SUDHIR RAMA MURTHY

Flat 6 Norfolk House, 11 Littlegate Street, Oxford OX1 1QU

P: +447448784108 E: Sudhir.Rmurthy@gmail.com

ACADEMIC PROFILE

2017- Present Postdoctoral Researcher –Mutuality in Business

UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD - Saïd Business School
Stakeholder management in food sector
2017-17 Teaching Assistant
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD - Saïd Business School
Responsible Business module for the MBA Course
(Jun – Jul 2017)
2017-17 Researcher
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE – Department of Engineering
Additive Manufacturing Business Models
(Jan – Mar 2017)
2012-16 Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE - St John’s College
Institute for Manufacturing, Department of Engineering
Thesis Title: Designing Sustainable Industrial Systems:
Principles-Patterns-Practices
2015-16 Research Project Assistant
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE – Department of Engineering
Flexible manufacturing and Circular Economy
(Oct 2015 – Aug 2016)
2009-12 Research Associate
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE
Centre for Sustainable Technologies
2007-09 Master of Product Design and Engineering
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE
CGPA 7.3/8; Highest GPA every term of the programme
Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing
2003-07 Bachelor of Engineering
R.V. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, Bangalore, India
Visveswaraiah Technological University, India
Specialisation: Instrumentation Technology (Electrical Engineering)
Percentage: 83

SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS

PhD Dr Manmohan Singh Scholarship
Including a private audience with the then Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh;
given to approximately 2 per year; named on Wikipedia
Masters Govt. of India Scholarship: A National-level merit-based scholarship in India
Bachelors Rank 4 in Bachelors programme
Among 2,500 students in the programme; Univ. of 80,000 students in total
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RESEARCH METHODS SKILLS

Cambridge Qualitative Research Methods (MP02)

Coursework System Dynamics for Policy and Management (TPE8)
Research Annual Research Methodology Workshop – 2013 & 2014
Methodology Event organised by Cambridge University for Doctoral Researchers from UK
Workshops and Europe, tailored to students from management and engineering.

Field Conducted case studies and analysed sets of cases.

Experience Handled diverse types of qualitative data – interviews, video/audio analysis,
documentation analysis, passive/ participant observations, and facilitated
workshops.

PREVIOUS INDUSTRY RESEARCH PROJECTS

 Cleaning products: Ecover / Forum for the Future, ‘Glocal’ project (Jul2014-Apr2015)
o Setting up localised production-consumption systems for cleaning products by using local
ingredients, with Mallorca as pilot site.
o I analysed distributed manufacturing cases across industries to identify the details of the
arrangement and the appropriate contexts for the arrangement to work.
o The team is exploring my proposed IP strategy for separate openly-shared platform
knowledge and protected knowledge across distributed sites. My cross-industry findings
helped the Communication team envision the arrangement better and disseminate the
‘Glocal’ project’s applicability.

 Chemical processing: Croda (Oct2015-Apr2016)

o Expanding Croda’s production capacity at its flagship Rawcliffe Bridge plant by
transitioning from batch processing to continuous processing. NiTech, a startup, offers a
potential continuous processing solution.
o In a team of 2, I developed two Business Models – flexible manufacturing and
servitisation – that accommodate the interests of both firms, while unlocking
sustainability benefits.
o The two firms are pursuing both proposed Business Models, as a basis for future
collaboration. This is currently in an advanced stage of development and negotiation.

 Furniture factory: Vitsoe, a manufacturer of modular furniture (Jun2013–Aug2014)

o Identifying an architect-partner for Vitsoe to co-design a new factory in Warwickshire,
consistent with Vitsoe’s design principles.
o I translated Vitsoe’s principles from furniture design to manufacturing attributes for a
factory.
o My findings helped Vitsoe’s MD select an architect-partner and a factory-design.

 Automobiles: Riversimple, a hydrogen fuel-cell electric-car UK start-up (Jan2014-

Jun2015)
o Setting up a business ecosystem by applying Riversimple’s organising principles
consistently across its industry practice decisions.
o I identified their business to be a combination of distributed manufacturing and
servitisation patterns. I offered corresponding case-examples to highlight the success
factors from other industries.
o The Founder, Hugo Spowers, used my research on patterns to conceptually bridge
Riversimple’s principles to practice.

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 Sustainability Consulting: Forum for the Future, a London-based Consultancy (Mar 2015-
Jul2015)
o Improving the stakeholder-convened system-design workshop facilitation process of the
Consultancy.
o In a team of two, I interviewed 17 employees across the organisation’s hierarchy who had
worked on 25 projects across industries.
o I identified the need for more content support rather than process support for workshop
facilitation. The workshop facilitators needed more real-world case-examples from
beyond the consultancy to give confidence to their clients about sustainable
manufacturing. This primary limitation has been brought to the attention of the
Consultancy for revising their process.

ACADEMIC RESEARCH PROJECTS

 Cataloguing Circular Economy cases: EPSRC Centre, Cambridge University (May2016–

Aug2016)
o Clarifying the overlaps between Circular Economy and Servitisation, to help the EPSRC
Centre prepare future grant applications.
o I delivered a catalogue of four generic Circular Economy archetypes with case-examples –
Closed Loop with Servitisation, Closed Loop without Servitisation, Remanufacturing and
Repurposing.
o This catalogue is now a basis for future grant proposals by the centre. It also resulted in
an award-winning publication for me - judged best among 67 papers at a recent
international green supply chain conference.
 International Manufacturing Collaborations: UK-India (2012-2016)
o Matchmaking academics from UK and India to prepare for funding opportunities on
sustainable industrialisation.
o In a team of 2, I facilitated workshops in Cambridge, Delhi and London, building on my
networks across my almae matres.
o The UK-India Manufacturing Round Table Report I jointly prepared (published by UK Govt.
FCO) is now a primer for upcoming grant proposals of over £10M.

