Dr.

Balan Sundarakani
Office address: Other Particulars:
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Business and Ph: + 971 4 3672466
Management Fax: + 971 4 3672760
University of Wollongong in Email:
Dubai, balansundarakani@uowdubai.ac.
Block 14, Room 120, ae
Knowledge Village, balanrec@yahoo.com &
P.O.Box: 20183, Dubai UAE.
Mobile: +971 5669 05635

Summary:

Dr. Balan Sundarakani is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Business and Management at the University of
Wollongong (Australia) in Dubai. He has 8 years of teaching and research experience in the area of Supply
Chain Management across the various universities including the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli,
IIT, Roorkee, Hindustan University, Chennai and the National University of Singapore, Singapore. He is holding
an Adjunct Research Fellow with the Chair of Logistics Management with Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
(ETH), Zurich, Switzerland.
He earned a B.Engg in Mechanical Engineering from M.S (Now Anna) University and a M.Engg in Industrial
Engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli and a PhD in Supply Chain Management
from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India. After having taught for 2 years in India he joined as a
Post Doctoral Research Fellow with The Logistics Institute - Asia Pacific, NUS Singapore. Subsequently, he
promoted as a Program Manager and Senior Fellow at TLI-AP. Dr.Sundarakani has completed research and
consulting projects for the EDB, Singapore, IBM, DHL and the Ministry of Defence, Singapore. As a co-
investigator at TLIAP he received project grants from Mindef, IBM and NOL Singapore organisations. The total
worth of his research and consulting projects are around S$2 Million. He received the prestigious A*Star
Fellowship, Singapore, MHRD Fellowship India, University Rank and College First Rank, India.
Dr. Sundarakani has published 60 research papers in refereed International Journals, National Journals and
Conference Proceedings. His research outcomes have appeared in international Journals such as International
Journal of Production Economics, Omega: The International Journal of Management Science, International
Journal of Technology Management, Journal of Advances in Management Research, International Journal of
Value Chain Management, etc., and which are frequently cited worldwide. His article published in Omega was
selected as a top article from the said Journal and Ranked No. 2 among the Science Directs Top 25 Hottest
Articles from July to September 2008.
Dr. Sundarakani is now serving with the editorial board of Journal of Advances in Management Research,
Emerald and previously served with the International Journal of Agile Systems and Management, Inderscience.
He also serves as a regular reviewer for the EJOR, IJPR, IJPE, JAMR and SCM Journals. He is a member of the
ORSI (India), IAENG (Hong Kong), POMS (USA), EuROMA (UK) and INFORMS (USA). Currently he is on the
“Supply Chain Asia’s” Executive Committee team as a Country Representative for Dubai.
Educational Qualification:

o Doctor of Philosophy, Supply Chain Management, from Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Department, July 2003-May 2006, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India.
Research Supervisor: Prof. Prem Vrat and Prof. Pradeep Kumar
GPA: 9.5/10.0
ƒ Thesis Title: Planning, Design and Optimization of Global Supply Chain
ƒ Research include: Questionnaire based survey, Multi Criteria Decision Making, Dynamic
Analysis of Systems, Risk Analysis, Network Optimization, Soft Computing Applications and
Sensitivity Analysis

o Master of Engineering, Industrial Engineering 2000-2001, National Institute of Technology,

Tiruchirappalli, India.
Dissertation Supervisor: Prof. P.Asokan
CGPA: 8.9/10.0 (First Class with Distinction)
Dissertation Title: Developing Decision Support System of Outbound Logistics in a Supply Chain
Dissertation include: Vehicle Routing, Genetic Algorithm, Simulated Annealing, Tabu Search
Algorithm, Tyagi & Sweep Algorithm, and C programming

o Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering 1996-2000, Manonmaniam Sundaranar

University (Now Anna University), Tirunelveli, India.
Aggregate Marks: 78.88% (First Class with Distinction)
Project Title: Computer Aided Design and Analysis of Gear Box
Project include: Gear Box Design, Optimization, Finite Element Analysis, and VB Programming

Areas of Interests:
Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Green Logistics, Industrial Engineering,
System Dynamics, Risk Analysis, Network Analysis, Soft Computing, Robust Optimization and
Modeling & Simulation

Teaching Experience: (Total: 7 Years + )

o Assistant Professor, May 2009 - Present, Faculty of Business and Management, University of
Wollongong in Dubai , UAE
TBS 928: Logistics Systems Management, Postgraduate course, Summer 2009, Spring 2010,
Summer 2010
TBS 934: Logistics Information Systems, Postgraduate course, Summer 2009
MGT 346: Operations Management, Undergraduate course, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2009, Spring
2010, Summer 2010,
TBS 908: Supply Chain Management, Postgraduate course, Autumn 2009
(3 Sections), Spring 2010 (2-Sections), Summer 2010 (1-Section)

o Teaching Assistant and Guest Faculty, Sep 26, 2006 – May 2009, TLI-AP, National University
of Singapore, Singapore.
Advanced Engineering Optimization, Executive development Program, Summer 2008-09
Supply Chain Management, Post Graduate dual master program, Spring 2006-07
 o Lecturer, May 26, 2006 – Sep 26, 2006, Department of Production Engineering, National
Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India.
Manufacturing Engineering and Management, Postgraduate course, the course focuses on
different manufacturing practices and its analysis and synthesis of engineering decisions, spring
2006-07
Project Management, On-campus under graduate level course, the course focuses on the quality
control and improvement methods applied to manufacturing and service industries, Spring 2006-
07

o Teaching Assistant, Aug 2003 – May 2006, Department of Mechanical and Industrial
Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee.
MI 431: Operations Research, along with Prof. Pradeep Kumar, On-campus undergraduate level
course, the course focuses on Mathematical formulation of various linear and non-linear model
and analysis (LingoTM), Autumn 2004-05.
MI 571: Quality Engineering and Management, along with Prof. Prem Vrat and Prof. Pradeep
Kumar, On-campus post graduate level course, the course focuses on the quality control and
improvement methods applied to manufacturing and service industries, Autumn 2005-06.

