Faculty Profile
SELVARAJ VADIVELU
Professor, Chairperson – MBA Program & Chairperson – Information Systems and Analytics
Area:
Information Systems and Analytics
Edu:
FPMI, Information Systems, IIM Indore,
M.Sc (Engg), Electrical Engineering, IISc Bangalore,
BE, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai
Date of Joining:
1st Jul 2021
Biography
- Selvaraj is a Fellow of Indian Institute of Management Indore with a Masters degree from Indian Institute of Science Bangalore and a Bachelors degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai. In the early part of his career, he worked on digital systems for satellites at ISRO Satellite Centre, and later did engineering management & various corporate roles at Sasken Technologies Limited. His teaching and research interests span Information Systems, Business Analytics, Model based decision systems, Business Excellence and Talent Management. He has been a Visiting Professor at IIM Indore and has delivered talks at DRDO and educational institutes like IIM Bangalore, IIM Nagpur, IIIT Bangalore and NIT Warangal.
Teaching
- IT for Business, HRIS, IT for Managers, IT Consulting & Business Analysis, IT Project Management, and Business Analytics
Research
Publications
- Venkateswaran, R.T., Vadivelu, S. and Krishnan, S. (2021), “Long-term orientation of South Asian leadership and organizational competitiveness and survival of Sasken Technologies Limited”, South Asian Journal of Business Studies. https://doi.org/10.1108/SAJBS-11-2019-0208
- Sridhar, V., & Vadivelu, S. (2020). Satellite phone development through an off-shore, outsourcing partnership: Client and vendor experiences. Journal of Information Technology Teaching Cases, 2043886920951199
- Sridhar, V., & Vadivelu, S. (2017). Management of an outsourced satellite phone development project: Sasken’s experience. Journal of Information Technology Teaching Cases, 7(2), 114-121.
- Vadivelu, S. (2017). Workforce management decisions in IT services organizations: A hybrid model based approach (Doctoral dissertation, Indian Institute of Management Indore).
- Sridhar, V., & Vadivelu, S. (2011). Challenges in Developing Products for an Advanced Mobile Market: Sasken’s Experience. Asia Case Research Centre, University of Hong Kong, Case Reference, (09/459C). HBR case.
- Selvaraj, V., Ramakrishnan, K., & Srinivasan, S. (1999). Rate control of a JPEG compression system. Journal of the Indian Institute of Science, 79(2), 99.
- Selvaraj, V. (1999). Rate Control Of MPEG-2 Video And JPEG images (Dissertation, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore).
Conferences and Workshops
- Vadivelu, S., & Dey, S. (2015). Effective Workforce Management in IT Services Organizations: A Hybrid Model Based Approach [Paper presentation]. World Business, Finance and Management Conference, 14-15 December 2015, Auckland, New Zealand.
- Vadivelu, S., & Dey, S. (2014). Workforce management decisions in IT services organizations: A survey of model based approaches [Paper presentation]. Fourth Biennial Supply Chain Management Conference at IIM Bangalore, 17-18 December 2014, Bangalore, India.
- Selvaraj, V., Ramakrishnan, K., & Srinivasan, S., (1999). A Modified Target Bit Rate Computation for MPEG-2 Video Rate Control, National conference; 5th, Communications. In PROCEEDINGS OF THE 5th NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMMUNICATIONS, (pp. 580-586). Allied Publishers.
Awards
- Best Outgoing Student Award of Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai in 1989
Media Coverage
- Making youngsters job-ready, Selvaraj Vadivelu, The Hans India, Feb 11, 2023
- Emerging technology trends in management education in India, Selvaraj Vadivelu, The Times of India, July 23, 2022
- What It Takes To Manage Technical Workforce Supply Chain, Selvaraj Vadivelu, CXOToday, Mar 25, 2017
- Collaborations in IT: Trouble Shared is Trouble Halved, Ravindra HS, Selvaraj V & Dr Sridhar V, DataQuest, Feb 29, 2012, 54-56
- ERP : Transcending Boundaries, Ravindra HS, Selvaraj V & Dr. Sridhar V, Dataquest, Vol XXIX No 23 I December 15, 2011
- A Primer on Project Management, Ramakrishnan L, Selvaraj Vadivelu & V Sridhar, Business Line, Sep 19, 2011
- Need to Balance Products and Services, Selvaraj Vadivelu & V Sridhar, Economic Times, May 16, 2009