GENERAL
Dileep More defends his Ph.D. Thesis
Dileep S. More defended his Ph.D. thesis titled "Some studies in supply chain flexibility" on 10 May, 2010. The external examiner for the defence was Prof G. Srinivasan from IIT Madras. Dileep is soon taking up an academic position at IIM Calcutta.
Meenarli Sharma and Ketki Kulkarni at Inter IIT
Meenarli Sharma (M.Tech) and Ketki Kulkarni (Ph.D) represented IIT Bombay at the 45th Inter IIT meet at IIT Kanpur in Dec 2009. Meenarli (Basketball, which won the fourth place overall - and Athletics), and Ketki (Table Tennis, 2nd place) were part of the IIT Bombay women's team which won the second place overall. This is Meenarli's second contribution in this direction continuing from the 44th Inter IIT meet at IIT Madras last year where she was part of the silver medal Basketball team.
Mrs. M.M.Shenoy appointed in IEOR group
Mrs M.M.Shenoy has been appointed as Superintendent and has joined IEOR on 20 July, 2009, thereby becoming the first staff member in IEOR. Mrs Shenoy has been in IIT since 1976 and has worked in several different parts of IIT including Mechanical Engineering Dept, Dean R and D, Central Library, Hostel 11, Accounts Section and finally, the Design Cell, before coming to IEOR.
4 Ph.D. students, 7 M.Sc.-Ph.D. dual degree students and 15 M.Tech students have joined IEOR starting from July, for the 2009-2010 academic year.
L.Sundaravalli defends Ph.D. thesis
IEOR Research Scholar L.Sundaravalli defended her Ph.D. thesis, "Dynamic Railway Rescheduling using Intelligent Agents" on 16 July 2009. The external examiner was Prof G.Raghuram of IIM Ahmedabad.
Sudhir Sinha defends his Ph.D. thesis
Research scholar Sudhir Kumar Sinha of IEOR defended his Ph.D. thesis, titled "Service Level Contracts for Supply Chains", on 23 October, 2008. The external examiner was Prof Y.Narahari of Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
IEOR research scholars alumni meet
Ph.D. alumni from IEOR, current Ph.D. students, faculty and others met on 20 October, 2008 as the concluding part of the Research Scholars' Confluence, organized by IIT Bombay, as part of its Golden Jubilee Celebrations. On the occasion, Dr Jayan Moorkanat, Dr Sajeev A. George and Dr Attekh-ur-Rahman were the IEOR Ph.D. alumni who attended the event. Dr Siddhartha Sen Gupta of TCS, Mr Milind Padalkar of Patni Computer Systems Limited, and Dr Vivek N.Patkar were special invitees for the event.
A book co-authored by Prof Narayan Rangaraj, Prof G.Raghuram (IIM Ahmedabad) and Prof M.M.Srinivasan (Univ of Tennessee at Knoxville) titled "Supply Chain Management for Competitive Advantage: Concepts and Cases" has been published by Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi. It is a text book for students, and includes a collection of 11 cases reflecting supply chain decision making in the Indian context.
Dr. Vishnu Narayanan joins IEOR group
Dr. Vishnu Narayanan has joined the IEOR programme as an Assistant Professor in August 2008. He has completed his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from University of California, Berkeley. His research interests are in Mathematical Programming; especially Integer Programming, Convex Optimization, and Polyhedral Theory.
Ateekh-ur-Rehman presented his thesis on "Evaluation of Reconfigured Manufacturing Systems Using Simulation and Multi Criteria Methods" on 5/2/2008. His work was done under the guidance of Prof. A. Subash Babu and Prof. N.Hemachandra. The external examiner was Prof Prem Vrat, Vice Chancellor, U.P. Technical University.
Sajeev A. George presented his thesis on "Competences and Performance Measurement for Supply Chain Management" on 4/12/2007. His work was done under the guidance of Prof Narayan Rangaraj. The external examiner was Prof G.Srinivasan of the Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras.
