Apte, Aruna (Naval Postgraduate School)
Aruna Apte
555 Dyer Rd
Monterey, CA 93943 USA
Phone: (831)373-3661
Email: auapte@nps.edu
URL: www.nps.edu
Topics:
Research Opportunities for Supporting Humanitarian Operations
Discussion of issues related to different types of disasters and different phases of response supply chain by proposing specific research opportunities, such as, prepositioning for humanitarian operations, needs assessment, information and knowledge management, and collaboration (Intermediate)
Strategies for Logistics in Case of a Natural Disaster
Discussion of a general framework for classifying disasters and then investigation of several logistics policy options for effectivelyresponding to them. (Intermediate)
Capabilities and Competencies in Humanitarian Operations
Both the U.S. military and non-military organizations bring assets, skills and capabilities to a humanitarian crisis however the competencies and capacities of each are far from homogeneous. Discussion explores the core competencies and capabilities of the U.S. military as well as non-military and non-governmental organizations through the lens of several recent humanitarian operations. (Intermediate)
Background:
- DMS Mathematics Temple University
- PHD Operations Research Southern Methodist University
Aruna Apte is Assistant Professor of Operations and Logistics Management in the Graduate School of Business and Public Policy at the Naval Postgraduate School. At NPS She teaches mathematical modeling, for which she won the best teacher award. Aruna has successfully completed various research projects, involving application of mathematical models and optimization techniques that have led to over 20 research articles and one patent. Her current research focus is in humanitarian logistics. She has publications in journals such as Naval Research Logistics, Production and Operations Management, and Interfaces. She has recently published a monograph on Humanitarian Logistics.
She is the founding and current president of the college of Humanitarian Operations and Crisis Management, Production and Operations Management Society. She frequently briefs flag officers in the Department of Defense and senior officials in the State Department about Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief.
Prof. Aruna Apte can speak at the beginning, intermediate, and advanced level about any of the topics listed above to a wide range of audience.