Trilochan Sastry
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Trilochan Sastry | |
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| Alma mater | IIT Delhi IIM Ahmedabad Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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| Institutions | Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore |
Trilochan Sastry is the Chairman, Founder Member and Trustee of the Association for Democratic Reforms.[1] He was formerly the Dean at Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, (from 2008 to 2011), and now, he is a faculty in faculty member in the Decision Sciences Area there.[2] He is also the Founder & Secretary of the Centre for Collective Development (CCD) and the Founder of Farmveda.[3]
He pursued BTech in Electrical Engineering from IIT, Delhi, an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad, and a Ph.D. in Operations Research from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA.[4]
Academic career
Prior to joining IIMB, he was a professor at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. Prof. Trilochan Sastry is conferred with Satyendra K Dubey Memorial Award from IIT Kanpur (2011–12) for his contributions to bringing about transparency in public life.
Other major positions which he held were:[5]
- Visiting professor, International University of Japan, Niigata, Japan (Spring Term 1996)
- Visiting professor, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (January 2002 to June 2002)
- Faculty and Associate Dean (Research) and Professor, Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, India (2001 July to 2002 January)
- Visiting Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA (Summer 1995 and 1997)
His areas of interest include Operations Research, Supply Chain Management, Rural Development, Democracy and Governance.
Civil Society/Social Work
- Chairman, Founder Member and Trustee of Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR): ADR is a non-partisan NGO working on electoral and political reforms. It was founded in 1999 by Prof. Sastry and several professors from IIM – Ahmedabad.[6]
- Founder & Secretary of Centre for Collective Development (CCD): It has been operational since 2004 and as of 2019 had organized over 25000 farmers with a focus on marketing and value addition.[7]
- Founder of Farmveda: They source fresh produce from farmers and use it to create packaged foods, including Ready-to-Cook Mixes, Ready-to-Eat Products, Condiments, Chocolates, Edible Oils, and more. Farmveda shares all the profit among the farmers in the process transforming them as entrepreneurs.[8]
