Research Scholar (Jan 2014 - Feb 2021) 
Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Email: shripad.salsingikar[AT]iitb.ac.in
Profiles : LinkedIn, Google Scholar, ResearchGate
Thesis: Routing and scheduling of trains in a railway network (abstract)
Supervisor: Prof. Narayan Rangaraj, IIT Bombay (profile), Dr. Siddhartha SenGupta, TCS Research (profile)
Interests: Railway Planning and Scheduling, Workforce Planning and Scheduling
Experience: Sr. Scientist, TCS Research, Mumbai.
Membership: IAROR, ORSI, SOM-India, GOR, IMEI
Education:
M.Tech. in Industrial Engineering (1999-2001), Visvesvaraya Regional College of Engg., Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
B.E. in Mechanical Engineering (1996-1999), Govt. College of Engg., Amravati, Maharashtra, India
Key Publications:
Salsingikar, S.; Rangaraj N. (2020), "Reinforcement learning for train movement planning at railway stations", Presented in Adaptive and Learning Agents Workshop, ALA2020, in International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems Conference 2020, AAMAS2020, May 9 – 13, 2020. Published online link
Salsingikar, S.; Sathishkumar, L.; Rangaraj, N.; Awad, A. (2017), "Analysis and planning of train movements at a railway junction", Presented in RailLille2017, 7th International Conference on Railway Operations Modelling and Analysis, Lille, France, April 04-07, 2017. Published in Proceedings of RailLille2017-ICROMA.
Salsingikar, S.; Rangaraj N. (2016), "Freight train routing and scheduling in a large railway network", Presented in OR2016, Annual International Conference of the German Operations Research Society at Helmut Schmdit University, Hamburg, Germany, August 30 - September 02, 2016
Other Publications:
Sabnis S.; Yadav S.K. and Salsingikar S. (2019) "Identification of defective railway wheels from highly imbalanced Wheel Impact Load Detector sensor data", Presented in OR2019, Annual International Conference of German Operations Research Society, Dresden, Germany, September 03-06, 2019, Published in Operations Research Proceedings 2019 link
Raut, S.; Sinha S.K.; Khadilkar H. and Salsingikar, S. (2019), "A rolling horizon optimization model for consolidated hump yard operational planning", Journal of Rail Transport Planning and Management, 9(1):03-21, May 2019. doi
Khadilkar, H.; Salsingikar, S. and Sinha, S. (2017), "A machine learning approach for scheduling railway networks", Presented in RailLille2017, 7th International Conference on Railway Operations Modelling and Analysis, Lille, France, April 04-07, 2017. Published in Proceedings of RailLille2017-ICROMA.
Sinha, S. K.; Salsingikar S.; SenGupta S. (2016), "An iterative bi-level hierarchical approach for train scheduling", Journal of Rail Transport, Planning & Management, 6(3):183-199, December 2016 doi
Sinha, S. K.; Salsingikar S.; SenGupta S. (2015), "Train scheduling using an iterative bi-level hierarchical approach", Presented in RailTokyo2015, 6th International Conference on Railway Operations Modelling and Analysis, Tokyo, Japan, March 23-26, 2015. Published in Proceedings of RailTokyo2015-ICROMA.
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Talks/Visits/Workshops:
Delivered a talk on 'Advanced analytics for railways' at Indian Railways Institure of Tranport Management, IRITM, Lucknow, Oct 09, 2020.
Attended and presented a paper in Adaptive and Learning Agents Workshop, ALA2020, International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems conference, AAMAS2020, May 09, 2020
Attended and presented a talk in Workshop on timetable and service planning for metro/suburban rail operations IITB Railway Workshop 2019, June 21, 2019, Mumbai, India
Delivered a talk on 'Improved asset utilization and availability using analytics' at Indian Railways Institure of Tranport Management, IRITM, Lucknow, India, May 02, 2019.
Attended 51st Annual Convention of ORSI and International Conference, ORSI2018, December 16-19, 2018, Mumbai, India
Attended and presented a paper in 7th International Conference on Railway Operations Modelling & Analysis, RailLille2017, April 04-07, 2017, Lille, France
Delivered a talk on 'Freight train routing and scheduling' at Indian Railways Institure of Tranport Management, IRITM, Lucknow, India, December 01, 2016.
Attended and presented a paper in Annual International Conference of the German Operations Research Society, OR2016, August 30 - September 02 2016, Hamburg, Germany
Organized Workshop on operations planning and strategy on Indian Railways IITB Railway Workshop 2015 , May 30, 2015, Mumbai, India
Attended 6th International Conference on Railway Operations Modelling & Analysis, RailTokyo2015, March 23-26, 2015, Tokyo, Japan