Name: Prof (Dr) Surajit Ghosh Dastidar

Designation: Associate Professor & Area Chairperson

Qualification: PhD, MBM(OR& Systems)

Functional Area: IT & Analytics

DOJ: 02 July 2012

Email Id: surajitghosh@imthyderabad.edu.in

Phone: 0841467166

Teaching Interests
Research Interests

Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Business Forecasting
Decision Analytics
Business Statistics
Emerging Technologies
Information Technology for Managers

Machine Learning
AI

Kannan G, Bhattacharya S., Ghosh Dastidar, S., Sharma, P,“Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Closed-loop Supply Chains: Systematic Literature Review and Future Research Agenda”, Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Volume 184, [2024] (ABDC – A*)
Dastidar S.G., (2017), ”Restaurant Recommendation System”, International Journal of Business Analytics & Intelligence”, Vol 5, Issue 2, pp 22 -29
Mandal S., Sarathy R., Rao V.K., Bhattacharya S., Dastidar S.G, (2016) "Achieving supply chain resilience: The contribution of logistics and supply chain capabilities", International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, Vol. 7 Iss: 5, pp.544 – 562 (Emerald Publication / Scopus Indexed)
Mandal S. & Dastidar S.G.(2014). A DEA Investigation of the Efficiency of the Indian General Insurance during Recession, Journal of Advances in Management Research, Vol. 11, Issue 1, pp. 115-136 (Emerald Publication / Scopus Indexed)
Roy H. & Dastidar S.G.(2011). Dynamics of Indian Growth: A Study of Some Selected Indian States, Asian Journal of Economics and Business, Vol.1, No.1, 2011
Dastidar S.G.(2011). Efficient Partitioning and Routing of Shipments in a Time-Schedule Network, AIMS International Journal of Management, Vol 5, No. 1 (IARC Impact Factor: 2.501)
Sindhuja P.N. & Dastidar S.G.(2009), Impact of the Factors Influencing Website Usability on User Satisfaction, IUP Journal of Management Research, Vol. VIII, No.12, pp. 54-56
Dastidar S.G.(2009),Shipment Partitioning and Routing in a Time-Schedule Network, IUP Journal of Systems Management
Sindhuja P.N. & Dastidar S.G.(2008), Software Deployment: Concepts and Technologies, IUP Journal of Systems Management.
Dastidar S.G.(2009), Strategic Elements of Software Product Business, IUP Journal of Business Strategy
Dastidar S.G.(2008), Heuristics for Cost Minimisation in Partitioning and Routing in a Transportation Network, IUP Journal of Systems Management.
Dastidar S.G. & Kartikeya P.B.(2008), Estimating Effort in Agile Software Development Using FPA and COCOMO II, IUP Journal of Systems Management
Dastidar S.G.(2006), Gompertz: A Scilab Program for Estimating Gompertz Curve Using Gauss-Newton Method of Least Squares, Journal of Statistical Software, Apr 2006, Vol 15, Issue 12 (ABDC-A/Scopus Indexed)
Dastidar S.G.(2005), Gompertz(version 1.00): A Computer Program for Estimating Gompertz Curve using Gauss-Newton Method of Least Squares, IUP Journal of Systems Management, Vol. III, No.4, pp-16-34
Dastidar S.G.(2005)Performance Analysis of Some Selected Hardware Companies, IUP Journal of Industrial Economics, Vol. II, No.1, pp.72-79

