Assistant Professor
Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
IIT Bombay
Contact Information:
Email: sarath_yasodharan AT iitb.ac.in
Phone: +91 22 2576 7659
Postal address:
Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Powai, Mumbai 400076, India
Office: Room 207
Note to prospective students:
I am looking to hire motivated PhD students with a strong background in mathematics, statistics, or electrical and computer engineering. If your research interests are broadly in applied probability, I encourage you to check out the following opportunities:
- I have two PhD student positions. If you are interested, please apply for admission to IEOR, IIT Bombay on this page.
The application deadline is April 11, 2025.
More information about the IEOR PhD program can be found here. - I also have one project associate position available under the Prime Minister's Early Career Research Grant from ANRF. If you are interested, send me an email with a one-page CV.
(updated on March 28, 2025)
Biography:
I am an assistant professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research at IIT Bombay. Previously, I was a postdoctoral research associate in the Division of Applied Mathematics at Brown University. I received my PhD from the Department of Electrical Communication Engineering at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, in 2022. Click here for a brief CV.
Research Interests:
My research interests are in applied probability and data analytics. Specifically, I am interested in interacting particle systems, large deviations, stochastic networks, stochastic control, and mean-field games.
A brief overview of my research can be found on this page.
Publications: Available on this page.
Teaching: IE 622: Probability and Stochastic Processes II (with N. Hemachandra), Spring 2025