Arun R

Mr. Arun Ravindra

Assistant Professor

Mr Arun Ravindra graduated from M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology as an Industrial Engineer in 2009. After that he gained work experience in the manufacturing industry for a span of three years. He is currently pursuing his PhD degree in Supply Chain Management and Logistics. In 2014, he joined as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering and has taught multiple programs for both undergraduate and postgraduate classes. He has conducted corporate training programs to both engineering and medical practitioners. He is keenly interested in research pertaining to manufacturing and services operations management.

Qualifications

  • PhD (pursuing)

    Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Bangalore

  • M.sc[Engineering] in Engineering and Manufacturing Management

    M. S. Ramaiah School of Advanced Studies, Coventry University, UK

  • B.Tech in Industrial Engineering and Management

    Vishveshwarayya Technological University, Belgaum

Experience

Total Experience: 12.33 years 

Assistant Industrial Engineer – CIGFIL Ltd (Apparels Division) [2009 –2010]

Engineer – Quality Assurance – Hycom Engineering (India) Pvt Ltd. [2010 –2012]

Assistant Professor — Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering- RUAS [2014 –Present]

Training Experience

Project Management, Industrial Engineering and Management

Research Interest: Operations and Supply Chain Management

Research Expertise: Supply Chain Management, Lean manufacturing

Keywords

  • Operations and Supply Chain Management
  • Lean Manufacturing

International Conference Papers:

  1. Arun R, Sandeep N, K S Kishan Doss (2015), Integration of Lean and Discrete Event Simulation for Improving the Value Stream Profit of a Production Line, International Conference on Advances in Management and technology: Mapping Strength with Opportunities, NIT Allahabad
  2. Naren Silva George, Arun R, K S Kishan Doss (2015), ORASIS: An Approach to Reduce the Changeover Time in a Machine Shop, International Conference on Industrial Engineering 2015, NIT Surat, Gujarat
  3. Liya Susan Thomas, Arun R (2019), Application of Industrial Engineering Techniques for Improvement of Productivity in an Automotive Component Manufacturing Line, International Conference on recent Advances in Materials, Manufacturing and Energy Systems, V R Siddartha Engineering College, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh
  4. K S Saravanan, Arun R (2019), An Integrated Framework of Work Study and Forecasting Techniques to Improve the Service-Level Performance of a Two-Wheeler Industry, International Conference on recent Advances in Materials, Manufacturing and Energy Systems, V R Siddartha Engineering College, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh

Conferences (Organized):

  1. Part of a team that organized the Two Days Workshop on Good Shopfloor Practices at RUAS on 5th and 6th August 2016
  2. Part of a team that organized Two Days International Convention on Environment Protection through Sustainable Waste Management at RUAS on 3rd and 4th August 2018
  3. Part of a team that organized the Two Days International Conference on Innovations in Municipal Solid Waste Management and Best Practices for Circular Economy and Sustainable Environment at Bangalore International Exhibition Centre, in association with WTERT, held on 13th and 14th February 2019

  1. Received Best technical paper award for the paper titled Integration of Lean and Discrete Event Simulation for Improving the Value Stream Profit of a Production Line’ at the International Conference on Advances in Management and Technology held at NIT Allahabad in January 2015 
  2. Received the annual RUAS award in the year 2020 for academic service category