Pranesh Saisridhar

Assistant Professor - Operations

Pranesh Saisridhar is an Assistant Professor in the Operations area. He completed his PhD in Operations Management from the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (dissertation submitted). 

His research focuses on developing game-theoretic models to study operational decision-making, with a particular emphasis on platform-based businesses in two-sided markets. In his dissertation, he analyses two prominent platform-based businesses: quick commerce and ride-hailing.

Prior to his doctoral studies, Pranesh had six years of industry experience at Caterpillar India Private Limited, where he worked across Operations, Supply Chain Management, and Manufacturing Engineering.

Outside of academia, he enjoys reading, playing board games, watching and playing sports, and is an avid supporter of Arsenal Football Club.

Peer Reviewed Publications

• Saisridhar, P., Thürer, M., & Avittathur, B. (2024). Assessing supply chain responsiveness, resilience and robustness (Triple-R) by computer simulation: a systematic review of the literature. International Journal of Production Research, 62(4), 1458–1488. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2023.2180302

Case Studies

• Chowman: Managing restaurant and delivery excellence in a multichannel environment, IIM Calcutta Case Research Centre (Ongoing), with Sumanta Basu

Conference Presentations

2026

• Competing in the Quick-Commerce Era: Partner with Platform or Persist with Own setup? (with Indranil Biswas, Balram Avittathur and Sumanta Basu), presented by Prof. Indranil Biswas at the 2026 International Working Seminar on Production Economics, Innsbruck, Austria.

2025

• Examining retail store strategies in the era of Quick commerce (with Indranil Biswas, Sumanta Basu and Balram Avittathur), presented at the POMS Annual Conference, 2025 at The Hyatt Regency, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
• Coordinating Retailer-Platform Strategic Choices in Quick Commerce Partnerships: Does Retailer Commitment Matter and When? (with Indranil Biswas, Balram Avittathur and Sumanta Basu), presented at the POMS College of Supply Chain Management Research Webinar series.
• Fostering Retailer-Platform Partnerships in Quick Commerce Supply Chains (with Indranil Biswas, Balram Avittathur and Sumanta Basu), presented at the POMS India International Conference 2025 Doctoral Colloquium, IIM Sambalpur.
• Managing Demand leakage in ride-hailing platforms: how to respond best? (with Sumanta Basu, Balram Avittathur and Indranil Biswas), presented at the POMS India International Conference 2025, IIM Sambalpur.

2024

• Demand leakage in ride-hailing platforms: how to react? (with Sumanta Basu), presented at the INFORMS Manufacturing and Service Operations Management Conference, 2024 at The University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.