Sanjib Chowdhury is a Visiting Professor (full-time) at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, specializing in Strategic Management, and Operations Management. He brings an impressive 41 years of professional experience, including 34 years in the oil and gas industry and 7 years in academia. His industry experience includes two major oil companies in India and Kuwait in the areas of Strategic and Corporate Planning, Business Performance Improvement, Operations and Process Optimization, Project Management, and HR.
He is the recipient of "Kuwait Gulf Oil Company's Ideal Employee Award", "ONGC Chairman’s Award", "ONGC Director’s Award" to mention a few, and has held several responsible positions exhibiting his leadership and technical expertise.
Based on his work experience, he has solely authored a book titled "Optimization and Business Improvement Studies in Upstream Oil and Gas Industry", published by John Wiley & Sons Inc., NJ, USA which reflects his deep understanding and knowledge of the industry and is a valuable resource for professionals and academia.
Dr. Chowdhury received B.Tech. (Hons.), M.Tech., and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Management all from IIT Kharagpur. He has also published several technical papers in esteemed journals, further contributing to his field.
Research interests: Strategic Management: Strategic Planning under high uncertainty.
Operations Management: Optimization under high uncertainty, application of quantitative/ qualitative techniques
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