Trilochan Sastry
# Trilochan Sastry

Prof. Trilochan Sastry was formerly the Dean (Academics) at Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. He is also a political activist, chairman of the Association for Democratic Reforms, and a frontline leader of the Right to Information campaign.

## Education

Sastry obtained his bachelor's degree in Technology from IIT Delhi and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from IIM Ahmedabad. Afterwards, he obtained his PhD from MIT, USA.

## Academic career

Sastry is a professor of Quantitative Methods and Information Systems at IIMB since 2003, and as of 2012, also teaches a course on Social Entrepreneurship. Prior to joining IIMB, he was a professor at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. Prof. Trilochan Sastry is conferred with Satyendra K Dubey Memorial Award from IIT Kanpur (2011–12) for his contributions to bringing about transparency in public life. Other major positions which he has held are:

* Visiting professor, International University of Japan, Niagata, Japan
* Visiting professor, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
* Associate Dean (Research) and Professor - Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, India

His areas of interest include Operations Research, Supply Chain Management, Rural Development, Democracy and Governance.

## Professional Appointments

* Member, Bretton Woods Committee, 2009 onwards
* Academic Council, Vivekananda University, Belur Math
* Board Member, and Dean (Academic) IIM Bangalore

## Corporate / Public Sector Leadership

* Trustee of Cooperative Development Foundation, Hyderabad
* Chairman of Association for Democratic Reforms
* Secretary, Centre for Collective Development
* Director, NABARD, Mumbai
* Founder, Farmveda

## Awards

* "Satyendra K Dubey Memorial Award" from IIT Kanpur (2011–12)
* "Distinguished Alumnus" Award from IIT Delhi in 2012
* "Outstanding Contribution to National Development" Award from IIT Delhi Alumni Association in 2005
* "Best Young Teacher" for the year 1999, Association of Indian Management Schools
