD from Northwestern University, USA, a Postgraduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) from IIM Ahmedabad and a BTech degree from IIT Madras.

He specializes in infrastructure and transport systems, and logistics and supply chain management. He conducts research on the railway, port, shipping, aviation and road sectors. He has published over 35 refereed papers in journals and written over 160 case studies. Read More >>

He has published six co-authored books, one such book’s enhanced edition was released on March 07, 2018. 

Professor G. Raghuram was honoured for Lifetime Achievement by the Mahindra Transport Excellence Awards 2017, supported by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways in India, on March 07, 2018. The Lifetime Achievement Award recognises Professor Raghuram’s body of work on the Transport sector in India and lauds him for “decades of outperformance, dedication and generous contribution towards the betterment of the Indian transport industry”. It is for the first time since its inception in 2015 that the Mahindra Transport Excellence Lifetime Achievement Award is being conferred on an academician. He was awarded the ‘MC Puri Memorial Award’ for contribution to Operational Research in India, 2016; ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ for contribution to logistics and infrastructure by EXIM News in 2014 and ‘Academician of the Year’ by the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in 2012.

He is a Fellow of the Operational Research Society of India, and Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport.

He has teaching experience at universities in India, USA, Canada, Yugoslavia, Singapore, Tanzania, UAE, and Japan. Prof. Raghuram was a faculty at IIM Ahmedabad (IIMA) since 1985. He was Dean (Faculty), IIMA from September 2013 to December 2015. He was the Vice-Chancellor of the Indian Maritime University from July 2012 to March 2013. He was the Indian Railways Chair Professor from January 2008 to August 2010. Prior to taking over as Director of IIM Bangalore, he was Professor and Chairperson of the Public Systems Group at IIMA.

He is a member of the Global Future Council on Mobility of the World Economic Forum and of the Board of Directors of three companies in the fields of infrastructure and logistics. Overall, he has been on the Board of 12 companies. He is on the Board of four educational institutions, one NGO and on the Advisory Board of a few other educational institutions.  He has offered consultancy services to over 100 organizations including multilateral agencies. He has been part of various government policy making and advisory committees for the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Ministry of Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution, Ministry of Railways, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Ministry of Shipping, Cabinet Secretariat, Comptroller and Auditor General, the Planning Commission and various State Governments.

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