o Lecturer, Dec 2002 – Aug 2003, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sudharsan

Engineering College (Anna University), Pudukkottai, India.
Operations Research: On-campus undergraduate level course, the course focuses on
Mathematical formulation of various linear and non-linear model and analysis (LingoTM), Autumn
2002-03.
Lab In-Charge: CAD/CAM/Modeling and Simulation Lab, SEC, Pudukkottai Autumn 2002-03

o Lecturer, Feb 2002 – May 2002, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hindustan University,
Chennai, India.
Advanced Strength of Materials: Postgraduate level course, Students strength: 16 Nos., Results
achieved: 100%.
Basic Mechanical and Civil Engineering: Undergraduate level course,
Students strength: 60 Nos.

Industrial Research Experience: (Total: 7 Years +)

o Adjunct Research Fellow, Chair of Logistics Management, Swiss Federal Institute of
Technology (ETH Zurich), Switzerland. (January 2010 onwards) Under Prof. Stephan Wagner
ƒ Establish collaborative research link between University of Wollongong in Dubai and
ETH Zurich
ƒ Accomplish joint research projects and research publications
ƒ Promote Kuehne + Nagel Foundation activities in Dubai

o Program Manager and Senior Research Fellow (Scale A): The Logistics Institute - Asia
Pacific (TLIAP) a joint venture of Georgia Institute of Technology, USA and National
University of Singapore, Singapore (Jan 2008 – present) Reporting Officer: Dr.Robert de
Souza (Executive Director) and Prof. Mark Goh (Director)
 ƒ Responsibilities included guiding research team for industry analysis, supply chain &
logistics mapping, quantitative modeling with optimization tools, strategic forecasting by
using supply chain, risk and market analytics
ƒ Completed Risk, Automotive and RFID projects sponsored by Economic Development
Board (EDB) as a Project Manager with four Post Doctoral Research Fellows

o Post Doctoral Research Fellow (Scale B): The Logistics Institute - Asia Pacific (TLIAP) a joint
venture of Georgia Institute of Technology, USA and National University of Singapore,
Singapore (September 2006 – Dec 2007) Reporting Officer: Dr.Robert de Souza (Executive
Director) and Prof. Mark Goh (Director)
ƒ Completed EDB’s Automotive project, IBM’s co-evolution project, DHL’s inventory
management and Mindef project successfully
ƒ Led a multi cultural team towards client’s deliverables, conducted impact analysis with
industry partners, and represented the team before clients
ƒ Hands on experience in preparing proposals related to Singapore and global supply
chain and logistics developmental activities
ƒ Worked closely with the Directors and Executive Director, TLIAP while negotiating,
delivering and implementing projects

o Research Scholar, Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD), Govt. of India, Full-
Time, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology
Roorkee, India, August 2003-May 2006, (Tools Used: Powersim, C, Matlab, Arena, and CPLEX)
The research focuses on:
ƒ Developed model to identify the Supply Chain Dynamics in real world scenario
ƒ Performed Risk and Uncertainty analysis in a global supply chain network
ƒ Competitive and cooperative policy analysis by using Multi Criteria Decision Making
Approach in a global supply chain
ƒ Information distortion in a supply chain and its mitigation using Soft Computing Approach

Editorial Experience:
• Editorial Board Member, Journal of Advances in Management Research, Emerald, (2009- till
now )
• Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Agile Systems and Management (IJASM),
Inderscience, UK (2008 - 2009)
• Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Logistics and Transport, Journal of
Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, Thailand (2009-present)
• Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Decision Making in Supply Chain and
Logistics, IJDMSCL, (2010-present)
• Editorial Review Board Member, International Journal of Software Engineering and
Knowledge Engineering, World Scientific, UK (Jan 2007- )
• Editorial Board Member, Journal of Information and System Engineering, USA
• Reviewer: European Journal of Operations Research; International Journal of Production
Economics, Elsevier; International Journal of Production Research, Taylor & Francis; Supply
Chain Management: An International Journal, Emerald, (Jun 2005- present)
Administrative Experience:
• Executive Board Member, Supply Chain Asia, Representative of Dubai, 2010 onwards
• Temporary Program Director, M.S Logistics, University of Wollongong in Dubai, 2009
• Project Manager: Risk, Automotive and RFID projects sponsored by EDB at TLIAP, NUS,
Singapore (Sep 26, 2006 – Sep 25 2007)
• Project Manager: Green Supply Chain projects sponsored by Kuehne + Nagel at TLIAP, NUS,
Singapore (Sep 26, 2008 – Sep 25 2010)
• PhD/DBA Program Coordinator, Univ. of Wollongong in Dubai, (Aug 2010 - )
• PG Subject Coordinator, Univ. of Wollongong in Dubai, (May 2009 - )
• Associate Warden, Coral Hostel, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli (26th May
2006 -25th September 2006)
• Board Member, Hostel Establishment Committee, National Institute of Technology,
Tiruchirappalli (26th May 2006 -25th September 2006)
• Executive Board Member, Green Campus Program, National Institute of Technology,
Tiruchirappalli (28th May 2006 -25th September 2006)

