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Dr. C. G. Prakash


Biography

Dr. C G Prakash is a first class Mechanical engineering graduate and an Operations management post graduate from Mumbai university .

He is currently employed as Area Chair - Operations & SCM at VBS His teaching interests are in the areas of Business Statistics , Operations Analytics , Project Management , Enterprise Resource Planning ( ERP ) , Advanced Supply Chain & Supply Chain Analytics . He is also the Associate Dean and has been entrusted with the responsibility of Executive Education at VBS.

He has had a long and distinguished career in the industry for about three decades and have held leadership positions in reputed companies like Godrej and Boyce ,TATA Steel , Tata InfoTech , Tata Consultancy Services , Accenture in addition to successful stints abroad.


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Education

  • BE Mechanical
  • MMS Operations
  • PGCHRM (XLRI)
  • DYDSC (TISS)

Academic Affiliation:
  • Associate Dean - Executive Education - VESIM
  • Area Chair - Operations and SCM - VESIM
  • Alumni - XLRI, TISS, Somaiya Management
  • Visiting Faculty - NMIMS & TISS
  • Member - Faculty Group for Operations - Jamnalal Bajaj Inst of Management
  • Qualified - PHD entrance test of Mumbai Univ - PET


Professional Affiliation :
  • Associate Dean - Executive Education - VESIM
  • Area Chair - Operations and SCM - VESIM
  • Alumni - XLRI, TISS, Somaiya Management
  • Visiting Faculty - NMIMS & TISS
  • Member - Faculty Group for Operations - Jamnalal Bajaj Inst of Management
  • Qualified - PHD entrance test of Mumbai Univ - PET


Teaching

  • Operations Analytics
  • Business Statistics
  • Supply Chain Analytics
  • ERP & SCM
  • Project Management

Research

Area of Research

  • Youth Development
  • Talent Supply Chain
  • Social Entrepreneurship
  • Ethics in Management
  • Creative and Innovation Management

Current Research

  • Dynamics of Talent Supply Chain and its relevance w.r.t post graduates in management.

Publications


    Publications

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Research Paper

  • Presented a paper on Talent Acquisition at an International conference at SIMSREE, Churchgate, Mumbai
  • Participated in National Case Study Seminar - 'Talent Supply Chain & Entry Level Recruitment Process: A Strategic Framework
  • 'Significance of Classification in Supply Chain Management' - International Journal - Asia Pacific
  • 'Driving the Inventory Cycle in Supply chain' – Materials Management Review, India
  • 'Sense and Essence of Q factor in Project Management' - PMI Mumbai chapter publication

Publications in Book Chapters/Others

  • Presented a paper on Talent Acquisition at an International conference at SIMSREE, Churchgate, Mumbai
  • Participated in National Case Study Seminar - 'Talent Supply Chain & Entry Level Recruitment Process: A Strategic Framework'
  • 'Significance of Classification in Supply Chain Management' - International Journal - Asia Pacific
  • 'Driving the Inventory Cycle in Supply chain' – Materials Management Review, India
  • 'Sense and Essence of Q factor in Project Management' - PMI Mumbai chapter publication

Working Papers

  • Comparative Study of Supply Chain Performance Measures in Food Industry
  • Managing Supplier Relationship in a Resilient Supply Chain

Conferences/Seminars/Workshops

  1. Somaiya College of Engg - Ethics and Professional behaviour
  2. NMIMS - Ethical Issues in Management & Corporate Governance
  3. NIT, Suratkal & NIT Warangal - Project Management and ERP elective
  4. COE Pune & Trivandrum - Communication Excellence and Attitudinal Leadership Electives
  5. IIITM (Gwalior), - SAP ( ERP )
  6. IIT (Powai) - Project Management & ERP
  7. Symbiosis Centre for Information Technology - Project Management , ERP , CRM
  8. Certified ‘ Software Quality Analyst ’ SQA from Q A I, USA.
  9. Certified Assessor for Emotional Intelligence Assessment, EQ-I & EQ-360
  10. Operations Analytics ( Grade 85 % ) by University of Pennsylvania on Coursera.
  11. Certificate earned on June 15, 2017
  12. Member – APICS ,USA and IIMM , India

Consulting


Advisory

  • Autocast Private Limited
  • Novire Technologies Ltd

Custom Programmes

  • Project Management Training at TISS
  • CAPM Project Management Workshp at Novire Tech

Speaking Engagements

  • Keynote address - Industry Academia Interface at Thakur Institute
  • Interpersonal Skills at Bhartiya Vidypeeth
  • NMIMS - Ethical Issues in Management & Corporate Governance
  • NIT, Suratkal & NIT Warangal - Project Management and ERP elective
  • COE Pune & Trivandrum - Communication Excellence and Attitudinal Leadership Electives
  • IIITM (Gwalior), - SAP ( ERP )
  • IIT (Powai) - Project Management & ERP
  • Symbiosis Centre for Information Technology - Project Management , ERP , CRM


Awards and Honours

  • Topper Award for securing first position in DYDSC at TISS
  • Catalyst Award - Accenture
  • Best Speaker Award - Global TeleSystems
  • Won the Best ‘Train The Trainer’ award with A grade at Godrej and Boyce
  • Received ‘Certificate of Merit’ for outstanding performance at work at TATA STEEL
  • Received Certificate of Recognition for excellent performance as SAP consultant from Hoechst Marion Roussel Limited
  • Received the Best Technical SAP paper Award at Princeton Software
  • Received Accenture ACE, Alchemist, and Pathfinder award for innovation at work at Accenture

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