Bengaluru, India
Dr. Narasimha
Kamath
I build AI systems that make supply chains think — and secure them against the threats of tomorrow.
25+
Years Experience
200+
Enterprise Customers
12
US Patents Granted
25+
Publications
About
Executive. Researcher.
Builder.
Dr. Narasimha Kamath is a globally recognised technology executive at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence, Supply Chain Management, and Cybersecurity — with over 25 years of building systems that operate at planetary scale.
As EVP R&D & Global CISO at o9 Solutions, he leads a 450-person global R&D organisation and has scaled the company's agentic AI platform from zero to 200+ marquee enterprises including Samsung, Nike, AB InBev, Tata Steel, and Walmart.
A Gold Medallist from NIT Karnataka and Fellow (PhD) of IIM Calcutta, he was the first Indian to receive the prestigious Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Award. Backed by an Infosys Research Fellowship, his doctoral work on supply chain optimisation has been cited in leading international journals including EJOR and IJPE.
He serves on the Board of the School of Supply Chain & Logistics at Young India Skills University, Telangana, and collaborates actively with IIM Bangalore, IIM Mumbai, IIT Kharagpur, IIT BHU, and IIT Guwahati.
Credentials
IIM Calcutta
PhD, Supply Chain Management
EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Award · First Indian recipient
IIM Calcutta
MBA
Batch Topper
NIT Karnataka (KREC)
B.E. Mechanical Engineering
Gold Medalist
Current Roles
- → EVP R&D & Global CISO, o9 Solutions
- → Board Member, School of Supply Chain & Logistics, YISU
- → PhD Co-guide, IIT BHU
- → Research Collaborator — IIT Kharagpur, IIT Guwahati, IIM Bangalore, IIM Mumbai
Expertise
Three pillars of thought leadership
Agentic AI Platform Development
Building multi-tenant agentic AI systems that automate complex enterprise decision-making at scale — from demand forecasting and supply optimisation to root-cause analysis and scenario planning.
Supply Chain Intelligence
Two decades of research and practice at the frontier of supply chain science — from perishable item models and system dynamics to large-scale integer programming and ML-driven planning.
Cybersecurity
Concurrent Global CISO responsibility alongside R&D leadership — building enterprise security posture from the ground up, with security embedded into the product rather than bolted on.
Intellectual Property
12 Granted US Patents
+ 2 pending (2026)
View on Google Patents →US 12,506,669 B2
US 12,462,205 B2
US 12,086,185 B2
US 11,853,940 B1
US 11,809,495 B2
US 11,792,094 B2
US 11,615,357 B2
Pending (2026)
Research
25+ Publications
Algorithms, 11(4): 54
International Journal of Network Security, 7(2): 249–260
European Journal of Operational Research, 179(2): 334–351
International Journal of Production Economics, 106(1): 28–40
Speaking & Collaboration
Where research meets the real world
Signature Course
A globally delivered online course co-created with two of the world's leading supply chain researchers.
Speaking Topics
Available for keynotes, panel discussions, executive workshops, and academic seminars.
Academic Network
An active bridge between industry and academia — collaborating with India's premier research institutions on AI, supply chain, and operations research.
Teaching
Simulation Games
Cake Game
An interactive simulation game for comprehending perishability in supply chains. Players experience the dynamics of ordering, spoilage, and demand uncertainty first-hand.
Play the game →Beer Game
An interactive simulation of the classic Beer Distribution Game, illustrating the bullwhip effect in multi-echelon supply chains. Players take on roles across the supply chain — retailer, wholesaler, distributor, and manufacturer — to experience how local ordering decisions cascade into system-wide instability.
Play the game →Contact
Let's build something remarkable
Open to speaking engagements, advisory roles, research collaborations, and conversations about the future of AI in enterprise.
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