Dr. Dibyendu Nandy

Dr. Dibyendu Nandy is a seasoned professional with over 29 years of experience across industry and academia. He brings expertise in sales and marketing, supply chain management, business analytics, and operations. 

His corporate career includes senior leadership roles at JSW Cement, ACC, Berger Paints, and TNS Mode, where he led strategy, product launches, channel expansion, and digitisation initiatives that enhanced growth and profitability. 

In academia, he has served in leadership and faculty roles at reputed business schools, teaching courses in operations, supply chain, marketing analytics, and market research. His academic interests lie at the intersection of analytics, supply chain optimisation, masstige marketing, and AI adoption, with a strong focus on industry relevance and learner readiness.

Dr. Nandy combines over two decades of corporate leadership with more than seven years in higher education. He has held senior positions including Head – Strategy, Planning & Control at JSW Cement, Deputy General Manager at ACC, and Divisional Sales Manager at Berger Paints. 

Before joining UPES, he served as Associate Dean and Faculty in Marketing & Operations at ICFAI Business School.

Supply chain management; AI adoption and applications; masstige marketing; leadership and change management; agile organisations; AI-enabled supply chain optimisation.

Dr. Nandy follows a practice-oriented teaching approach that blends conceptual learning with analytics and real-world problem solving. He uses case studies, live projects, internships, and experiential exercises to help students develop managerial judgement and decision-making skills.

Operations Management; Supply Chain Management; Marketing Analytics; Market Research.

Winner, Best Cross-Functional Team Award, JSW Cement (2019). Second Best Case Award, Curious Case Competition, UPES (2025). Best SIP Supervision Award, ICFAI Business School (2023, 2024, 2025). Invited panelist at national management conferences and branding forums.

and data-driven supply chain solutions. He contributed a 2024 book chapter in Sustainability in Marketing Practice (CRC Press) and has presented papers at national conferences on branding and market transformation. 

His current research includes AI adoption in healthcare, masstige positioning in handicrafts, and AI-enabled supply chain optimisation. He has also designed and delivered management development programmes and corporate training in sales effectiveness and analytics-led decision-making. 

He actively supervises student research and collaborates with industry partners to create measurable business impact.

dibyendu.nandy@ddn.upes.ac.in