SPEAKING

Keynote talk, Xaviers Labor Relations Institute, International Conference on “Enabling Social and Business Responsibility in our Globalized World,” Jamshedpur, India, February 2024.

Invited Research Seminar, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, January 2024

Invited Research Seminar, Brigham Young University, Utah, January 2024

Invited Panelist (Scheduled), IE Business School in Spain, April 2022 (Panel on Inclusion organized by Meta)

Invited Research Seminar (Scheduled), University of Nevada at Las Vegas, April 2022

Invited Research Seminar (Scheduled), Auburn University, April 2022

Keynote Talk (Scheduled) International Conference on Emerging Trends in Operations and Analytics – TA Pai Institute of Management, Manipal, India

Invited Research Seminar, “Business Case for Disability Inclusion” Darden School of Business, University of Virginia, January 2023

Invited Research Seminar, “Does Safety Matter? Role of Formal Safety Institutions in Preventing Women Microenterprise Failure in India” University of Arkansas, October 5, 2022

TEA Talks, Jamshedpur Management Association, “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Supply Chains,” Jamshedpur Management Association, September, 2022.

Invited Research Seminar, “Business Case for Disability Inclusion,” SP Jain Institute of Management Research, Mumbai, August 2022.

Invited Research Seminar, “Writing Introduction to Research Papers,” Xavier Labor Relations Institute, Jamshedpur , August 2022.

Invited Research Panelist, Open Technology Models in Retail, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, India, August, 2022.

Invited Research Seminar, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, India, August, 2022.

Invited Research Seminar, Georgia State University, February 2022

Invited Research Seminar, Ivey School of Business, Western Ontario, February 2022

Invited Research Seminar, Ohio State University, October 2021

Invited Virtual Research Seminar, Bauer College of Business, University of Houston, October 2021

Invited Virtual Research Seminar, Smeal College of Business, Penn State University, April 2021

Keynote Talk on “Disability Inclusion in Operations,”  K.J. Somaiya Institute of Management, Mumbai, December 18th 2020.

Invited Research Talk, Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina, December 2019

Invited Research Talk, Kelly School of Business, Indiana University, September 2019

Invited Talk at the ISM Wisconsin Chapter on September 11th, 2018 on Bringing It All Back Home - Bringing Outsourcing Back Internal. at Professional Development Meeting, ISM - Northeast Wisconsin, Inc., Appleton, WI.

Invited workshop delivered at the Indian Institute of Management, Tiruchirappalli, India, on June 10th 2018 on “Field-based research.”

Panelist in Food@MSU, Our Table discussion conducted by College of Arts and Letters on March 21PstP 2018.  

Presentation to MSU Supply Chain Council on Driving Industry Engagement - Examples from Experience, January 24PthP 2018.

Invited research talk at National Institute of Technological and Industrial Engineering, Mumbai, IN, January 8PthP 2018.

Talk at the US Embassy, Dhaka on January 2, 2018 on “Sustainability in garment manufacturing: Reinvigorating facilities and operations” at the Humphrey Fellow meeting.

Invited research talk at Texas Christian University, TX, USA on February 2PndP 2018.

Invited research talk at Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi University, IN, January 5PthP 2018.

Invited research talk at SP Jain Institute of Management Research, Mumbai, IN, December 18PthP 2017.

Invited research talk at Arizona State University, WP Carey School of Business, Tempe, AZ, October 27PthP 2017.

Invited research talk at IE Business School, Spain, June 12, 2017.

Joint invited Talk with Ed Terris, Amy Seabold at Pekcham on “The “Sweet Spot” of Diversity on Productivity in Apparel Manufacturing” at the Source America Training and Achievement Conference, New Orleans, Wednesday May 3 2017.

Invited workshop speaker at the India DSI Conference, Nasik on “Publishing in Top Tier Journals,” Panelist December 29PthP 2016. 

Invited research talk at the College of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana Champagne, IL, October 14PthP 2016.

Invited research talk at Darla Moore College of Business, University of South Carolina, September 30PthP 2016.

Invited research talk at Scheller College of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology, March 4PthP 2016.

Keynote talk at SP Jain Institute of Management Research Business Academia Conclave “Make-in-India: Is a Paradigm Shift Needed?,” January 9PthP, 2016.

Invited research talk at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Kenan-Flagler Business School, August 21, 2015.

Invited Panelist at Texas Christian University on “Managing Innovation Knowledge Across the Supply Chain” Texas Christian University, June 3-5, 2016.

Industry talk on “Productivity and Employee Retention” at Volvo Manufacturing Facility in New River Valley, West Virginia, September 24PthP 2015.

Invited Panelist for on “Managing Innovation Knowledge Across the Supply Chain”, June 3-5, 2016.

Invited research talk at Mays School of Business, Texas A&M University, January 30, 2015.

Invited talk at the POMS-NITIE Conference, Mumbai, India on December 2014, “Scholarship of Teaching and Learning” – at doctoral consortium.

Invited research talk at Cambridge University, Judge School of Business “Dexterity in resource productivity and Social Responsibility:  Effects on Financial Performance,” 4Pth PJuly 2014.

Invited research talk at University College of London, UK on “Dexterity in resource productivity and Social Responsibility:  Effects on Financial Performance,” 3PrdP July 2014.

Invited panelist for 2014 Production and Operations Management Annual Conference in a session on “Learning in Supply Chains,” Atlanta.

Invited panelist for 2014 Production and Operations Management Annual Conference in a session on “Discussion on Detection of Small Effects,” Atlanta.

Invited Research Talk at Smeal College of Business, Penn State University, November 30PthP, 2012.

Invited talk on “Innovation Impetrative” HCL Technologies, Business Process Outsourcing Division, Noida, India, August 8PthP 2012.

Invited research talk at Indian School of Business, August 19PthP 2011, Invited Research Talk.

Invited research talk at Carlson Graduate School of Business, University of Minnesota, February 11PthP 2011.

Invited research talk at Rady School of Management, University of California at San Diego, November 19PthP, 2011.

Invited talk on “Operations of Software Outsourcing” at HCL Technologies, Software Division, Chennai, India on 21PstP December 2010.

Presentation to Supply Chain Council, Michigan State University, October 14PthP 2009.

Invited panelist at the Kshitij 2009, University of Delhi, Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), September 6PthP 2009 Information Technology summit – This participation was featured by news outlets: 33Thttp://www.mbauniverse.com/campusinner.php?id=234633T, FMS is ranked consistently among the top 10 business schools in India.

Invited Panelist at Crains Detroit Round Table on The Challenges, Risks and Rewards of Diversification organized in conjunction with Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn, October 20PthP 2009.