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.

Simran Lakhani, a PhD scholar of IEOR, presented her research work "Appointment Scheduling of Multiple Classes of Patients for a Diagnostic Medical Facility", supervised by Prof Ashutosh Mahajan, at the 50th Operational Research Applied to Health Services (ORAHS 2024) conference held at the University of Turin, Turin, Italy from 14th July to 20th July 2024.

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.

Sachin Bodke, a PhD student in IEOR, successfully completed a summer internship with Apex Kidney Care in Chembur, Mumbai from May 15, 2024, to July 15, 2024. During this period, Sachin gained valuable insights into kidney health and dialysis treatments.
Sachin's internship involved significant projects, including:
1. The burden of depression amongst patients receiving hemodialysis at public and private dialysis centers and the factors contributing to it.

IEOR welcomes Dr Sudeep Singh Sanga to IEOR as a visiting scientist under the INSA scheme. He will be here in this month of July 2024.  He is a faculty in the Department of Mathematics, NIT Surat; works in the area of Queueing Theory, and will be collaborating with Prof. N. Hemachandra in this visit.