Godwin Tennyson

+91 431 250 5013    godwin@iimtrichy.ac.in

Operations Management & Decision Sciences

Ph.D (IIT Madras), M. Tech (NIT Calicut)

Dr. Godwin Tennyson has a mix of academic and industry experience of more than 20 years and has been associated with IIM Tiruchirappalli since its inception as a founding faculty member, and is currently Professor in the Operations Management and Decision Sciences area. He is a qualified Mechanical Engineer and Industrial Engineer. He began his career as a part-time Teaching Assistant at NIT Calicut and later as a part-time Research Assistant at IIT Madras while pursuing his master’s and doctoral degrees, respectively. Dr. Godwin obtained his doctoral degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras and subsequently worked in the corporate sector for nearly five years as a Business Analytics and Operations Research Consultant with Kantar Millward Brown Analytics (formerly Marketing and Planning Systems) and Blue Yonder (formerly JDA Software), before joining IIM Tiruchirappalli. He has been trained by Harvard Business School in case pedagogy and by the UK-India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI) in academic leadership.

Dr. Godwin has taught across all master’s and doctoral programmes offered by the institute. His teaching interests include Supply Chain Management, Logistics Management, Productivity Management, Process Reengineering, Pricing Decisions, Revenue Management, Simulation Modeling, Network Flow Modeling, and Quantitative Methods. He adopts hybrid pedagogical approaches that include classroom lectures, case discussions, simulation games, hands-on data modeling, and classroom experimentation. He is also actively involved in executive education, where his andragogical approach includes role play and activity-based learning, and he has served as Programme Director for several programmes.

Dr. Godwin is actively involved in research, with nearly 60 presentations, publications, and articles in reputed peer-reviewed international journals, international conferences, and edited books. He has been awarded the “Best Paper” prize thrice at international conferences. He has served as a Session Chair at several international conferences and was the Conference Chair of the 11th Indian Subcontinent Decision Sciences Institute International Conference, featuring more than 500 presentations and author representations from 18 countries.

Dr. Godwin has held several administrative responsibilities at IIM Tiruchirappalli since its inception. He has served as the Founding Chairperson of Placement and External Relations, Chairperson of the Operations Management and Decision Sciences Area, Chairperson of International Relations, Chairperson of the Post Graduate Programme in Management, and as a member of several committees. He has also been a member of the Board of Governors, Finance Committee, and Building and Works Committee, Dean (Administration) and the First Appellate Authority of the Right to Information Cell. Over the years, he has been part of or has headed several ad hoc committees of the institute. He is currently the Director (in-charge) of the institute and had also served the same role earlier for several months.

Dr. Godwin serves as External Examiner for doctoral candidates, External Member of doctoral committees, Member of Boards of Studies and Academic Auditor, among others, for various institutions and universities. He also serves as reviewer for several international journals, subject expert on external committees, and provides consultancy solutions to organizations. 

Journal Articles

Godwin. T | Year – 2025
E-Commerce Efficient Supply Chain through Virtual Responsiveness, International Journal of Business Performance and Supply Chain Modeling. pp. 109-129.

Godwin. T | Year – 2022
Intra-City Call-Taxi Fleet Sizing using Petri Net Embedded Simulation Optimization, European Transport, Issue 89. https://doi.org/10.48295/ET.2022.89.9

Godwin. T | Year – 2022
Obtaining Quality Business School Examination Timetable under Heterogeneous Elective Selections through Surrogacy, Opsearch. Volume 59 (3), pp. 1055-1093.

