Dr. Padmanabha Aital

Scholarships Awarded

• Government of India – National Merit Scholarship (S.S.L.C – First Class with Distinction-81% -Karnataka SSLC Board -1982)
• Government of State of Karnataka – Post – Metric Scholarship ( Pre-University Course – FirstClass with Distinction – 76% – Karnataka PUC Board-1984)

Publications

Journals

• Padmanabha Aital and A.K.Verma, Predictive Analysis of Some Important Software Reliability Models, ASIGURAREA CALITAT (Quality Assurance ), Januarie- Junie 2002, Anul Numarul 29-30, pp 22-29.
• Padmanabha Aital and A.K.Verma, Software Reliability Growth Models: Comparative Analysis and Prediction, Communications in Dependability and Quality Management (DQM),Nov 2005, Vol 8, No.1, pp 21-30.
• Padmanabha Aital and A.K.Verma, Penalty Cost with Other Important Software Costs in Unfuzzified and Fuzzified forms for Littlewood -Verrall Reliability Growth Model, Special issue quality, reliability and infocom technology of Communications in Dependability and Quality Management (DQM),2007,vol 10, No. 3,pp 97 – 104.
• Padmanabha Aital and P.Sashikala, Role of software reliability models in performance improvement and management,Journal of Software engineering and Applications (JSEA),Sept 2012, Vol 5, No.9, pp 737 -742
• Padmanabha Aital and A.K.Verma, Cost Analysis of software using Bayesian software reliability models, IEEE Transactions on Reliability, submitted for review.
• Venkatesh VG, Rameshwar Dubey and Padmanabha Aital, Analysis of Sourcing process through SAP-LAP framework – a case study with an apparel manufacturing company –International Journal ofProcurement Management(IJPM) An Inderscience Publications,2014, Vol 7 No.2,pp 145-167
• Rameshwar Dubey, Vandana S, Padmanabha Aital, V.G. Venkatesh and Sadia Samar Ali, Antecedents of innovation and contextual relationship,International Journal of Business Innovation and Research(IJBIR) An Inderscience Publication,2015,vol9,No.1,pp 1-14.
• Rameshwar Dubey, Sadia Samar Ali, Padmanabha Aital and VG Venkatesh,Mechanics of Humanitarian Supply Chain Agility and Resilience and its empirical validation, International Journal of Services andOperations Management (IJSOM), An Inderscience Publication, 2014, Vol 17, No.4,pp 367-384.
• Rameshwar Dubey and Padmanabha Aital, A qualitative study of factors affecting the synchronous flow of materials and their impact on the bottom line, International Journal of BusinessExcellence(IJBEX), An Inderscience Publication, 2015, Vol 8, No.3,pp 357-374.
• Rameshwar Dubey, Angappa Gunasekaran, Padmanabha Aital,Sustainable Transportation: An Overview, Framework and further Research Directions, International Journal of ShippingTransportation Logistics(IJSTL), submitted for review.
• Padmanabha Aital and Prince Vijay, Operational Practices and Performances of Green Supply Chain Management in Indian firms. International Journal of Process Management and Benchmarking(IJPMB)-An Inderscience publication,2014, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 352-374.
• Prince Vijay,G.S.R,Somayaji,R.J.R.Swamy and Dr.Padmanabha Aital, Relevance of F.W. Taylor’s Principles to Modern Shop-Floor Practices: A Benchmarking Workstudy,”Benchmarking: AnInternational Journal.” An Emerald Publication, 2017,  24 Issue: 2, pp.445-466
• Prince Vijay and Padmanabha Aital, “The impact of costs and demand correlation on optimal capacity acquisition under demand uncertainty for a multi-resource firm.”International Journal of OperationalResearch”, An Inderscience publication -submitted for review.
• Rajesh Patil,Abhishek Behl and Padmanabha Aital, Six Sigma: An Overview and Further Research Directions, International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management(IJPQM)-An Inderscience publication,2017,vol.22, No.2,pp 141-169.
• Prashant Pawar, Abhishek Behl and Padmanabha Aital, A Systematic Literature Review on Electronic Reverse Auction (eRA):Issues and Research Discussion, International Journal of ProcurementManagement (IJPM)- An Inderscience Publication,2017, vol 10. No.3, pp 290 -310
• Padmanabha Aita, Rajesh Patil,Sashikala Parimi and Prerana Singh, Industry 4.0; An overview and Further Research Directions, ICT Analysis and Applications, Springer Nature,2022 Vol 1,pp 75-85.

Book Chapter

• Rameshwar Dubey, Vandana Sonwaney and Padmanabha Aital, Strategies for Managing Innovationsin India, to be published in Innovation Science Handbook by McGraw Hill, NY Edition (Edited book by Brett Trusko)- Under Review
• Prince Vijay and Padmanabha Aital (2016), Chapter 1, Green Supply Chain Management:Resourceallocation strategies for sustainable operations,1-23, Strategic Management of Sustainable Manufacturing Operations, A volume in the Advances in Logistics,Operations, and Management Science (ALOMS)Book Series,Business Science Reference, An Imprint of IGI Global.

