Aravind Chandrasekaran
Dr. Aravind Chandrasekaran is an Associate Professor in Management Sciences at the Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University. He received his PhD in Operations and Management Sciences from the University of Minnesota. Dr. Chandrasekaran’s research investigates innovation, learning and knowledge creation issues in a variety of areas including high-tech R&D, manufacturing and health-care delivery. In recent years, he has begun to study the challenges involved in developing patient-centric healthcare models by conducting field experiments in collaboration with several physician and nursing leaders. His research has been published or forthcoming in all top OM journals including Management Science, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (MSOM), Journal of Operations Management, Production and Operations Management, as well as other premier journals including Information Systems Research, Journal of Surgical Research and Harvard Business Review. His research has won several awards including the 2017 Poets and Quants 40 Under 40 Top Business School Professors, 2012 INFORMS-Industry Studies Best Paper Award, 2013 Carol J. Latta Emerging Leadership Award for Outstanding Early Career Scholar by the Decision Sciences Institute and 2015 Pace Setters Award for Research.
Dr. Chandrasekaran is the academic director for the Master of Business in Operational Excellence (MBOE) - an executive masters program preparing leaders to drive, build and sustain continuous learning culture in organizations. In addition, he also teaches the MBA core operations class and an elective on product and process innovation. He has won several teaching awards including the 2016 & 2012 Best Outstanding Core Professor Award (WPMBA), as well as the 2013 Pace Setter Award for Teaching Excellence. He has presented his research with several organizations including 3M, Motorola, Medtronic, Cleveland Clinic, Mayo Clinic, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and University of California-Irvine Hospitals.
In terms of service, Dr. Chandrasekaran currently serves as the Department Editor for the Design Science Department at JOM, and Senior Editor at POMS. He also served as track chairs at several conferences including POMS, INFORMS and DSI. He reviews frequently for several leading academic journals including Management Science, Administrative Science Quarterly, Organization Science, MSOM, Decision Sciences and Journal of Marketing and Health Service Research.
