Dr. Theophilus Dhyankumar
QUALIFICATION & SPECIALIZATION : B.Tech (Industrial Biotechnology) (Pavendar Bharathidasan College Of Engg & Tech, Trichy), M.E (Industrial Engineering) (College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University), Ph. D (Industrial Engineering) (College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University)
EXPERIENCE IN YEARS TEACHING/PRACTICE/INDUSTRY/RESEARCH : 5 years of teaching / 10 years of research
Dr. Theophilus Dhyankumar is Research Associate at LIBA specializing in Healthcare Supply Chain Management. Having gained the skills of engineering in bachelors and masters, he made it multi-disciplinary by applying them all in the field of healthcare supply chain management, submitting his Thesis on the topic “Hierarchical Decision Making Approach for Organ Transplantation in India”. The other areas that are of interest to him include Operations Research, Supply Chain Management and Logistics, System Simulation, Optimization and Data Analytics.
Dr. C. Theophilus Dhyankumar holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Industrial Biotechnology from Pavendar Bharathidasan College of Engineering and Technology, Trichy, affiliated with Anna University. He pursued his Master of Engineering in Industrial Engineering at the prestigious College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University, Chennai. Dr. Dhyankumar has completed his Ph.D. at the same institution, where his research focused on advanced topics in industrial engineering. With a strong academic background and research expertise, he contributes significantly to the field, particularly in the areas of healthcare, supply chain management, operations and optimization. |
Publications:
· Rajmohan, M, Theophilus Dhyankumar, C, Sumalatha, MR & Saravanakumar, S 2017, ‘Facility location of organ procurement organizations in Indian health care supply chain management’, South African Journal of Industrial Engineering, Vol.28, No.1, pp. 90-102. ISSN print: 2224-7890, ISSN online: 2224-7890.
· Theophilus Dhyankumar, C & Joe Arun, C. 2021, ‘Review of Organ Donation: A Healthcare Supply Chain Management Perspective’, Accepted for publication in SCMS Indian Journal of Management, Jul-Sep 2021, Vol 18.3.
· Theophilus Dhyankumar Chellappa, Ramasubramaniam. M., V. G. Venkatesh, Yangyan Shi, & Samsul Islam. 2022, Location of Organ Procurement and Distribution Organisation Decisions and their Impact on Kidney Allocations: A Developing Country Perspective, Annals of Operations Research, Vol. 321, No. 1-2, pp. 755-781.
· Theophilus Dhyankumar, C., Joe Arun, C. & Rajmohan, M. 2023, ‘Prediction of Graft Survival Using Artificial Neural Network (ANN), And Bayesian Belief Network (BBN): A Comparative Study, Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management, Vol. 16, No. 3, pp-29-35.
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Conference Presentations (National and International):
· Theophilus Dhyankumar, C, Rajmohan, M & Baskaran, R, ‘Selection of Kidney Transplant Recipient using MCDM Technique’, Second International Conference on Advances in Industrial Engineering Applications (ICAIEA) 2014, January 6 – 8, 2014, Anna University, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India.
· Dhyankumar, C.T., & Arun, C.J. Prediction of Graft Survival using Artificial Neural Network, Conference Proceedings of 1st International Healthcare Management Conference-2021, organized by K. J. Somaiya Institute of Management, On Future of Healthcare Post Covid-19, March 2021.
· Dhyankumar, C.T., Rajmohan, M. & Arun, C,J. 2023, Hierarchical Structure and Relationship of Factors of Organ Transplantation using Fuzzy Delphi Method and Interpretative Structural Modelling (ISM), “3rd International Healthcare Management Conference 2023 – FUTURE OF HEALTHCARE STRATEGIES AND POLICIES FOR CARE-DELIVERY AND WELLBEING”, organized by K. J. Somaiya Institute of Management, 28th January, 2023.
· A. Irudaya Alto, K. Syed Mohammed Azizdin, & C. Theophilus Dhyankumar, 2005, “PRIONS-The Deadly Infectious Protein”, National Level technical Symposium “HELIX’05”, Andal Alagar Engineering College campus, Mamandur, Tamilnadu, India
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Books/Book Chapters:
· Sivakumar, K., Dhyankumar, C.T., Cherian, T.M., Manikandan, N., Thejasree, P. (2024). Requirements for the Adoption of Industry 4.0 in the Sustainable Manufacturing Supply Chain. In: K E K, V., Rajak, S., Kumar, V., Mor, R.S., Assayed, A. (eds) Industry 4.0 Technologies: Sustainable Manufacturing Supply Chains . Environmental Footprints and Eco-design of Products and Processes. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4894-9_12 |
GUIDE/EVALUATOR/ EXAMINER AT DOCTORAL RESEARCH LEVEL |
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CONFERENCES/SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS/FDPS ORGANIZED: |
· Co-ordinated in Inauguration of the EDHCM first batch and “Discussion on Covid 19: The Real and Unreal”, on 8th January, 2021.
