Conference Committee

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Patrons

• Shri Bharat Lal Meena, IAS (R), Chairman, BESTIU
• Dr. Rupa Vasudevan, Chancellor, BESTIU

Conference chair

• Dr. Nagajyothi Koripella, Vice Chancellor, BESTIU

Conveners

• Dr. Immanuel Anupalli, Registrar, BESTIU
• Dr. Ramgopal Mopuri, Dean Academics, BESTIU

Co-Convenors

• Dr. Muni Babu Mummela, Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Technology
• Dr. Ganesh Kumar Rai, Dean, School of Arts and Management Studies
• Dr. Vandana, Dean, College of Agricultural Science and Applied Research

Conference General Chair

• Dr. Ahad Ali, Director of Doctor of Engineering in Advanced Manufacturing, Director of Industrial Engineering Program, A. Leon Linton Department of Mechanical, Robotics and Industrial Engineering, Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan, USA and CEO of IEOM Society International

Program Chairs

• Dr. Manzoor Hussain, Registrar (Retd.) and Professor of Mechanical Engineering, JNTUH Hyderabad, India and IEOM Global Council Member
• Dr. SM Qutubuddin, Professor of Industrial and Production Engineering, PDA College of Engineering, Kalaburagi, Karnataka, India
• Prof. Don Reimer, Chief Operating Officer, IEOM Society, Detroit, USA
• Synthia Adams, PMP, Director and Chapter Coordinator of IEOM and Past-President at PMIGL, Michigan, USA

Industry Chair

• Capt. Dr Bhaskar Bhandarkar, Chairman Marine Division IEI and Chairman Centre Coordination Committee, Institution of Engineers (India)

Technical Chairs

• Dr. M. Affan Badar, Professor and Director of Ph.D. in Technology Management Program, Bailey College of Engineering & Technology, Indiana State University, USA
• Prof. V. Vasu, Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Warangal (NITW) in India

Coordinators

1. Dr. Venu BN, Professor, College of Agricultural Science and Applied Research
2. Dr. Shaik Chandini Banu, Professor, School of Engineering and Applied Technology
3. Dr Ashwini A, Professor, College of Agricultural Science and Applied Research
4. Dr. Anuhya Pola, Associate Professor, College of Agricultural Science and Applied Research
5. Dr. Sasi Chandra Gummadi, Associate Professor, College of Agricultural Science and Applied Research
6. Dr. Chakravarthy Thejesh, Associate Professor, College of Agricultural Science and Applied Research
7. Dr. Katta Subramanya Sai Teja, Associate Professor, College of Agricultural Science and Applied Research
8. Dr. Sreeja K, Associate Professor, College of Agricultural Science and Applied Research

National Advisory Committee

• A Gnanavelbabu, Anna University, Chennai
• Abhijit Majumdar | Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
• Aftab Alam, Director, Asia Pacific Institute of Management, New Delhi
• B Mahadevan, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
• Balakrishna Ekandahe, National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai
• Dinesh Kumar Rajendran, National Institute of Technology, Jammu
• Harishchandra V Astagi, Professor, PDACEK, India
• M.S. Aspalli, Professor, PDACEK, India
• Heena Joshi, NICM-SJPI, Gujarat
• K Mathiyazhagan, Thiagarajar School of Management, Madurai
• Kamala, Anna University, Chennai
• M Deepak, Loyola Institute of Business Administration, Chennai
• M Rajmohan, Anna University, Chennai
• Madhusudanan Pillai V, National Institute of Technology, Calicut
• Manoj Kumar Tiwari, Indian Institute of Management, Mumbai
• Manzoor Hussain, Registrar (Retd.), JNTU Hyderabad
• Murugan Pattusamy, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
• Paul Robert, Anna University, Chennai
• Prashant Kamble, Professor, PDACEK, India
• Prateek Saxena, Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, Mandi
• Abid Haleem, Mechanical Engineering at Jamia Millia Islamia, India
• Arshad Noor Siddiquee, Mechanical Engineering, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
• R Venkata Rao, SVNIT, Surat, India
• Rajeev Agrawal, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur
• Ravi Shankar Bhakat, Indian Institute of Management, Shillong
• Rohit Agrawal, Indian Institute of Management, Bodh Gaya
• S R Devadasan, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore
• S Vinodh, National Institute of Technology, Trichy
• Sachin Mangla Kumar, O P Jindal Global University, Haryana
• Sakthi Nagaraj, Indian Institute of Management, Jammu
• Seema Singh, Prof. of Economics, Delhi Technological University, India and Research Fellow, INTI International University, Malaysia
• Sindhwani, Indian Institute of Management, Sambalpur
• Siva K, Loyola Institute of Business Administration, Chennai
• Sonu Rajak, National Institute of Technology, Patna
• Sunil Luthra, All India Council of Technical Education, New Delhi
• Suresh M, Amrita Business School, Coimbatore
• Vimal K E K, National Institute of Technology, Trichy

