Dr. V G Venkatesh is a corporate practitioner and an academic specializing in Global Supply Chain Management and Logistics. He is a Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) from APICS-USA. Currently as an Associate Professor with EM Normandie Business School (a QS/FT ranked leading Business School), France, he brings more 21 years of experience in global supply chain practices in different geographies, such as Honduras (Central America), Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, and Bangladesh, as well as in academia. He earned his Ph.D. (in global sourcing and Sustainability) from Waikato University (Triple crowned), New Zealand. He was the national scholarship holder (MHRD, India) and a recipient of a prestigious International Fellowship from the University of Waikato, New Zealand. He has been nominated for the ‘select list of global level influential and renowned scholars of the responsible business area in 2020” by the University of Bath, UK (#ThinkAmplifyList). He has recently won the Normandie foundation prize and the best faculty award for impactful contributions from EM Normandie Business School. He is an Erasmus plus teaching fellow for the year 2021-22, and 2022-23 and a visiting faculty to leading accredited schools in Europe, and other parts of globe. His experience, as an industry trainer through senior and executive level, in the areas of Supply Chain Management, Global Logistics, Strategic Procurement Warehousing and Distribution programs with participants from Fonterra, Freshmeat (NZ), Linfox (Australia and NZ), Procter and Gamble, Mercedes-Benz, FedEx, DHL, ThyssenKrupp(Germany), P&G (Australasia), Arrow (New Zealand), General Electric (GE), Total Energy(France), CMA-CGM-(France), Samsonite, Parle Agro, Mahindra & Mahindra, Marico, Tata group, Khimji Group (Muscat), and more multinationals. On the research front, he has a consistent publication record with A*/A level journals and has been inducted as Editorial Board Member for reputable Scopus-indexed journals. He is a lifetime-chartered member of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport.