Dastidar, S. G.(2024) “NextSkills 360: Teaching Coding Without Computers” , (co-author Rajeev Kumra), Ivey Case Publication.
Dastidar, S. G. (2024), "Mayora: Launching Coffee Joy", Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies, Vol. 14, Issue 4.
Ghosh Dastidar, S., Das, M. and Priyadarshini, S. (2024), "Shearling: tackling competition", Vol. 14 No. 1., Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies.
Ghosh Dastidar, S. (2023), "Bounce: competing in bike rental market", Vol. 13 No. 3., Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies.
Dastidar, S. G. (2022), "Tazzo Bikes: tackling competition", Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies, Vol. 12 No. 4
Dastidar, S. G. (2022), “Forecasting Railways Passenger Volume”, The Case Center, Reference No. 622-0027-
Dastidar, S. G.(2022) “VaccineOnWheels: Service Excellence for COVID-19 Vaccinations” , (co-author Rajeev Kumra), Ivey Case Publication
Dastidar S.G., Gupta N., Raichandani D.(2021) Zolostays: competing in Indian co-living space, Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies, ISSN: 2045-062
Dastidar S.G.(2020), Baromeeter The Funding Conundrum, Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies, ISSN: 2045-0621
Dastidar S.G. (2018).“Chandra Shekhar Ghosh: founding Bandhan” Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies
Dastidar S.G. (2016). “Reddy: Synchronizing Charts” The Case Center
Dastidar S.G. (2016). “L-One: The Loyalty Program” The Case Center
Dastidar S.G. (2016). “Techsoftware Unlimited: Visualizing Performance” The Case Center
Dastidar S.G. & Raghavan S. (2016). “Avtar I-Win: Creating Flexi-careers”, Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies,
Dastidar S.G. and Purkaystha, A. case titled ‘Bank Value’, in an edited book ‘Optimizing Business Growth – Strategies for Scaling Up’, Bloomsbury Publication (2015)
Dastidar S.G. and Bisht S. S,” Youth for Action (YFA): Recognising “Women” farmers for poverty alleviation” published in a case book published by Economic Times (2015)
Dastidar S.G. & Thakurta R. (2014). “Redbus: Looking up to the clouds”, Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies,
Bhattacharya S., & Dastidar S.G.(2013), Global Pharma, The Supply Chain Management Case Book: Comprehensive Coverage and Best Practices in SCM, published by Financial Times (USA), edited by Chuck Munson, Washington State University.
Dastidar S.G. (2013). AMRI Hospital: Saving Lives? , Journal of Case Research, Vol. 3, Issue 1.
Dastidar S.G. & Raghavan S. (2013). “Mountain Dew”, Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies, Vol 3, No.8, pp. 1-6
Dastidar, S.G., & Jain, N. (2013). After 12, Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies
Pachisia, S.,& Dastidar S.G. (2013). Working Capital Efficiency of Healthy Beverages Ltd”, Resource Book on Case Studies in Business Management - A Global Perspective
Dastidar, S.G. (2013).”Mahindra & Mahindra’s US Foray”, PES Business Review
Dastidar, S.G. (2012). Phanindra Sama: founding redBus, Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies Collection.
Bisht S. S., & Dastidar S.G. (2012). AAGAAS: Growing Organically for a Sustainable Future, Sitaram Rao Case Study Competition, Access Knowledge Series
Dastidar, S.G., Thakurta R., & Sreeram A. (2012). Health Pharma: managing supply chain, Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies Collection.
Dastidar S.G. & Muthukumar R. (2012). Assessing Customer Purchase Behaviour at IndiaBazaar Retail Ltd., IBS Case Development Center (IBS CDC).
Dastidar S.G. (2011). Mahindra and Mahindra’s Acquisition of Ssangyong Motor Company”, Case Studies in Management: Contemporary Perspectives, Humming Words Publishers.
Dastidar S.G.(2011)Bridging the Gap between Business Schools and Businesses – A Case Study of US B Schools, IBS Case Development Center (Case No: HRM0081)
Dastidar S.G. (2006), Oracle’s Acquisition of I-Flex, FIIB Business Review, Vol.1, Issue 1. (Sage Publication)
Dastidar S.G. (2006), I-Flex: Developing a Product Strategy, The Management Case Study Journal, Vol.6, No.1 (ABDC-C)