International Advisory Committee

• Abdul Mazid, Central Queensland University
• Abdul Zubar, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia
• Abhi Ghadge, Cranfield University, UK
• Abhishek Behl, Keele Business School, UK
• Affan Badar, Indiana State University, USA
• Angappa Gunasekaran, Pennsylvania State University- Harrisburg, USA
• Anil Kumar, London Metropolitan University, UK
• Asela Kulatunga, University of Exeter, UK
• Balan Sundarakani, University of Wollongong in Dubai
• Fazleena Badurdeen, University of Kentucky, USA
• J Paulo Davim, University of Aveiro, Portugal
• Kamalakanta Muduli, Papua New Guinea University of Technology, PNG
• Kapil Gupta, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
• Marcos Dieste, University of Padua, Italy
• Ming Lang Tseng, Asia University, Taiwan
• Musa Adekunle Ibrahim, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ogun State, Nigeria
• Otávio José de Oliveira, São Paulo State University, Brazil
• Phani R. Katuru, PhD, MIT CTO, Infosys, Dallas, USA
• Piera Centobelli, University of Naples Federico, Italy
• Prasanna Illankoon, University of Peradeniya
• Raja Sreedharan, Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK
• Sachin Kamble, EDHEC Business School, France
• Sandeep Jagtap, Lund University, Sweden
• Sawarni Hasibuan, Universitas Mercu Buana, Indonesia
• Sunil Tiwari, University of Bristol, UK
• Vimal Kumar, Chaoyang University of Technology
• Yigit Kazancoglu, Yaşar University, Turkey
• Yudi Fernando, Universiti Malaysia

