Ravi Anupindi is Colonel William G. and Ann C. Svetlich Professor of Operations Research and Management at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business; and Chair of (UM)  (2013-). Previously he was founding Faculty Director of the  (2017-2020); co-Director of the  (2015-18) at Ross. He is a Research Fellow at the  and faculty associate with the , , , ,  and the . He was the (founding) Faculty Director for the  (2008-2015). Previously he taught at the Stern School of Business, New York University (2000-2002) and the Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University (1993-2000).

His main research areas include technology and business innovation, global supply chain management, health care delivery in low and middle-income countries, economic development, and environmental & social sustainability. He serves as a faculty expert on a Global Supply Chain Task Force to look into supply chains and national security issues. He was Chair of National Academies consensus study on “”. His work has appeared in several leading journals including Management Science, Operations Research, Journal of MSOM, Marketing Science, The Lancet, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. At the Ross school his (past / present) teaching includes Operations Management (core) and an elective classes in Strategic Sourcing, Global Supply Chain Management; ; and . He has authored  & reports (a brief summary available ). He is co-author of , Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2011.
Dr. Anupindi was recognized as P&Q's Favorite MBA Professors from the Class of 2020 and is recipient the Ross School of Business Neary Teaching Excellence Award (2019), Victor L. Bernard Teaching Leadership Award (2019), and the CORE (Contribution to Research Environment) Award (2015). He is member of the Governing Council of the (SCRLC); serves on the  of the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; is a member of the boards of the , the , , and ; a founding board member of the ; and a technical advisor to .