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Weekend of Feb. 21–22

We look forward to welcoming students and families to our Scholarship Competition on Sunday. The event will take place as scheduled. Attendees, please refer to your email for the complete itinerary and additional information.

Due to the upcoming high-impact winter storm, UHart will be closed on Monday, Feb. 23. There will be no in-person classes held on Monday. Please note that when a campus closing prevents an in-person class from meeting at its scheduled time, faculty may opt to conduct classes or provide assignments online. Students should check Blackboard and their email regularly on such days to learn of any alternate arrangements. Online and remote courses are not affected by campus closings and meet as scheduled.

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Narendar Sumukadas

Narendar Sumukadas headshot

Professor of Management

Management, Marketing and Entrepreneurship

Barney School of Business
860.768.4239 Auerbach Hall 310E
Education

PhD, Western University, London, Canada (University of Western Ontario)

MBA, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

BTech, National Institute of Technology, Warangal, India

Narendar Sumukadas teaches undergraduate and MBA classes in operations management. He has published scholarly and managerial journal articles as well as case studies, experiential exercises, and YouTube videos. Prior to pursuing academics, he worked as a mechanical engineer in operations, maintenance, and project roles.

research interests include:
  • Supply chain management
  • Project management
  • Continuous improvement
  • Teaching and learning

Sumukadas, N., and Stec, D. 2024. Barking up the wrong tree: Why cost cutting is not waste elimination. Rutgers Business Review, 9(2): 202-218.

Sawhney, R., and Sumukadas, N. 2024. Deploying AMT for scale versus scope: A contingency approach. Journal of Strategic Innovation and Sustainability, 19(1): 64-80.

Sumukadas, N. 2021. Are you ready for your next product recall crisis? Lessons from operations and supply chain management. Business Horizons, 64(2): 211-221.

Abu-aisheh, A., Grant, L., Sumukadas, N., and Hadad, A. 2016. Fostering engineering students engagement using problem-based learning and course learner agent object portfolios. International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy, 6(4): 45-47.

Manzione, L., Abu-aisheh, A., Sumukadas, N., and Congden, S. 2016. Preparing engineering students for the global sourcing environment. International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy, 6(3): 19-23.

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.

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.