Projects Supervision Experience (Total: 3)

o Yin Sian Lai, Post Graduate dual master program student (NUS & Georgia Tech), July 2007-
Dec 2007
Co-Supervisor: Prof.Robert de Souza (TLIAP) and Prof.John C. Langley (GT)
Thesis Title: 3PL growth in Singapore: A systems dynamics model
o Nai-Wen Chang, MBA student (National Cheng-Chi University), Jan 2008-May 2008, Co-
Supervisor: Dr.Robert de Souza and Dr.Cai Shun (TLIAP)
Thesis Title: Investigating the green supply chain and logistics
o Wurzebesser Chirstian Helmut, MS student (ETH, Zurich), Jan 2009-May 2009, Co-
Supervisor: Dr.Robert de Souza(TLIAP)
Thesis Title: Developing system dynamics model for green supply chain

Awards/ Fellowships Received:

• Winner of university-wide “Research Excellence Award” from UOWD in 2010.
• Nominated University of Wollongong in Dubai M.S logistics Degree and Winner of Best
Education Service Provider of the year Award in the Middle East Region.
http://media.uow.edu.au/news/UOW080788.html
• Recipient of A*Star – Capability Building Fellowship Singapore, Sep 2007-Sep 2008
• Received Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD), Govt. of India, research
fellowship at I.I.T Roorkee , July 2006 – May 2006
• CCPA of 9.5 (on 10 Scale ) in Doctoral Program at IIT Rookee
• Secured University Rank at under graduation level, in Mechanical Engineering from M.S.
University, India.
• Stood college first in Mechanical Engineering at under graduate and received cash prize worth
Rs.7000
• Marqui’s Who's Who in the World, for outstanding research in Industrial Engineering, 24th
edition, 2006, USA
• Who's Who of Supply Chain in Asia for outstanding research and development work in supply
chain at Asia Continent, Hong Kong, 2006
 • Biography is included in “The Cambridge Blue Book”, by the International Biographical Center,
Cambridge, England, Dec 21, 2007.

International Associations:
Life Member, Operations Research Society of India, India (No: 0701/S/05/ML)
Senior Member, International Association of Computer Science, No:80331733, 2009-
Member, Indian Society of Technical Education, New Delhi, India,
Member, International Association of Engineers (IAENG), Hong Kong (No: 101522)
Member, Supply Chain Asia Forum, Singapore, (2006-2009)
Members, POMS, ID: 52-1640912, USA (2010 onwards)
Members, INFORMS, ID 1085148, USA (2010 onwards)
Member, EUROMA, ID: 52-1640912, UK (20010 onwards)
Member, Supply Chain Logistics Group, UAE, Dubai (2009 onwards)

Research Projects Accomplished: Total: 5 (Completed -5 & Ongoing - 1)

1 Project Title: Dynamic analysis of Asia Pacific Automotive Supply Chain; Client: Economic
Development Board (EDB), Singapore; Amount: S$1.5 million; Duration: 1 Year
The project focuses on:
• Industry analysis to setup auto assembly plant in Singapore and to indentify the future trends
of auto industry in Singapore
• Developing multi-regression (ARIMA) & system dynamic model and sensing the demand of
auto-logistics sector
• Developing Hybrid Fuzzy Robust Optimization model to understand the benefit of DC
relocation decisions
• Performing the dynamic analysis of the auto supply chain for the next 10 years
2 Project Title: Co-evolution study of trade and logistics using system dynamics approach; Client:
IBM, Singapore; Amount: S$750,000; Duration: 6 Months.
IBM’s research project focuses on:
• The evolutionary aspects of some of the country level factors that impact the trade and
logistics of Singapore.
• The System dynamics (SD) modeling approach is embedded with Artificial Neural Networks
(ANN) technique, to examine the relationship between different factors and country
development
3 Project Title: Inventory model validation; Client: DHL, Singapore; Duration: 3 Months
DHL’s inventory model validation project focuses on:
• Product segmentation, model development, model validation and industry recommendation
• Applied data mining concept to clean the dataset and validated the inventory model with our
large scale optimization model.
4 Project Title: Innovation Dynamics and Green Supply Chain Project; Client: NOLF Singapore;
Amount: S$0.25 million, Duration: 1 Year
The project focuses on:
• Identifying the Industry’s Innovation, Competitive and Co-opetitive dynamic behavior and
policies and analyzing the innovation framework
 •Understanding the mergers and acquisition dynamics and its impact on 3PLs
•Developing green supply chain framework for LSPs and measuring the carbon footprint
across the process
5 Project Title: Supply Chain Governance Project; Amount: S$150,000, Client: Mindef, Singapore;
(Status: Ongoing), The project focuses on:
• Understanding the commercial and military best-practices and state of the art methods
relevant to the governance within military
• Developing a robust risk classification framework and template fit for use in the Defence
logistics sector
6 Project Title: Greening the construction industry supply chain in UAE: Modeling the carbon
footprint, UOWD Linkage Grant, Dubai; Amount: AED. 10,000; With Co-PI: Dr. David van Over
and Dr. Arijit Sikdar. (Approved and ongoing)

