IEOR Department Convocation for the class of 2023  took place on August 19th, 2023, at VMCC 21. The event was graced by Chief Guest Prof. Sandeep Juneja from TIFR.
Prof. Jayendran Venkateswaran, Head of the Department of IEOR, extended a warm welcome to esteemed guests, students, and their families. He presented the departmental report, which was followed by an introduction of the graduating cohort along with their remarkable achievements.

IEOR congratulates Prof. Narayan Rangaraj for recieving the Departmental Award for Excellence in Teaching for the year 2023. This is awarded by the Institute based on student feedback across multiple courses over the past five years. Prof. Narayan Rangaraj has been teaching several courses in IEOR, including Operations Analysis, Financial Engineering, Service and Infrastructure Systems and others.

Dr. Urban Larsson has joined IEOR as a full-time Associate Professor (Contract) starting from 30th March 2023.

Dr. Larsson works in the area of Game Theory, Number theory, Discrete Mathematics, Computer Science, and Algorithms. His main contributions find bridges between combinatorial games and the neighboring disciplines.  Urban has presented his research at more than 100 international conferences and seminars, he is an Associate Editor for the International Journal of Game Theory, and he is the Editor of two Games of No Chance volumes. 

Title: Game-theoretic analysis of a two-echelon supply chain with option contract under fairness concerns

Speaker: Prof. Abhishek Sharma, Industrial & Systems Engineering, IIT Kharagpur

Day, Date, and Time: Thursday, August 21, 2023, 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM.

Venue: Seminar room IE 211, Second Floor, IEOR Building.

Title of the Talk: Price Subsidies with or without Physical Procurement: Impact on Quality, Profits, and Welfare 

Speaker: Prof. Omkar D. Palsule-Desai, Indian Institute of Management Indore