Faculty Coordinators

Vipin B is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Management Studies at IIT Madras. Before moving to IIT Madras, Vipin B was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Management Sciences at IIT Kanpur. Vipin holds a Ph.D. from IIT Madras and is a recipient of the DAAD fellowship.

His research interests include supply chain contracts, behavioral operations, sustainable operations, agricultural supply chain, and healthcare operations management. His research articles have appeared in journals such as Journal of Operations Management, European Journal of Operational Research, Omega, Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Annals of Operations Research, and Vaccine. He has co-edited a book titled 'Frontiers in Operations and Supply Chain Management', published by Springer.

Prof. G. Arun Kumar is a Professor at the Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras. He does research in the area of finance with specific focus on Corporate Valuation, Corporate Governance, and Development Finance.

He has co-authored two books: one on 'Management Accounting' with Prof. Robert Kaplan of Harvard Business School and Prof. Atkinson of University of Waterloo and another on 'Public perception of security' which encompasses food and health security. He has worked on many development projects related to emerging economies pertaining to financial inclusion, migration and remittances, state and non-state justice systems, etc.