List of Publications: Total: 60 (As on 18-09-2010)

[Refereed Journals: 17, Refereed Conferences: 24, Book Chapters: 9, Book: 1, White Papers: 3,
Industry Reports: 4, Case: 1, Journals Communicated: 5]

• Refereed International Journals

1. Balan Sundarakani, R. De Souza, M. Goh, Wagner, S and Manikandan, S. (2010), Modelling

Carbon Footprints across the Supply Chain, International Journal of Production Economics,
Elsevier Science, Vol. 128, pp. 43–50. (Impact Factor: 2.767)

2. Balan, S., Vrat, P. and Kumar, P., (2009), Information distortion in a supply chain and its
mitigation by using Soft Computing Approach, OMEGA: The International Journal of
Management Science, Elsevier Science, Vol.37, Issue 2, pp. 282-299. (Rank No.2 among
Science Direct’s TOP25 Hottest Articles, July - September 2008) (Impact Factor: 3.101)

3. Balan Sundarakani, Vrat, P. and Kumar, P., (2010), An attempt of supply chain practices to
enhance a country’s performance, Industrial Engineering Journal, Vol.II, No.7, pp.12-15.

4. Balan, S., Vrat, P. and Kumar, P., (2010), Dynamic analysis of a Global Supply Chain using
System Dynamics approach, International Journal of Electronic Customer Relationship
Management , (Accepted and article in press)
5. Nagarajan, S., Ganesh, K. and Sundarakani, B., (2009) Organizational Readiness
Assessment Framework and Model for Knowledge Management; A Case Study Approach,
International Journal of Electronic Customer Relationship Management, Inderscience, Vol. 3,
No.3 pp. 264 - 280

6. Y.S.Lai, Sundarakani, B, R. De Souza and M. Goh, (2009) Gaining managerial insights into
third party logistics growth through system dynamics, International Journal of Logistics:
Research and Applications, Taylor and Francis, (re-submitted with first minor revision).
7. Jim, F.J., Sundarakani, B., Hosie, P., Nagarajan K. (2010) Analysis of Vendor Managed
Inventory Practices for Greater Supply Chain Performance, International Journal of Logistics
Economics and Globalization. Inderscience, Switzerland (Accepted and Forthcoming)
8. Tan, A., Kumar, A, and Sundarakani, B (2009), Analysis of reverse logistics operations for a
computer company, International Journal of Information Systems and Supply Chain
Management, IGI-Global, USA, (Accepted), ISSN: 1935-5726

9. Balan, S., Vrat, P. and Kumar, P., (2009), Dynamic Analysis of Risk Management,
Productivity: A Quarterly Journal of National Productivity Council. (Accepted and article in
press)

10. Balan, S., Vrat, P. and Kumar, P., (2007), A Strategic Decision Model for the Justification of
Supply Chain as a Means to Develop National Development Index, International Journal of
Technology Management, Inderscience, UK, Vol. 40, No.1/2/3, pp.69-86 (Impact Factor:
0.508)

11. Balan, S., Vrat, P. and Kumar, P., (2007) Reducing the Bullwhip Effect in Supply Chain with
Fuzzy Logic Approach, International Journal of Integrated Supply Management. Inderscience,
UK, Vol.3, No.3. pp.261-283, 2007.

12. Sharma, N., Balan, S., Vrat, P. and Kumar, P., (2006), Analysis of Bullwhip Effect in Reverse
Supply Chain, Journal of Advances in Management Research, Emerald Insights, ISSN: 0972-
7981, Vol. 3(II), pp.18-33.

13. Balan, S., Vrat, P. and Kumar, P., (2006) Developing causal relationships and system
dynamics model for a SCMI for the Indian automobile sector, International Journal of
Management and Systems, Vol. 22, No.2/3, Australia, pp. 77-94.

14. Balan, S., Vrat, P. and Kumar, P., (2006), Assessing the Challenges and Opportunities of
Global Supply Chain Management, International Journal of Value Chain Management,
Inderscience, UK, Vol 1, No. 2, pp 105-116.

15. Balan, S., Vrat, P. and Kumar, P., (2005), Critical Issues in Global Supply Chain Management,
Productivity: A Quarterly Journal of National Productivity Council. ISSN 0032-9924, Vol. 56, No
2, PP 806-813.

16. Balan, S., Asokan, P. and Kumar, P., (2004), Vehicle Routing in Supply Chain Management,
Productivity: A Quarterly Journal of National Productivity Council, ISSN 0032-9924, Vol. 44, No
4, pp. 606-612.

17. Balan, S., Vrat, P. and Kumar, P., (2004), Developing causal relationships for a Supply Chain
Management Index for the Indian Automobile sector, Productivity: A Quarterly Journal of
National Productivity Council, ISSN 0032-9924, Vol. 45, No. 3, pp. 413-421.

