Dr. Sidhartha S. Padhi is a professor in the Quantitative Methods and Operations Management Group at the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode. Earlier, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the Chair of Logistics Management at the ETH Zurich, and a senior lecturer in the Operations Management Group at the Management Development Institute, Gurgaon, India, where he taught business statistics, management science, decision making, and research methodology. He obtained his PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, and also holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and a master’s degree in scientific computing. His interests are in the areas of operations and supply chain management, decision sciences, and purchasing & supply management - including e-procurement and auctioning.