Digital Transformation in Indian Central Public Sector Enterprises – A Thematic Study presented at the 18th ISDSI Global Conference held at PIBM, Pune Dec 26-29, 2024.
Presented a case at the Case Colloqium 2023 held at IBS Bangalore, Oct 11, 2023.
Presented a case titled "Tazzo Bikes: Tackling Competition" at AIMS-ICRC Case Conference organised by Association of Indian Management Schools (AIMS) in association with EFMD Global [Mar 30-31, 2021]
Presented a case titled "Tazzo Bikes: Disrupting Urban Mobility" at the 3rd Prestige Global Case Competition organized by Prestige Institute of Management, Gwalior [Dec 18, 2020]
Presented a case titled “Baromeeter” at 2nd Prestige Global Case Competition organized by Prestige Institute of Management, Gwalior [Jan 4-5, 2019]
Presented a case titled “Barometer: Preparing a Pitch Deck” at the 4th FLAME International Conference on Research and Teaching Cases organized by FLAME Business School, Pune (June 21 – 22), 2018
Youth for Action (YFA): Recognising “Women” farmers for poverty alleviation (co-author: S.S. Bisht) was presented at Global Summit on Management Cases (GSMC 2015) at IIM Raipur, Jan 2016
BankValue (co-author: A. Purkayastha) was presented at International Conference on Management Cases (ICMC 2015) organised BIMTECH, Noida (Dec 2015)
Restaurant Recommendation System, paper presented at the 1st International Conference on Business Analytics and Intelligence, Dec 11 -13, 2013 organised by IIM, Bangalore
Cost Minimisation and Dynamic Scheduling of Shipments through a Transportation Network, paper presented at 4th International Supply Chain Management Symposium and Workshop organized by IE Business School, Madrid, Spain, Sept 22-24, 2010
Consumer Awareness of 3G Services in India – An Empirical Study, paper presented at the 1st International Marketing Conference (MARCON 2010) held at the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta Dec 27-29, 2010
Efficient Partitioning and Routing of Shipments through a Transportation Network, paper presented at the Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS), July 10-12, 2009 sponsored by the Association of Information Systems (AIS) hosted by Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, India
Heuristic to Partition and Route Shipments in a Time-Schedule Network, paper presented at the 2nd International Conference of Indian Subcontinent Decision Sciences Institute (ISDSI), organized by Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management (SJMSOM), IIT Mumbai, Jan 3-5, 2009
An Algorithm to Partition and Route Shipments in a Time-Schedule Network. Paper presented at International Conference on Quantitative Methods, Operations and Information Technology(ICQMOIT), organized by IBS Hyderabad, October 24-25, Hyderabad, India, 2008
Minimizing Cost in Partitioning and Routing through a Transportation Network, subject to Time Constraint,(jointly with Anand S. Kunnathur, P.S. Sundararaghavan), paper presented at the 35th Annual Meeting of the Mid-West Decision Sciences Institute (MWDSI), Chicago, USA, Apr 12-14 2007

Dastidar S.G. and Purkaystha, A. case titled "Bank Value", in an edited book Optimizing Business Growth Strategies for Scaling Up, Bloomsbury Publication (2015)
Dastidar S.G. and Bisht S. S, "Youth for Action (YFA): Recognising "Women" farmers for poverty alleviation" published in a case book published by Economic Times (2015)
Bhattacharya S., & Dastidar S.G.(2013), Global Pharma, The Supply Chain Management Case Book: Comprehensive Coverage and Best Practices in SCM, published by Financial Times (USA), edited by Chuck Munson, Washington State University.

Pharma and Healthcare Analytics is going to be the next big thing in India, Analytics India Magazine, 2018 (https://analyticsindiamag.com/pharma-healthcare-analytics-is-going-to-be-the-next-big-thing-in-india/)
An Academicians Dilemma: the Jump Into Data Science, Analytics India Magazine, 2018 (https://analyticsindiamag.com/an-academicians-dilemma-the-jump-into-data-science/)

