Faculty Profile

Rajesh

Rajesh is an Assistant Professor in the area of Operations Management & Decision Sciences at IIM Tiruchirappalli. Previously, he worked as an Assistant Professor at ABV-IIITM Gwalior. He completed a Post-Doctoral Fellowship from IIT Madras and earned his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST–ISRO), Thiruvananthapuram.

His research focuses on supply chain risk management, resilience, sustainability, decision-making, and grey theory. He has an h-index of 31 and over 4600 citations (Google Scholar).

Accomplishments

• Senior Associate Editor, Marketing Intelligence & Planning, Emerald (ABDC A; IF 5.4)
• Proposed Grey Influence Analysis (GINA) and Grey Causal Modelling (GCM)
• Proposed Grey Integrated Decision Analytics (GIDA)
• Recognized among top contributors in supply chain resilience (Web of Science, Scopus)
• Listed among top 2% scientists (Stanford–Elsevier, 2020–2025)
• Editorial Advisory Board Member, Grey Systems: Theory and Application

Profiles

• ResearchGate
• Scopus

Book Publication

Rajesh, R. (2025). Grey Data Analytics for Management and Social Sciences. PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd. Book Link

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Journal Publications (Selected)

• Rajesh, R. (2024). Grey models for data analysis and decision-making. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (ABDC A)
• Rajesh, R. (2024). Grey combined prediction model. Information Systems Frontiers (ABDC A)
• Rajesh, R. (2023). Industry 5.0 challenges using GINA. Journal of Enterprise Information Management (ABDC A)
• Rajesh, R. (2023). Grey causal modelling. Artificial Intelligence Review (SCI)
• Rajesh, R. (2020). Sustainable supply chains in India. Technology in Society (SCI)

Note: Full list of 50+ publications retained separately to maintain page readability.

Sponsored / Consultancy Projects

• MATRICS-SERB (2024–2027): ₹6.6 Lakhs – Principal Investigator
• CRG-SERB (2024–2027): ₹25.476 Lakhs – Principal Investigator
• FRG–IIM Tiruchirappalli (2023–2026): ₹5 Lakhs – Principal Investigator
• Logistics & AI Consulting (2022–2023): ₹3 Lakhs – Completed

Book Chapters / Proceedings

• Federated Learning on Distributed Medical Records – VISIGRAPP (2020)
• Chaos Theory on GANs – GUCON (2020)
• Supply Chain Vulnerabilities – Springer (2021)

Conference Chair / Keynote

• Publication Committee Chair – IEEE IATMSI 2022
• Editor’s Discussion – ICAMP 2024
• Keynote Speaker – ATAL FDP, Thiagarajar School of Management (2024)
• Keynote Speaker – IEEE IATMSI 2024