Dr. Jagathy Raj V. P. is currently an Associate Professor in School of Management Studies at Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi, Kerala, India is a Ph. D holder in Industrial Engineering and Management from Indian Institute of Technology(IIT), Kharagpur. He did his B.Tech in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from University of Kerala and M. Tech (Electronics) and MBA (Systems and Operations Management) from Cochin University of Science and Technology. He has more than 20 years of teaching experience in both Engineering and Management courses both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. His current research interests largely relate to ICT Management, ERP and MIS, E-business, Logistics and Supply Chain, Optimization, Simulation and Modeling, Electrical and Electronics Engineering etc. He has number of research publications in national and international journals to his credit in the above areas. He has served as a Member of (i) Syndicate, Senate, and Academic Council, University of Kerala,(ii) Academic Council, CUSAT, and (iii) Various Faculties and Board of Studies of Number of Universities. Also severed as a consultant to several Government and Non Governmental organizations.