Ananthavalli Ramesh

Associate Faculty

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Biography

Dr. Ananthavalli Ramesh boasts a rich background with over 15 years of expertise in industry and academia. Her interdisciplinary proficiency spans engineering design, new product development, healthcare research, and technology management. She crafted the curriculum for rural MBA programs at Mahatma Gandhi National Council for Rural Education (MGNCRE). Dr. Ramesh, a certified technical writer for Clinical Evaluation Report in medical devices, introduced the ‘Concept Exploration Process’ during her M.S. at IITM. Her doctoral research at IITM resulted in implementing patient-centric care in collaboration with hospitals. She has authored numerous papers in esteemed journals.

Academic/Professional Qualification

  • Ph. D. (Technology Management)
  • M.S. (by Research) (IITM)
  • B.E. (NITT)
  • Machine Learning with Business Applications, IIMB, (2022)
  • Medical Devices – Clinical Evaluation Technical Writing (CER-MEDDEV 2.7/1.), Turacoz (2022)
  • Six Sigma Black Belt, Caterpillar Inc., (2007)
  • Indian Government Scholarship Research Assistance (2009 to 2016)
  • JASSO Research Fellowship, Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan (Mar, 2016)
  • Fellowship awarded, IBM Global Sustainability Summer School, Brunei (July, 2011)

Areas of Specialization

  • Technology Management,
  • Healthcare
  • New Product Development

Projects

  • Technology Entrepreneurship, Transformational Leadership, Technology Management, Hospital Management, Thinking in systems.
Books
  • Ananthavalli Ramesh, ‘Emerging technology driven solutions in healthcare management for providers, healthcare professionals and patients’, Man-Machine collaboration Book, Springer publication – under process.
Seminars & Conferences Attended

  • Ananthavalli R. and L. Prakash Sai, ‘Patient Preparedness and Enablers for Decision-Making of Dental Implant Adoption’, European Health Management Association, Breda, Netherlands, 2015.

  • Ananthavalli R. and L. Prakash Sai, ‘A shared decision-making model for dental implant treatment’ , International Shared Decision Making Conference, Sydney, Australia, 2015.
  • Ananthavalli R. and L. Prakash Sai, ‘Decision Making Process in Choice of Dental Implants’, Second International Conference on Business Analytics and Intelligence, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, 2014.
  • Ananthavalli R. and L. Prakash Sai, ‘Consumers As Patients: What Enables Their Decision?’ The 9th Yale – Great Lakes Conference An International Research Conference, Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai, India 2014.
  • Ananthavalli R. and L. Prakash Sai, ‘Concept Exploration Process in New Product Development – An Empirical Study with Indian Industries’, Proceedings of International Conference on Research into Design’11 (ICORD), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, 2011.
  • Ananthavalli R. and M. Preetha, ‘Consumer’s Attitude & Intension Towards Green Disposal Behaviour’, Proceedings of 4th IIMA Conference on Marketing in Emerging Economies, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, India, 2011.
  • Ananthavalli R. and S.K. Medha, ‘Designing for Children – A Morphological Analysis’, Proceedings of International Conference on Designing for Children, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India, 2010.
  • Ananthavalli R. and L. S. Ganesh, ‘Concept Exploration in New Product Development – A Morphological Analysis’, Presented in PDMA International Conference, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India, 2009.
Associations
  • Member of Product Design Management Association, India