I am an Assistant Professor in the Production & Operations Management Area and the Chairperson of the Supply Chain Management Centre at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore. My research and teaching interests lie in responsible business operations, game theory, and supply chain economics. Before joining IIM Bangalore, I worked as a senior analyst at Ford Motor Company in Chennai. I earned my Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras in 2016 and my B.Tech. from the Cochin University of Science and Technology in 2011.

Official website: iimb.ac.in/user/151/rajeev-r-tripathi

Curriculum vitae: pdf (Last updated: March 2024)

Articles in journals: European Journal of Operational Research | Operations Research Letters | Journal of the Operational Research Society |

Articles in the popular press: Economic Times | The Hindu Business Line | Forbes India | Deccan Herald |

Papers in major conferences: World Congress of the Game Theory Society (GAMES) | Stony Brook International Conference on Game Theory (IGTC) | International Conference on Game Theory and Management (GTM) | European Meeting on Game Theory (SING) | Manufacturing and Service Operations Management Conference (MSOM) | The OR Society’s Annual Conference (OR Conference) | East Asia Game Theory Conference (EAGT) | Annual Conference on Economic Growth and Development (ACEGD) | PAN IIM World Management Conference | Annual Conference of the Society of Operations Management

Research interests:

• Cooperative game theory — how coalitions are formed by rational players under market externalities and risky payoff situations, and how the payoff generated by a coalition could be shared among the coalitional members in a fair and stable manner
• Responsible business operations — how to implement socially and environmentally responsible practices in business operations and global supply chains
• Supply chain economics — to explore competitive and cooperative dynamics in supply chain management with focus areas such as healthcare, telecom, digital content platforms, etc.

Teaching:

MBA courses:

• *Competition and Cooperation in Business Ecosystems; Teaching years — 2025 (three sections), 2024 (two sections), 2023 (two sections), 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018
• Responsible Business Operations; Teaching years — 2025, 2024
• Operations Management (core); Teaching years — 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021
• Responsible Business and Sustainability (core); Teaching years — 2025

*A top-rated course (based on students’ ratings)

Ph.D. courses:

• Introduction to Game Theory; Teaching years — 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019
• Optimization Models for Operations Management; Teaching years — 2025, 2018, 2017

Executive education:

• *Leadership for Net-Zero Economy, Open Short Duration Program, Dec 1 – 5, 2025 (Scheduled)
• *Ecosystem Strategy for Business Leaders, Open Short Duration Program, Oct 6 – 10, 2025 (Scheduled)
• *Executive General Management Program, Batch – 73 (Ongoing)
• Bargaining and Negotiation, Program for Power Grid Corporation of India Limited, 2024 (two batches)
• Operations Management, Reliance Industries Limited – FLYER Program – 2025, 2024
• Operations Management, Executive General Management Program, Batches – 62, 58
• Dynamics of Competition, Program for Kerala Startup Mission, 2023

*as a Program Director

Recent updates:

• Honoured with the “Excellence in Supply Chain Mentorship” award by the BW Businessworld magazine
• Joined as a member of the Academic Advisory Board of the International Management Institute (IMI) Kolkata
• Delivered a keynote talk at the 10th ESG & Sustainability Strategy India Summit 2025 on “Business Responsibility and Sustainability Index.“
• Delivered an invited talk on “Measuring what matters: Business Responsibility and Sustainability Index” at the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board, held in Bengaluru (YouTube link)
• Presented a paper at the 2025 INFORMS International Meeting held in Singapore
• Gave an invited talk on ‘Doing research that counts: For you, your field, and the world‘ at RV University, Bengaluru.
• Delivered a masterclass and served as a jury member for the Supply Chain Excellence Awards at the ET Edge SCM Fest 2025
• Gave an invited talk on ‘Platform-enabled farmer cooperation for sustainable agriculture: Coalition formation and pricing decisions‘ at the International Conference on Operations Research and Decision Sciences (ICORDS 2025), conducted by the Centre for Advanced Research in Applied Mathematics and Statistics (CARAMS) at MAHE, Manipal.
• Assumed the position of Chairperson of the Supply Chain Management Centre at IIM Bangalore
• Earned recognition for excellence in teaching at IIM Bangalore
• Gave an invited talk on ‘Promoting farmer collaboration through cooperative game theory‘ at the 5th International Conference on Management Research, held at KIIT School of Management
• Gave an invited talk on ‘Game theory and data science’ at a Ministry of MSME-sponsored management development program at the Department of Business Administration, NIT Kurukshetra
• Earned “CII Certified Professional in Carbon Footprint” from the Confederation of Indian Industry
• Tenured at IIM Bangalore!
• Gave an invited research talk on ‘Managing suppliers with varied sustainability practices in a platform business’ at the School of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, IIT Jodhpur
• Presented a paper at the Operational Research Society’s Annual Conference (OR65) held at the University of Bath, UK (conference photos & abstracts)
• Co-Chaired the IMR Doctoral Conference 2023, IIM Bangalore (conference photos & brochure)
• Gave an invited talk at the Department of Industrial and Management Engineering, IIT Kanpur
• Presented a paper at the 33rd Stony Brook International Conference on Game Theory held at Stony Brook University, New York
• Published a co-authored paper in the European Journal of Operational Research