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Hrishikesh V, a Ph.D.

Anjali Bhagat, a research fellow at IEOR, IIT Bombay, attended the first-ever "International Conference on Combinatorial Game Theory in Japan" held from March 19-22, 2026. They also presented their work on "Cyclic Sink Subtraction", joint work with Prof. Urban Larsson. 

Dear All,

The Spring Session of the 64th Convocation of the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay was held on Saturday, February 28, 2026, from 11.00 am onwards in the Convocation Hall of the Institute.

On March 15, 2026, the Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (IEOR) at IIT Bombay hosted its annual flagship event, IEOR Day 2026. This year’s theme, “OR in the Age of Generative AI,” brought together students, researchers, and industry professionals for a day of engaging talks and discussions.

Dear All

I am extremely happy to welcome Prof. Arunselvan Ramaswamy who has joined the Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (IEOR) at IIT Bombay on 27th February, 2026 as Associate Professor.

Arunselvan obtained his Doctorate from IISc in 2016 and has served at  Paderborn University, Germay in various positions such as Academic Associate, Lecturer, Junior Research Head (Data Science and Artificial Intelligence) and Stand-in-Professor. Prior joining IEOR, he served Karlstad University, Sweden as Associate Professor.  

The Cleanliness Competition (Phase IV) of the “Clean Campus Drive” was successfully conducted across all academic departments, non-academic sections, Section 8 companies, externally funded centers, hostels, and zonal areas of Junior Engineers (JEs) during 23–27 February 2026 by three evaluation committees.

Divya Jyoti Bajpai, a research fellow at IEOR, IIT Bombay, presented his paper "BEEM: Boosting Performance of EEDNNs Using Multi-Exit Classifiers as Experts", co-authored with Prof. Manjesh Kumar Hanawal at The ACM Academic Research and Careers for Students (ARCS) 2026. The dates for the event were 11 February 2026 to 14 February 2026. The Academic Research and Careers for Students (ARCS) is an annual symposium hosted by ACM India, dedicated to providing a unique platform for research scholars in Computer Science and related fields across India.

The Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (IEOR) is pleased to welcome Dr. Manikandan Rangaswamy as an INSA Visiting Scientist. His visit is scheduled from January 12 to February 10, 2026.

Dr. Rangaswamy is a faculty member in the Department of Mathematics, Central University of Kerala. His research interests include stochastic modelling and analysis of queueing, reliability, and storage systems; stochastic games in queues; and telecommunications networks and their applications. During his visit, he will be collaborating with Prof. N. Hemachandra.

Savad KP, a PhD student from the Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (IEOR), participated in the Reinforcement Learning Workshop 2026, held at the IISc Bangalore campus from January 15–18, 2026. The workshop commenced with a tutorial on reinforcement learning theory by Prof. Gugan Thoppe from IISc Bangalore. From January 16-18, the event featured insightful talks by renowned professors from around the world, including Aviral Kumar, Vivek Borkar, and M Vidyasagar, among others.