M.Tech. 2006-08 Batch Placement Info
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Naga Satya Narayana Bojja |
Analyst (Risk) |
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Naval Kishor |
Analyst (Risk) |
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Piyush Verma |
Analyst (Risk) |
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Ankit Jain |
HP Analytics |
Business Analyst (SCM) |
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Narode Avinash Ravindra |
HP Analytics |
Business Analyst (SCM) |
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Niketa Agarwal |
Analyst (Marketing) |
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Manish Kumar Singh |
Manager (SCM) |
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Pratap Dangeti |
Business Analyst (Risk) |
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Tilak Raj Singh |
Manager (Business Operations) |
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Yogesh Prakash Awate |
Business Analyst |
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Abhishek Maheshwari |
Wipro Analytics |
Business Analyst |
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Prof N.Hemachandra rejoins IEOR after his sabbatical leave from July 2006-June 2007. He spent his sabbatical year at the Dept of Computer Science and Automation, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
Dr. K.S. Mallikarjuna Rao has joined the IEOR programme as an Assistant Professor.
Prior to joining IIT Bombay, he was at the Bangalore centre of TIFR. Dr. Mallikarjuna Rao has research interests in Game Theory and Mathematical Finance, apart from his work in Partial Differential Equations.
The new IEOR lab room for research and teaching activities of the group (Room 324 A, Mech Engg Dept), was inaugurated by Prof P.G.Awate on 19 March, 2007 on the auspicious occassion of Gudi Padwa. The room will have about 6-8 computers, projection facilities and a small area for discussions and presentations.
Student |
Company |
Job Designation |
Vinay Pydah |
Technology Development Executive |
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Charru Hasti |
Analyst |
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Vineet Kapoor |
American Express |
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K V Srikanth V |
Associate Analyst |
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Amey Kamat |
Associate Analyst |
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Anoop Kumar Katiyar |
Associate Analyst |
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Atul Tiwari |
Production Planning Engineer |
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Ketan Bodas |
Associate Analyst |
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Krishna Teja Bandi |
Analyst |
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Deepika Taneja |
Business Analyst |
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A. Nageshwar Sharma |
Research Engineer |
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Ashutosh Garg |
Research Engineer |
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Rochit Anand Marcus |
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Anil Kumar Gupta |
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Sharad Kumar Shrivastava |
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Alok Kulkarni |
Business Analyst |
Prof. Tapan P. Bagchi Joins IEOR department as Adjunct Professor
Prof Tapan P. Bagchi is visiting the IEOR group as Adjunct Professor from January to June 2007. This semester, Prof Bagchi will be teaching the Quality Engineering and Management Systems course (together with Prof A.Subash Babu) and also participate in other academic activities and research in the group.
Prof Bagchi is a distinguished academic and professional in the field, with wide experience in research, industry and teaching in many areas including Scheduling, Quality Management and Project Management. He is currently a Senior Professor at S.P.Jain Institute of Management and Research and has previously held senior positions at Exxon Corporation, IIT Kanpur and NITIE.
IEOR website shifted to new server
Website of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research(IE&OR) Department has been shifted to a new server The new server optima.me.iitb.ac.in. Henceforth the department's official website will be www.ieor.iitb.ac.in
IEOR 2006-08 Batch joins the department
The new batch of IEOR Mtech Students joined the department in the last week of July. The batch has 11 students form different deciplines of engineering. The fresher's welcome party was arranged for this batch by the 2005-07 batch on 24th August 2006 in the Mech seminar hall. Prof. P.G. Awate, Prof. Narayan Rangaraj and Prof. Jayendran also attended the party. The photos of the party can be seen here
Covocation of IEOR-2006 Batch held
Convocation of the 2006 passing out batch of IEOR students took place on 11 August 2006. The photo is here. Students from left to right: Ranganadh Tippisetty, Rakesh Ambre, Nivesh Kumar, Vikas Grover,Nishant Patil, Rahul Bharde, Sandeep Kale
Prof. N. Hemachandra on sabbatical
Prof N.Hemachandra is on sabbatical leave during July 2006-June 2007. He will be spending July-December 2006 at the Dept of Computer Science and Automation, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
Dr. Narayan Rangaraj rejoins IEOR Dr. Narayan Rangaraj rejoins IEOR after spending the Spring 2006 semester at IIT Guwahati. At IITG he taught a course on 'Optimization Methods for Engineering Applications'. Dr. Narayan Rangaraj also resumes his duty as the Convener of IEOR from May 2006.
