R. Panneerselvam has more than 40 years of teaching and research experience, served as a faculty of Anna University, India, for seven years and then served Pondicherry University, totalling. He has been Head of Department of Management studies for three times and Dean of the School of Management, Pondicherry University. Specializes in Operations, Quantitative Techniques, and Computer Systems. He holds B.E.(Mech.), M.E. and Ph. D degrees in Industrial Engineering from Anna University and has guided thirteen doctoral students in management. Dr Panneerselvam has published more than 100 research articles in leading national and international journals, along with 21 textbooks. He has carried out an overseas consultancy for CEMS, Malesia and has received several accolades.