Faculty Advisors – IEOM Student Chapters in India

1. College of Eng & Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha – Priya Ranjan Mallick
2. College of Engineering Guindy (Anna University), Chennai
3. Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Ludhiana, Punjab – Sukhjeet Singh
4. Pandit Dendayal Petroleum University, Ahmedabad, Gujrat
5. P.D.A. College of Engineering, Gulbarga, Karnataka – Dr. Qutubuddin S.M.
6. Vellore Institute of Technology – Prof. Jayakrishna Kandasamy
7. Vidya Jyothi Institute of Technology, Hyderabad – Dr. M. Pratibha
8. Universal College of Engineering & Technology (UCET), Dokiparru, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, South India – Dr. Ch. Kesava Reddy
9. National Institute of Technology (NIT), Warangal – Dr. Vasu V and Dr. Krishnanand Lanka
10. Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad (JNTUH) – Dr. M. Indira Rani and – Dr. M. Sreenivasa Rao
11. Birla Institute of Technology & Sciences (BITS Pilani) – Dr. Abhijeet K. Digalwar
12. Amrita School of Business – Bangalore – S. Maria Sabastin
13. Amrita school of Arts and Sciences, Mysuru – Dr Sreedhara Ramesh Chandra
14. Amrita School of Business, Coimbatore – S. Maria Sabastin and Suresh M
15. Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh – Dr. Mohammad Muzammil, Dr. Abid Ali Khan and Dr. Faisal Hasan
16. Mahant Bachittar Singh College of Engineering and Technology, Jammu – Dr Ritesh Sharma and Dr. Johny Khajuria
17. Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Engineering College, Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab – Er. Jaswinder Kaur
18. Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences – Dr. Shivakami Rajan, Dr. Bhanu Pratap, Dr Kunal Gaurav, Dr Ayush Singh, Dr. Ganesaraman K. and Dr. Chandra Sen Mazumdar
19. Nawab Shah Alam Khan College of Engineering and Technology (NSAKCET), Hyderabad, India – Raza Ahmed Khan
20. Global Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad – Dr. G. Ahmed Zeeshan
21. VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology – Dr. Kiran Kumar Namala
22. Siddhartha Institute of Engineering & Technology
23. Osmania University – The University College of Engineering – Dr. Sriram Venkatesh,                  Dr. P. Chandrasekhar and Dr. L. Siva Rama Krishna
24. VJTI Mumbai – Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute – Dr. Dattaji K. Shinde, Dr. D. N. Raut, Dr. Madhukar Nagare, Dr. Pirsab R. Attar and Dr. Sachin G. Solanke
25. BML Munjal University, Gurugram, India -School of Management – Dr. Satya Prakash, Dr. Pratik Modi and Dr. Sumit Shandilya
26. Axis Institute of Planning and Management – AKTU University, Kanpur, India – Prof. (Dr.) Aftab Alam, Dr. Pradeep Bhatnagar and Rashika Shukla
27. Mufakkhamjah College of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad – Dr. G. Sailaja, Dr. Md. Viquar Mohiuddin and Dr. Ishrat Meera Mirzana
28. Methodist College of Engineering and Technology – Dr Prasad Matam
29. Vardhaman College of Engineering – Dr. J.V.R. Ravindra and Dr. G Suryanarayana
30. Engineering Institute, Kamla Nehru Institute of Physical and Social Sciences, Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India – Dr Jyoti Prakash
31. NITJ – Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar – Dr. Lakhwinder Pal Singh
32. BVRIT – B.V. Raju Institute of Technology, Vishnupur – Dr. R Naresh
33. Anjuman College of Engineering and Technology – Dr. Ruhina Quazi
34. BESTIU – Gownivaripalli, Gorantla, AP – Dr. Nagajyothi Koripella
35. HITAM  Hyderabad Institute of Technology and Management – P. Praveen
36. JNTUH University College of Management Hyderabad (UCMH) – Dr. Sindhu, MBA, Ph.D.
37. Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumakuru, Karnataka – Dr. G V Prabhushankar and Dr. Anil K C

