Overview

Where Products Meet Possibility

Alliance University’s Centre of Excellence in Product and Project Management is envisioned as a multidisciplinary hub that brings together a diverse faculty with rich academic and industry experience, actively engaged in teaching, research, and consulting across areas such as product strategy, agile project management, product management, enabling digital transformation towards building platform ecosystems, backed by AI-enabled decision-making.

Designed as a dynamic and “virtual” center, it leverages strong partnerships with industry leaders, startups, and global academic networks to foster innovation and applied learning. The Centre enables live projects, case-based pedagogy, and research on emerging themes including digital products, product life-cycle management, and program execution.

By integrating cross-functional perspectives across technology, operations, analytics, and strategy, the Centre aims to generate actionable insights and practical solutions for contemporary business challenges. Through workshops, conferences, executive education, and collaborative research, it serves as a platform for continuous knowledge exchange among academia, industry, and policymakers, nurturing future-ready leaders in product and project management.

Vision

To become a premier Centre of Excellence that integrates technology, analytics, and multidisciplinary expertise to enable students and professionals to design, deliver, and scale products and projects through industry-grade digital platforms, data-driven decision-making, and systems thinking.

Mission

    • Knowledge & Skill Management: Integrate cutting-edge product and project management frameworks, digital tools, and analytics into curricula to build strong, industry-relevant capabilities across the full lifecycle.
    • Innovation & Entrepreneurship: Foster a culture of innovation by enabling learners to ideate, prototype, and scale products and solutions through experiential learning, incubation support, and digital platforms.
    • Industry–Academia Partnerships: Establish deep collaborations with industry, startups, and global institutions to co-create programs, enable live projects, and ensure continuous alignment with evolving business needs.
    • Research Focus: Drive applied research in emerging areas such as AI-enabled project management, digital products, and systems optimization, contributing to thought leadership and intellectual property creation.
    • Advisory & Consulting: Provide strategic advisory and consulting support to organizations in product strategy, project execution, and digital transformation, leveraging academic rigor and practical insights.

This mission-driven approach provides the necessary framework to execute the specific objectives required to bridge the gap between education and industry.

Objectives

Our Strategic Objectives

Conduct research addressing climate adaptation and urban sustainability challenges.

Develop scalable, context-specific solutions for Indian cities and communities.

Enable knowledge transfer through outreach, workshops, and training.

Support industry collaboration and green innovation.

Strengthen community-led sustainability initiatives.

Focus Areas

On-going Thrust Areas

Skill Building & Knowledge Management

  • Conduct SDPs and FDPs on industry-relevant tools such as AnyLogistix (network optimization), Odoo (ERP), JMP (advanced analytics), and platforms like JIRA, Asana, MIRO, and Figma.
  • Develop modular certification programs in Agile Product Management and Digital Project Execution.
  • Build a digital knowledge repository (case studies, toolkits, best practices) and publish periodic newsletters on trends in product and project management.

Industry–Academia Partnership

  • Partner with Odoo India for business challenges, hackathons, and ERP-based learning labs.
  • Collaborate with industry bodies like Confederation of Indian Industry, Retailers Association of India, Association for Supply Chain Management, and Project Management Associates.
  • Organize workshops, conferences, and seminars on emerging disruptions in digital products and project management.
  • Ensure active participation in national-level forums and competitions in product and project domains.

Research & Innovation Ecosystem

  • Drive applied research through innovation challenges, product design competitions, and project simulation hackathons.
  • Focus on domains such as AI-enabled product management, digital twins, simulation, and platform ecosystems.

Innovation & Incubation Integration

  • Collaborate with the university's Innovation & Incubation Cell and other Centres of Excellence (CoEs) to support startup creation and product prototyping.
  • Build a digital experimentation platform for product lifecycle simulation and project execution modeling.

Platform & Thought Leadership Development

  • Establish the CoE as a thought leader through whitepapers, consulting engagements, and global collaborations.
  • Create advisory and consulting verticals supporting organizations in digital transformation, product strategy, and project execution excellence.
TEAM MEMBERS

Jagat Pradip Das

Professor of Practice

Information System and Operation Management, Alliance School of Business

Contact: 080-46198257

Quick Pick on a project in focus from Center of Excellence

Crate Track — RFID-Based Pay-Per-Crate Agricultural Storage System

Developed by Alliance University students MBA – Semester II students of ISOM department – Ashlyn Chryssandra Andrew, Chandan Vasudev, Jay Raut, and Abraham Lenus, Crate Track is a smart warehousing solution being designed to modernize India’s agricultural cold chain. The system aims to replace rigid block-based storage with flexible, crate-level RFID tracking and pay-per-crate pricing making formal storage accessible to smallholder farmers. Currently in development, the proposed model projects significant gains in fleet utilization and operational efficiency, with strong potential to reduce post-harvest losses across India.

 
Activities and events 2025 and 2026 :

Workshop – Supply Chain Network Optimization using AnyLogistix
A full-day workshop on Supply Chain Network Optimization using AnyLogistix was conducted on 13th December 2025 for 37 ISOM Semester 2 students as part of the Logistics and Supply Chain Management course, led by Mr. Ayanangshu Das, Senior Manager at Kohler India. The session provided hands-on experience in modeling, simulating, and optimizing supply chains, enabling participants to understand data-driven decision-making for facility location, capacity planning, and transportation optimization.

FDP – Odoo ERP Module – Training

A two-day FDP on Odoo ERP was conducted on 27–28 March 2026 at Alliance University with participation from internal and external faculty, led by trainers from Odoo India, focusing on hands-on implementation of ERP solutions and integration of business processes. Participants built end-to-end eCommerce and retail platforms, culminating in group presentations, and the learning was further extended into classroom teaching to reinforce experiential ERP-based project management skills.

FDP – DELMIA Quintiq
Advanced AI-powered solution for end-to-end supply chain planning, leveraging virtual twins to optimize operations, logistics, workforce, and resilience. Conducted by industry experts from Dassault Systems India on 11th August 2025.

Workshop – Statistical Discovery for Industrial Problem Solving: Leveraging AI/ML and Explanatory Models – Data to Decision using JMP®
A hands-on workshop on “Statistical Discovery for Industrial Problem Solving: Data to Decision using JMP®” was conducted for faculty members, PhD scholars, and MBA students by Dr. Muralidhara A from the JMP Global Team on 23rd June 2026. The session introduced participants to JMP, a powerful visual and interactive statistical software widely used in academia and industry for data analytics and decision-making. The workshop covered key topics such as Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA), statistical thinking, regression and correlation analysis, predictive modeling, machine learning, and data visualization. Participants gained practical exposure to no-code AI/ML capabilities, automated model screening, and interactive analytics through hands-on exercises and real-world case studies. The trainer also demonstrated how JMP supports research through advanced techniques such as Design of Experiments (DOE), multivariate analysis, and deep learning applications. The session was highly interactive and enabled participants to appreciate the role of AI-driven analytics in solving complex industrial and research problems.

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