The 5th edition of the Large Scale Optimization (LSO) Summer School was held from June 16–21, 2025, at IIT Bombay.
Organized by the Department of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research, the event brought together PhD students, faculty, and industry professionals.
Participants engaged in expert lectures and hands-on sessions covering topics like Benders decomposition, cutting plane methods, and robust optimization. The program facilitated insightful panel discussions and collaborative learning, strengthening the optimization research community.

Madhu Dhiman, a Ph.D. student from our IEOR Department, had the privilege of attending the Data Science: Probabilistic and Optimization Methods II (DSPOM II) program at the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS), Bengaluru, from 04 August 2025 to 12 August 2025 -- a vibrant gathering of researchers and practitioners exploring the frontiers of probability and optimization.

The days were filled with inspiring talks, deep technical discussions, and those magical coffee-break conversations where ideas spark and connections form.

Dear all, 

We are delighted to inform you that Prof. K.S.Mallikarjuna Rao has been appointed as the new Head, IEOR for a period of 3 years, and will be taking charge from Monday, 18 August 2025.

Bhavya had the opportunity to present her paper on "Simulation Framework to Quantify Supply Chain Resilience" at the 43rd International System Dynamics Conference (ISDC 2025), held in a hybrid format at Boston University, USA, from August 3rd to 7th. 

Dear students and colleagues:

On behalf of the department, we are happy to welcome Dr. Subodha Dharmapriya, Faculty from University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka to IEOR, IIT Bombay.  She is visiting our department as INSA India Science & Research Fellow (ISRF) for a period of 3 months (until mid-November 2025).

We are delighted to welcome the 2025 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 Student Count is as follows
Ph.D. - 12
MTech - 44
MSc- 15
BTech- 39

Simran Lakhani, a PhD scholar of IEOR, presented her research work "Offline Appointment Scheduling of Patients for a Scanning Facility Under High Demand", supervised by Prof Ashutosh Mahajan, at the 51st Operational Research Applied to Health Services (ORAHS 2025) conference held at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway from 05th July to 11th July 2025. The talk discussed the appointment scheduling challenges for a high-demand hospital scanning facility.