Sampath Rajagopalan
Richard and Jarda Hurd Chair Emeritus in Distribution Management
Professor Emeritus of Data Sciences and Operations
BIO
Raj Rajagopalan is an academic and thought leader in operations and supply chain management, with research spanning capacity and technology acquisition, supply chain strategy, and product variety. His work has been published in leading journals including Management Science, Production and Operations Management, and Operations Research.
He has held significant editorial and academic leadership roles, serving as Department Editor at IIE Transactions and as Associate Editor at Management Science and Operations Research. At the USC Marshall School of Business, he served as Chair of the Information and Operations Management Department and was the Founding Academic Director of the MS Program and the Center for Global Supply Chain Management.
Raj Rajagopalan has extensive teaching experience across MBA programs in operations and supply chain management and has worked closely with industry through consulting engagements with organisations such as Johnson & Johnson, Fidelity Investments, and Hewlett-Packard.
Education
Ph.D. Manufacturing and Operations Systems, Graduate School of Industrial Administration, Carnegie Mellon University
M.S. Systems Sciences, Graduate School of Industrial Administration, Carnegie Mellon University
P.G.D.M. Equivalent to an M.B.A., Majored in Operations and Marketing, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
B. Tech. Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology,