Student Handbook

2018-19

Industrial Engineering & Operations Research

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

www.ieor.iitb.ac.in

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CONTENTS

1. ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT ............................................................................................. 3

2. MESSAGE FROM THE HOD ........................................................................................... 4

3. MESSAGE FROM THE ISCP TEAM ................................................................................. 5

4. WELCOME NOTE FROM DCS AND SCS! ...................................................................... 6

5. MESSAGE FROM IMR ................................................................................................... 7

6. FACULTY ....................................................................................................................... 2

7. IEOR & INDUSTRY ......................................................................................................... 9

8. COURSE STRUCTURE & GRADING POLICY ................................................................ 10

9. ATTENDANCE POLICY................................................................................................ 14

10. LABORATORIES AND RESEARCH FACILITIES ............................................................. 15

11. CURRENT RESEARCH AREAS OF STUDENTS ............................................................... 17

12. SEMINARS @ IEOR ...................................................................................................... 19

13. IMPORTANT WEBSITES ................................................................................................ 20

14. PLACEMENT STATISTICS ............................................................................................. 21

15. POSITION OF RESPONSIBILITY HOLDERS ................................................................... 23

16. CONTACT INFORMATION OF YOUR SENIORS .......................................................... 24

Disclaimer: Though the ISCP (Institute Student Companion Program) has taken care while compiling the

handbook, neither the council nor the Institute can be held responsible for errors/inadequacies that

may inadvertently creep in. This handbook cannot be used as a basis for making a claim on

facilities/concessions/interpretation of rules/statues or the like. If there is some critical information to

which the reader of this handbook refers, it is with his or her own responsibility that it is put to use, with

cross verification if need be.

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ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT

Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (IEOR) is an academic discipline concerned

with making systems more efficient. Often this goal is achieved through the use of modeling

and other computational methods.

Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (IEOR) at IIT Bombay offers research-based

M. Tech., Ph.D., and M.Sc.-Ph.D. dual degree programmes, and is actively involved in research

(including sponsored projects), consulting and continuing education. The discipline offers a

blend of theory, modeling, and application, drawing from traditional as well as modern areas

of operations research, together with a systems view derived from long-standing principles of

industrial engineering. This approach provides a backdrop for technically sound decisions at

operational and tactical levels and occasionally at the strategic level, for a variety of

organizations.

Established as one of the first interdisciplinary programmes in IIT Bombay, IEOR contributes

significantly to achieve the goals of IIT through various activities such as offering academic

programmes, conducting continuing education programmes (CEP), carrying out research

projects of different types.

The IEOR programme also has steady interaction with a wide spectrum of industries and

sectors of the economy and society through participation in conferences, hosting visitors from

academia and industries, carrying out sponsored projects and placement of students in

different sectors etc.

IEOR graduates work in a variety of research labs and industries, including manufacturing,

communications, transportation, banking, pharmaceuticals, finance, travel, semiconductor,

and business, sports, health, and information technology.

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MESSAGE FROM THE HOD

Dear Students,

Welcome to Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, IIT Bombay

for your Postgraduate studies. IEOR, IITB is one of its kind in this part of

the world and I am sure that you will immensely benefit from its vibrant

academic atmosphere. Whatever be your undergraduate background, I

can assure you that this place has something to offer, be it modelling of a

wide variety of decision problems arising from technological or

managerial settings, or large scale computations, or theory or insightful

theoretical models for decision making. We wish you an academically fruitful stay culminating

with a launch into a rewarding professional career; we are sure that your stay adequately

prepares you for that.

We at the department, firmly believe that your active participation in the departmental

research and developmental activities is the most important contribution you can make to the

department as well as your profile, while you are here. Besides curricular program, the Institute

offers you several avenues to participate in the co-curricular activities during your stay in the

Institute. These would help you in overall development of your personality.

All the best!

Prof. Narayan Rangaraj

Head of Department

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MESSAGE FROM THE ISCP TEAM

Hello, Friends!

We hope you are just excited to be a part of IIT Bombay as we are. Hearty congratulations on

this incredible feat! Institute Students Companion Program (ISCP) welcomes you to one of the

most resourceful campuses in India. The next two or three years are going to be the most

memorable, impactful, insightful and life changing years which will fly past. We hope you

imbibe as much as you can and more from your peers, seniors, faculty and staff. Here’s to your

first glimpse of ISCP, the backbone of your journey through the mecca of learning.

ISCP is a program within IIT Bombay Post Graduate (PG) student community. It’s primary

objective is to develop an atmosphere of cordial interaction amongst the PG entrants and the

PG seniors. It will encourage the flow of information, knowledge, and sharing of experiences

among the students.

Life in IIT Bombay can appear a little daunting at times, balancing between the academic

workload and the plethora of extra-curricular activities. And that is where ISCP can help you

blend in and make the most of it. ISCP strives to provide a senior student companion as a

mentor to all newly admitted students. New entrants can contact their assigned companion to

discuss their academic and non-academic issues or concerns. Student Companions enable the

smooth and gentle transition from the graduation days to post-graduation days. New entrants

also feel assured that there is somebody on campus to help them and listen to their concerns.

Many a times they find a caring friend in companions.

What to expect from a Student Companion:

● Initial information about the campus, courses, academics and extracurricular activities.

● Support in case of any problem or difficulty.

● Organization of various academic and non-academic activities for student’s development.

● Continuous interaction and feedback from students on their needs and requirements.

In short, this is a program by the students of IIT Bombay, for the new students to ensure their

overall development through utilization of all the available resources at IIT Bombay.

Let the learning begin. Feel free to contact us anytime!

Email-iscp@iitb.ac.in

Overall Coordinators Institute Student Companion Programme (2018-19)

Anwesha Lahiri | Sumedh Dey | Basudev Behera +91-9007766390 | +91-9432152174 | +91-7008955255

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WELCOME NOTE FROM DCs AND SCs!

Dear All,

Welcome to IEOR family!!!

You made it here!

Here in our department, you will get numerous opportunities to learn new things. You will

learn basics of IE & OR and in no time you will be working on advanced problems in the same

field. Along with your academics, you will get chance to participate in technical, sports and

cultural activities also. If you are already into some cultural or sports activities, then you will

love it here. If you have not participated in any of the cultural or sports activity and you wish to

start, then you are at right place. Here at IITB, we have plenty of resources to learn and sharpen

your skills in cultural as well as sports. We hope that all of you will represent our department

in upcoming competitions. Next few years will be playing a great role in your professional as

well as personal development. So enjoy your stay and give your best in everything.

Few tips from our side:

Be social: Interact with your batch-mates, seniors and faculty members as much as you

need. If you feel that you are facing a problem that is unique and you are the only one

with it, then you cannot be more wrong. Everyone in IEOR family would love to help you

out in any way possible.

Be informed: Check your GPO, ASC, and MOODLE accounts regularly. You will be

surprised that how many issues can be resolved just by being informed.

Be honest: IITB gives freedom to its students to learn and enjoy their stay, but at the

same time consequences can be severe if you try to bend the rules. Do not cheat in exams

or in assignments. Do not give proxy.

Be awesome.

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MESSAGE FROM IMR

Dear Freshmen,

On behalf of all the Master’s students at IIT Bombay, it is my honor to welcome you all here.

Congratulations on having made it to one of the premier technical institutes of the country.

You are now a part of the IITB PG community and there are an exhaustive number of services

and facilities available to ensure a fruitful educative experience. As post graduate students, you

have already been exposed to university level education. While you will delve deeper into

understanding your area of interest better, I urge you to explore more. There are several student

led bodies on campus focusing on development of skills, sports and extracurricular activities

such as dance, drama, music, etc. Your experience will be what you make of it, and your

opportunities will be limited only by the limits you place on yourself. Utilize the opportunities

to the best of your ability. Along with academics, do explore and make the most of the excellent

facilities the institute has to offer.

As the Institute Masters Representative, my team and I, aim to address your grievances and

help you to the best of our abilities. Supporting you in your academic endeavors is our foremost

priority and we will strive to improve the IITB experience in all the ways we can. On this note,

I, once again, welcome you to IIT Bombay and wish you every success in your future endeavors.

Jasmeen Kaur Institute Masters Representative PG Academic Council IIT Bombay Email: imr@iitb.ac.in

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FACULTY

Prof. Narayan Rangaraj narayan.rangaraj@iitb.ac.in

Research Interests: Railway Operations Mgmt., Optimization, Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Pricing & Revenue Mgmt.

Prof. K.S. Mallikarjuna Rao mallik.rao@iitb.ac.in

Research Interests: Deterministic & Stochastic control, Game Theory, Viscosity Solutions, Markov Decision Processes, and Mathematical Finance.

Prof. Jayendran Venkateswaran jayendran@iitb.ac.in

Research Interests: Modelling, Simulation & analysis of complex systems (viz. supply chains).

Prof. Vishnu Narayanan vishnu@iitb.ac.in

Research Interests: Mathematical Programming especially Convex & Integer Programming, Polyhedral Theory.

Prof. P Balamurugan balamurugan.palaniappan@iitb.ac.in

Research Interests: Theoretical and practical aspects of Machine Learning, Data mining, and Optimization for data science, Longitudinal Data Analysis and related applications

Prof. Prakash G. Awate (Adjunct Faculty) awatepg@iitb.ac.in

Research Interests: Applications of techniques of OR and AI methods in problems areas related to production-inventory systems, scheduling and distribution in application areas such as supply chains and railways.

Prof. Nandayala Hemachandra nh@iitb.ac.in

Research Interests: Using Markov decision models, Queuing models, Game theory, in areas like supply Communication networks, Supply Chains, Financial Engineering etc.

Prof. Veeraruna Kavitha vkavitha@iitb.ac.in

Research Interests: Stochastic processes, Queuing Theory, Polling systems, Optimal control, Game theory, stochastic approximation, Wireless communications.

Prof. Manjesh K. Hanawal mhanawal@iitb.ac.in

Research Interests: Communication Networks, Machine Learning, Network Economics.

Prof. Ashutosh Mahajan amahajan@iitb.ac.in

Research Interests: Mixed-Integer, Linear & Nonlinear Optimization, Algorithms, Software & Applications of Optimization.

Prof. A. Subash Babu (Adjunct Faculty) subash@me.iitb.ac.in

Research Interests: Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems, Agile Manufacturing Systems, Enterprise and Knowledge management systems, Advanced MRP and Scheduling

Systems, Service Engineering.

Prof. S. SenGupta (Adjunct Faculty) siddhartha.sengupta@tcs.com

Research Interests: Large scale automated Railway Planning, Transportation planning, creating value from ICT, Logistics and Supply Chain Management (including Pricing/Revenue Management), M/C Learning & AI

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IEOR & INDUSTRY

The department of IEOR has had a 25 year long collaboration with the Indian Railways

(IR) with Prof. Narayan Rangaraj having played an instrumental role in establishing

this relationship. He has spent a considerable amount of time in this industry by serving

as a guest faculty at the Railway Staff College (now National Academy of Indian

Railways) in Vadodara where railway officers undergo a formal training, and later at the

Indian Railways Institute of Transportation Management, Lucknow.

“Localization of Solar Energy through Local Assembly, Sale and Usage of 1 Million Solar

Urja Lamps (SoUL)”, initiated by Prof. Jayendran Venkateswaran and Prof.

Chetan Solanki, IIT Bombay aims to empower populations in underserved communities,

through high quality programs that meet their real needs to improve the quality of their

lives. IIT Bombay has received a sanction from the Government of India’s Ministry of

Finance’s National Clean Energy Fund (NCEF) through the Ministry of New and

Renewable Energy (MNRE) for distributing 1 Million solar lamps to several states across

India.

FOSSEE (Free and Open Source Software in Education) is a project that aims at

improvising the quality of education and comes under the National Mission on

Education through Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and is funded by

the Ministry of Human Resources and Development, Government of India. Prof.

Ashutosh Mahajan contributed to the FOSSEE Optimization Toolbox (FOT) by

providing to the users of Scilab, an interface to several open-source solvers like IPOPT,

CLP, Symphony, CBC and others to solve different types of optimization problems.

Timetabling has been an integral part of Prof. Ashutosh Mahajan’s work here at IIT.

He works on both exam and regular lecture timetabling. Prof. Ashutosh and his students

work along with Prof. Jayendran Venkateswaran and Prof. Narayan Rangaraj

in this endeavor.

The department of IEOR has been collaborating with Mercedes-Benz since 2014 where

students under the guidance of Prof. Narayan Rangaraj and Prof. Manjesh

Hanawal undertook sponsored projects involving the analysis of the performance of

various vehicle components and exploring the field of video analytics.

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COURSE STRUCTURE & GRADING POLICY For M.Tech.

IEOR offers M.Tech. Degree in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research. The M.Tech.

Programme is designed to prepare students for professional careers in the area. The academic

programme leading to the M.Tech. Degree involves course-credit requirements and research

work. The duration of the M.Tech. Programme for regular full time students is 2 years. There

is an option of a 3 year part-time M.Tech. for Institute Project staff.

The degree offers a wide choice of courses for the students to choose from. The students are

expected to complete a minimum of 73 course credits. The following is the list of Compulsory

Courses to obtain the degree:

IE 507 Modeling and Computation Lab (5 credits)

IE 601 Optimization Techniques (8 credits)

IE 611 Introduction to Stochastic Models (8 credits)

IE 694 Seminar (4 credits)

HS 791 Communication Skills - I (Not Counted Towards Total Credits) (Pass/Not Pass)

IE 792 Communication Skills - II (Not Counted Towards Total Credits) (Pass/Not Pass)

The remaining 48 course credits must be fulfilled through Electives, as follows:

Minimum of 36 course credits (6 courses) MUST be IE labelled courses (known as core

courses)

Minimum of 6 course credits (1 course) MUST be an Institute Elective (chosen from

among the course list announced by the Institute at the beginning of each semester)

Minimum of 6 course credits (1 course) MUST be from the approved list of electives

(includes IE and other department electives).

Registration of courses NOT on the approved list needs prior approval from the students'

faculty advisor. The final course plan of the student has to be approved by the student's' faculty

advisor.

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For the M.Tech. Degree, the student must do 90 credits (48 + 42) of Research Work, which

culminates in an M.Tech. Thesis. Through the research work, the student must exhibit the

ability to think independently and make significant contributions to the field of IEOR.

There are two review stages en-route to the completion of the thesis work, with the second

being the final open presentation. Typically, the Stage I review presentation is held in the end

of 3rd semester (October); and Stage II final review presentation is held at the end of 4th

semester (May-June). The final Thesis Defense will include an external examiner from outside

IITB and an external chairman from outside IEOR.

SEMESTER-WISE CREDITS DISTRIBUTION FOR M.TECH.

Courses Sem I Sem II Sem III Sem IV Total

IE 601+IE 611 16 - - - 16

Electives 12 24 or 30 0 to 6 0 to 6 48

IE 507 - Lab 5 - - - 5

IE 694 - Seminar - 4 - - 4

HS791 & IE 792 Comm. Skills

- P/NP - - P/NP

M.Tech. Project - - 48 42 90

Total 33 28 to 34 48 to 54 42 to 48 73+90 =163

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FOR M.Sc.

The M.Sc.-Ph.D. dual degree in Operations Research is an integrated doctoral programme, for

those interested in a research oriented career. The programme is open for students who have

at least 2 years/4 semesters of Mathematics or Statistics, and are interested in research in

engineering / interdisciplinary areas. The academic programme leading to the M.Sc.-Ph.D.

dual degree involves foundation courses, advanced courses and research work. The candidate

will be awarded both the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees simultaneously on successful completion of

the program.

M.Sc.-Ph.D. coursework includes compulsory & elective courses spread over five semesters.

First year courses are designed to equip students with concepts & paradigms of engineering

and service systems, and provide a strong foundation of the various mathematical &

computational models for decision making. Two lab courses to strengthen computer-based

modeling skills are part of the curriculum.

In the second year, courses on Optimization Techniques, Stochastic Models and other areas

will augment the training in the primary areas of IEOR.

Seminar and Project Work are part of the curriculum to expose students to independent

reading, writing & presentation of technical ideas in a rigorous manner. Several electives are

provided in the curriculum to enable students to specialize in the area of their interest.

As part of Ph.D. requirements, students need to do an IEOR Ph.D. level course and individual

projects before starting work on their Ph.D. thesis.

A minimum of 54 credits are to be fulfilled through Electives, as follows:

Minimum of 24 course credits (4 courses) must be IE labeled course, of which at least 6

credits (1 course) must be an 800-level IE course (Ph.D. level course).

Minimum of 12 course credits (2 course) must be from the Approved List of Electives

(includes IE and other department electives).

Minimum of 6 course credits (1 course) must be an Institute Elective (chosen from the

course list announced by the Institute at the beginning of each semester)

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Grading Policy and Important Academic Information

1. A student will be required to discontinue the programme if at the end of any semester

he/she has two or more FR grades.

2. At the end of a given semester, a student must maintain a CPI of 6.00 (computed with

FR, if any, but after re­examination grade if re­examination is permitted). Otherwise,

the student will be required to discontinue the programme. An appeal can be made for

the same. Please see “Rules & Regulations for Masters Programme” from Academics

webpage in detail

3. Certain courses can be opted as ‘Audit’ with due permission taken from the concerned

faculty. The difference between taking a course as audit compared to credit is that it

helps the student to sit through all lectures without having to commit too much time (in

terms of assignments, exams, etc.) to meet the requirements for getting an audit grade

(‘AU’). The requirements for getting an audit grade is decided solely by the professor

offering the course and will typically involve getting a certain pass percentage.

4. Issues concerning slot overlap of registered courses, unavailability of electives, etc.,

should be discussed with respective Faculty Advisor.

5. The academic system in IIT Bombay is based on credits. All students must complete the

required credits for obtaining a degree. The grading scheme is as follows:

Letter Grade Grade point

AP 10 AA 10 AB 9 BB 8 BC 7 CC 6 CD 5 DD 4 FF 0 Fail (Eligible for Re-Exam) FR 0 Fail (Repeat the Course) XX Fail (Lack of attendance - Repeat the Course) II Incomplete (On Health Grounds)

DR Dropped PP Passed NP Not passed AU Audit

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ATTENDANCE POLICY

Attendance policy for individual courses is set by the respective course instructors. Some

instructors may not have any attendance requirement for their courses while others may

require a specific minimum attendance percentage. It is prudent to confirm the attendance

requirement of courses during the first week itself. Some courses may have grading attached to

the attendance percentage. In addition, it is imperative to mark your attendance every day from

Monday to Friday excluding public holidays. The stipend students receive is based on their

monthly attendance. Failure to register attendance will lead to a deduction of stipend. Students

can mark their attendance using the biometric attendance facility present in the IEOR office.

M. Tech students and M.Sc. students are entitled to leaves that can be taken anytime during

the academic year and are in addition to public holidays. Both M. Tech students and M.Sc.

students (for their first two years) have the same leave policy. The leaves granted are subject to

the discretion of Faculty Advisor during the first year and the Project Guide during the second

year. Any leave taken requires his/her approval and a Leave Form (available at the IEOR office)

needs to be filled up. The leave policy is as follows:

1. Winter vacation is allowed for the first year.

2. A summer break of maximum 15 days for M.Tech first years and two months for first

year MSc-Phd students.

3. A total of 30 days (casual leave) during a year (starting from second year for MSc-Phd

students)

4. 10 days of leave for medical reasons. If leave is approved, stipend will not be deducted.

Special academic leave is also granted for attending conferences and seminars in India

or abroad. If the student’s project involves travelling, leave may be granted subject to

the approval of Guide/Faculty Advisor and the Head of Department.

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LABORATORIES AND RESEARCH FACILITIES

LIBRARY

The Department library is located at Room No. 301 (Third floor), IEOR Building. Irrespective

of its size, it proves to be a valuable resource for IEOR students because a number of IEOR

specific books which are not available in the central library and are expensive to buy are

available here. Some M. Tech. dissertations are also available in our library, so that students

can refer to them and get some ideas about writing a dissertation. The library affairs are

handled by the Joint Secretary (Library and Publications). For more information regarding

library, go to: www.ieor.iitb.ac.in → User Login (LDAP ID and Password) → internal → IEOR

Library.

IEOR LAB

The IEOR lab has nine PCs with internet connectivity plus one Wi-Fi router and a few

additional LAN ports so that people with laptops can make use of it in the lab. All the PCs have

both Windows and Linux operating systems. Also the PC’s are connected to the OPTIMUS

server of IEOR where one can login to use the software. Whatever may be the purpose (of course

it should be strictly academic), the Lab is at your service 24*7. All you have to do is get a

permission to issue the key from IEOR Office (First Floor of the building) and use the lab any

time you want. The lab affairs are handled by the Office Holder, Mr. Aba-Avi Molavane

PH.D. LAB

The Ph.D. Lab is where the brilliant research minds of IEOR are at work. The Ph.D.’s are no

less than guides and mentors for the M. Tech. and M.Sc.-Ph.D. students, so never hesitate to

drop by and get your doubts cleared by them. This lab has 20 desktops with 24 hours internet

connectivity through LAN and an additional Wi-Fi router so that personal laptops can be used.

All the computers have both Windows and Linux operating systems. The Lab also houses the

OPTIMUS and the PASSPOLI servers of IEOR through which the software like AMPL, Scilab

etc. can be accessed.

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COMPUTATIONAL SERVERS

Total of five servers are available for the research & other academic to the faculty & students of

IEOR. These servers have their names derived from the names of Mumbai suburbs. Some

useful information on these servers are as follows:

OTHER FACILITIES

Teaching Lab

Conference Room with interactive projector

Seminar Room with interactive projector

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CURRENT RESEARCH AREAS OF STUDENTS

Ph.D. Students

S.N. Name Research Topic

1 Aanchal Panwar Allocation of Spectrum Licenses Followed by Market Competition

2 Akash Saha Pricing Strategies Applied in Different Industries

3 Alok Patel Real-Time Adaptive Signal Control for Non-Lane Following Heterogeneous Road Traffic

4 Anirban Karmakar Diffusion in Networks

5 Anurag Ladge Routing And Scheduling Of Chemical Parcel Tankers In Maritime Transport Systems

6 Arun Verma Bandit Optimization Problems

7 Chhavi Distributed Optimization in Machine Learning

8 Dev Anand Learning Strategies for Search in Optimization Problems

9 Dhawal Manish Thakkar Machine Learning Models for End-Point Prediction

10 Fehmina Malik Internet Economics: Issues of Net Neutrality

11 G Chandra Mouli Derivative Free Optimization

12 Ghorpade Tejas Ravindra Fleet Management in Freight Transport

13 Hamidur Rahman Mixed-Integer Bilinear Programming

14 Indrajit Saha Systemic Risk in Financial Network

15 Kiran Chaudhary Queuing Theory

16 M. Venkateswararao. K Problems Related to Polling Models

17 Meenarli Sharma Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Programming

18 Nimita Shinde Convex Optimization Approaches to Structured Global Optimization Problems

19 Prashant Palkar Global Optimization, Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Programming

20 Puja Sahu Adaptive Learning With Support Vector Machines

21 Ranbir Singh Branching Processes and their Applications

22 Ravi Kant Rai Combinatorial Games and Mechanism Design

23 Sambit Mohanty Games on Networks

24 Sandhya Tripathi Loss Functions in Learning Problems

25 Sasanka Sekhar Maiti Empirical Assessments of Various Policy Measures of Public Authorities for Payments

26 Sathishkumar.L Impact of Input Data Uncertainty on Output Data Analysis

27 Shraman Bhaduri Semidefinite Programming and Games Relating to Networks

28 Shripad Salsingikar Freight Train Routing and Scheduling

29 Siddhartha Paul Applications of Operations Research in Healthcare Management

30 Sitadri Roy Choudhury Insurance Network Models

31 Swapnesh S Retrofitting of Movable Assets

32 Uday Kumar M. Risk Sensitive Markov Decision Models

33 Umakanta Pattanayak Geometry of Mixed-Integer Hulls of Convex Sets

34 Utkarsh Varma Optimization in Healthcare Specific to Kidney Exchange

35 Vinod Sarjerao Khandkar Net-Neutrality Violation Detection

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M.Sc. 3rd Year Students

S.No. Name M.Sc. Projects

1 Aakash Banik Learning In A Crowdsourcing Setup

Overview Of Supervised Learning- Analysis Of Ridge Regression & Lasso Regression

2 Alisha Arora Sustainable Supply Chain Management

Forecasting With Contextual Information

3 Manoj Kumar Earth Mover’s Distance And Application To Image Processing

Spare Optimization And Its Applications

4 Prashant Trivedi Multi-choice Cooperative Games

Random Fixed Point And Polya's Urn

5 Richa Dhingra Analyzing The Role Of Recommendation Systems In Online Market Share Equilibrium

Analyzing Randomized Algorithms For Optimization

6 Saumya Suri Dimensionality Reduction In Machine Learning

Comprehensive Study Of Optimizers In Neural Networks

7 Shivangi Saklani Price Of Anarchy In Congestion Games

Achieving Target Equlibria In Congestion Games Without Knowing The Latency Functions

8 Shubham Uttam Cycle Basis For Graphs And Networks

Moral Hazard In Principal Agent Relationship

9 Vishal Dawar Anomaly Detection Using Neural Networks

Solving Steiner Triple system using Orbital Branching

M.Tech 2nd Year Students

S.No. Name Masters’ Thesis Project (MTP)

1 Abhishek Kumar Sinha Consensus Protocols In Blockchain

2 Ashutosh Kushwaha Detection Of Diabetic Retinopathy In Retinal Fundus Image Using Convolutional Neural Nets

3 Darshan Pawar -Yet to be allotted-

4 Gaurav Amrutkar Handling Categorical Features Of High Cardinality In Tree/Rule Based Classification

5 Hitesha Nemade Application of DES to Paint Shop Simulation

6 Inderjeet Singh Detecting Fraud And Network Intrusion Using Machine Learning.

7 Jaswant Singh Diagnosing Heart Diseases Using Convolution Neural Network

8 Karan Patel Queuing With Losses (Supermarket Model)

9 Manjunath Vhatkar OR & Data Analytics in Healthcare

10 Mayank Maheshwari Competition Over Social Network With Partial Information

11 Nishant Mani Tripathi Deep Learning Models For IEOR Applications

12 Piyush Mittal Video Analytics In Automotive Industry (Mercedes Benz Sponsored Project)

13 Pravin Mulay How A Firm To Grow Rapidly In The Market?

14 Rajat Mishra Project Management Dynamics

15 Sameer Agrawal Forecasting In Hoteling Industry (Ideas Sponsored Project)

16 Saurav Adhikari Pricing Strategies in Airline Industries

17 Setu Hitesh Dave Matrix Completion Problem

18 Sourav Mondal Modeling Of Movements In Complex Railway Facilities Such As Junction Areas

19 Sudhindra Katre Performance Variability In Solving MINLPS

20 Sufiyan Gulzar Adhikari Video Analytics In Automotive Industry (Daimler AG Sponsored Project)

21 Vibhor Gupta Netting/Illiquid Assets And Systemic Risk In Large Financial Networks

22 Vinay Chourasia Developing An SQP Based NLP Solver For Optimization And Re-Optimization

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SEMINARS @ IEOR

Various Seminar were given throughout this year to the students of IEOR, IIT Bombay by

various professors, researchers from other universities of the world. Some of them are as

follows:

S.No. Speaker Title

1 Pratyush Chakraborty

UC Berkeley

Renewable Energy Aggregation: A Coalitional Game Theory

Approach

2 Arpan Chattopadhyay

University Of Southern California

Optimal Dynamic Sensor Subset Selection For Tracking a

Time-Varying Stochastic Process

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Debabrata Das

IIM K

Modelling and Analysis of a Closed-Loop Supply Chain in

Presence of Product Exchange Offer

4 Devendra Shelar

MIT, USA

Applications of Bi-level Mixed-Integer Programs in Power

System Resilience

5 Umang Bhaskar

TIFR, Mumbai

Using Tolls and Signals to Obtain Good Equilibria in Routing

Games

6 Prof. Owen Berkeley Hill

Cardiff University Lean Thinking

7 Yezekael Hayel

University Of Avignon, France

Opinion Dynamics in Large Social Networks Based on

Epidemics On Graphs

8 Cartik Saravanamuthu

Harvard Medical School

Data Management and Analytics for Research into Rare

Diseases: Presenting the Phelan McDermid Syndrome Data

Network

9 Julius Pätzold

University of Göttingen

Improving Lintim for Optimizing Integrated Public Transport

Problems

10 Dr T. Kavitha

TIFR, Mumbai Popular Matchings and Self-Duality

11 Krishnamurthy Iyer

Cornell University Optimal Signaling Mechanisms in Unobservable Queues

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IMPORTANT WEBSITES

Application Software Centre (ASC) – Administration

https://asc.iitb.ac.in/

This website is the main interactive website for a student for all of his/ her’s administrative

requirements. From paying your fees to checking your grades, all can be done on this website.

The website also has links to all other websites of the institute. Some of the most important

facilities offered by this website are given under:

Payment of fees

Registration and de-registration from courses

Checking previous years’ grades awarded in any subject

Brief contents of any subject being offered

Own personalized timetable

Checking of own academic performance (grades)

Moodle-Academics

https://moodle.iitb.ac.in/

This website provides academic interaction between students and faculty for all courses

enrolled by a student. You can download study material/ books/ notes uploaded by a professor/

TA and also submit projects etc here. The website also offers a interaction platform where you

can interact with the Professor/ TAs/ other students on any subject related matter.

GPO-Email

https://gpo.iitb.ac.in/

This is your personalized e-mail in IIT. Every student gets one when you enroll. Along with

normal mails, here you also get alerts for registration/ de-registration of courses, fees payment

and any broadcast on moodle among others. You have to regularly check (5-6 times a day) GPO

to get updated.

Library

https://library.iitb.ac.in/

The website for the central library offers a search engine for books available in the library. You

can also check the number of books issued at any given time, renew them and “queue” up for

any book already drawn by some other individual.

IEOR

https://www.ieor.iitb.ac.in/

Our department’s website, it has the contact details of all faculty members, staff and students

of our department. It also displays the academic research areas of the IEOR.

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PLACEMENT STATISTICS

The IEOR curricula at IITB is very well structured and prepares you for the best. Being an

interdisciplinary course, we get students from a broad spectrum and everyone knows

something about something else, jack of various trades!!

We see recruiters coming from a number of sectors- Core (OR) Operations Research, Data

science, Finance (Banks), Health Care, Retail, Technology Startups, Information Technology,

Automobile/Production, Machine Learning, Supply Chain Management to name a few.

Owing to the wide range of courses and projects that are being carried over in IEOR, the

department has a high number of job offers to the number of students who applied for

placement ratio.

Year Program Registered Total Offers %

Placed Total % Placed

2017-18 Ph.D. 0 0 0.0

85.2 Dual Degree (M.Sc.+Ph.D.) 1 0 0.0

M.Tech. 21 21 100.0

M.Sc. 5 2 40.0

2016-17 Ph.D. 0 0 0.0

86.4 Dual Degree (M.Sc.+Ph.D.) 2 1 50.0

M.Tech. 15 14 93.3

M.Sc. 5 4 80.0

2015-16 Ph.D. 1 1 100.0

80.0 Dual Degree (M.Sc.+Ph.D.) 2 0 0.0

M.Tech. 20 18 90.0

M.Sc. 2 1 50.0

Disclaimer: The above figures shows only the placements from the institute. The M.Sc. as well

as M.Tech. Students also opt for Ph.D. from other top universities while Ph.D. fellows opt for

Post-Doc after their Ph.D.

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PLACEMENT STATISTICS OF 2017-18 BATCH

Program Name Company Profile Profile Type

M.Tech Aayush Agrawal NEC Japan Researcher Engineering &

Technology

M.Tech Aman Pricewaterhouse

Coopers Consultant Consultant/Finance

M.Tech Anand Singh Edelweiss Finance Data Analytics

Associate Finance

M.Tech Ansuma Basumatary TCS R&D System Engineer Analytics/R&D

M.Tech Anuj Sahu Sheorey Digital

Systems OR Analyst Analytics / Core OR

M.Tech Arun Ramamurthy McKinsey Knowledge

Center Knowledge Analyst Analytics/Consultancy

M.Tech Harshit Gupta General Mills Modelling Analyst FMCG/Supply Chain

M.Tech Hussain Kharodawala DHL Management

Trainee Supply Chain

M.Tech Kuldeep Pareek JDA Software Business

Consultant IT/Software

M.Tech Nagesh Dalal Indus Momentus Business Solution

Senior Analyst IT/Software

M.Tech Nithilaksh PL DHL Management

Trainee Supply Chain

M.Tech Pratik Pedhavi TCS R&D AI & Cog System

Engg Analytics/R&D

M.Tech Raju Joshi ICICI Lombard Business Analyst Finance

M.Tech Ratan Kumar Prajapati Sheorey Digital

Systems OR Analyst Analytics / Core OR

M.Tech Saket Kumar Saurabh TCS R&D System Engineer Analytics/R&D

M.Tech Sanket Kinage DHL Management

Trainee Supply Chain

M.Tech Sreenath S. Societe General Senior Analyst Finance

M.Tech Tabrez Ul Haque Sutherland Global Senior Analyst Analytics

M.Tech Vicky Rathee Sharayu Group Business Consutant Service/Supply Chain

(Agro)

M.Tech Vipin Maurya Indegene Analyst Analytics

M.Tech Vivek Barsopia NEC Japan Researcher Engineering &

Technology

M.Sc. Bharatesh Nagar Sheorey Digital

Systems OR Analyst Analytics / Core OR

M.Sc. Gaurav Kataria AVA Retail Vision Engineer R&D

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POSITION OF RESPONSIBILITY HOLDERS

IEOR STUDENT ASSOCIATION COUNCIL

Name Post Contact Email

Sameer Agrawal General Secretary 9891198094 sam.agr@iitb.ac.in

Aanchal Panwar Joint Secretary (Sports)(Girls) 8879120192 15i190005@iitb.ac.in

Jaswant Singh Joint Secretary (Sports)(Boys) 9082584104 jaswantjassie7@gmail.com

Manjunath Vhatkar Joint Secretary (HR) 8446520331 manjunath.vhatkar@gmail.com

Mayank Maheshwari Joint Secretary (Academics) 7984255488 maheshwarimayank94@gmail.com

Rajat Mishra Joint Secretary (Cultural) 8299468165 rajat.msr1995@gmail.com

Vibhor Gupta Joint Secretary (Library & Publications) 9140540682 vibhorbhanu92@gmail.com

PLACEMENT TEAM

Name Post Contact Email

Shivangi Saklani Institute Placement Manager 7376820312 shivangi.saklani@gmail.com

Saurav Adhikari Department Placement Coordinator (M.Tech.) 8968563397 adksaurav@gmail.com

Alisha Arora Department Placement Coordinator (M.Sc.) 9999363667 alishaarora3667@gmail.com

Aakash Banik Company Coordinator 8981604047 aakashbanik@gmail.com

Darshan Pawar Company Coordinator 9665265672 darshanpawar61@gmail.com

Gaurav Amrutkar Company Coordinator 7276825814 gauravamrutkar99@gmail.com

Piyush Mittal Company Coordinator 7015700211 piyushmittal021@gmail.com

Saumya Suri Company Coordinator 8291339650 saumyasuri.17@gmail.com

SARC

Name Post Contact Email

Pravin Mulay Alumni Secretary 9766232083 pravinmulay83@gmail.com

INSTITUTE STUDENT COMPANION PROGRAMME (ISCP) TEAM

Name Post Contact Email

Karan Patel Department Coordinator-M.Tech. 9705485670 kpateln11@gmail.com

Vanessa Beddoe Department Coordinator-M.Sc. 9971439265 vanessa.beddoe95@gmail.com

Abhishek Kumar Sinha Student Companion-M.Tech. 7990980810 abhisheksinha379@gmail.com

Ashutosh Kushwaha Student Companion-M.Tech. 9760154212 akushwaha9808@gmail.com

Inderjeet Singh Student Companion-M.Tech. 9423349795 inderjeet.ieor@gmail.com

Saurav Adhikari Student Companion-M.Tech. 8968563397 adksaurav@gmail.com

Sufiyan Adhikari Student Companion-M.Tech. 8686474225 sufi1308@gmail.com

Vinay Chourasia Student Companion-M.Tech. 9755196308 vinayi.chourasia5@gmail.com

Akul Bansal Student Companion-M.Sc. 7503477920 akulbansal5@gmail.com

Amlan Ghosh Student Companion-M.Sc. 8584974607 amlan.7770@gmail.com

Gulfan Khan Student Companion-M.Sc. 8882662838 g.k.25278@gmail.com

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CONTACT INFORMATION OF YOUR SENIORS M.Tech Students

Name Mobile No. Email Address

Abhishek Kumar Sinha 7990980810 abhisheksinha379@gmail.com

Ashutosh Kushwaha 9760154212 akushwaha9808@gmail.com

Darshan Pawar 9665265672 darshanpawar61@gmail.com

Gaurav Amrutkar 7276825814 gauravamrutkar99@gmail.com

Hitesha Nemade 9405794483 hiteshanemade@gmail.com

Inderjeet Singh 9423349795 inderjeet.ieor@gmail.com

Jaswant Singh 9082584104 jaswantjassie7@gmail.com

Karan Patel 9705485670 kpateln11@gmail.com

Khyati Thakkar 9833326303 khyatithakkar.1993@gmail.com

Manjunath Vhatkar 8446520331 manjunath.vhatkar@gmail.com

Mayank Maheshwari 7984255488 maheshwarimayank94@gmail.com

Nishant Mani Tripathi 7567172450 nishant.akgec@gmail.com

Piyush Mittal 7015700211 piyushmittal021@gmail.com

Pravin Mulay 9766232083 pravinmulay83@gmail.com

Rajat Mishra 8299468165 rajat.msr1995@gmail.com

Sameer Agrawal 9891198094 sam.agr@iitb.ac.in

Saurav Adhikari 8968563397 adksaurav@gmail.com

Setu Hitesh Dave 9427348905 setu.die12@gmail.com

Sourav Mondal 8436011205 souravmnl6@gmail.com

Sudhindra Katre 8975813589 sudhindra0828@gmail.com

Sufiyan Adhikari 8686474225 sufi1308@gmail.com

Vibhor Gupta 8858879376 vibhorbhanu92@gmail.com

Vinay Chourasiya 9755196308 vinayi.chourasia5@gmail.com

Vishnu Jatav 7400401772 vishnu.jatav786@gmail.com

M.Sc.-PhD 3rd Year Students

Name Mobile No. Email Address Aakash Banik 8981604047 aakashbanik@gmail.com Alisha Arora 9999363667 alishaarora3667@gmail.com

Manoj Kumar 9910623114 16i190003@iitb.ac.in Prashant Trivedi 9987107589 trivedi.prashant15@iitb.ac.in Richa Dhingra 7011174310 richadhingra29@gmail.com Saumya Suri 8291339650 saumyasuri.17@gmail.com

Shivangi Saklani 7376820312 shivangi.saklani@gmail.com Shubham Uttam 9958381913 uttam.shubham123@gmail.com

Vishal Dawar 9818950500 vishaldawar94@gmail.com

M.Sc.-PhD 2nd Year Students

Name Mobile No. Email Address

Adiya Chandra 7045547672 adiyac5@gmail.com Akul Bansal 7042773201 akulbansal5@gmail.com

Amlan Ghosh 8584974607 amlan.7770@gmail.com Bijendra Kumar Verma 9672059611 bijendraverma96@gmail.com

Gulfan Khan 8882662838 g.k.25278@gmail.com Khushboo Agarwal 7045539793 khushi4197@gmail.com

Mayuri Bakshi 7045539818 mayuribakshi197@gmail.com Rishav Deval 8377883226 rd15553@gmail.com

Sheshadev Behera 9438241658 sheshadev20@gmail.com Vanessa Beddoe 9971439265 vanessa.beddoe95@gmail.com

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IEOR ISCP TEAM 2018-19

And Their Hobbies

Department Coordinators

Karan Patel

Playing Basketball & Listening Music Vanessa Beddoe

Trekking, Playing Keyboard, Baking

Student Companions

Vinay Chourasiya Reading Novels, Music, Cricket

Inderjeet Singh Music, Cricket, Machine Learning

Sufiyan Adhikari Machine Learning

Abhishek Sinha

Coding, Football, Reading Novels Saurav Adhikari Football, Guitar, Ukulele

Ashutosh Kushwaha Guitar Jamming & Sports

Gulfan Khan Philosophy

Akul Bansal Table Tennis, Poetry

Amlan Ghosh Mohun Bagan, Football & Exploration

COMPILED BY:

Karan Patel Department Coordinator-M.Tech.

Vanessa Beddoe Department Coordinator-M.Sc.

Saurav Adhikari Student Companion

& Department Placement Coordinator