Chandrasekhar Manchiraju

I am an Assistant Professor in the Supply Chain Management department at the Eli Broad College of Business, Michigan State University. I received my Ph.D. in Operations Management from the Naveen Jindal School of Management, The University of Texas at Dallas, where I was advised by Professor Milind Dawande and Professor Ganesh Janakiraman. 

RESEARCH

Research Interests

Topics: Pricing and Revenue Management, Supply Chain Management, Airline Operations, Operations Analytics

Methodologies: Optimization,  Econometrics, Game Theory

My research interests include revenue management with a focus on developing efficient and provably-effective algorithms for multiproduct dynamic pricing problems that are inspired by practice. I also work on studying flight delays in airline operations using empirical methods. In my most recent work, I analyze different pricing mechanisms used by technology firms to sell Artificial Intelligence services and compare those mechanisms across various metrics such as the revenue obtained and consumer surplus. A list of my papers can be found below.

Research Papers

• C. Manchiraju, M. Dawande, G. Janakiraman. “Multiproduct Pricing with Discrete Price Sets,” Operations Research, 2022, 70(4): 2185-2193 [SSRN] [URL]

• C. Manchiraju, M. Dawande, G. Janakiraman. “A Note on State-Independent Policies in Network Revenue Management,” forthcoming, Operations Research, 2023. [SSRN]

• C. Manchiraju, M. Dawande, G. Janakiraman, A. Raghunathan. “Dynamic Pricing and Capacity Optimization in Railways,” forthcoming, Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, 2023. [SSRN]

• C. Manchiraju, M. Sohoni, V. Deshpande. “It's Not Simply Luck: The Impact of Network Strategy, Schedule Padding, and Operational Improvements on Domestic On-Time Performance in the US Airline Industry,” forthcoming, Production and Operations Management, 2023. [SSRN]

• V. Deshpande, C. Manchiraju, M. Sohoni. “Decision Bias in the Newsvendor Problem: Evidence from Airline Flight Scheduling,”  working paper, 2025.

• S. Mehta, C. Manchiraju, M. Dawande, G. Janakiraman.  "Pay with Your Data: Designing Optimal Data-Sharing Mechanisms for Artificial Intelligence Services," working paper, 2025.