Saibal Ray

Dr. Ray joined the Operations Management area of the Desautels Faculty of Management in 2001, after finishing his Phd from the University of Waterloo (1998-2001). Dr. Ray holds a bachelor degree in Production Engineering, and a master's degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering. In addition, he worked for about five years in India in supply management and project management sectors.

Dr. Ray's research interest can broadly be categorized as supply chain management. He is specifically interested in studying supply chain risk management, retail operations management, and supply chain issues related to agri-food and natural resources sectors. Most of his research is at the interface of operations and marketing. His research has been accepted/published in such reputed journals like Management Science, Operations Research, Manufacturing and Service Operations Management (M&SOM), Marketing Science, Quantitative Marketing & Economics (QME), Production and Operations Management (POMS), IIE Transactions, Naval Research Logistics, European Journal of Operational Research and International Journal of Production Economics. He has also presented his research in a number of international conferences. In addition, Dr. Ray presently holds/held a number of grants from almost all the major granting in Canada (NSERC, SSHRC, CIHR) and Quebec (FRQSC and FRQS). He has been awarded the prestigious Desautels Faculty Scholar award twice for his research achievements. In addition, he is a Senior Editor for POMS and Associate Editors for M&SOM and IIE Transactions.

Dr. Ray's teaching interests are also related to operations and supply chain management. He teaches the core operations management at the MBA level and have taught courses on operations strategy and technology/process implementation at undergraduate and graduate levels. He has been awarded multiple teaching awards including Teaching Excellence Award from Quebec Government and Desautels Teaching Award for Undergraduate Teaching.

Moreover, Dr. Ray holds the Desautels Business Leadership Chair and is presently the Vice-Dean, Faculty at the Desautels Faculty of Management. In addition, he is also presently the Academic Director for the Program for International Competitiveness and McGill Center for the Convergence of Health and Economics. He has also served as the Academic Director of the Bensadoun School of Retail Management (BSRM) as well as Vice-Dean, Research, Associate Dean, Academic, the Associate Dean, Research and International Relations and as the Director of the PhD program in the faculty.

Degree(s):

• PhD, Operations Management, University of Waterloo, Canada
• MEng, Industrial Systems Engineering, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
• BEng, Production Engineering, Jadavpur University, India

Area(s):

• Operations Management
• Bensadoun School of Retail Management

Research areas:

• Emerging Markets
• Empirical/Behavioral Operations Management
• Retail Operations Management
• Supply Chain Risk Management

Awards

Research Awards / Recognitions

2007-2010, 2011-2014: Desautels Faculty Scholar Award, Research in Supply Chain Management, Endowed Chair, McGill University

2007, 2009, 2010: Merit award from M&SOM (Manufacturing and Service Operations Management) Journal

2009, 2010: Merit award from Management Science

2008: IIE Transactions on Scheduling and Logistics Best Application Paper Award - "Coordination of Quantity and Shelf-Retention Timing in the Video Movie Rental Industry".

PhD student Sachin Jayswal (University of Waterloo) got the following awards for our joint work:

• Canadian Operational Research Society student paper 1st prize for the paper “Price and Time Differentiation in a Capacitated, Competitive Environment”

• Canadian Operational Research Society student paper prize (honourable mention) for the paper “Product Differentiation & Operations Strategy in a Capacitated Environment”

• Best Student Research Paper Award, University of Waterloo, Mgmt Sc Dept for two consecutive years for the above two papers

2006: Selected for OM Emerging Scholars Meeting for Production and Operations Management (POMS), Boston

2002: Dissertation nominated for the Governor General’s Gold Medal Prize, University of Waterloo

2002: Dissertation nominated for the NSERC Research Council Doctoral Prize

2000: Best Student Research Paper Award, Department of Management Sciences, University of Waterloo

Teaching Awards

2009: Quebec Teaching Excellence Award, Government of Quebec

2009: Awarded Desautels Teaching Award for Undergraduate Teaching, Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University

2004: Nominated for the Principal’s Prize for Excellence in Teaching (Assistant Professor Category), Faculty of Management, McGill University

2004: Honorable mention, Management Undergraduate Society’s Teacher of the Year Award, Faculty of Management, McGill University

2000: Best Teaching Assistant Award, Department of Management Sciences, University of Waterloo

Academic Honors / Scholarships

1999-2000: Faculty of Engineering Scholarship for academic excellence, University of Waterloo

1998: Graduate Entrace Scholarship, University of Waterloo

1997: Best Masters Student: Tim Kendall Gold Medal as the most outstanding graduate of the class at the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand

1996-1997: Thailand King’s Scholarship for graduate studies

1992: Best Undergraduate Student: University Gold Medal as the best graduating student of the class at Jadavpur University, Calcutta, India