OFFICIAL ADDRESS

PSG Institute of Management
PSG College of Technology
Peelamedu, Coimbatore
Tel 0422 2577252,2590946

Service to Department

Member, Syllabus review committee for MBA programme

Set up the wi-fi Network

Set up the e-learning initiative

Set up the online testing platform

Admission coordinator of the MBA program, Oct 2005 to Feb 2007

Admission coordinator of MPIB programme, June 2004 to October 2005

Service to College

Member of PSG Centre of Supply Chain Management, PSG College of Technology, Aug 2006 till date

Course Coordinator, MBA program, PSG Institute of Management, Oct, 2005 to Feb 2007

Course Coordinator, MPIB Program, PSG Institute of Management, July 2004 to Oct 2005

Department in charge for ISO documentation

Mentor of a 30 students at PSG Institute of Management

Service to University

Question paper setting for Decision Support Systems and Business Statistics, Anna University

Examiner for Term examinations, Anna University

External examiner for lab examination, Bharatiyar University, 2003

Working (Research) Papers

An analysis of the supply chain practices in small manufacturing industries in and around Coimbatore City

An analysis of the Supply Chain Performance in small manufacturing industries in and around Coimbatore city.

Ana analysis of the impact of supply chain practices of small manufacturing firms on their competitive advantage.

Professional Certification/Recertification, Awards, and Honors received

Was awarded the best incoming faculty award in June, 2004 at PSG Institute of Management

Was awarded the most notable contributer of the year award in June 2007, PSG Institute of Management

Program or conference participation, excluding paper presentation

International Conference on Supply Chain Management, PSG College of Technology and Central Michigan University, August, 2006

International Conference on Textile Technology and Management, PSG College of Technology and SVPITM, 13^th Dec, 2004 to 15^th Dec, 2004

Professional consulting

Identifying Problems in Compressor pump industry for Elgi Ltd., July 2006

Development of control charts for process control and acceptance sampling for Kinetic Forge Ltd, Coimbatore, and Sept, 2002

Instructional materials developed for classes taught

Developed course contents for Business Mathematics course

Developed e-work book on Quantitative Methods

Developed cases for use in Research Methods course.

Developed online question bank for use in testing of students for Quantitative methods and research methods.

Seminars or workshops, etc

Organised/ Presented

Organising Secretary, Third International Symposium and Workshop on Global Supply Chains, January 6^th, 7^th 2009, PSG Institute of Management

Workshop on Manufacturing Strategy and Supply Chain Management, PSG Institute of Management, 25-Jul-2008

Workshop on Research Methods Using SPSS, PSG Institute of Management 20^th-Sep-2007 & 21^st-Sep-2007

PLS Path Modeling using VisualPLS, Workshop on Research Methods in Management, SVP ITM , 01^st-Sep-2007

Management Development Program on Inventory and Stores Management, Coimbatore Productivity council 20^th-Sep-2006

Industrial Visit to Singapore and Malasia, 1^st November, 2005

Commodity trading using Turtle trading rules, Institute of Cost and Works accountants of India, 29^th-Apr-2005

Management principles for industrial engineers, Institution of Industrial Engineers, Kumaraguru College of Technology, 27^th-Jan-2005

Workshop on Corruption and Vigilance, PSG Institute of Management, 2^nd Nov, 2004

Industrial visit to LAPP cables, Bangalore 22^nd&23^rd -aug-2004

Workshop on Content Development, PSG Institute of Management, 6^th and 7^th Aug, 2004

Industrial visit to Sundaram Fasteners, T I Cycles, Schwing Stetter, Chennai 20-Mar-2004 to 21-Mar-2004

Rural Expo 2004 ( A Survey in Rural India), 4^th Jan, 2004 to 7^th Jan, 2004

Management Aptitude Test Preparation, PSG Institute of Management, 22^nd Dec, 2003 to 27^th Jan 2004

Use of SPSS in research, CMS College of Science and Commerce, 28^th Aug, 2003

Research Methods in Physiotherapy, PSG College of Physiotherapy, 1^st Aug, 2003 to 7^th Sept, 2003

Attended

Workshop on Emerging Financial Markets, PSG INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, 19^th-Feb-2007

Case Study on Entrepreneurship, PSG College of Technology, 22^nd-Sep-2006

Think Tank on Course Development in Supply Chain Management, ICHCA, Pan Pacific, Singapore, 12^th September, 2005

Latest trends in HRM, C I I Industry institute interaction, Hotel Raddison, Chennai, 14^th-May-2004

Management Development on How To Export, PSG INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, 08-Sep-2003

Workshop on Emotional Intelligence, PSG INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, 06^thSep-2003

Management Strategy Game, PSG INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, 05^th-Sep-2003

Workshop on Strategies In Manufacturing, PSG INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, 22^nd-Aug-2003

Workshop on Research Methods In Management, PSG INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, 27^th-Jun2003 & 28^th-Jun-2003

Workshop on Supply Chain Management, PSG INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, 20^thJun-2003 and 21^st-Jun-2003

Publications and Professional Activity

Books

“Research Methods in Business”, Excel Books, 2007

Journals

International Refereed

E. Bennet, M. Selvam, N. Vivek, and Eva Esther Shalin (2011), The impact of investors’ sentiment on the equity market: Evidence from Indian stock Market, 10.5897/AJBM11.588, pp. 475-483

