Bhavani Shanker UPPARI
Full-time Faculty
Assistant Professor of Operations Management
Lee Kong Chian School of Business
LKCSB
Education
| 2018 | Ph.D. in Management INSEAD, Singapore |
| 2009 | B.E. (Hons) Computer Science with B.E. (Hons) Electrical & Electronics Engineering Birla Institute of Technology and Science - Pilani, India |
Current Appointment
| 2018 - Now | Assistant Professor of Operations Management Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University |
Awards, Recognition and Honors
- 2024, Second Prize in INFORMS Junior Faculty Interest Group (JFIG) Paper Competition.
- 2024, Finalist in MSOM Service Management SIG Best Paper Award Competition.
- 2024, Winner of MSOM Society Award for Responsible Research in Operations Management.
- 2022, Winner of INFORMS Technology, Innovation Management, and Entrepreneurship Section (TIMES) Best Working Paper Competition.
- 2021, Winner of INFORMS Public Sector Operations Research Best Paper Award.
- 2021, Finalist in INFORMS Service Science Cluster Paper Award Competition.
- 2021, Finalist in POMS Applied Research Challenge.
- 2020, M&SOM Meritorious Service Award.
- 2020, Honorable Mention in INFORMS Behavioral Operations Management Working Paper Competition.
- 2020, Finalist in INFORMS Decision Analysis Society Practice Award Competition.
- 2019-20, LKCSB Dean’s Teaching Honour List.
- 2018, Second Prize in MSOM Student Paper Competition.
- 2018, Finalist in INFORMS Doing Good with Good OR Paper Competition.
- 2018, Second Prize in POMS College of Behavioral Operations Management Junior Scholar Competition.
- 2017, Winner of INFORMS Decision Analysis Society Student Paper Competition.
- 2017, Second Prize in INFORMS Behavioral Operations Management Working Paper Competition.
- 2017, Finalist in INFORMS IBM Service Science Student Paper Competition.
- 2016, Second Prize in INFORMS Energy, Natural Resources, and the Environment Student Paper Competition.
- 2016, Second Prize in POMS-HK Student Paper Competition.
- 2015, INSEAD Best Tutor Award for MBA Teaching.
- 2012-17, INSEAD Doctoral Fellowship.
- 2009, Silver Medal for obtaining the second highest CGPA across all disciplines at BITS-Pilani.
- 2004-09, Merit Scholarship in all the semesters for being amongst the top 10 students at BITS-Pilani.
- 2002-04, Secured 13th rank, 4th rank and 15th rank in 10th, 11th and 12th State Board Examinations respectively.
Research Interests
- Business Models at the Bottom of the Pyramid
- Behavioral Decision Making
Selected Journal Articles (Refereed)
- Uppari, B.S., I. Popescu and S. Netessine. 2019. Selling Off-Grid Light to Liquidity Constrained Consumers. M&SOM. 21(2), 308 - 326.
- Finalist, IBM Service Science Student Paper Competition, INFORMS 2017.
- Second Prize, Energy, Natural Resources, and the Environment Student Paper Competition, INFORMS 2016.
- Featured in INSEAD Knowledge and Knowledge@Wharton. - Uppari, B.S. and S. Hasija. 2019. Modeling Newsvendor Behavior: A Prospect Theory Approach. M&SOM. 21(3), 481 - 500.
- Second Prize, College of Behavioral Operations Management Junior Scholar Competition, POMS 2018.
- Winner, Decision Analysis Society Student Paper Competition, INFORMS 2017.
- Second Prize, Behavioral Operations Management Working Paper Competition, INFORMS 2017.
- Second Prize, Student Paper Competition, POMS-HK 2016. - Uppari, B.S., S. Netessine, I. Popescu, and R.P. Clarke. 2024. Design of Off-Grid Lighting Business Models to Serve the Poor: Field Experiments and Structural Analysis. Management Science. 70(5), 3038-3058.
- Finalist, MSOM Service Management SIG Best Paper Award Competition, INFORMS 2024.
- Winner, MSOM Society Award for Responsible Research in Operations Management, MSOM 2024.
- Winner, Technology, Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship Section Best Working Paper Competition, INFORMS 2022.
- Winner, Public Sector Operations Research Best Paper Award, INFORMS 2021.
- Finalist, Service Science Cluster Paper Award Competition, INFORMS 2021.
- Finalist, Applied Research Challenge, POMS 2021.
- Honorable Mention, Behavioral Operations Management Working Paper Competition, INFORMS 2020.
- Finalist, Decision Analysis Society Practice Award Competition, INFORMS 2020.
- Second Prize, MSOM Student Paper Competition, INFORMS 2018.
- Finalist, Doing Good with Good OR Paper Competition, INFORMS 2018.
- Featured in Amazon Science, ORMS Today Magazine, INSEAD Knowledge, and International Growth Center Report. - Uppari, B.S. and S. Zorc. 2025. Designing Payment Models for the Poor. Accepted at Management Science.
- Second Prize, Junior Faculty Interest Group Paper Competition, INFORMS 2024.
- Featured in Lianhe Zaobao