Student |
Company |
Job Designation |
Ajit Aher |
Assistant Manager |
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Avinash Gupta |
Symphony Services |
Associate Consultant |
Braja Gopal Das |
Assistant Manager |
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Chetan Desai |
Business Analyst |
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Chetan Mahajan |
Business Analyst |
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Nilesh Nalnikar |
Business Analyst |
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Nishant Patil |
Consultant |
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Nivesh Kumar |
Lehman Brothers |
Associates / Analyst |
Rahul Bharde |
Business Analyst |
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Sandeep Kale |
Business Analyst |
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Vilas Gunjkar |
Subject Matter Expert |
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Vikas Grover |
Software Engineer |
Prof. P.G. Awate is Acting Convener of IEOR
Prof. P.G. Awate will be the Acting Convener of IEOR from January-April 2006, during the absence of Prof. Narayan Rangaraj the current Convener. Prof. P.G. Awate has been with IIT Bombay since 1976.
Dr. Narayan Rangaraj to spend Jan-Apr 2006 at IITG
Prof Narayan Rangaraj is planning to visit IIT Guwahati as part of the 'Inter IIT Faculty Exchange Programme' from January-April 2006. At IITG he will be teaching a course on 'Optimization Methods for Engineering Applications'.
Condolence meeting for Prof. M.C. Puri held
A condolence meeting was held on Monday, 2rd January 2006 to mourn the sad and untimely demise of Prof. M.C. Puri, Professor (Emeritus), Department of Mathematics, IIT Delhi. He was killed in a terrorist attack earlier that week while attending the ORSI annual convention at Banglore. IIT Bombay and the Operational Research community in Mumbai expressed their collective and heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of Prof. M.C. Puri.
A new website for IEOR has been launched on Sept 9th 2005. The new site provides comprehensive information for future and current students, corporate visitors, faculty, and all other visitors who want to learn about IEOR activities.
Dr. Subash Babu is the new Prof-in-Charge, Placement, IITB.
Dr. A. Subash Babu assumes office in August 2005 as the new Professor-in-Charge Placement, IIT Bombay. He has over 24 years of teaching / research experience at IIT Bombay after about 9 years of consultancy/project management and research.
New IEOR IDPC formed The IEOR Interdisciplinary Programme Committee (IDPC) for 2005 consists of:
Dr. Narayan Rangaraj (IEOR)
Dr. N. Hemachandra (IEOR)
Dr. Jayendran Venkateswaran (IEOR)
Dr. Prakash G. Awate (ME)
Dr. D. Manjunath (EE)
Dr. Milind Sohoni (CSE)
Dr. Murali K. Srinivasan (MATH)
This committee oversees the academic and other activities of the programme.
The incoming batch of Master's and Ph.D. students were welcomed with a party on 12th August 2005. Dr. Jayendran was also cordially welcomed. The party was organized by the 2004-06 batch students.
Dr Jayendran Venkateswaran has joined IEOR in July 2005 as an Assistant Professor. He obtained his Ph.D. in Systems and Industrial Engineering from The University of Arizona, Tucson. His research interests lies in modeling and simulation (Discrete-event & System Dynamics), hybrid and distributed analysis, and supply chain management.
Dr. Narayan Rangaraj assumes office as Convener
Dr. Narayan Rangaraj has been appointed as Convener of IEOR in July 2005. He succeeds Dr. A. Subash Babu who was the Convener from 1997 - 2005. Prof. NR has been with IIT Bombay since 1990.