Dr. Anand Nair is a professor & Jeff Bornstein Faculty Fellow in the Supply Chain & Information Management academic group at Northeastern University's D'Amore-McKim School of Business. Prior to this role, he served as the Eli Broad Endowed Professor in the Department of Supply Chain Management at Michigan State University. After completing his undergraduate degree in Engineering and an MBA, he worked as a Manager for Systems Integration in India. Subsequently, Dr. Nair earned his Ph.D. in Operations & Supply Chain Management from the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University. After finishing his doctoral studies, Dr. Nair served on the faculty of Michigan State University, the University of South Carolina, and Auburn University before joining the Supply Chain & Information Management academic area at Northeastern University. At Northeastern University, he is also a fellow of the Center for Emerging Markets and an associate of the Center for Health Policy and Healthcare Research.
Dr. Nair has worked with organizations in manufacturing, healthcare, and retail sectors on issues such as inventory management, forecasting, pricing, capacity planning, lean systems, manufacturing planning and control, quality management, contracting, product development, process improvement, and technology implementation. His research examines how firms, teams, and individuals learn, adapt, and organize to manage processes, supplies, technology, and innovation, and the associated performance implications.
Dr. Nair's research articles have been published in leading operations and supply chain management journals. He was selected as the Fulbright-Aalto University Distinguished Chair in 2017-2018. He served as Department Editor for the Journal of Operations Management and currently serves on the journal's Senior Editorial Team. He serves as an Associate Editor for Decision Sciences Journal and is on the editorial boards of various other journals.
Dr. Nair teaches operations and supply chain management to MBA, Executive-MBA, undergraduate, and doctoral students. In his teaching, he incorporates simulation games, case studies, and company-sponsored student projects. He actively mentors undergraduate and graduate students.
Dr. Nair holds the Certified Fellow in Production and Inventory Management (CFPIM) designation from ASCM (The Association of Supply Chain Management) and has completed the Deep Learning Specialization from Deeplearning.AI and the Data Science Methodology certification from IBM. He has served as Vice President and Secretary of the Decision Sciences Institute, as well as a member of its Board of Directors. He is currently serving on the Executive Committee of the Operations and Supply Chain Management (OSCM) division of the Academy of Management. As part of this committee, he served as the OSCM Division Program Chair for the 2024 Academy of Management annual meeting.
He is interested in business advisory services, entrepreneurship, investing, music, reading, working out, watching movies and sports, and traveling.
