Our Team

Our top management team is composed of alumni from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and Indian Institutes of Technology, Kanpur and Bombay - each of the partners has over 10 years of experience in the following fields:

  • Mathematical Modeling / Operations Research
  • Management Consulting
  • Operations Management
  • Supply Chain Management and Logistics
  • Power and Energy Planning
  • Environmental Planning and Climate Change
  • Policy Analysis
  • GIS

Rahul Pandey

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Rahul Pandey, founder, IGSA Solutions, has studied at IIT-K, IIM-A, NIES Japan, and has been on the faculty at IIT-B and IIM-L. He has experience in consulting, teaching and research in Operations Strategy, Operations Management and OR Modeling, with a variety of sectors like manufacturing, logistics, services, energy and environment.

Sridhar Vallala

Sridhar Vallala, co-founder, IGSA Solutions, is an M.Tech (Planning) from School of Planning, CEPT, Ahmedabad and B.E. from Osmania University. Sridhar has over 10 years of experience in developing GIS based tools for planning and decision making.

Ramesh Krishnamurthy

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Ramesh is an IIM-A/NIT-Surathkal graduate and has been a Strategy and Operations consultant with KPMG with experience across industry sectors. Post KPMG, Ramesh set up a high end diamond jewellery operations in Hong Kong/China for Dimexon, a global leading diamond manufacturer. Ramesh has also consulting experience in projects with Monitor Group’s Social Change initiative.

Samit Shetty

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Samit is an IIM-A/UVCE Bangalore graduate and has spent his initial five years in Africa and honed his skills in the complex operational environment there. Subsequently Samit setup the coffee operations in Brasil and led the business for four years. He has acquired significant experience in setting up systems related to procurement, trading, finances, supply chain etc.

Knowledge Partners

We have strong relationships with academicians and researchers at premier educational institutions such as IIMs/IITs/SP Jain. These academicians and researchers act as sounding boards and help ensure that client solutions are accurate, robust and comprehensive.

The list of our Honorary Advisors and their brief introductions are given below:

Dr. Narayan Rangaraj (narayan.rangaraj@iitb.ac.in)

  • PhD, Johns Hopkins University
  • Professor and Convenor, Industrial Engineering & Operations Research, IIT Bombay
  • Interests: Optimization and Operations Research, Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Transportation

Dr. Arabinda Tripathy (tripathy@vgsom.iitkgp.ernet.in)

  • PhD, London School of Economics
  • Dean and Professor, Vinod Gupta School of Management, IIT Kharagpur
  • Former Professor of Production and Quantitative Methods, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
  • Former Director, Institute of Petroleum Management, Gandhinagar

  • Former President, Operations Research Society of India (ORSI)

  • Interests: Operations Research, Operations Management, Project Management, Soft Systems Methodology

Dr. V. Venkata Rao (vvrao@iimahd.ernet.in)

  • PhD, Georgia Tech.
  • Professor of Computer and Information Systems, IIM Ahmedabad
  • Interests: Data Structures and Algorithms, Systems Analysis and Design, Production & Operations Management, Supply Chain Management

Dr. Umesh Bahadur (umesh@spjimr.ernet.in)

  • PhD, IIT Kharagpur
  • Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management, S P Jain Institute of Management & Research, Mumbai
  • Former Professor, IIM Lucknow
  • Former Director (Materials), Tata Steel
  • Former Director (Supply Chain Management), Ispat Industries
  • Interests: Logistics and Supply Chain Management