Dr Joseph Francis J

Dr Joseph Francis J

Chair - Admissions Assistant Professor of Operations & Supply Chain Management

QUALIFICATION & SPECIALIZATION : B.E., M.B.A, Ph.D, PMP

Experience in Teaching / Practice / Industry / Research : 13 years in Teaching / 10 years in Industry/10 Years Research

Overview

Dr Joseph Francis J has a right mix of Industry and Academic Experience. His areas of interest include Project Management, Production Planning and control , Supply Chain Management and Applications of Soft computing techniques for Managerial decisions.

Academic Biography

Dr. Joseph Francis J, Assistant Professor, specializes in Operations Management. He has done his B.E. from Government College of Technology, Coimbatore and his M.B.A. from Pondicherry University. He obtained his Ph.D in Management Sciences from Anna University, Chennai. His areas of interest in teaching are Quantitative techniques, Operations Management, Project Management and Manufacturing Planning & Control. He is professional member of the Project Management Institute, USA, American Production and Inventory Control Society, USA and American Society for Quality.

His current areas of interest in research are in Project Management and Advanced optimization techniques for managerial decisions. The book titled “ Business Statistics” authored by him and published by Cengage is used as a textbook by many business schools across the country.

Research and Publications

Conference Presentations (National and International):

1. Case study titled , “ The Mouse Trap” along with Dr Sivakumar K – submitted, presented and included in proceedings of LIBA Case Conference 2022 ISBN: 978-81-957083-0-7

2. Case study titled, “ Softer, Crunchy and Juicy from Shimla to Chennai!” along with two part time PGDM Students – submitted, presented and included in proceedings of LIBA Case Conference 2022 ISBN: 978-81-957083-0-7

Books/Book Chapters:

1. Authored a book titled, Business Statistics , published on June 2015 by Cengage Learning India Limited, 865 Pages, ISBN: 9788131527931, 1755 copies sold as on June 2019. The second edition was released in July 2019, 892 Pages, ISBN: 9789353502195

2. First Author of a book titled, “ Business Statistics for Gujarat Technological University “ , Published in August 2017 by Cengage Learning India Limited, 513 Pages, ISBN : 9789386650962

CONFERENCES/SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS/FDPS ORGANIZED:

1. Was a resource person and delivered sessions in AICTE Sponsored Short Term Trainning Programme on Delivery Based Outcome Based Education in Management Education : Objectives, best practices and Measurement of Outcomes from 7th to 19th December 2020 organised by the Department of Management, Saintgits Institute of Management , Kottayam . Delivered sessions on “ Role of Continous Assessment on Outcome based education “ and “Continuous improvement in Quality of education through introducing best practices “

2. Was a resource person for a FDP on “ Foundation Course in Business Analytics “ organized by Girideepam Business School , Kottayam on 05.05.2018