Godwin. T | Year – 2017
An Empirical Analysis of Delhi - Mumbai Sector Flight Fares. International Journal of Business Analytics (IJBAN), Volume 4 (60-78), doi: 10.4018/IJBAN.2017100104

Godwin. T, Sajeev. K, & George. A. C. | Year – 2016
Finding Time-Robust Fuel Efficient Paths for a Call-Taxi in a Stochastic City Road Network. Journal of Advanced Transportation, Volume 50 (1156-1180), doi: 10.1002/atr.1395

Godwin. T, Gopalan. R., & Narendran. T. T. | Year – 2015
Estimating order delivery times and fleet capacity in freight rail networks: part I - simulation modelling. International Journal of Operational Research, Volume 24 (329-355), doi: 10.1504/IJOR.2015.072232

Godwin. T., Gopalan. R., & Narendran. T. T. | Year – 2015
Estimating order delivery times and fleet capacity in freight rail networks: part II - analytic approximation. International Journal of Operational Research, Volume 24 (369-398), doi: 10.1504/IJOR.2015.072722

Godwin. T ., Gopalan. R., & Narendran. T. T. | Year – 2013
Factors influencing the design of a linear rail network for a dedicated freight corridor. International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management, Volume 14 (73-92), doi: 10.1504/IJLSM.2013.051021

Godwin. T , Gopalan. R, & Narendran. T. T | Year – 2008
Tactical Locomotive Fleet Sizing for Freight Train Operation, Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Vol. 44, pp. 440-454.

Godwin. T , Gopalan. R, & Narendran. T. T | Year – 2007
A Heuristic for Routing and Scheduling Freight Trains in a Passenger Rail Network, International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management. Vol.3, pp. 101 -133.

Godwin. T , Gopalan. R, & Narendran. T. T | Year – 2007
Freight Train Routing and Scheduling in a Passenger Rail Network: Computational Complexity and the Stepwise Dispatching Heuristic, Asia Pacific Journal of Operational research, Vol.24, No.4, pp. 499-533.

Godwin. T , Gopalan. R, & Narendran. T. T | Year – 2006
Locomotive Assignment and Freight Train Scheduling using Genetic Algorithm, International Transactions in Operational Research. Vol.13, pp. 299-332.

Conference/Seminar Proceedings

Godwin. T | Year – 2015
Analysis of Impact of E-Commerce on Supply Chain and Logistics Decisions. Proceedings of International Conference on Advances in Production and Industrial Engineering.

Godwin. T | Year – 2015
Finding Robust Quickest Path for Call-Taxis in a City Road Network. Proceedings of 2015 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, pp. 180-184. (Available in IEEE Xplore Digital Library)

Godwin. T | Year – 2015
Modeling Driver Lane Selection Decisions in a Toll Plaza. Proceedings of 2015 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, pp. 671-674. (Available in IEEE Xplore Digital Library)

Godwin. T | Year – 2013
Intelligent Selection of a Server Among Parallel Identical Servers. Proceedings of the 2013 Winter Simulation Conference. (Available in ACM Digital Library)

Godwin. T, Gopalan. R, & Narendran. T. T. | Year – 2004
Freight Trains Pathing Logistics Along a Fixed Path Route on a Passenger Railroad. Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Logistics and Supply Chain Management.

Edited Book Chapters

Godwin. T | Year – 2020
An Empirical Analysis of Delhi - Mumbai Sector Flight Fares. Research Anthology on Reliability and Safety in Aviation Systems, Spacecraft, and Air Transport. IGI Global, pp. 1477-1495

Godwin. T & Narendran. T. T | Year – 2007
A Mathematical Formulation for the Design of a Linear Rail Network, Management Science and Practice, Allied Publishers Private Limited, New Delhi, pp. 73-80.

Post Graduate Programmes:
1. Revenue and Profit Mining
2. Supply Chain and Logistics Management
3. Business Process Improvement using Simulation
4. Operations Research for Managers
5. Business Statistics
Doctoral Programmes
1. Operations Management
2. Network Flow Modeling
MDP Offered:
1. Toolkit for Revenue Mining
MDP Sessions Handled:
1. Effective Delegation and Supervision
2. Transition into Academic Management
3. Workplace Management: Delegation and Team Building
LDP Modules Handled:
1. Logistics and Distribution Planning
Consultancy Projects
1. CII Project on coming up with Tiruchirappalli District Development Plan
2. BOAT-SR Project on Business Process Reengineering
3. UKIERI Project on Developing Training Modules for SMEs

Conference Presentations

Godwin. T | Year – 2025

Linear Rail Network Design of Freight Corridor with Heterogeneous and
Stochastic Travel Times, XXVIII Annual International Conference of the Society of
Operations Management, December 19-21.

Godwin. T | Year – 2025

Portfolio Optimization Approach for Multi-Class Revenue Management,
XXVIII Annual International Conference of the Society of Operations Management,
December 19-21.

Godwin. T | Year – 2024
Optimizing Machine Cell Configuration in a Cellular Manufacturing System with Stochastic Parts Demand, XXVII Annual International Conference of the Society of Operations Management, December 19-21.

Godwin. T | Year – 2023
Conceptual Model for Hybrid Loops Supply Chains for Products with Mixed Customer Utility. XXVI Annual International Conference of the Society of Operations Management, December 14-16.

Godwin. T | Year – 2023
Subject Area Centric Elective Examination Timetabling in B-Schools. XXVI Annual International Conference of the Society of Operations Management, December 14-16.

Godwin. T | Year – 2022
Forecasting Demand on Air Freight Routing Itineraries. XXV Annual International Conference of the Society of Operations Management, December 16-18.

Mohd Kamran, R K, and Godwin, T. | Year – 2022
A New Integer Linear Programming Formulation for Traveling Salesman Problem, XXV Annual International Conference of the Society of Operations Management,December 16-18.

Godwin. T | Year – 2021
A Framework for Applying Demand Forecasting Approaches Post COVID-19. POMS 31st Online Annual Conference, April 30 - May 5.

Godwin. T | Year – 2021
Reinventing Revenue Management post COVID-19 through New Avenues. POMS 31st Online Annual Conference, April 30 - May 5.

Godwin. T | Year – 2021
Supply Chain Evolution and Revolution to Handle Post COVID-19 Era. POMS 31st Online Annual Conference, April 30 - May 5.

Godwin. T | Year – 2019
Simulation Modeling of Real-Time Scheduling of Building Elevator System. ”, POMS 30th Annual Conference, Seattle, May 3-6.

Godwin. T | Year – 2019
Data Envelopment Analysis for Rating of Smart Phones. POMS 30th Annual Conference, Seattle, May 3-6.

Godwin. T | Year – 2019
Modeling Customized Pricing based on Multiple Attributes. POMS 30th Annual Conference, Seattle, May 3-6.

Godwin. T | Year – 2018
Comparison of Passenger Automobiles using Data Envelopment Analysis. XXII Annual International Conference of the Society of Operations Management, India, December 20-22.

Godwin. T | Year – 2018
E-Commerce Tactics for Product Delivery Chain. 12th ISDSI International Conference, India, Dec 27-30.

Godwin. T | Year – 2018
Inbound Transportation Logistics Analysis of FMCG Products in Tiruchirappalli. 12th ISDSI International Conference, India, Dec 27-30.

Godwin. T | Year – 2018
Two Class Capacity Allocation: Spot Demand Management. XXII Annual International Conference of the Society of Operations Management, India, December 20-22.

Kumaravel. S & Godwin. T | Year – 2018
Coordination in Three-Echelon Supply Chain with a Loss-Averse Retailer using Buyback Contracts. XXII Annual International Conference of the Society of Operations Management, India, December 20-22.

Godwin. T | Year – 2017
Machine Cell Design of Parts with Operations Sequence and Demand Distribution. POMS 28th Annual Conference, Seattle, May 5-8.

Godwin. T | Year – 2017
A Mean-Variance Portfolio Optimization Model for Spot Demand Seat Allocation. POMS 28th Annual Conference, Seattle, May 5-8.

Godwin. T | Year – 2017
A Simulation Model to Analyze the Impact of Virtual Responsiveness in an E-Commerce Supply Chain. 19th International Conference on Mathematical Modeling and Operations Research, Dubai, March 11-12.

