General

IEOR Congratulates  Prof. Manjesh Hanawal for being awarded  awarded both the Patwardhan Technology Development Award and the Departmental Award for Excellence in Teaching. These accolades testify to your exceptional contributions to technology development and your unwavering commitment to educational excellence. Your dedication continues to inspire us all. Congratulations on this well-deserved recognition.

A happy occasion for IEOR, IIT Bombay. 46 students got their degrees today - 22 M.Tech degrees, 1 Ph.D., 1 MSc.-Ph.D., 3 M.S. by Research, 14 M.Sc., 1 PG-DIIT and 4 their Mtech as part of the IDDDP at IIT Bombay (i.e. B.Tech/B.S. in some other discipline). Added to those who go their Ph.D. degrees in the interim convocation, this is the largest number of Ph.D. graduates in an academic year and perhaps overall as well. The Chief Guest was Venkatesh Seshadri, who delivered a sharp and insightful address.

Scholar: Sambit Mohanty

Title: A double-edged Sword: Morality and its conflicting effects in Heterogeneous Societies

Supervisor: Prof. K.S.Mallikarjuna Rao, IEOR, IIT Bombay

Date and Day: Monday, July 15, 2024

Venue: Seminar room, 2nd Floor, IEOR Building

Board Of Examiners:

1) Prof. R. B. Sunoj, Chemistry (Chairperson)

2) Prof. Debasis Mishra Economics and Planning Unit ISI, New Delhi(External Examiner)                       

3)  Prof. V. Narayanan, IEOR, IIT Bombay(Internal Examiner)

Scholar: Vora Mustafa Makbul

Title: Development of a Solver for Mixed-Integer Quadratically Constrained Quadratic Optimization

Supervisor: Prof. Ashutosh Mahajan, IEOR, IIT Bombay

Date and Day: Monday, August 5, 2024

Venue: IEOR Conference Room

Board Of Examiners:

Scholar: Akash Saha

Title: Learning with Functional Data via Operator-valued Kernel Methods, Deep Neural Network Models: Theory, Techniques and Algorithms

Supervisor: Prof. P. Balamurugan, IEOR, IIT Bombay

Date and Day: Thursday, August 22, 2024

Venue: IEOR Conference Room 

Board Of Examiners:

1) Prof. R. B. Sunoj, Chemistry (Chairperson)

IEOR is happy to announce that Prof. Balamurugan Palaniappan has been awarded the Departmental Award for Excellence in Teaching, recognizing his exceptional contributions to the field of education. Over the past few years, he has expertly taught courses in machine learning and deep learning, earning consistently high evaluations from his students. This award, based on student feedback, reflects his ability to deliver complex material with clarity and his dedication to fostering an enriching learning environment.

IEOR is happy to announce that Prof. Jayendran Venkateswaran has been awarded the prestigious S.P. Sukhatme Excellence in Teaching Award, recognizing his outstanding educational contributions.This award highlights his dedication to fostering academic excellence and his commitment to inspiring and guiding students in their academic pursuits.

Hritiz Gogoi, a PhD scholar from IEOR, and Swpnil Engla, an MTech student from IEOR, participated in a research internship in Industrial Engineering at Purdue University from mid-June to July end.

We are delighted to welcome the 2024 batch of both undergraduate and postgraduate students to the Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (IEOR) department at IIT Bombay. This year marks the beginning of an exciting journey filled with opportunities for learning, innovation, and personal growth. Welcome to the IEOR family at IIT Bombay. We look forward to witnessing your achievements and contributions in the years to come.

The Game Theory Lab at the Department of Computer Science and Automation, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, organized the GAME-ARTS, Game Theory, Mechanism Design and Artificial Intelligence  Symposium, which saw a significant turnout from the IEOR department. Attendees included students, alumni, and faculty members such as Prof. N. Hemachandra, Prof. K.S. Mallikarjuna Rao, Prof. Urban Larsson, and Prof. P. Balamurugan.