• Refereed International Conferences

18. Balan Sundarakani, David Van Over, (2010) Robust Decision Model for Facility Location in a
Global Supply Chain Network, 21st Annual POMS Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia,
Canada, May 7-10.
19. Balan Sundarakani, M. Tamimi, Prakash Vel, (2010), Study of Cold Chain Logistics
Implementation Strategies: Insights from UAE Industry, 21st Annual POMS Conference,
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, May 7-10.
20. Sushmera, M., Balan Sundarakani and David Van Over, (2010), Neuro-Fuzzy Based Satellite
Image Quality and Performance Improvement, VISAPP 2010 International conference on
computer vision theory and applications, Angers, France, 17-21 May 2010.
21. Cai Shun, Robert de Souza, Mark Goh, Balan Sundarakani, (2009) Need for Speed: The
Antecedents of Speed-to-Market in Supply Chains, 14th International Symposium on Logistics,
6-8 July 2009, Istanbul, Turkey

22. ROBERT, B R T M D S, M K H Goh, Sundarakani Balan and S CAI, (2008) Carbon Capture,
Mitigation, Storage and Alternate Usage in Supply Chain. A*Star Workshop on Carbon
Capture and Utilization, Matrix Building, 30 Biopolis Street, Singapore
23. ROBERT, B R T M D S, M K H Goh and Sundarakani Balan, (2008) Innovation in Logistic
Services. Defence logistics conference, Mindef Logistics Base, Singapore, Publication no.
0379263.
24. Balan Sundarakani, R. De Souza and M. Goh, (2008), Measuring Carbon Footprints across
the Supply Chain, 13th International Symposium on Logistics, 6-8 July 2008, Bangkok,
Thailand, Published in the Proceedings, pp 555-562
25. Q. Lu, B.Sundarakani, S. Cai, R. De Souza, M. Goh, W. Li, (2008), Green Supply Chain: How
Does It Affect Current Picture?, 4th IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering
and Engineering Management, 21-24 Dec 2008, Singapore, pp 1128-1132.
26. CAI, S, B R T M D S ROBERT, M K H Goh, Wenkai Li, Q LU and Sundarakani Balan, (2008)
The Adoption of Green Supply Chain Strategy: An Institutional Perspective, IEEE International
Conference on Management of Innovation and Technology, 21-24 Sep 2008, Century Park
Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand, pp.1044-1055
27. Balan, S., Vrat, P. and Kumar, P., (2007), A Dynamic Simulation Model for the Long Term
Analysis of the Indian Automotive Industry, 2007 POMS Conference, May 4 to May 7, 2007,
Dallas, Texas, U.S.A.
28. Balan Sundarakani, Robert De Souza and Mark Goh, (2007), Singapore’s Automotive Supply
Chain: Policy Overview and Future Perspective, 37th Computers and Industrial Engineering
International Conference, Oct 15-18, 2007, Alexandria, Egypt.
29. Balan Sundarakani, Robert De Souza and Mark Goh, (2007), Analyzing Singapore’s Auto
Supply Chain Dynamics, INFORMS: International Puerto Rico 2007 conference, July 8-11,
Puerto Rico, USA.
30. Robert, D S, Sundarakani Balan and Goh, M K H (2007), Increasing Performance and
Mitigating Risk with Supply Chain Intelligence. Business Intelligence conference 2007, Ritz-
Calton, Kuala Lumpur (8-9 May, Malaysia) Publication no. 0343576
31. Balan Sundarakani (2007), Technological Enablers in Modern Manufacturing Environment,
Prodigy Report ‘07, National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli, India, March 10-11, 2007
(Invited Paper)
32. Balan, S., and Anand, R., (2006) IT Enabled Demand and Supply Information Sharing in
Global Supply Chain Environment, 11th Annual International Conference on Industrial
Engineering Theory, Applications & Practice, Nagoya, Japan, October 24-27, 2006.
33. Balan, S., Vrat, P. and Kumar, P., (2005), Analyzing Global Supply Chain using System
Dynamics Simulation model, 14th ISME International Conference, Delhi College of Engineering,
New Delhi, Published in the proceedings, Elite publishers, pp. 226-233.
34. Balan, S., Vrat, P. and Kumar, P., (2005), Risk Analysis in a Global Supply Chain Using
System Dynamics Approach, International Conference, LSCM 2006, Hong Kong, Jan 05-07,
2006.
35. Balan, S., Vrat, P. and Kumar, P., (2006), Bullwhip effect on global supply chain, 3rd
International conference on Logistics and Supply Chain Management, P.S.G College of
Technology, Published in the proceedings, Coimbatore, Aug 2-4, 2006.
36. Balan, S., Vrat, P. and Kumar, P., (2004), Global Supply Chain Management: Challenges and
Opportunities, 33rd International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering,
Published in the proceedings, Korea.
37. Balan, S., Vrat, P. and Kumar, P., (2004), Reducing the bullwhip effect with fuzzy logic
approach, International conference on Logistics and Supply Chain Management, P.S.G
College of Technology, Published in the proceedings, Coimbatore.
38. Balan, S., Vrat, P. and Kumar, P., (2004), Information distortion in a supply chain and its
mitigation of a MIMO model using ANN, International conference on soft computing
manufacturing systems, Published in the proceedings, KIIT, Orissa, India
39. Balan, S., Vrat, P. and Kumar, P., (2004), Quality management in supply chain management,
VIII Annual international SOM conference, NITIE, Published in the proceedings, Mumbai, Dec
2004
40. Balan, S., Vrat, P. and Kumar, P., (2004), The role of supply chain on India’s development
index: An analytical approach, 37th Annual ORSI Convention, Published in the proceedings,
IIM Ahmedabad, Jan.8-11, 2005 (Invited Paper)
41. K.Pati, Balan, S., Vrat, P., Kumar, P., (2003), Application of supply chain management to
Indian paper sector, XIII National conference of ISME, IIT Roorkee, Published in the
proceedings, Roorkee