Awarded the The Case Centre Best Case Award for the case, "Mayora: Positioning Coffee Joy Biscuit" at the International Conference on Management Cases (ICMC) 2023 on November 30, 2023 at BIMTECH, Noida campus.
Awarded the Best Case Award (2nd prize) in the 2nd Management Case Conference organized by Chandragupta Institute of Management (CIMP), Patna on Nov 3, 2023
Awarded 2nd place in 2021 Fox International Business Case Writing Competition, organised by Fox School of Business for the case “Vaccine on Wheels: Service Excellence for Covid Vaccination"
Awarded the “Certificate of Merit” for the case titled “Tazzo Bikes: Tackling Competition” at the AIMS-ICRC Case Conference and Competition organized on March 30-31st rganized by All India Management Association (AIMA) in association with AICTE and EFMD Global Network. The competition witnessed more than 100 case submission. Around 60 cases were shortlisted for the conference presentation. Submissions came from reputed institutes like NMIMS, IIM Kozikode, IIM Calcutta, IIM Shillong, IIM Indore, IRMA, Ahmedabad University, O.P. Jindal Global University, Rajgiri Business School among others.
Honored to be awarded the Best Professor in Data Science (2020) by Academy of Management Professionals (AMP)
Awarded the winner in the 3rd Global Prestige Case Study Competition, organised by PIMG, Gwalior. Around 30 cases were shortlisted for final presentation from reputed university/institutes like NMIMS, Symbiosis, University of Jammu, AMU, DAVV Indore among others.
Awarded â€œAmity Excellence Award for Best Case Author by Amity University on Feb 19, 2020
Recognised as SAS Faculty Scholar by SAS Inc. The award was presented at SAS Global Forum on Apr 28 at Dallas, Texas, USA (2019)
Recognised as SAS Certified Predictive Modeler on Apr 21, 2017 by SAS Inc
Invited as Mentor, The Case Association, an affiliate of North American Case Research Association (NACRA). (www.caseweb.org). Mentoring a faculty from Martin Methodist College, USA for her case certification (Level 1)(2019)
The case “Reliance One: The Loyalty Program” was awarded the Best Case Award at the 27th Annual Management Convention, Aug 25-27, 2015 at Indore.
The case Avtar I-Win: Creating flexi-Careers (co-authored with S. Raghavan) was selected one of top ten cases in 20th CEEMAN Case Writing Competition 2014 in cooperation with Emerald
A research paper titled “Restaurant Recommendation System” was adjudged as one of the Best Papers in a Research Paper Competition organised by PES University (2014)
Awarded consolation prize along with a cash award of Rs 5,000 at the Vishleshana Case Study Competition 2013 organised by Dept of Management Studies, PESIT, Nov 10, 2013. The case “Mahindra and Mahindra’s US Foray” has been published in a PES Business Review
Awarded 2nd prize (10,000/- cash award) at the International Case Writing Competition organized by ICBM Hyderabad , Nov 9, 2013. The case has been published in UDAAN, The International Journal of Business Research
Awarded 2nd prize with a cash award of Rs 75,000 at the Sitaram Rao Livelihood Case Study Competition 2012 organised by Access Development Services and XLRI, Jamshedpur, Nov 30, 2012. The case “AAGAAS: Growing Organically for a Sustainable Future” (coauthored with S.S. Bisht) has been published in a compendium of ten best cases.
Successfully guided one of my MBA student to be one of the six finalists in the prestigious Baylor Entrepreneurship Student Case Writing Competition 2012 organised by Baylor University and United States Association for Small Business Enterprise.
Winner at the International Case Study Conference (ICSC-2012), Operations & IT track organized by IBS Hyderabad in association with European Case Clearing House (ECCH) and University Utara Malaysia, Dec 14-15, 2012 http://icmrindia.org/case conference/ICSC-2012-Held/Awards.html.
Winner of the ISB Case Chase Competition 2012, organized by Society of Entrepreneurship Educators in association with Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad, March 2012
Outstanding Management Teacher Award 2011 by AIMS International, USA.
Case study titled “Mt. Dew: Managing Integrated Communication in East India” was selected as one of the top 5 cases in the ISB-Ivey Case Competition 2011.(coauthor: Dr. Srividya Raghavan, IBS Hyderabad).
Invited to Case Teaching Workshop at S.P. Jain, Mumbai (Feb 12-13, 2012) conducted by Ariff Kachra, Assistant Professor at the Richard Ivey School of Business and organized by S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR), Indian School of Business and Richard Ivey School of Business
Recipient of IBS, Hyderabad travel grant (INR 1,000,00) for attending for presenting paper at the 4th International Supply Chain Management Symposium and Workshop at Madrid, 22-24 Sept, 2010 organized by IE Business School, Spain.
Young Management Researcher Award 2010, awarded by Association of Indian Management Scholars (AIMS), International. AIMS International based in Texas, USA is one of the foremost association of management scholars of Indian origin based around the world.
Nominated for Visiting Scholar Program at University of Toledo, (IOTM Dept), Ohio, USA. Awarded USD 10,000 fellowship.(2006-07)
Recipient of University of Toledo Research Grant (2007)
Invited to Scilab Workshop organized by IIT Bombay, India jointly with Scilab development team at INRIA, France and funded by Indo-French Center for the Promotion of Advanced Research (2007)
Awarded 2nd prize along with a cash award (INR 15,000) at R.K. Srivastava Case Competition (2006) organized by Fortune Institute of International Business (FIIB), India for the case “Oracle’s Acquisition of i-flex”

Education
Service

Ph.D. from ICFAI University, Dehradun
Master of Business Management (OR & Systems) from Dept. of Business Management, University of Calcutta
B.Sc (Chem Hons) from University of Calcutta
Visiting Research Scholar at University of Toledo, USA (2006-07)
“Attended Summer School on Data Science at London School of Economics & Pol. Sc (LSE), UK”
Certified Management Teacher from ICFAI Institute of Management Teachers (IIMT)

July 2012 – till date Associate Professor, IMT Hyderabad
Sept 2007-June 2012 Asst. Professor, IBS Hyderabad, India
July 2007-Aug 2007 Sr. Lecturer, The ICFAI Institute for Management Teachers, Hyderabad, India
Aug 2006-June 2007 Visiting Research Scholar, College of Business Administration,University of Toledo, Ohio, USA
Aug 2004-Aug 2006 Research Scholar and Faculty, The ICFAI Institute for Management Teachers, Hyderabad, India
Aug 2003-July 2004 Lecturer, Pailan College of Management and Technology (PCMT), Kolkata, India
Aug 1998-Mar 1999 Software Developer, DPS(I) Pvt. Ltd, Kolkata, India

