1. Operations and Supply Chain management

1. Smart Supply Chain management / IoT and Block chain, Advanced Optimization Techniques, Data Analytics/AI and ML.

1. Received AP Recognition Award for Excellent Contribution in Employee Transport Cost Optimization Project done for Chennai Vehicle Assembly and Engine Plant

2. Received AP Recognition Award for Presenting Paper on "Employee Transport Cost Optimization" in Annual GDIA Conference

Teaching

1. Feb 2003 - April 2004 Lecturer, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Thangamuthu Polytechnic College, Periakulam, India

2. Sep 2007 - Dec 2008 Lecturer, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Mookambigai College of Engineering, Trichy, India

3. July-2013- Sep 2013 Visiting Faculty, Executive postgraduate management programs Loyola Institute of Business Administration

Industry

1. Oct 2016- Mar 2019 Deputy manager (Optimization Specialist) Ford Motor Pvt Ltd, Chennai

2. Oct 2013-Sep 2016 Operations Research Consultant Ramco systems Ltd, Chennai

1. Girls Hostel Warden (July 2019-April 2021)

2. Professor in charge cultural (July 2019-April 2020)

3. Member of disciplinary committee(July 2019-April 2021)

4. Member of Anti-ragging committee(July 2019-April 2021)

1. Sensors and Controls

2. Sensors and controls practice

3. Manufacturing Systems

4. Manufacturing Systems Engineering

5. Manufacturing Systems Engineering Practice

6. Data Analytics

7. Operations Research

8. Design Optimization

9. Mechanical Design Simulation II Practice

1. Reddy, Kotha Raj Kumar, and P. Kalpana. "Impact of COVID-19 on Global Supply Chains and the Role of Digitalisation: A VUCA Approach." Managing Supply Chain Risk and Disruptions: Post COVID-19: 125.

2. KRK Reddy, P Kalpana, "Opportunities and Challenges for Blockchain Technology in Supply Chain Management: Reflection on Society 5.0", Blockchain Technology in Supply Chain Management for Society 5.0, 101-112, 2022.

1. Kalpana, P., and Arshinder Kaur, (2013) ‘Ordering decisions of single period split order supply chain with various demand distributions’, International Journal of Operational Research. Vol.16, No.3, pp.263 - 286

2. Kalpana, P., and Arshinder Kaur, (2012) ‘Single period inventory models with multiple ordering opportunities: a Review’, International Journal of Logistics and Systems Management, 13(2), pp.209-229.

3. Kalpana, P., and Arshinder Kaur, (2012) Optimal ordering decisions and revenue sharing in a single period split order Supply Chain. Technology, Operation Management, 2(2), 61-79.

4. Raj Kumar Reddy, K., A. Gunasekaran, P. Kalpana, V. Raja Sreedharan, and S. Arvind Kumar. 2021. “Developing a Blockchain Framework for the Automotive Supply Chain: A Systematic Review.” Computers and Industrial Engineering 157, doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2021.107334.

5. A. Deiva Ganesh, and P. Kalpana. "Future of artificial intelligence and its influence on supply chain risk management–A systematic review." Computers & Industrial Engineering (2022): 108206.

6. Deiva Ganesh, A. and Kalpana, P. (2022), "Supply chain risk identification: a real-time data-mining approach", Industrial Management & Data Systems, Vol. 122 No. 5, pp. 1333-1354. https://doi.org/10.1108/IMDS-11-2021-0719.

7. Rejikumar, Aswathy Asokan Ajitha, P Kalpana, Aicha Oumessaoud, Khaled Lahlouh (2022),”Modeling Patient Perceptions About Generic Drug Quality and Trust With Doctors: An Empirical Analysis for Creating Sustainable Healthcare” IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

8. Deiva Ganesh, A. and Kalpana, P. (2023), Factors influencing proactiveness in supply chain risk identification: A fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis, International Journal of disaster risk reduction, vol.88, 103614.

1. Kalpana, P., and Arshinder Kaur, ‘Supply Chain Coordination for two level Single period supply chain with two ordering opportunities’, Presented in XIV Annual International Conference of Society of Operations Management, National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai, December 2010.

2. Kalpana, P., and Arshinder Kaur, ‘A Dynamic Programming Model of Sharing Profits for Single Period Split orders Supply Chain’, Presented in IFORS 2011, Melbourne conference, July 2011.

3. Kalpana, P., and Arshinder Kaur, ‘Single Period Split Ordering Supply chain Model with Information updating’, Presented in ASCMM 2011, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, December 2011.

4. Kalpana, P., and Arshinder Kaur, ‘Two Orderings with correlated demand in single period supply chain’, Presented in XV Annual International Conference of Society of Operations Management, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, Culcutta, December 2011. (Best Paper Award)

5. Kalpana, P., and Arshinder Kaur, ‘Optimal ordering decisions of single period split order divergent supply chain’, presented in 23rd Annual International Conference of Production and operations management Society, Chicago, April 2012.

6. Reddy, K. and Kalpana, P, "A conceptual blockchain framework for optimal automotive supply chain" presented in XXIII annual International Conference of Society of Operations Management, Indian Institute Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, December 2019

7. Deiva Ganesh A. and Kalpana, P., "Supply chain risk management: Impact of AI and challenges in managing disruptions during the current pandemic COVID-19" presented in SOM Doctoral Colloquium, Xavier Institute of Management, Jamshedpur,14th and 15th December 2020

8. Lokesh, K.S. and Kalpana, P., " Machine route optimization for agricultural/farming service: A Mixed integer programming approach" accepted for presentation in XXlV Annual International Conference of the Society of Operations Management, Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur, April 2021.

9. Kalimuthu.T., and Kalpana.P., “Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Down Stream Logistics in Supply Chain: A Review” Accepted for presentation in XXIV Annual International Conference of the Society of Operations Management, Xavier Institute of Management Jamshedpur, April 2021.

10. Jadupati, Bhakat, and Kalpana, P., "Forecasting and inventory management of spare parts in Aviation industry: An AI-based model" accepted for presentation in XXlV Annual International Conference of the Society of Operations Management, Xavier Institute of Management, Jamshedpur, April 2021

11. Sudhanshu Gaurav, and Kalpana, P., Optimization of health care services in post pandemic Era: A meta heuristic Approach, accepted for presentation in XXlV Annual International Conference of the Society of Operations Management, Xavier Institute of Management, Jamshedpur, April 2021

1. Automatic Agricultural Waste Processing System and Delivery Of Multiple Value-Added Products (202141039815). Filed and published

2. System For Extracting Indigenous Products From banana Pseudostem Wastes (202141041148) Filed

3. Automated System For Peeling And Segregating Sheaths And Inner Core From Banana Pseudostem Wastes (202141042205) Filed

4. Natural Fibre Cleaning Machine And Methods Of Removing Residues Thereof (202141042365) Filed

5. Autonomous Log Cutting System And Methods Of Delivering Cut-Pieces Thereof (202141043705) Filed

6. Automatic Material Ejection System And Methods Of Discharging By-Products Thereof (202141043721) Filed

7. Automated System For Sequential Loading Of Agricultural Wastes And The Methods Thereof (202141045222) Filed

8. Supply Chain And Logistics Aiding System And Methods Of Connecting Supplier And Transporter Thereof (202141049782) Filed and published

9. Flexible Conveyor Assembly As Part Of Automatic Transfer System For Handling Banana Sheaths (202141052036) Filed and published

10. Automatic Sheath Transfer System For Fibre Extraction From Banana Pseudo-Stem Wastes (202141052054) Filed and published