• Books
42. Balan Sundarakani, (2011) Advances in Supply Chain Management: Concepts,
Methodologies and Applications, Ongoing Book project, Received acceptance of proposal and
undergoing proof-reading, Verlag VDM Publishing House Ltd, Germany.
• Peer Reviewed Book Chapters
43. Sundarakani, B., de Souza, R., Goh, M., van Over, D. and Manikandan, S. (2010),
Sustainable Supply Chain in Globally Integrated Networks, Springer Book “Enterprise
Networks and Logistics for Agile Manufacturing” Lihui Wang and S. C. Lenny Koh, ISBN: 978-
1-84996-243-8, pp. 191-205
44. Sundarakani, B. (2010), Economic Zone world Supply Chain Strategy, Balakrishnan, M.S.,
Jayashree, P. and Michael, I. Eds., Actions and Insights: Business Cases from UAE, Emerald
Group Publishing: UK.,ISBN: 9780857243157
45. Mohammed Hussein, Balan Sundarakani (2010), Using Information Technology for more
Effective Supply Chain Management: Insights from the UAE, Standard Chartered Book on
“Trade and Supply Chain”, Accepted pp. 13
46. Miti, G., Sumeet, G., Robert, D, S., Goh, Mark, G., Sundarakani, B., (2009) Chapter XIII:
Sustaining The Green Information Technology Movement, Always-On Enterprise Information
Systems for Business Continuance: Technologies for Reliable and Scalable Operations, IGI
Global, Book edited by Dr. Nijaz Bajgoric, ISBN: 978-1-60566-723-2, PP. 218-231
47. Robert de Souza, Mark Goh Balan Sundarakani, Cai Shun (2008), Mergers, Acquisitions and
Consolidation in Logistics Industry, Global Insights: Guide to Supply Chain and Logistics
2007/2008, Standard Charted Publishers, Hong Kong, pp.107-113
48. Robert de Souza, Mark Goh, Cai Shun and Balan Sundarakani, (2008), Third-Party Logistics
in Emerging Markets – China and India , Global Insights: Guide to Supply Chain and Logistics
2007/2008, Standard Charted Publishers, Hong Kong, pp.95-99.
49. Robert de Souza, Mark Goh, Cai Shun and Balan Sundarakani, (2008), Innovation in
Logistics: The Next Source of Competitive Advantage for LSPs, Global Insights: Guide to
Supply Chain and Logistics 2007/2008, Standard Charted Publishers, Hong Kong, pp.125-132.
50. Robert de Souza, Mark Goh, Balan Sundarakani, Cai Shun (2008), Framework for Green
Supply Chains, Global Insights: Guide to Supply Chain and Logistics 2007/2008, Standard
Charted Publishers, Hong Kong, pp.118-125.
51. Balan, S., Vrat, P. and Kumar, P., (2006), The role of supply chain on India’s development
index: An analytical approach, Vision 2020: The role of strategic Operational
Research, Included as selected best papers of 37th Annual ORSI Convention, Allied
publishers, pp.160-182

• Industry Reports
52. Balan Sundarakani Robert De Souza and Mark Goh (2007), Analyzing Automotive Supply
Chain: Asia Pacific Focus. Economic Development Board, Singapore, Phase I, Phase II,
Phase III, Phase IV. 185 pp.
53. Balan Sundarakani Robert De Souza and Mark Goh (2008), Co-Evolution of Trade and
Logistics. IBM Integrated Supply Chain Operations, Singapore, Phase I & Phase II, 150 pp.
54. Balan Sundarakani Robert De Souza and Mark Goh (2008), Network restructuring model and
validation, DHL Singapore, 75 pp.
55. Balan Sundarakani, Lu Qing, Ramesh, TR, Robert De Souza and Mark Goh (2009), Study of
Governance practices followed in military and nonmilitary supply chain, Phase I & Phase II, 25
pp.

• Industry White Papers Published

56. Balan Sundarakani Robert De Souza and Mark Goh (2007), The Automotive Supply Chain
and Logistics: Singapore's Capability. TLI-AP White Paper, Available online,
http://www.tliap.nus.edu.sg/tliap/Research_WhitePapers.aspx Singapore: Vol. 07-Aug-SCI03,
pp. 25
57. Balan Sundarakani Robert De Souza and Mark Goh, Cai Shun, Miti G., and Maya, K (2008),
Review of Supply Chain Imperatives. TLI-AP White Paper, Available online,
http://www.tliap.nus.edu.sg/tliap/Research_WhitePapers.aspx Singapore: TLI-AP, Oct 2008,
32 pp.
58. Tan, A. and Sundarakani, B., (2009), Ying and Yang, Log.Middel East, April 15/Issue 17,
http://log.ae/author/albert_balan/

• Case Study
59. Balan Sundarakani (2010) Economic Zone World (EZW) - Supply Chain Strategy, at
University of Wollongong in Dubai, under the supervision of Professor James A. Erskine, Ivey
Business School, Canada.

