Dr Chandra, is a professor at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, in Production & Quantitative Methods Area. Earlier he taught Operations Management at the McGill University, Montreal. He has also taught at Wharton School. He has published in the areas of manufacturing planning & control, supply chain management and technology choice.

Dr Chandra has done consulting assignments with corporations like Nortel, IBM Canada; Dominion Textiles, Canada; Cadila Pharmaceuticals, and Orchid Chemicals.

Dr Chandra's publications include:

1. "Order Release and Product Mix Coordination in a Complex PCB Manufacturing Line with Batch Processors"
   Bhatnagar, R., Chandra, P., R. Loulou and J. Qiu
   International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing System, 11, 4, 327-351, 1999.
   
   
2. "Competing Through Capabilities: Strategies for Global Competitiveness of the Indian Textile Industry"
   Chandra, P.
   Economic and Political Weekly, vol.XXXIV, no. 9, M17-M24, 1999.
   
   
3. "Organizational Practices and Employee Performance: A Case of Canadian Primary Textile Industry"
   Patibandala, M. and Chandra, P.
   Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organization, 37, 431-442, 1998.
   
   
4. "Competitiveness of Indian Manufacturing: Findings of the 1997 Manufacturing Futures Survey"
   Chandra, P. and T. Sastry
   Vikalpa, 23, 3, 25-36, 1998.
   
   
5. "The Primary Textile Industry: Trade Policy, Technology and Practices," in Technology, Practices, and Competitiveness: The Primary Textile Industry in Canada, China and India.
   Chandra, P.
   ed. Himalaya Publishing House, Mumbai, 1-37, 1998.
   
   
6. "Manufacturing Management in the Primary Textile Industry": Some Assessments from a Plant Level Study in Canada, China and India, in Technology, Practices, and Competitiveness: The Primary Textile Industry in Canada, China and India.
   Chandra, P., M.X. Wang, J. Saha, and P.R. Shukla
   ed. Himalaya Publishing House, Mumbai, 108-157, 1998.
   
   
7. "Linking Telecom Technologies: Complementarities, Capabilities, and Policies"
   Basant, R. and Chandra, P.
   Vikalpa, 22, 3, July-September, 1997.
   
   
8. "Managing Batch Processors to Reduce Lead-time in a Semiconductor Packaging Line"
   Chandra, P. and Gupta, S.
   International Journal of Production Research, 35, 3, 611-633, 1997.
   
   
9. "Market Driven Manufacturing: A Requirements Analysis"
   Basu, K. and Chandra, P.
   Vikalpa, 21, 4, October-December, 3-16, 1996.
   
   
10. "Production Planning Model for a Flexible Manufacturing System" in Flexible Manufacturing Systems: Recent Developments, A. Rouf and M. Ben-Daya.
    Chandra, P.
    eds. Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, 157-170, 1995.
    
    
11. "Variability in Assembly and Competing Systems: Effect on Performance and Recovery"
    Bhatnagar, R. and P. Chandra
    IIE Transactions, 26, 5, 18-31, 1994.
    
    
12. "Coordination of Production and Distribution Planning"
    Chandra, P. and M.L. Fisher
    European Journal of Operational Research, 72, 3, 503-517, 1994.
    
    
13. "Manufacturing Excellence and Global Competitiveness: Challenges & Opportunities for Indian Industries"
    Chandra, P. and P.R. Shukla
    Economic and Political Weekly, M2-M11, February 26, 1994