Dr. Renu Rajani
Email: renurajani2009@gmail.com
Academic and Research Professional in Management Sciences and Information Systems
Academic and Research Leader with Three Decades of Transformational Experience in IT Services Delivery, Business Consulting, Administration, and Academia Exchange in Tier-1 Global IT Services and Big-4 Consulting Firms
DOCTORAL RESEARCH 2012-2019
ANNA UNIVERSITY, CHENNAI (RESEARCH CENTER – WELINGKAR INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH, BANGALORE)
Ph.D. | FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES, ANNA UNIVERSITY, CHENNAI
Synopsis Accepted – March 2019; Thesis Submitted – June 2019
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Research | Research Methodology, Quantitative Methods; Supply Chain Management; Services Marketing; International Marketing |
Thesis | Effective use of Capacity and Demand Management Strategies in Services Supply Chains towards Risk Mitigation and Improving Company Performance. |
UNDERGRADUATE AND MASTERS
1994-96, Masters of Science of Industrial Administration (MSIA), CGPA – 3.66/4.0 (Dean’s List) | Krannert Graduate School of Management
Purdue University, W.Lafayette, Indiana, USA
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1988-90, Masters of Business Administration (MBA),
Major – Finance, 77%, University Topper.
| Institute of Management Studies
Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore, India
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1984-88, Bachelors of Technology (B Tech)
Major – Computer Science, CGPA – 8.27/10
| Institute of Engineering and Technology
Lucknow University, India
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PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
Nov 2012, Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB)
Oct 2010, Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) V3 Foundation.
Sept 2010, IBM Certified Sr Project Manager, Specialization – Delivery Project Executive.
July 2003, PMP, Project Management Institute (PMI) USA.
Mar 2003, Certified Software Test Engineer (CSTE), QAI USA.
June 2002, Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM), APICS USA.
1997, Chartered Financial Analysts (CFA), ICFAI Hyderabad, Gold Medal in Group B.
TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
Teaching: Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, Services Marketing, Innovation Management, Quantitative Methods, Information Systems, Project Management, Software Testing, Quality Assurance, Financial Management, Banking, Financial Services and Fintechs, Innovation Management, Entrepreneurship, Digital Transformation, Business Models, Sales and Marketing, International Business Management, Research Methods
Research: Supply Chain Management, Services Operations, Information Systems, Business Performance, Business Risk Management, Service (Re)design, Adoption of 5G, Blokchains
TEACHING AND ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
March 2017 – Present: Board of Governance (BOG Member)
G H Raisoni College of Engineering, Autonomous Institution Affiliated to Nagpur University
Serving on the board as industry representative with a key purpose to ensure industry relevance of the curriculum. The BOG includes eminent members – Dr UB Desai (Director – IIT Hyderabad), and Dr Milind Athrey (Professor, IIT Mumbai). As a BOG member, I have involved in curriculum reviews , reviewing functioning of Board of Studies, Industry- academia exchange, provide guidance for the Incubation center, Conferences.
May 2019 to Present: Faculty, IFIM Business School, Bangalore
Curriculum Designed – Electives for International Business
Elective Taught: Emerging Trends in Business Models International Business. This course includes Business models, trends in digital business models innovation, Consulting and enterprise products in Customer Relationship Management, Safes Force Automation.
Jan 2017 to August 2018 : Corporate Mentor, IFIM Business School, Bangalore
Corporate Mentor – MBA Class of 2016-18, 2017-19
Business Research Project Facilitator – MBA Class of 2017-19
Summer Internship Project Evaluation – MBA Class of 2016-18
Honour: Star mentor, actively featured in Institutes’ brochure and conferences.
Jan 2012 to June 2016: Adjunct Faculty, Welingkar Inst of Mgmt Dev & Research, Bangalore
June 2012-Dec 2012 – Co-Instructor – Services Marketing
Corporate Panelist for Assessments and Career Development – MBA class of 2013-15, 2014-16
Aug 2011 to Dec 2011: Research Guide, IIIT Bangalore MTech Project
Guided the research team of 4 members on Project “Making Sense of different Testing Metrics”
Jan 2012 to Present: Advisory Board Member,IARS, Pezzotaite Journals
Serving on the advisory board of International Assocation of Research Scholars (IARS) and Pezzotaite Journals.
