He has written 11 books and published over 400 research papers in the fields of manufacturing and operations management, finance and economics, marketing, and optimization theory. He initiated and developed doctoral programs in operations management at both The University of Texas at Dallas and the University of Toronto. He serves on the editorial boards of several journals, including Production and Operations Management and SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization. He was named a Fellow of The Royal Society of Canada in 1994. Two conferences were organized, and two books were edited in his honor in 2005-6. Other honors include IEEE Fellow (2001), INFORMS Fellow (2003), AAAS Fellow (2003), POMS Fellow (2005), IITB Distinguished Alum (2008), SIAM Fellow (2009), POMS President (2012), INFORMS Fellows Selection Committee (2014-16), Alumni Achievement Award, Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University (2015), Best Paper Award Named After Suresh Sethi: Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) has instituted a Suresh Sethi Best Interdisciplinary Paper Award to be given every two years beginning 2024. He has supervised many Doctoral Students and Post Doctoral Fellows.