Student Activities

The 2017 issue of the annual departmental magazine Optimystic was released by IEOR head Prof. Narayan Rangaraj. During the occasion, Prof. Rangaraj noted that the first edition was launched in 2014, and commended the efforts of the students in resurrecting the magazine. He also hoped that the magazine would be a regular feature of IEOR and become an avenue for showcasing students' literary and research works.

The magazine can be accessed by following the link below:

Soundarya Natya Kalalaya Sanskriti, IIT Powai (Cell for human values) , held Annual Day on 6^th May 2017. This included Bharatnatyam performances by students of the institute, which included three students from IEOR department, Sandhya Tripathi, Aanchal Panwar and Chhavi sharma.

IEORSA,2017  had arranged a farewell for the students of M.tech 2017 batch and  M.Sc. students who are graduating in the year 2017. The program was attended entusiastically by current M.Sc. and M.tech students as well as the faculty members.

An orientation session for newly-admitted students was conducted by IEOR Students Association (IEORSA). M.Tech and PhD students had their orientation on 15th July 2016 from 2:30-5:00pm and MSc-PhD dual degree students had theirs on 16th July 2016 from 3:00-5:00pm.

A farewell function was organised by the IEOR Students Association for the 2016 passing-out batch of M.Tech and PhD students on 23 June 2016. IEOR faculty members joined in to spend some time with them. Vinay Rai, general secretary of IEORSA, was the presenter for the evening.

The graduating students introduced themselves briefly, shared their experiences in IEOR and on campus, and shared their future plans. They were then presented with gifts by the faculty members. The faculty members shared their thoughts and blessed the outgoing batch with their advice.

Owing to exemplary hardwork, determination and planning, IEOR has won the overall championship in PG sports 2014-15. Thanks to everyone for making it possible. Atul Kumar played a key role as the Joint Sports Secretory in this successful campaign.
 

IIT Bombay hosted the 50th Inter IIT Sports Meet-Aquatics Meet during October 1-4, 2014, and the Main Meet during December 12-19, 2014. Out of 16 participating IITs, Bombay won the girls championship by a huge margin, while boys narrowly missed the third place.

Four students from IEOR participated in various events. Shilpi Bhargava, M.Tech. 2nd year student, took part in aquatics and won Silver in 50 meter Butterfly,  Bronze in 100 meter Freestyle, and secured 4th place in 50 meter Backstroke.

IEOR office, earlier located in room 308A in Mechanical Engineering building, has been relocated to room 323 in the same building. Also, Prof. P.G. Awate's and Prof. Narayan Rangaraj's offices have been shifted to room 304C and room 323 in the same building, respectively. The phone numbers of all the three offices remain unchanged.

" Guru Brahma Gurur Vishnu, Guru Devo Maheshwaraha,

  Guru Saakshat Para Brahma, Tasmai Sree Gurave Namaha"

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops – Henry Brooks Adams

Cheers ! We got the 3rd place in PG Sports 2013-14. Some of our key players were Prashant (Ph.D), Meenarli (Ph.D), Sathish (Ph.D), Shrikant (M.Tech), Shilpi (M.Tech), Padmaja (M.Tech), Priya (M.Tech), Sandhya (MSc.- PhD), Ashish (MSc.-PhD).