Mar 2004 to July 2004: Faculty, Wipro Academy for Software Excellence (WASE) & BITS Pilani
Taught 2 courses – Software Engineering, Software Project Management
Oct 2001 to Jan 2002: Adjunct Faculty, Indian Institute of Plantation Management, Bangalore
Taught Statistics for Business for MBA students
July 1997 to June 1998: Adjunct Faculty, Maharshi Institute of Management, Bangalore
1997 – Taught Finance Elective – Securities Analysis and Portfolio Management
1998 – Taught Information Technology Elective – Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
July 1993 to June 1996: Academic and Research Positions in the USA
Jan 1994 to Apr 1994, Jan 1995 to June 1995: Taught two courses in Ivytech State College – Introduction to Computers, Database Management
May 1994 to Aug 1994: Computer Support Specialist, Indiana Purdue University Fort-Wayne, USA
Sept 1994 to Dec 1994: Graduate Teaching Assistant, Finance Management, Memphis State University
July 1995 to June 1996: Graduate Research Assistant, Division of Financial Aid, Purdue Univ, USA
BOOK PUBLICATIONS
Rajani, R.L., Oak, P. (2017) ‘Software Testing – Effective Methods, Tools and Techniques’ 2nd Edition, Mcgrawhill Education, ISBN-13 9789387432673, Product Code EBK0420110
Rajani R.L. (2017) ‘Testing Practitioner Handbook’ Packt Publishers, ISBN 178829954X, 9781788299541
Rajani, R.L., Oak, P. (2004) ‘Software Testing – Effective Methods, Tools and Techniques’ 1st Edition, Tata Mcgrawhill Publishing Company Limited, ISBN 0-07-058352-8
BOOK CHAPTERS
Rajani, R.L., (Sept 2002) ‘Translating Demand into Supply’ in Basics of Supply Chain Management (BSCM), Institute of Manufacturing Resource Management (IMRMI) India.
Rajani, R.L., (Sept 2002) ‘Execution and Control’ in BSCM, IMRMI India.
Rajan, R.L., (Sept 2002) ‘Performance Measurements’ in BSCM, IMRMI India.
Rajani, R.L., Cavale, V.M. (1998), ‘Chapter 13: Benchmarking Global Supply Chains’, in Supply Chain Management, Sahay B. S. (ed.), Macmillan, pp 161-170.
Rajani, R.L., Cavale, V.M. (1998), ‘Chapter 2: Supply Chain Management – A New Mantra for Customer Centric Organization’, in Supply Chain Management in the Twnety-First Century, Sahay B.S. (ed) Macmillan, pp. 23-32.
Rajani, R.L., Padmanabhan S. (1999) ‘Chapter 5: ERP Evaluation Criteria, A Consultants Approach’, in Enterprise Resource Planning, Sadagopan S. (ed), Tata McGraw-Hill, pp 56-69.
Rajani, R.L. (1999) ‘Chapter 6: Going the ERP Way: Important Issues’, in Enterprise Resource Planning, Sadagopan S. (ed), Tata McGraw-Hill, pp 70-79.
Rajani, R.L. (1999) ‘Chapter 20: A new era of computing with ERP’, in Enterprise Resource Planning, Sadagopan S. (ed), Tata McGraw-Hill, pp 200-207.
RESEARCH PAPER PUBLICATIONS
Rajani, R. L., Heggde, G. S. (2019) ‘Capacity Management Strategies in Supply Chains – A critical Review and Directions for Future’ International Journal of Business Excellence <Accepted paper>
Rajani, R.L., Heggde, G.S. (2019) ‘Review of Three Decades of Services Redesign Research – In Search of a Framework to Balance Capacity and Demand in Services Supply Chains’ International Journal of Business Environment <Accepted with Proposed Revisions, In-Progress>
Sahay B.S., Cavale V., Mohan R., and Rajni R., (2003) ‘The Face of Supply Chains in India’, Industrial Engineering Journal, Vol. XXXII, No. 3, pp. 2-28.
Sahay, B.S., Cavale, V., Rajani, R., and Mohan, R., (2001) ‘Supply Chains in India: Can We Organise Them Better?’ Vision: A Journal of Business Leaders, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp.15- 22.
Rajani, R. L., Cavale, V.M. (Apr 2000), ‘Reducing Cycle Times with Shop Floor Reengineering’, Indian Management Review.
Sahay, B.S., Cavale, V., Rajani, R., Mohan, R., Gupta, P., (2001) ‘The Indian Supply Chain’, Industry 2.0 (Cover Story), Vol. 1, Issue 3, pp.19-32.