Projects:

SPI-Case Law Conversion Project
EDLEC-SGML Project

Organized panel discussion on “Contemporary Challenges in Pharma and Healthcare” with senior executives from companies like Dr. Reddy’s, Hetero Drugs, Napier, Hinduja Tech, GSK as panel members.
Coordinated a study on the on the recent trends in Healthcare and Pharma Analytics in India.
Designed and coordinated a FDP on Case Writing on Oct 6-7th, 2017
Chairperson – Center for Data Analytics (2019 -)
Coordinator – ERP (2018 - )
Member – IT Infrastructure Committee (2016 - )
Chairperson – International Relations, IMT Hyderabad (2015- 2016)
Chairperson – Center for Excellence in Business Analytics (2015 - 2016)
Area Chairperson – IT & Analytics, IMT Hyderabad (2015- 2016)
Chairperson – IT Infrastructure Committee (2015 - 2016)
Member, Admission Panel (2013-19)
Member, International Relations, IMT Hyderabad (2014 -15)
Faculty Guide, Social Immersion Program at GMR Varalaxmi Foundation, 2014
Faculty Guide, Summer Internship Program, (2013-2019)
Member, Examination Committee, IMT Hyderabad (2013 – 2015)
Organising Member, Business Analytics Conclave, Aug 25, 2012
Member, Library Committee, IMT Hyderabad (2013 – 14)
Course Coordinator, ERP, IBS Hyderabad (2011-12)
Paper Setter and Examiner, West Bengal University of Technology (WBUT) (2003-04)

Conducted MDP on Case Writing at IBS Hyderabad [Jan 27-28, 2012]. It was attended by people from Bajaj Allianz, Alliance Business School, MICA, SIMSREE, BIT Noida, SS Dempo College of Commerce & Economics, Quatar Telecom, Visionites.

Successfully completed the following online certification
- “Business Analytics for Decision Making” from University of Colorado, Boulder (Coursera) [2019][ID: L8XVPC46CPGF]
- “Deep Learning Fundamentals with Keras” from IBM (Udemy) [2019]
- Marketing Analytics from Darden Business School, University of Virginia (Coursera) [2018] [ID: HW2TWWK4649N]
Attended FDP on Machine Learning for Business Applications at IIM Bangalore (May 21 – 25, 2018)
Attended workshop on Digital Transformation and Strategy by Prof. Venkatraman from Bentley College, Boston, USA (Jun 19 – 21, 2018) organized by IMT Ghaziabad
Attended Summer School on “Introduction to Data Science & Big Data Analytics organized by London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) during Aug 14 – 25, 2017
Editorial Advisory Board Member, Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies (2018 – till date)
Attended the following workshops conducted by SAS Inc during May 2 – May 27, 2016
- Base SAS and Advanced SAS
- Business Visualisation
- Predictive Modeling
- Text Mining
- Hadoop using SAS
Invited as Resource Person for FDP on Case Writing at BITCO Institute of Management, Nasik (Jan 21, 2017)
Acted as a Resource Person for FDP on “Data Science Using R”, Nov 11 -13, 2016 IMT Hyderabad
Conducted FDP on Case Writing and Business Research Method for faculty members of Vignan University (Apr 27 – May 22, 2015)
Reviewer, International Journal of Business Information Systems (2015 – till date)
Reviewer, AIMS International Summer Internship Competition (2014)
Served as Reviewer for North American Case Research Association (NACRA), 2014
Attended workshop on Analytics conducted by International School of Engineering, Hyderabad Jan 2012
Conducted MDP on Case Writing at IBS Hyderabad [Jan 27-28, 2012]. It was attended by people from Bajaj Allianz, Alliance Business School, MICA, SIMSREE, BIT Noida, SS Dempo College of Commerce & Economics, Quatar Telecom, Visionites.
Served as Co-Chair for International Case Study Conference (ICSC-2012), Operations & IT track organized by IBS Hyderabad in association with European Case Clearing House (ECCH) and University Utara Malaysia, Dec 14-15, 2012
Assistant Consulting Editor, ICFAI Journal of Knowledge Management (2009-10)
Conducted Faculty Development Workshop for faculties of ICFAI National College (INC) on BPO/KPO: Moving Up the Value Chain, Oct, 2008
Conducted Faculty Development Workshop for faculties of ICFAI National College (INC) on Business Modeling for ERP, December, 2007