• Communicated in International Journals

60. Robert de Souza, Mark Goh, Balan Sundarakani, Wong T, W., Wu Yong, Keith Toh, (2009)
Developing an RFID Eco-System and Estimating the Return on Investment through a High
Tech Industry Case, International Journal of Production Research, Taylor and Francis,
(Submitted)
Conferences, Workshops and Short Term Programs Organized
1. Member, Organizing Committee, Supply Chain Exchange 2008 Conference, Grand Copthorne
Waterfront Hotel, Singapore, June 3-4, 2008, Jointly organized by SLA and Netremedia,
Singapore
2. Member, Organizing Committee, Supply Chain Exchange 2007 Conference, Grand Copthorne
Waterfront Hotel, Singapore, Nov 1-2, 2007, Jointly organized by SLA, Spring and EDB,
Singapore
3. Member-Organizer, THINK SOLUTIONS: Real Time Supply Chain Management and
Advances in Logistics ICT in Singapore, The Legends Fort Canning Park, Singapore, 27 March
2007, Jointly Organised by IDA Singapore
4. Member-Organizer, THINK LOGISTICS 2006: Creating the Future Today, 16th-17th Nov 2006,
The Legends Fort Canning Park, Singapore, Jointly Organised by Infoware Singapore
5. Chair, Induscron, COGNIZANCE ‘06, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, IIT
Roorkee, March 31 to April 2, 2006
6. Member, Organizing Committee with Course Director, Prof.Premvrat and Prof.Pradeep Kumar,
4 weeks ‘Analytical Skills Development Program’ for ACC Ltd., IIT Roorkee, 9th Jan. – 4th Feb.
2006
7. Member, Organizing Committee with Course Director, Prof.Premvrat and Prof.Pradeep Kumar,
4 weeks ‘Analytical Skills Development Program’ for ACC Ltd., IIT Roorkee, 9th Jan. – 4th Feb.
2005
8. Member, Organizing Committee with Course Director, Prof.Premvrat and Prof.Pradeep Kumar,
4 weeks ‘Analytical Skills Development Program’ for ACC Ltd., IIT Roorkee, 4th Jan. – 30th
Jan. 2004
9. Member, IACSIT Transportation and Traffic Society (TTS) Committees, Singapore, 2009,
(http://www.iacsit.org/society/tts.htm)
10. Member, International Advisory Committee, Silver Jubilee International Conference On
Services Management - The Best And Next Practices, VIT Business School, Vellore, India,
Dec 18-19, 2009, (http://www.nitl.ie/_fileupload/web%20SJICSM2009%20Brochure%201.pdf)
11. Member, Technical Committee, International Conference on Industrial Engineering and
Operations Management (IEOM2010), Jan. 9-10, 2010 Dhaka Bangladesh
(http://www.iieom.org/committee)
12. Member, International Advisory Committee, 1st International Conference on Recent Advances
in Mechanical Engineering (ICRAME 2010), Feb 2010, Noorul Islam University, India
(http://niumech.com/Conference/commite/inter.htm)
13. Member, Conference Committee, The 2010 International Conference on Industrial and
Logistics Technology, (ICILT 2010), Nanyang Technological University, Feb 26-28, 2010
Singapore
14. Chair, Logistics Track, 21st Conference on POMS: Operations on emerging economies,
Sheraton Wall Center Hotel, Vancouver, Canada. (May 7-10)

Guest Lecture Delivered Worldwide:

1. Delivered Guest Lecture in BHEL Trichy, India on "Value Engineering and Work
Simplification" during August 22-23, 2006.
2. Delivered Guest Lecture in SEC, Pudukootai, TN, India on "Nontraditional Optimization
Techniques and its Applications" on August 12, 2006.
 3. Delivered a Lecture at TLI-AP Singapore, on “The Automotive Supply Chain: Policy
Overview and Singapore’s Perspective” on 5th October, 2006
4. Delivered a Lecture at TLI-AP Singapore on “Investigating Some Issues in Asia Pacific Auto
Supply Chain and Dynamic Analysis of the Model” April 12, 2007
5. Delivered a Talk at TLI-AP, Singapore on “Dynamic Simulation of Industrial Systems” for
Executive Course on Supply Chain Management, June 5, 2006
6. Delivered guest Lecture at IBMEC Sao Paulo, Brazil, “Increasing Organizational Performance
and Mitigating Risk with Supply Chain Intelligence” May 14-15, 2007.
7. Delivered a guest lecture at General Motor Technical Center, Bangalore on “Supply Chain
Intelligence an enabler to excellence” Sep 24, GMTC, Bangalore, 2007
8. Visited and delivered a lecture at Sydney Business School and University of Wollongong,
Australia on “Collaboration and competition in Supply Chain” Aug 10-11, 2008
9. Visited Thammaset University, Thailand and delivered a talk on “Measuring carbon footprints
in supply chain” Sep 22-24, 2008

List of Conferences/Workshops attended Worldwide:

1. Participated and presented a paper on national level conference on Advanced Manufacturing
Technologies, at MIED, IIT Roorkee, Dec ‘03
2. Participated and presented a paper on national level conference on Vision 2020: the strategic
role of operational research, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, Jan 8-11, 2005
3. Participated a national level workshop on IPR Creation and Management in Academic and
Research Institutions, by Intellectual Property Cell, IIT Roorkee, Feb 24-25, 2006
4. Participated a national level workshop on CAD/CAE, at Center For Advanced Design and
Manufacturing (CADEM), Dr. Mahalingam College of Engineering and Technology, Pollachi,
May 05-17, 2003
5. ILOG-LogicNetPlus 6.0 XE training at ILOG Singapore Pvt Ltd, June 23- June 25, 2008
6. Participated and presented a paper on an International conference on Logistics and Supply
Chain Management, P.S.G College of Technology, Coimbatore, 2004
7. Participated and presented a paper on an International conference on Logistics and Supply
Chain Management, P.S.G College of Technology, Coimbatore, Aug 2-4, 2006
8. Participated and presented a paper IEEE International Conference on Management of
Innovation and Technology, 21-24 Sep 2008, Century Park Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand
9. Participated case writing and case teaching workshop, jointly organised by University of
Wollongong in Dubai and Richard Ivey Business School, Ontario, 10-14 January, 2010, at
UOWD, Dubai.

