Saravanan Kesavan

Saravanan Kesavan is the Dean of the BITS School of Management, Mumbai. Growing up in Chennai, he spent countless hours in his father’s retail store that ultimately led to his passion for retail research in his doctoral studies and beyond. He moved to US more than 25 years back before recently returning to India.
He teaches retail operations and digital operations for MBA students.
He worked for several years at i2 Technologies, where he helped clients deal with supply chain management issues. He has worked with a number of companies including the Gap, USAA, Lowes, Belk, Texas Instruments and Kroger.
He received his doctorate in technology and operations management from Harvard Business School. He also has master’s and bachelor’s degrees in engineering from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and IIT Madras, India, respectively.
In his spare time, he enjoys playing tennis, going to gym, and listening to music.