Dr. Jitesh J Thakkar  is an Associate Professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India. He received his Ph.D. in Supply Chain Management from IIT Delhi. He has over 20 years of teaching, research and industry experience. He has published over 50 research papers in leading national and international journals in the areas of Lean & Sustainable manufacturing, Supply Chain Management, Quality Management, Small and Medium Enterprises, and Performance Measurement. He is the Associate Editor for OPSEARCH - a journal published by Springer. His online course (MOOCs-NPTEL) on "Six Sigma" has benefited university students and industry professionals. He has conducted several training workshops for corporate managers in Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, Value Engineering, Project Management, Quality Management, Supply Chain Management and Statistical Decision Making.