Prof. G. Raghuram

Biography

  Prof. G. Raghuram joined the HPCL board as an Independent Director effective April 9, 2012. Prof. Raghuram has done his graduation from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras, MBA from IIM, Ahmedabad and PhD from Northwestern University, USA. Prof Raghuram is a Professor in the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad. His specialization is in infrastructure and transportation systems, and supply chain & logistics management. His research, consultancy, case studies and publications focus includes railways, ports and shipping, air and road sector, service organizations and supply chain management. He has taught at Northwestern University and Tulane University, USA. He has been a visiting faculty at various universities in USA, Canada, Yugoslavia, Tanzania, UAE, Singapore and several institutions in India. He has co-authored four books and published over 70 papers. He was the President of Operational Research Society of India (1999-2000). He is a Fellow of the Operational Research Society of India (ORSI) and Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT-UK). He also holds Directorships in Alcock Ashdown (Gujarat), Arshiya International, DARCL Logistics Limited, India Infrastructure Finance Company (IIFC), and Take Solutions, Chennai. He is currently a member of the Steering Committee on Transport Sector for the formulation of the Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012-17) and Member of the Expert Group for Modernization of Indian Railways. He is also the Chairman of various committees connected with Ministries related to Transportation and the Planning Commission.

Research Interest

  ·  Material chemistry ·  Mineralogy and Petralogy ·  Industrial and Engineering chemistry ·  Chemical Engineering ·  Applied and Advanced Chemistry