 Product design tools: Centre for Sustainable Technologies, Indian Institute of Science
(2009-2012)
o Identifying sustainability concerns in the use of computer-aided design tools for product
design, to guide the Centre’s ongoing research.
o I worked with product designers and sustainability experts, to conduct independent
research.
o The findings resulted in a high-impact journal publication for me, and the highly-
referenced publication is guiding the development of design tools and education.

PUBLICATIONS

Journal  Rama Murthy, S., Evans, S., (Under preparation). “Island Manufacturing:
Publications An archetype of Redistributed Manufacturing with local sustainability
benefits”
 Rama Murthy, S., Evans, S., Jeswiet, J., (forthcoming). “Sustainable
Manufacturing at the Industrial-System Level: A Framework for
Conceptualisation”
 Rama Murthy, S., Mani, M., 2013. “Discerning Rejection of Technology”,
SAGE Open 3. doi:10.1177/2158244013485248
http://classic.sgo.sagepub.com/content/3/2/2158244013485248.short
Citations: 11

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 Rama Murthy, S., Mani, M., 2012. “Design for sustainability: The role of
CAD”, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 16, 4247–4256.
doi:10.1016/j.rser.2012.03.009
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364032112001918
Citations: 9
Book Chapter  Rama Murthy, S., Evans, S., Sarkis, J., (Under preparation). “The four
freedoms-of-movement and Distributed Manufacturing”, in: Yakovleva,
N., Frei R., Rama Murthy, S. (Eds.) Greening of Industry Networks Studies
2018. Springer.
 Rama Murthy, S., Mani, M., 2013. “Design-Technology and
Sustainability”, in: Mukhopadhyay, C., Akhilesh, K.B., Srinivasan, R.,
Gurtoo, A., Ramachandran, P., Iyer, P.P., Mathirajan, M., Subrahmanya,
M.H.B. (Eds.), Driving the Economy through Innovation and
Entrepreneurship. Springer India, pp. 75–86.
http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-81-322-0746-7_7
Conference  Rama Murthy, S., Evans, S., 2017. “The four freedoms-of-movement and
Papers Distributed Manufacturing”, SDGs and Sustainable Supply Chains in the
post-global economy, Greening of Industry Network, London, UK.
 Rama Murthy, S., Evans, S., 2016. “Four Arrangements of Circular
Economy at the Level of Supply Chains”, International Conference on
Green Supply Chain, Loughborough University, London, UK.
Awarded Best Paper
 Rama Murthy, S., Morgan, D. and Evans, S., 2016. “Island Manufacturing:
A localised production arrangement for global manufacturing firms”,
International EurOMA Sustainable Operations and Supply Chains Forum,
Lancaster, UK.
 Rama Murthy, S., Morgan, D. and Evans, S., 2015. “Industrial Ecology
Principles and Industrial Practice – Exploring the Linkage”, Taking Stock
of Industrial Ecology - ISIE Conference 2015, Surrey, UK.
 Rama Murthy, S., Evans, S., 2014. “Sustainable Industrial Systems:
Principles – Patterns – Practice”, Poster at the Gordon Research
Conference: Industrial Ecology, June 1-6, Lucca, Italy.
 Rama Murthy, S., Mani, M., 2012. “Design-Technology and
Sustainability”, International Conference on Technology Management
2012, Bangalore, India.
 Sudhir R. and Mani, M., 2011. “Rejection of Technology”, International
UNU-IHDP Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Reports  Phillips, M.A., Rama Murthy, S., Van Fossen, K., Velu, C., Gregory, M.,
2014. IfM Business Model Innovation. Institute for Manufacturing,
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
 Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 2014. UK-India Manufacturing Round
Table Report. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-india-
manufacturing-round-table

POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY

 Book Editor: Greening of Industry Networks – 2017/18, Springer

o One of three Editors for an upcoming book on Sustainable Development Goals and
Sustainable Supply Chain Management
o Managing the review process with chapter-authors, co-ordinating with the publisher

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 Lead-Organiser: Research Methodology Workshop-2014, Cambridge

o 60 participants from across EU, for 2 days
o I increased participation by 50% through updated workshop content and an improved
marketing campaign
o I was invited to play a mentoring role by workshop organising teams in 2015 & 2016

 Divisional Representative: Department of Engineering, Cambridge

o I represented the 150 research students of my Division before the International Visiting
Committee of Deans to the Engineering Department of Cambridge, 2014

 Member, Board of Studies: RV College of Engineering, India

o The College becoming autonomous within the University offered an opportunity to
updated the 4-year undergraduate curriculum for 200 students at the Electronics &
Instrumentation Department.
o In a team of 7, we consolidated the topics, sequenced the modules and refined the
programme (2007-2012). The revised curriculum was approved and successfully adopted
by the College.

 Job-placement Co-ordinator: Indian Institute of Science

o In a team of 2, I expanded the list of potential employers, negotiated salaries and job
offers with them on behalf of the Institute, and arranged job interviews for post-grad
students (2007-2009)
o I improved employment rate by 33%, by the time of students’ graduation

VARSITY

 Fencing On Men’s Second Team at Varsity 2013 & Varsity 2014

o Oxford v. Cambridge: Team result improved from defeat to victory; also played for
Cambridge at various other matches
o Among top 6 sabreurs at Cambridge

ADMISSION TESTS SCORES

GRE 1510/1600
Verbal Reasoning 710/800
Quantitative Reasoning 800/800
Analytical Writing 5.5/6

TOEFL 120/120
30/30 in each of the four sections
Reading, Listening, Speaking and Writing

OTHER DETAILS

Nationality: Indian
Date of birth: 30 Nov 1985
Languages known: English, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu