Sachin Bodke, a second-year Ph.D. student in the IEOR department at IIT Bombay under the guidance of Prof. Narayan Rangaraj, pursued his R&D project under the supervision of Prof. Usha Ananthakumar from the SJMSOM department. He presented his work at the International Conference on Emerging Technologies, Analytics, and Operations (ICETAO 2024), held from March 22nd to 23rd, 2024, at ICFAI Business School (IBS) in Hyderabad. 

Industrial Engineering and Operations Research at IIT Bombay is now a Department, and will be soon offering a full basket of degree courses, ranging from B.Tech (starting July 2024) to M.Sc., M.Tech and Ph.D. In addition, the minor program for B.Tech/BS students, IDDDP, short term courses, sponsored research, consulting, short-term etc, will continue, along with research and publishing. 

IEOR is happy to announce that Dr. Priyank Sinha has joined as an Assistant Professor on 21-03-2024.

His research interests include Network Optimization, Transportation and Logistics Network Design, and Supply Chain Network Analysis.

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.'