Technical Committee

• Aaliya Aadiya, BGS National Public School
• Aarav Singla, G.D. Goenka Public School, Gurugram
• Aditya Ranjan, IIT Kharagpur
• Alina Mohanty, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
• Anand Handa, IIT Kanpur
• Angela Sarkar, IIT Kharagpur
• Anuradha Annapureddy, Bhartiya Engineering Sciences and Technology Innovation University (BESTU)
• Anushka Dwivedi, Amazon
• B Sundar, Government of India
• Bashayer Dashi, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research
• BVK Sastry, Yoga-Samskrutham University
• Chaitanya Arekar, Meta Platforms
• Charan Kumar Reddy Kethu, Ithaka International School
• Deepa S V, BESTIU, Andhra Pradesh
• Depesh Banik, Webb Fontaine
• Eriki Ananda Kumar, MJR College of Engineering and Technology, Piler, India
• Faisal Mahmud, NCSU
• Firdous Anam Shaikh, Anjuman College of Engineering & Technology, Nagpur
• Fnu Tejinder, Deloitte Consulting LLP
• Gautam Nandkishore Nayak, Meta
• Gayatri Bajirao, Anjuman College of Engineering and Technology
• Ghazalah Khan, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur
• Ghazouani Kamel, Institut des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (IHEC)
• Giovano Alberto, Universitas Katolik Parahyangan
• GOPI R, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi
• Harshil Vadodaria, Pandit Deendayal Energy University, Gandhinagar
• Hasan Sahin, Bursa Teknik Üniversitesi
• Hemanth Kumar Kolluru, Intralox
• Hsueh-Tien Lu, National Taichung University of Science and Technology
• Jawahir Che Mustapha, Universiti Kuala Lumpur
• Jayaprakash Jeyaraju, Dr. MGR Educational and Research Institute
• Jerylle Alexa Allic, Technological Institute of the Philippines, Quezon City
• joyce champie, Florida Polytechnic University
• K Naveen Kumar, KNRR Engineering College, Hyderabad
• Kartik Sahay, Indiana State University
• Kashish Kapoor, Amity University Punjab
• Kasturie Premlall, Tshwane University of Technology
• Keyi Cheng, Northwestern University
• Kumbha Umamaheswari Devi, BESTIU
• Leshan Palani, School
• M Chandran, DR MGR University
• M Triveni, Bharathiya Engineering Science & Technology Innovation University
• Manish Gupta, Lincoln University
• Manisha Dhanda, Kurukshetra University
• Mano Ramya Yerragudi, Bharatiya Engineering Science and Technology Innovation University
• Manogyna N, R V College of Engineering
• Manoranjan Panda, Vinod Gupta School of Management, IIT Kharagpur
• Mansi Singh, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU)
• Md Akram Hossain, Johnson & Johnson
• Michael Papadopoulos, Lehigh University
• Mohammad Nasir Khan, ZHCET, AMU, Aligarh
• Mohammed Nazer Alom, Research Consultant (Private)
• Mohd Alam, Jamia Hamdard
• Muhammad Zaid Khan, NED University
• MUNI BABU MUMMELA, BEST Innovation University
• Nagaraj Kinnal, NIT Warangal
• Nanda Krishna P, KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology
• Nattapong Weeraruk, Suranaree University of Technology
• Nayeli Nicol Angel-Rivas, Universidad de Lima
• NIAZ A. SALAM, College of Engineering Trivandrum
• Nikul Tripathi, K.B. Raval College of Pharmacy
• Nuzhath Begum, Gwinnett County Public School
• Osman Gulseven, Sultan Qaboos University
• Paresakkagari Venugopal, Bharathiya Engineering Science & Technology Innovation University
• Pew Pal, Infosys
• Prabhas Bhardwaj, IIT (BHU)
• Raja Manambedu Vijayakumar, Westcliff University
• Rajesh Vakkalagadda, Meta
• Rajeshwari Rampure, Anjuman College of Engineering and Technology
• Rajiv Tiwari, Technip Energies Global Business Services
• Rakesh Dange, Anjuman College of Engineering and Technology, Nagpur
• Ram Dayal Pandey, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad
• Ramavath Dakya Naik, Bharatiya Engineering Science and Technology Innovation University
• Rashik Siddiquee, NCSU
• Rehan Saeed Khan, Jamia Hamdard
• Rufina Hussain, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi
• S Sundar, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
• Sagar Bharti, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi
• Sakshi Lade, Anjuman College of Engineering and Technology
• Sakthivel Azhakiamanavalan, VIT Vellore
• Sanjeeve Kumar Gajadi, HCL Technologies Limited
• Satyajit Mallik, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
• Saurabh Singh, University of Wisconsin-Platteville
• Shahabaz Bequm, BESTIU, Andhra Pradesh
• Shahela Khanum, BESTIU
• Shantanu Sen, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi
• Spishow Chowdhury, JIS University
• Srilatha Choudam, BESTIU & ASL, DRDO
• Srinivasa Reddy Manchala, BESTIU
• Steadyman Chikumba, University of South Africa
• Subhashree Jena, BESTIU, Andhra Pradesh
• Sujal Patil, KLE Technological University
• Sujatha Alla, Old Dominion University
• Sukeshni Bhagat, Anjuman College of Engineering and Technology
• Sumera Jabeen, Bharatiya Eng., Science & Technology Innovation University
• Suresh Done, AI Authority
• Suresh Singh, Education
• Syeda Afeefa Fatima, PDA College of Engineering, Kalaburagi
• Taha Ali, Anjuman College of Engineering and Technology
• Tanmayee Gedam, Anjuman College of Engineering and Technology
• Tengku Nurainun, Universitas Islam Negeri Sultan Syarif Kasim Riau
• Umaira Shahneen, Sharnbasva University
• Urmilkumar Lashkari, K.B. Raval College of Pharmacy
• Uzma Parveen Ansari, Anjuman College of Engineering and Technology
• Vaidehi Kuldiwar, Anjuman College of Engineering and Technology, Nagpur
• Valisabgari Chandini Banu, BESTIU
• Vidyut Sundar, Dhirubhai Ambani International School
• Vijayakumar K R, DR MGR University
• Vijayakumar Reddy Yeddula, Independent Researcher in Mechanical Product Engineering, Artificial Intelligence & Digital Engineering
• Vinayak Vashishtha, AWS
• Vinod Menon, Best Innovation University
• XIN LI, Amazon
• Yesuenyeagbe Fiagbe, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
• Zulhalim Zulhalim, STMIK Jayakarta