India

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Hayden is an anthropologist of law and politics, and the director of Pitt’s Center for Russian and East European Studies within the University Center for International Studies.

He and has done extensive work on the Balkans and the reconstruction of states and nations in the former Yugoslavia, following extensive fieldwork there. He has also done fieldwork in India and among the Senecas of New York state. In addition, he has written on issues concerning the American legal system and its role in society.

Hayden received his law degree and PhD in anthropology from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1978 and 1981, respectively.

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Camillus has served since 1977 on the faculty of Pitt’s Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, where he has taught in both the MBA and doctoral programs. Previously, he was professor of management at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.

Camillus earned his doctorate in business administration at Harvard Business School. He was a gold medalist in the MBA Programme at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, and received the B. Tech degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai. In addition, Camillus has been extensively involved in designing and offering executive education programs for practicing managers in the United States, Europe, and Asia. He has served as a consultant to more than 70 organizations, some of which included Fortune 500 companies in manufacturing, the chemical and energy industries, professional service firms, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations in the areas of the arts, museums, education, professional membership, economic development, foundations, and health.

Camillus has received numerous awards in recognition of teaching excellence, including the Best Teacher Award at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, and the Universitywide Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award at the University of Pittsburgh.

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Rabikar Chatterjee joined the Katz faculty in 1996, and was previously a faculty member at the University of Michigan Business School and Purdue University’s Krannert Graduate School of Management. He also has been a visiting professor at the Australian Graduate School of Management in Sydney, Australia. Prior to his career in academia, he spent eight years in engineering, project management, sales management, marketing, and strategic planning positions.

Chatterjee's teaching, research, and consulting interests are in the area of customer-focused development and management of products and services, particularly those with a technology orientation. More specifically, his research has focused on models of market response to new products, with applications in forecasting, product design, and pricing. His research has appeared in such publications as Management Science, the Journal of Marketing Research, and Psychometrik. He is an associate editor in the marketing department of Management Science and a member of the Editorial Board of Marketing Science.

Chatterjee earned his PhD at the University of Pennsylvania; his post-graduate diploma at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India; and his bachelor’s degree at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India.

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Raghu Nath is president of the Institute for the Development of Human and Organizational Potential and Professor Emeritus in the Katz School. In addition to teaching and research, he has worked widely as a management consultant. Nath has designed and delivered professional development workshops for a variety of clients in the United States and abroad.

Nath’s international experience includes research and consulting with multinational corporations (MNC) in United States, Europe, Asia, and Latin America. He has published two works: Comparative Management: A Regional View (HarperBusiness, 1988) and Organization Theory: A strategic Approach (Richard D Irwin, 1993).

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Bidanda studies manufacturing systems with a special focus on manufacturing modernization, reverse engineering, cellular manufacturing, human issues in manufacturing, and product development. He has worked extensively with Indian manufacturers and finds that India’s large-yet-overlooked industrial sector is poised for global prominence.

Although India is recognized for its software and service sectors—including its many customer service, medical transcription, and tax-processing centers—its manufacturers are nonetheless globally competitive in producing automobiles, textiles, electrical machinery, and chemicals. Though India’s industries aren’t as well known in the United States as China's, Asian and European companies such as LG, Samsung, Suzuki, Airbus, and Philips have explored India as a manufacturing location for its lower cost, effective supply chain, and technical abilities, both in machinery and employees.

Bidanda also is familiar with the government policies fueling India’s industrial growth. The self-sufficiency policies of the 1950s and ‘60s established a deep well of “engineering capital” in various sectors from aerospace and energy to heavy engineering and railways. As a result, companies such as Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, and Larsen and Toubro spent the past 50 years establishing a manufacturing foundation in India. Recent government initiatives such as reduced import duties will further cultivate Indian manufacturing. In the past decade, government policies have helped India’s gross domestic product to grow at a rate of more than 5 percent per year.

Bidanda has consulted for large and small manufacturers in various countries, ranging from Fortune 100 companies to small start-ups. His research has been funded by the U.S. government, the Pennsylvania government, nonprofit foundations, and private industry. Bidanda also works to develop industrial engineering curricula that foster a familiarity with industrial settings and an ability for cross-cultural cooperation. To prepare students for India’s increasing industrial significance, Bidanda and a colleague in Pitt’s Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business created a two-week summer program wherein business and engineering students explore the industries and the schools fueling India’s expanding economy to get acquainted with their potential Indian colleagues—and competitors.

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Kumar’s research focuses on design and development of telemedicine technology, healthcare delivery, and medical technology evaluation.

Telemedicine uses telecommunications to deliver health care, often over great distances, with the possibility of cost savings particularly in remote and rural areas. In the industrialized world, there has been a rapidly growing interest in telemedicine as a means of easing the pressure of health care on national budgets. Some of the technologies and experiences of industrialized countries could help developing countries in their desire to provide improved health care and primary health care in particular.

Kumar has extensive international experience in health care, education, and research. He earned his PhD (telemedicine) at the University of Western Australia-Perth, MS (medical informatics) at Erasmus University- Rotterdam, and his BS (vision science) at Medical Research Foundation, Chennai, India. Prior to joining the University of Pittsburgh, Kumar was involved in health care activities in Australia, Singapore, Netherlands, Seychelles, United Arab Emirates, and India. He has won several research awards, edited books on telemedicine, and published book chapters and scientific papers in high-impact journals.

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A native of the Chennai (Madras) region, Gajanan is an associate professor of economics with expertise in the recent economic reforms in India. His current research project is a study of the economic effects of the disease chikungunya, which he is undertaking with a team from the University of Madras.

Last summer, Gajanan conducted a study of free electricity, politics, and water depletion in the Tamil Nadu state that he presented at the Allied Social Science Associations annual conference in January. He also has studied and published on Indian manufacturing practices. In 2007, he led the "Pitt in India" study-abroad program.