Department Profile – Operations and IT

• The Department of Operations and Information Technology came into existence in 1995. The department is a part of IBS Hyderabad, the Faculty of Management of the University.
• The department has two major areas of focus – Operations and Information Technology. Currently, the department has forty four faculty members involved in teaching, research and administration. Of these, thirty seven are Doctorates.

Teaching

The department offers various courses as part of PhD in Management, MBA, BBA and BBA-LLB (Hons.) programs of the University. The department also academically contributes to the Workshops/Faculty Development Programs and Management Development Programs of the Centre for Management Development of the University.

Research and Publications

The major thrust areas in which research activities are being pursued are Supply Chain Management, Information Technology, Project Management, Information Security, e-Governance, Analytics and Decision Support Systems. Faculty members of the department have published research papers in reputed peer reviewed national and international journals such as Information and Management, Intelligent Information Systems, Business Theory and Practice, Requirements Engineering, Information Technology, etc. Besides, the faculty members have published many books and chapters/articles in original/edited books, conference proceedings etc.

The Department brings out a peer-reviewed journal titled IUP Journal of Knowledge Management.