Nagarajan, Vivek, Sandipan Sen, Katrina Savitske, Sampathkumar Ranganathan and Sudharani Raveendran (Forthcoming), “Understanding Critical Supply Chain Dimensions: The Indian Story” (2011), International Journal of Integrated Supply Management

Vivek N, Sudharani D, 2009, ‘An Empirical Study On The Impact Of Supplier Performance On Organizational Performance: A Supply Chain Perspective’, South Asian Journal Of Management, Vol 16, No 3, pp 63-72

Vivek N, Sudharani D, Shalij E, Devadasan S R;( 2009) ,‘Impact of Information Quality on Organisational Performance in Supply Chain Environment-An Empirical Study in Indian Society’, International Journal of Indian Culture and business, Vol 2, No ½

National Refereed

Vivek N, Nandagopal R; (2007), ‘An analysis of the Applicant Pool of Candidates to Business Schools’, SIES Journal of Management, Vol 4, Issue 2

Vivek N, Sudharani D, (2007)‘A Study of Supply Chain Practices of Manufacturing Companies in and around Coimbatore City’, SIES Journal of Management, Vol 4, Issue 2

Vivek N, Sudharani D, (2007), ‘An Empirical Study of the Impact of Strategic Supplier Partnerships of a firm on its Performance’, National Journal of Technology, Vol 3, No 3, pp 52-58,

Vivek N, Sudharani D, (2007), ‘An Empirical Study On The Influence Of Environmental Uncertainty On The Information Sharing Of Firms- A Supply Chain Perspective’, Journal of Contemporary Research in Management, Vol 2, No 3,4, pp77

Vivek N, Sudharani D, (2008), ‘An empirical study on the impact of environmental uncertainty on the supply chain integration of a firm’, ICFAI Journal of Supply Chain Management, Vol 3, No 1, pp27


Vivek N, Sudharani D (2008), ‘An Empirical Study on the Impact of Environmental Uncertainty on Lean Practices of Small Manufacturing firms-A Supply Chain Perspective’, Journal of Contemporary Research in Management, Vol 3, No 3, pp 113-124

Presentations at International, National, and Regional conferences (identify if presentation was published in Proceedings)

International Conferences

Nagarajan, Vivek, Katrina Savitske, Sampathkumar Ranganathan, Sandipan Sen, and Sudharani Raveendran (2011), “ The Impact of Strategic Supplier Partnership and Information Quality on Supply Chain Flexibility and Organizational Performance,” Marketing Management Association Conference Proceedings, Chicago IL

Vivek N, Sudharani D , “An Emperical Study Of The Impact Of Logistics Practices Of Firms In A Supply Chain On The Supply Chain Integration”, Third International Symposium and Workshop on Global Supply Chains, January 6^th, 7^th 2009, PSG Institute of Management

James A. Pope , Dieter Bartmann, Vivek N, “Securing Data Biometrically”, Third International Symposium and Workshop on Global Supply Chains, January 6^th, 7^th 2009, PSG Institute of Management

Vivek Nagarajan, John E Cicala, Sampath kumar Ranganathan, Dr Sudharani Ravindran, 'Improving Competitive Advantage of Firms through Lean Practices – A Supply Chain perspective', Fourth International Conference on Logistics and Supply Chain Management,August 7-9, 2008, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore

Vivek N, Sudharani D, Ragu-Nathan T S, ‘An Empirical Study of the Impact of Strategic Supplier Partnership and Information Quality on Supply Chain Flexibility and Organisational Performance’, International Symposium and Workshop on Global Supply Chains, Intermodal Transportation and Logistics Management, October 25-26, 2007, University of Toledo,Ohio

Vivek N, Nandagopal R, Ragu-Nathan T S, ‘An Empirical Study of the Impact of Logistics Practices of a Firm on its Logistics Performance’, International Symposium and Workshop on Global Supply Chains, Intermodal Transportation and Logistics Management, October 25-26, 2007, University of Toledo, Ohio

Vivek N, Nandagopal R, Ragu-Nathan T S, ‘An Empirical Study of the Impact of Logistics Practices of a Firm on its Performance’, International Symposium and Workshop on Global Supply Chains, Intermodal Transportation and Logistics Management, October 25-26, 2007, University of Toledo, Ohio

R Nandagopal, K Arulrajan, N Vivek, Market Basket Analysis in Indian Retail Industry, International Conference on Convergence in Marketing, IIM Kozhikode, Jan 2006

National conferences

Prabhakaran B, Vivek N, ‘SCM Practice ar GVG Paper Industry’, 6^th National Conference on Business Research, November 20-21, 2009, PSG Institute of Management

Vivek N, Sudharani D, ‘An Empirical Study on the Impact of Environmental Uncertainty on Lean Practices of Small Manufacturing firms-A Supply Chain Perspective’, Business Research Conference, November 16-17, 2007, PSG Institute of Management

Asan Mohammad, Vinod R, N Vivek, Validation of the Entry Point Index Method of Investing in Stock Markets, National Conference on Business Research, PSG Institute of Management, Nov 2004

N Vivek, Analysis of Indian Industries, National Conference on Business Research, PSG Institute of Management, Nov 2003

N Vivek, Volatility and Entry Point Index Analysis of Stocks Listed on BSE, National Conference on Business Research, PSG Institute of Management, Nov 2003