Team Vajra representing the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, has achieved the Runner Up title at the recent Vimarsh 2023 5G Hackathon organized by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Government of India, and the Department of Telecommunications (DOT).
During the IEOR Day celebrations on March 16, 2024, the eagerly anticipated 2023-24 edition of our department's annual magazine, 'Optimystic', was officially launched. The unveiling of the magazine was honored by the attendance of our esteemed alumni, featuring Mr. Avinash Gupta from ASAPPP.com, Mr. Rakesh Ambre, and Prof. Sundaravalli Narayanaswami from IIM Ahmedabad. We're excited to share this compilation of insights and achievements from our IEOR community with you. We hope you will enjoy reading the magazine. Happy reading!
IEOR Day 2024, held on March 16th, 2024, at the SOM auditorium, aimed to unite professionals from various industries, academia experts, faculty, students, and alumni to explore the wide-ranging applications of IEOR techniques. The theme for the event was 'Spectrum of IEOR.'
IEOR is happy to announce that our Squash team secured 1st place jointly with electrical department in the Squash PGGC tournament.
Congratulations to the entire Squash team.
IEOR Squash Team:
Prem kant (C)
Santosh Palaskar
Pintu
Tushar Shankar Walunj, a fifth-year M.Sc.-Ph.D. dual degree student at the Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (IEOR), IIT Bombay, recently presented his collaborative research titled "Partition Form Cooperative Games in Two Echelon Supply Chain" at the ICORES 2024 conference held in Rome, Italy from February 24th to 26th, 2024. This work was conducted in collaboration with Gurkirat Wadhwa and Professor Veeraruna Kavitha.
The Games at Mumbai Workshop was conducted at Victor Menezes Convection centre (VMCC), IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India spanning from Jan 21st to Jan 25th, 2024. It was organized by Prof. Urban Larsson, Prof. Mallikarjuna Rao, along with Anjali Bhagat and Prem Kant from IEOR department, IIT Bombay. This comprehensive 5-day workshop commenced with a day dedicated to game playing on Sunday, January 21st, 2024.
IEOR is happy to announce the appointment of Prof. Vishnu Narayanan as Professor in the department, as of February 2024. Prof.Vishnu Narayanan's Research Interests include Mathematical Programming; especially Integer Programming, Convex Optimization, and Polyhedral Theory.
A workshop on System Dynamics Theory and Practice held at VMCC, IIT Bombay during 5-6 Feb 2024. It was conducted by Prof. Nikhil Bugalia (IIT Madras), Prof. Pooja Prasad (IIT Delhi), Prof. Om Damani (IIT Bombay) and Prof. Jayendran Venkateswaran (IIT Bombay).
This workshop aimed at bringing together faculty, students, and professionals working in systems thinking and system dynamics to share their works, connect/reconnect with a larger community, and build a "Systems Thinking" ecosystem in India.