Conferences Chaired

• Session Chair for the Theme ‘Data Warehousing & Data Mining’ at International Conference onBusiness Intelligence, Analytics and Knowledge Management (BIAKM-2012),19-20 April 2012, IBS Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India.
• Co-Chair for Research Colloquium (1.0) on Green Operations management: A Journey towards achieving operational excellence held at Symbiosis Institute of OperationsManagement(SIOM) Nashik on 2 ^nd November, 2012.
• Co-Chair for Research Colloquium (2.0) on Supply Chain Innovation held at Symbiosis Instituteof Operations Management(SIOM) Nashik on 18^th January, 2014.
• Session Chair for Research Colloquium (3.0) on Sustainable Business Development held atSymbiosis Institute of Operations Management(SIOM) Nashik on 31^st January, 2015.

Conference

• Introduction to CAD/CAM and its Applications – One day seminar delivered by Dr. Karunakaran,Assistant Professor,Mechanical Engineering Department, IITB Mumbai & conducted by K. J. Somaiya College of Engineering, Vidyavihar, Mumbai, 27^thMarch,1999.
• Process Optimisation using Taguchi Methods – One day course conducted by Prof. P.R.Apte, Reliability Engineering Group, IITB, Mumbai, 10^thNovember, 2001.
• Symposium on Nanotechnology, Industrial Research and Consultancy Center, IITB Mumbai, 2-3 October,2004.
• A Modern Approach to product design and development (CAD/CAM), ISTE sponsored course conducted by Fr.C.Rodrigues Institute of Technology,Vashi with the faculty support from IITB, Mumbai on 8-10 March, 2006.
• Regional conference on project management (Theme – Making project management indispensable for project results), PMI Pune Deccan India chapter, 13^thJanuary, 2007, Best Western The Pride Hotel, Pune, India.
• National Conference on embedded control, computing and communication –2007 held at International Institute of Information Technology, Pune from 19- 21,September 2007.
• International Conference on Reliability, Safety, Quality Engineering – 2008 held at Nabhikiya Urja Bhavan, Anushakthi Nagar, Mumbai on 05 – 07 ^thJanuary’2008.(Sponsored by Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd and IITB, Mumbai).
• One day programme in management on ‘ Teachers Training Programme on pursuit of excellence in Teaching Effectiveness’ held at BVVS -Institute of Management studies, Bagalkot, Karnataka on 11 ^thJanuary 2008.
• One day Pedagogy Meet on the Course Management Information Systems (MIS) at BVVS -Institute of Management studies, Bagalkot, Karnataka on 12 ^thJanuary 2008.
• One day programme on ‘Consultancy Development’ organized by Global Business School (GBS), Hubli, Karnataka on 8^thFebruary 2008.
• 11^thManufacturing Summit 2012 – “Re-igniting India’s Quest for Manufacturing Leadership” organized by Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) from 17 – 18 December 2012 at Vivanta Taj President, Mumbai
• APICS International Conference and Expo – Asia Supply Chain and Operations 2013, 4-5 April 2013, Hyatt Regency Mumbai.
• Five day Train the Trainer Workshop in SAP University Alliance (SAP ERP) conducted by Symbiosis Institute of International Business (SIIB) Pune from 22- 26 April 2013.
• 12^thManufacturing Summit 2013 – Manufacturing in India: Winning the New Normal, conducted by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) on 22^nd November 2013 at Hyatt Regency, Mumbai.
• PM Conclave on Project Governance through Portfolio and Program Management by PMI- Mumbai Chapter at Hotel Ramada, Powai, Mumbai on 23- 24 November 2013.
• IT2020 –‘Discover Technology of 2020 Today’ by Computer society (CSI) of India at Victor Menzes Convention Center,IITB Mumbai on 27-28 February2014.
• Spark Pluggers – Entrepreneurship Workshop held at SIOM,Nashik on 5 – 6 April ’2014.
• Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Conclave on Operational Excellence 2014- Operational Excellence for Business growth & Enhancing Stakeholder Value at Hotel Hilton, Chennai on 10 ^thApril’2014.
• A two day Quality Circle event at a Hotel in MADH Island for Pedagogy & Curriculum Innovation from 11^thJuly 2017 to 12^th July 2017.
• Project Management in the era of Disruption, A two day PM Conclave held at Hotel Holiday Inn, Mumbai from 17^thto 18^th Nov 2017.
• Leading Projects in Digital Era, A two day PM Conclave held at Hotel Courtyard Marriott, Mumbai from 17^thto 18^th Nov 2018.
• A Workshop on Transformational Leadership at MPSTME,NMIMS University, Mumbai from17^thJanuary 2018 to 18^th January 2018.
• A Workshop on Advanced Research Methodology at NMIMS University, Mumbai from 3^rdDec 2018 to 4rth Dec 2018.