Projects Got Approved/Applied under Research Grant:

1 Project Title: Military supply chain governance; Funding Organization: Mindef, Singapore;
Amount: SGD.190,500; Association with Dr.Robert de Souza, Mr.Ramesh Thangarajoo, TLIAP,
NUS, Singapore. (Completed)
2 Project Title: Investigating the Supply Chain Archetypes in Asia: Funding Organization: IBM,
Singapore; Amount: SGD. 250,000; Association with Dr.Robert de Souza, Prof.Mark Goh, TLIAP,
NUS, Singapore. (Completed)
3 Project Title: Green Supply Chain for logistics Service Providers; Funding Organization: Kuehne
Nagel, Switzerland; Amount: SGD. 200,000; Association with Dr.Robert de Souza, Prof.Mark
Goh, TLIAP, NUS, Singapore. (Final Discussion)
4 Project Title: Sustainable Development: Greening the Supply Chain; NOL Fellowship, Singapore;
Amount: SGD.230,000; Association with Dr.Robert de Souza, Prof.Mark Goh, Dr.Cai Shun,
TLIAP, NUS, Singapore. (Approved and ongoing)
5 Project Title: Integrated Supply Chain; Submitted and Waiting for Approval: NRF Research
Fellowship, Singapore; Amount: SGD.400,000; Association with Dr.Robert de Souza, Prof.Mark
Goh, TLIAP, NUS and Prof.Lau, SMU, Singapore. (Under Review)
6 Project Title: Production Planning and Inventory Optimization for Large Scale Manufacturing
Industry: Case of BHEL, India; Submitted and Waiting for Approval: Department of Science and
Technology (DST), India; Amount: INR.800,000; Association with Prof. P.Asokan, NIT Trichy,
India. (Under Review)
7 Project Title: Carbon Capture, Mitigation, Storage And Alternate Usage In Supply Chains: A*Star,
Singapore; Amount: SGD. 558,000; With PI: Dr.Robert de Souza, Prof.Mark Goh, TLIAP, NUS,
Singapore. (Submitted)
8 Project Title: Examining The Logistics Industry’s Growth Dynamics, A*Star, Singapore; Amount:
SGD. 436,890; With PI: Dr.Robert de Souza, Prof.Mark Goh, TLIAP, NUS, Singapore.
(Submitted)
9 Project Title: Greening the construction industry supply chain in UAE: Modeling the carbon
footprint, UOWD Linkage Grant, Dubai; Amount: AED. 10,000; With Co-PI: Dr. David van Over
and Dr. Arijit Sikdar. (Approved and ongoing)
10 Project Title: Carbon Capture, Mitigation, Storage and Alternate Usage towards Sustainable
Green Transportation in UAE, RTA: Environmental protection Category Academic Research, P.I:
Balan Sundarakani and David Van Over, UOWD (Submitted)
11 Project Title: Carbon Capture, Mitigation, Storage and Alternate Usage towards Sustainable
Green Transportation in UAE, RTA: Environmental protection Category Academic Research,
P.I: Balan Sundarakani and David Van Over, UOWD (Submitted)
12 Project Title: Energy Efficient Supply Chain Design and Operation: Application across UAE
Industries, Emirates Foundation: Research Grant category, P.I: Balan Sundarakani and Co-PI:
David Van Over, Kamal Jaafer UOWD and Abdulbaset Bastaki, Dubai Silicon Oasis (Submitted)

External PhD Examiner:

1 Candidate’s name: R. Dhanalakshmi, (2010) Title: Artificial intelligence heuristics for a class of
combinatorial optimization problems, from Mother Theresa University, Kodaikanal, India
2 Candidate’s name: S. Chitra, (2009), Title: Efficient and reliable data dissemination in mobile ad-
hoc group communication, Anna University, Chennai, India

Technological Skill set:

OR Packages : Lingo 8.0, ILOG CPLEX, GAMS & Logictools
Statistical tools : SPSS 14.0, STATA
Simulation : Arena 8.0, Powersim 2.51, Matlab 7.1, Extend 6.0
SCM Package : mySAP knowledge in MM, PM, PP, WMS, Oracle 11i,
Supply Chain GURU, ORion
Database : Oracle 11i, My SQL
Programming : C, Visual Basic, Java
Personal Information:
Date of Birth : 20.05.1978
Nationality : Indian
Marital Status : Married
Languages Known : English, Tamil & Hindi
Passport Number : E0522915
Residential Status : Singapore PR, NRIC: S7861956B, United Arab Emirates resident.

Declaration:
I declare that the above information given by me is true to the best of my knowledge.
Name: Balan Sundarakani Date: 07/09/2010