Dr. Partha Priya Datta is a Professor of Operations Management at IIM Calcutta. His research centres on performance, strategy and policy issues in manufacturing, operations and supply networks. His work examines sectors such as FMCG, healthcare, advanced technology, defence and aerospace industry, and combines empirical studies with agent-based simulations. He was engaged by the Ministry of Defence, Government of India, as consultant for conducting a study to frame the Aerospace Manufacturing Policy of India. He was engaged as a consultant by the Department of Telecom, Ministry of Communications, for independent evaluation of the PLI scheme for telecom equipment manufacturing in India. Prof Datta holds a PhD from the UK’s Cranfield School of Management, an MBA from the UK’s Lancaster University Management School, and a B.Tech (Honours) in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Kharagpur. He won the prestigious James Cooper Memorial Cup from the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, UK for best PhD thesis in logistics and supply chain management. He is a British Chevening Rolls Royce Research, Science, and Innovation Leadership Fellow.