Godwin. T | Year – 2017
B-School Examination Timetabling under Heterogeneous Elective Selections. POMS 28th Annual Conference, Seattle, May 5-8.

Godwin. T | Year – 2017
Petri Net Modeling and Simulation of a Call-Taxi System. 19th International Conference on Mathematical Modeling and Operations Research, Dubai, March 11-12. (Awarded Best Presentation)

Godwin. T | Year – 2017
Queue Selection Decision under Additional Information. 11th ISDSI International Conference, India, Dec 27-30.

Godwin. T | Year – 2017
Spot Demand Seat Allocation for Inter-City Bus Services. 11th ISDSI International Conference, India, Dec 27-30.

Kamran. R & Godwin. T | Year – 2017
A New Formulation for the Traveling Salesman Problem. 11th ISDSI International Conference, India, Dec 27-30.

Godwin. T | Year – 2016
Optimizing Traffic Signal Durations at a City Road Intersection. 21st International Conference of Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies, Hong Kong, December 10-12.

Godwin. T | Year – 2015
A Student Centric Scheduling of B-School Elective Exams. XIX Annual International Conference of the Society of Operations Management, India, December 11-13.

Godwin. T | Year – 2015
Analysis of Impact of E-Commerce on Supply Chain and Logistics Decisions. International Conference on Advances in Production and Industrial Engineering, India, February 20-21. (Invited Paper)

Godwin. T | Year – 2015
Intra-City Travel of Call-Taxis: Finding the Economical Time Robust Path. XIX Annual International Conference of the Society of Operations Management, India, December 11-13.

Godwin. T & Madhusudanan Pillai. V | Year – 2015
A 0-1 Integer Linear Programming Formulation for Machine Cells under Sequence of Operation. XIX Annual International Conference of the Society of Operations Management, India, December 11-13.

Godwin. T | Year – 2013
Intelligent Selection of a Server Among Parallel Identical Servers. 2013 Winter Simulation Conference, Washington DC, December 8-11.

Godwin. T | Year – 2013
Simulation Modeling of a Toll Plaza Operation. XVII Annual International Conference of the Society of Operations Management, India, December 20-22.

Godwin. T, Gopalan. R & Narendran. T. T | Year – 2010
A Tactical Planning Model for Estimating Order Flow Times in Freight Rail Networks. INFORMS Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas, USA, November 7-10.

Godwin. T & Narendran. T. T | Year – 2007
A Mathematical Formulation for the Design of a Linear Rail Network. Second National Conference on Management Science and Practice, India, March 9-11.

Godwin. T, Gopalan. R & Narendran. T. T | Year – 2005
A Petri Net based Simulation Model for Strategic Planning of Freight Train Operations. The First International Conference in Transportation Logistics, Singapore, July 27-29.

Godwin. T, Gopalan. R & Narendran. T. T | Year – 2005
Tactical Planning of Freight Train Operation. IX Annual International Conference of the Society of Operations Management, India, December 16-18.

Godwin. T, Gopalan. R & Narendran. T. T | Year – 2004
Freight Trains Pathing Logistics Along a Fixed Path Route on a Passenger Railroad. The Second International Conference on Logistics and Supply Chain Management, India, August 3-5.

Godwin. T, Gopalan. R & Narendran. T. T | Year – 2004
Multi-Objective Locomotive Assignment for Freight Trains with Scheduling in a Passenger Rail Network. VIII Annual International Conference of the Society of Operations Management, India, December 17-20. (Awarded Best Presentation)

Godwin. T, Gopalan. R & Narendran. T. T | Year – 2003
Pacing Freight Trains on a Passenger Railroad. VII Annual International Conference of the Society of Operations Management, India, December 19-21. (Awarded Best Presentation)

Godwin. T & Madhusudhanan Pillai. V | Year – 2002
Design of Cellular Manufacturing System for Probabilistic Product Mix using Genetic Algorithm. VI Annual International Conference of the Society of Operations Management, India, December 20-22.

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