· Organized the FDP on Thesis Writing (20.01.2022) · Organized the FDP on Advanced Quality Research (25.02.2022) · Co-ordinated in the conduct of Academic Advisory Council (AAC) for Centre for Logistics and Supply Chain Management for the year 2023-24. · Co-ordinated and organized Thought Leadership Program (TLP) Series for F22, F23 and others. · Co-ordinated in the conduct of Academic Advisory Council (AAC) for Centre for Logistics and Supply Chain Management for the year 2024-25. · Co-ordinated and organized Operational Excellence Program (OEP) Series for F23 and F24.
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CONFERENCES/SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS/FDPS ATTENDED: |
· Webinar – Expert Insights: Finding the Best Teaching Materials for Your Course by Harvard Business Publishing Education on 27th August, 2024. · Webinar – To Err is Human: A Field Experiment in Making Prescriptions Safer, by POMS Chennai Chapter, on 15th July, 2024. · FDP on Targeting High Impact Journals, LIBA on 21st June, 2024. · FDP on Metaverse for Education on 4th July, 2023 · Two Day LIBA Online FDP, Targeting High Impact Journals, LIBA on Aug 7 & 8, 2023. · Faculty Development Programme conducted by AICTE on Universal Human Values (UHV I), 6th to 10th November, 2023. · Faculty Development Programme on “Industry 4.0 Technologies: Applications in Supply Chain” · Faculty Development Programme on “Industry 4.0 Technologies: Applications in Manufacturing Supply Chain”, 2nd – 13th May, 2022. · Short term course on Machine Learning Techniques in Modern Manufacturing, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, Dec 10 – 16, 2018 · Short term course on Data Analytics for Operations Research at IIT Kanpur Nov 14 – 18, 2018 · Workshop on Text Analytics, Dept of Management Studies, School of Management Pondicherry University, Nov 10 – 11, 2018 · Seminar on Analytics Society of India Launching of the Regional Chapter (Chennai), Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA), Chennai, Oct 6, 2018 · Workshop on Machine Learning Basics using PYTHON, Dept of Computer Technology, MIT, Anna University, Sep 19 -20, 2018 · Workshop on Machine Learning, Dept of Industrial Engineering, CEG, Anna University, Aug 18 – 21, 2018 · Seminar on Data Analysis, Dept of Industrial Engineering, CEG, Anna University, Mar 22 – 23, 2018 · Short term course on Data Analytics with Application to Healthcare, IIT Madras, Jan 23 – Feb 03, 2017 · Short term course on Scheduling Systems – An Integrated View on Models, Methods and Tools with a Focus on Manufacturing and Servicing Systems, IIT Madras, July 08 – 17, 2016 · Short term course on Supply Chain Engineering and Multi-criteria Decision Making, IIT Madras, June 27 – July 08, 2016 · Short term course on Health care operations and Innovations, Gupta School of Management, IIT Kharaghpur, June 07 – 17, 2016 · Short term course on Design and Optimization of Production Management Systems, NIT Tiruchirapalli, June 3 – 8, 2013 · Workshop on Multi-criteria Decision Making, Dept of Industrial Engineering, CEG, Anna University, Mar 26 – 27, 2013 · International Workshop on Decision Making and Optimization, ORSI Chennai Chapter, Sept 7, 2012 · Workshop on Optimization in Engineering and Management Research, Dept of Industrial Engineering, CEG, Anna University, May 24 – 25, 2012 · Workshop on Machine Learning Techniques with Image Processing Applications, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Kalavakkam, Apr 25 – 27, 2012 · Workshop on Application of Metaheuristics for Engineering Optimization, Dept of Industrial Engineering, CEG, Anna University, Mar 20 – 21, 2012 · Workshop on Supply Chain Management, Dept of Industrial Engineering, CEG, Anna University, Sep 24 – 25, 2010.
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Primary Interests:
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Additional Interests:
· Data Analytics · Bioinformatics |