Associate Professor of Management
Management, Marketing and Entrepreneurship
Barney School of Businesssumukadas@hartford.edu 860.768.4239 Auerbach Hall 310E
Education
PhD, University of Western Ontario
MBA, University of Manitoba
BTech, Kakatiya University
Narendar Sumukadas is an associate professor of management. HE has an undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering, an MBA, and a Ph.D.. Prior to pursuing graduate degrees, he worked in operations, maintenance, and projects areas in the Indian manufacturing industry. He has been at the University of Hartford since 1999, teaching undergraduate and MBA courses in Operations Management.
His research interests include:
- Supply chain management
- Continuous improvement
- Employee involvement
- Teaching and learning
Dhanaraj, C., Sumukadas, N., Johnson, F., and Malvankar, M. 2011. Nokia India: Battery recall logistics. Case study published by Ivey Publishing, Richard Ivey School of Business, London, Ontario. (Case# 9B11D003)
Sumukadas, N. 2010. Operations strategy with paper boats. Simulation & Gaming, 41(3): 432-444.
Sumukadas, N. 2009. Car lube operations. Case study published in Pearson MyOMLab, to accompany Krajewski, L.J., Ritzman, L.P., and Malhotra, M.K., Operations Management: Processes and Supply Chains, 9th and 10th editions, Pearson Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ.
Honorable Mention, Case Competition, Decision Sciences Institute National Meeting, San Diego, CA, November 2010. (Case study Nokia India: Battery recall logistics, by Dhanaraj, C., Sumukadas, N., Johnson, F., and Malvankar, M.)
Sumukadas, N. Operations Management Lecture Series, posted on YouTube.