Dr. Haritha Saranga is a Professor at Production and Operations Management Area at Indian Institute of Management Bangalore. She has been awarded IIMB Chair of Excellence for her contribution to research and teaching excellence at IIM Bangalore. She currently chairs the Sustainability Taskforce at IIM Bangalore.

Dr. Saranga’s research interests include studying quality, productivity and sustainability aspects of firms operating in agricultural, automotive, pharmaceutical and healthcare supply chains in India and abroad. She uses both empirical and analytical methods in her research, including data envelopment analysis, multiple regression, Time series, panel data and optimization. Haritha Saranga is a Fellow of MIRCE Akademy, Exeter, UK. She has published several articles in refereed international journals, such as Production and Operations Management, Journal of International Business Studies, European Journal of Operational Research, MIT Sloan Management Review and Journal of Operational Research Society. She also co-authored a book, titled Reliability and Six Sigma, published by Springer and has written many cases and book chapters.

Dr. Saranga has conducted several training programs for organizations such as Tata Motors, Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai, Bosch, Apollo Hospitals, Motherhood Hospitals, Deloitte Consulting and Indian Defence Accounts Services. She has also carried out consulting projects and conducted case studies with organizations such as Ace Designers, Akshaya Patra, Apollo Hospitals, Bosch, CII Foundation, Looms of Ladakh and Suzlon etc. She has served as board member in the boards of Cyient DLM Pvt. Ltd, Looms of Ladakh and IIM Bangalore.

Dr. Saranga is very passionate about addressing the sustainability and climate crisis related issues humanity is facing currently. After taking over as Chairperson of Sustainability Taskforce at IIM Bangalore, she has been spearheading several initiatives within and outside IIMB in a bid to create awareness about the need for change towards sustainable lifestyles, as well as to reduce the carbon footprint of IIM Bangalore and the communities in the neighborhood.