- Industrial Distribution, Program Coordinator
- Professor, Engineering Technology & Industrial Distribution
- Director, Thomas & Joan Read Center for Distribution Research & Education
- Leonard and Valerie Bruce Leadership Chair
- Affiliated Faculty, Multidisciplinary Engineering
- Phone: 979-845-6766
- Email: malini@tamu.edu
- Office: FERM 203D
- Linkedin: Profile
Educational Background
- Ph.D., Operations Management, The University of Alabama – 2007
- M.S., Statistics, The University of Alabama – 2006
- M.A., Management Science, The University of Alabama – 2005
- M.S., Industrial Engineering, Auburn University – 2002
- B.E., Industrial Engineering, Anna University – 2000
Research Interests
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- Community Engagement
- Service Learning
- Industrial Distribution Process Optimization
- Supply Chain Management
- Engineering Education
- Workforce and Skills Development
- Emergency Food Distribution Supply Chains
Awards & Honors
- Nominated by the department for the 2013 – 2014 College Of Engineering Faculty Fellow Award
- Best paper award in the logistics and supply chain management track at the 2012 Association of Collegiate Marketing Educators Conference, New Orleans, LA (Narayanan, A., Jennings, D. F., Capar, I. and Natarajarathinam, M., “Crisis management among Industrial Distributors: Scale development, analysis and insights”)
- NEDA Undergraduate Student Research Award March 2011
- Outstanding Service Award, Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution, Texas A&M University, December 2010
- Outstanding Faculty, Professional Association of Industrial Distribution, Texas A&M University, November 201[] Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution, Texas A&M University, December 2010
Selected Publications
- Natarajarathinam, M. and Sunkara, P*. “Supply Chain Management Certifications Offered by Professional Organizations and Universities”, Supply Chain Management Review, 20(4), online, 2016.
- Natarajarathinam, M. and Sunkara, P*. “Supply Chain Management Certifications Review.” Supply Chain Management Review, 20(4), S60-S63, 2016.
- Fowler, A. §, Patwari, K. and Natarajarathinam, M. “Customer Stratification: For an Industrial Distributor with a Service and Repair Business “, Engineering Management journal, 28(1), 14-24, 2016.
- Harris, C. § and Natarajarathinam, M. “Optimizing Packaged Gas Inventory Placement at Welding Supply Distributors” accepted at International Journal of Business Excellence, In press. (11/1/2015).
- Johnson, M.D., Sawaya, W.J. and Natarajarathinam, M., “A methodology for modelling comprehensive international procurement costs”, International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 51, No. 18, pp. 5549 – 5564, 2013.