The Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (IEOR) is pleased to welcome Dr. Manikandan Rangaswamy as an INSA Visiting Scientist. His visit is scheduled from January 12 to February 10, 2026.

Dr. Rangaswamy is a faculty member in the Department of Mathematics, Central University of Kerala. His research interests include stochastic modelling and analysis of queueing, reliability, and storage systems; stochastic games in queues; and telecommunications networks and their applications. During his visit, he will be collaborating with Prof. N. Hemachandra.

Savad KP, a PhD student from the Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (IEOR), participated in the Reinforcement Learning Workshop 2026, held at the IISc Bangalore campus from January 15–18, 2026. The workshop commenced with a tutorial on reinforcement learning theory by Prof. Gugan Thoppe from IISc Bangalore. From January 16-18, the event featured insightful talks by renowned professors from around the world, including Aviral Kumar, Vivek Borkar, and M Vidyasagar, among others.

Himanshu Maurya , Anubhav Bonit , Divya Jyoti Bajpai and Prakhar Paliwal attended the COMSNETS 2026 conference , dated 6th January 2026 to 10th January 2026. The conference focused on Communication System and Networks , highlighting various innovative research taking place in this field . The conference also served as a platform for networking and academic exchange, contributing positively to ongoing projects and future collaborative opportunities. 

Gurkirat Wadhwa presented her paper titled "Price Equilibria with Positive Margins in Loyal-Strategic Markets with Discrete Prices" at the 64th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC 2025), Rio De Janerio, Brazil. This work, coauthored with Akansh Verma (MTech passout student, IEOR), Prof. Veeraruna Kavitha, and Prof. Priyank Sinha, discusses Nash equilibria and Edgeworth cycles in a modified Bertrand duopoly. They have attached a personal picture and the CDC invitation letter to support leave form completion.
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Sachin Bodke, PhD Scholar, attended the International Conference on Business Analytics and Intelligence (ICBAI) organized by the Operations Research Society of India – Karnataka Chapter (ORSI-KA) in Madurai. The conference brought together researchers, academicians, and industry professionals working at the intersection of operations research, analytics, and decision sciences.

 Bhavya Gupta, a student from the department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research presented her research paper titled “System Dynamics Modeling Approach for Quantifying Supply Chain Resilience under Disruptions” at the XXVIII Annual International Conference of the Society of Operations Management (SOM 2025), hosted by IIM Nagpur from December 19–21, 2025.

Prof. Jayendran Venkateswaran organized an industrial visit on November 22, 2025, to the Mahindra & Mahindra Chakan Plant in Pune. He was accompanied by Prof. Saurabh Jain, institute staffs, and a group of Master's and PhD students.

The visit provided deep insights into modern production technologies and the specialized assembly line processes for Mahindra's latest Electric Vehicles (EVs). Students observed the integration of Industry 4.0 standards, including AI-driven quality checks and the automated battery assembly facility.