{"id":26,"date":"2017-01-15T14:12:24","date_gmt":"2017-01-15T14:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/ieom2018\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2026-05-25T11:37:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T11:37:13","slug":"committee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/india2026\/committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Conference Committee<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>All authors, speakers, panelists, presenters, and attendees are required to register and pay the conference fee to participate in the IEOM Conference: <a href=\"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/india2026\/registration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/india2026\/registration\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Patrons<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Shri Bharatlal Meena, IAS (reqd), Chairman<\/li>\n<li>Dr Rupa Vasudevan, Chancellor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Co-Patrons<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr Shivanna, vice chancellor I\/c<\/li>\n<li>Dr K Nagajyothi, Pro vice chancellor, Research programs<\/li>\n<li>Prof Anuradha Dhar, pro vice chancellor, admin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Conveners<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr Ramgopal Mopuri, Dean, CASAR<\/li>\n<li>Dr Archana, Dean SAMS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Conference Chairs<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr Paramesh, Professor<\/li>\n<li>Dr Gangadhar, Professor<\/li>\n<li>Dr Venu, Professor<\/li>\n<li>Dr Ashwini, Professor<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Ahad Ali<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Program Chairs<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr. Devinder Kumar Banwet FIE, Vice Chancellor Founding Retd, University of Engineering &amp; Management, Kolkata, India and Professor Emeritus, DMS, IIT Delhi, India<\/li>\n<li>Dr. SM Qutubuddin, Professor, Industrial and Production Engineering, PDA College of Engineering, Kalaburagi, Karnataka, India<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Manzoor Hussain, Registrar (Retd.), JNTU Hyderabad<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Bhaskar M Bhandarkar, Former Chairman MRDB Institution of India and Vice president of the Institute of Marine Engineers India<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Don Reimer, COO, IEOM Society<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Industry Chairs<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr. Bhaskar M Bhandarkar, Chairman MRDB and Chairman Centre Coordination Committee, Institution of Engineers (India)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Technical Chairs<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr. M. Affan Badar, Professor and Director of Ph.D. in Technology Management Program, Bailey College of Engineering &amp; Technology, Indiana State University, USA<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Shekar Babu, Associate Dean and Professor at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeeetham, Mysuru Campus, Mysuru, Karnataka, India<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Organizing secretary<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr Suhail, Professor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Organizing Committee<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr. M. Affan Badar, Professor and Director of Ph.D. in Technology Management Program, Bailey College of Engineering &amp; Technology, Indiana State University, USA<\/li>\n<li>Bhaskar M Bhandarkar, Former Chairman MRDB Institution of India and Vice president of the Institute of Marine Engineers India<\/li>\n<li>Prof. V. Vasu, Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Warangal (NITW) in India<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Shekar Babu, Associate Dean and Professor at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeeetham, Mysuru Campus, Mysuru, Karnataka, India<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>National Advisory Committee<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr. Manzoor Hussain, Registrar (Retd.), JNTU Hyderabad<\/li>\n<li>Dr. M.S. Uppin, Professor, PDA College of Engineering, Kalaburagi, Karnataka<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Siddarama Patil, Principal, PDA College of Engineering, Kalaburagi, Karnataka<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Dr. Aftab Alam, Director, Asia Pacific Institute of Management, New Delhi<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Seema Singh, Prof. of Economics, Delhi Technological University, India and Research Fellow, INTI International University, Malaysia<\/li>\n<li>Sunil Luthra | All India Council of Technical Education, New Delhi<\/li>\n<li>Manoj Kumar Tiwari | Indian Institute of Management, Mumbai<\/li>\n<li>S. R. Devadasan | PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore<\/li>\n<li>B. Mahadevan | Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore<\/li>\n<li>S. Vinodh | National Institute of Technology, Trichy<\/li>\n<li>Paul Robert | Anna University, Chennai<\/li>\n<li>Rajeev Agrawal | Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur<\/li>\n<li>Prateek Saxena | Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, Mandi<\/li>\n<li>Madhusudanan Pillai V | National Institute of Technology, Calicut<\/li>\n<li>Vimal K E K | National Institute of Technology, Trichy<\/li>\n<li>Sachin Mangla Kumar | O P Jindal Global University, Haryana<\/li>\n<li>K. Mathiyazhagan | Thiagarajar School of Management, Madurai<\/li>\n<li>Balakrishna Ekandahe | National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai<\/li>\n<li>M. Deepak | Loyola Institute of Business Administration, Chennai<\/li>\n<li>Siva K| Loyola Institute of Business Administration, Chennai<\/li>\n<li>R. Venkata Rao | SVNIT, Surat, India<\/li>\n<li>Abhijit Majumdar | Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi<\/li>\n<li>Heena Joshi | NICM-SJPI, Gujarat<\/li>\n<li>M. Rajmohan | Anna University, Chennai<\/li>\n<li>A. Gnanavelbabu | Anna University, Chennai<\/li>\n<li>Kamala | Anna University, Chennai<\/li>\n<li>Sonu Rajak | National Institute of Technology, Patna<\/li>\n<li>Rohit Agrawal | Indian Institute of Management, Bodh Gaya<\/li>\n<li>Ravi Shankar Bhakat | Indian Institute of Management, Shillong<\/li>\n<li>Murugan Pattusamy | University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad<\/li>\n<li>Sindhwani | Indian Institute of Management, Sambalpur<\/li>\n<li>Sakthi Nagaraj | Indian Institute of Management, Jammu<\/li>\n<li>Dinesh Kumar Rajendran | National Institute of Technology, Jammu<\/li>\n<li>Suresh M | Amrita Business School, Coimbatore<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>International Advisory Committee<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr Phani R. Katuru, PhD, MIT CTO, Infosys, Dallas, USA<\/li>\n<li>Musa Adekunle Ibrahim, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ogun State, Nigeria<\/li>\n<li>Jiju Antony, Northumbria University, UK<\/li>\n<li>Ming Lang Tseng, Asia University, Taiwan<\/li>\n<li>Marcos Dieste, University of Padua, Italy<\/li>\n<li>Yudi Fernando,\u00a0 Universiti Malaysia<\/li>\n<li>Abdul Mazid | Central Queensland University<\/li>\n<li>Balan Sundarakani | University of Wollongong in Dubai<\/li>\n<li>Raja Sreedharan | Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK<\/li>\n<li>Asela (K.) Kulatunga | University of Exeter, UK<\/li>\n<li>Sawarni Hasibuan | Universitas Mercu Buana, Indonesia<\/li>\n<li>Piera Centobelli | University of Naples Federico, Italy<\/li>\n<li>Anil Kumar | London Metropolitan University, UK<\/li>\n<li>Yigit Kazancoglu | Ya\u015far University, Turkey<\/li>\n<li>Abhi Ghadge | Cranfiled University, UK<\/li>\n<li>Abdul Zubar | King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia<\/li>\n<li>Kapil Gupta | University of Johannesburg, South Africa<\/li>\n<li>Vimal Kumar | Chaoyang University of Technology<\/li>\n<li>Prasanna Illankoon | University of Peradeniya<\/li>\n<li>Ilya Jackson | MIT, USA<\/li>\n<li>Fazleena Badurdeen | University of Kentucky, USA<\/li>\n<li>J. Paulo Davim | University of Aveiro, Portugal<\/li>\n<li>Angappa Gunasekaran | Pennsylvania State University- Harrisburg, USA<\/li>\n<li>Sawarni Hasibuan | Universitas Mercu Buana<\/li>\n<li>Sunil Tiwari | University of Bristol, UK<\/li>\n<li>Sachin Kamble | EDHEC Business School, France<\/li>\n<li>Abhishek Behl | Keele Business School, UK<\/li>\n<li>Affan Badar | Indiana State University, USA<\/li>\n<li>Kamalakanta Muduli | Papua New Guinea University of Technology, PNG<\/li>\n<li>Sandeep Jagtap | Lund University, Sweden<\/li>\n<li>Abhishek Behl | Keele Business School, UK.<\/li>\n<li>Ot\u00e1vio Jos\u00e9 de Oliveira | S\u00e3o Paulo State University, Brazil<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Faculty Advisors &#8211; IEOM Student Chapters in India<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/ieom\/cet\/\">College of Engineering and Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/ieom\/college-of-engineering-guindy\/\">College of Engineering Guindy (Anna University), Chennai<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/ieom\/gndec\/\">Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Ludhiana, Punjab <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/ieom\/pandit-dendayal-petroleum-university-ahmedabad\/\">Pandit Dendayal Petroleum University, Ahmedabad, Gujrat<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/ieom\/pda\/\">P.D.A. College of Engineering, Gulbarga, Karnataka, India<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/ieom\/vit\/\">Vellore Institute of Technology<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/ieom\/vjit\/\">Vidya Jyothi Institute of Technology, Hyderabad<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/ieom\/ucet\/\">Universal College of Engineering &amp; Technology (UCET), Dokiparru, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, South India<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/ieom\/nitw\/\">National Institute of Technology (NIT), Warangal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/ieom\/jntuh\/\">Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad (JNTUH)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/ieom\/bits\/\">Birla Institute of Technology &amp; Sciences (BITS Pilani)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/ieom\/asb\/\">Amrita School of Business \u2013 Bangalore<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/ieom\/asam\/\">Amrita school of Arts and Sciences, Mysuru<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/ieom\/asbc\/\">Amrita School of Business, Coimbatore<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/ieom\/amu\/\">Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/ieom\/mbscet\/\">Mahant Bachittar Singh College of Engineering and Technology, Jammu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/ieom\/bbsbec\/\">Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Engineering College, Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/ieom\/ruas\/\">Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/ieom\/nsakcet\/\">Nawab Shah Alam Khan College of Engineering and Technology (NSAKCET), Hyderabad, India<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/ieom\/globalhyd\/\">Global Institute Of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/ieom\/vnrvjiet\/\">VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/ieom\/siddhartha\/\">Siddhartha Institute of Engineering &amp; Technology<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/ieom\/uceou\/\">Osmania University \u2013 The University College of Engineering<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/ieom\/vjti\/\">VJTI Mumbai \u2013 Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/ieom\/bmu\/\">BML Munjal University, Gurugram, India \u2013<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/ieom\/bmu\/\">School of Management <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/ieom\/aktu\">Axis Institute of Planning and Management \u2013 AKTU University, Kanpur, India<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/ieom\/mjcet\/\">Mufakkhamjah College of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/ieom\/methodist\/\">Methodist College of Engineering and Technology<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/ieom\/vardhaman\/\">Vardhaman College of Engineering<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/ieom\/knipss\/\">Engineering Institute, Kamla Nehru Institute of Physical and Social Sciences, Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/nitj\/\">NITJ \u2013 Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/bvrit\/\"> BVRIT \u2013 B. V. Raju Institute of Technology, Vishnupur, Narsapur<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/anjumanengg\/\">Anjuman College of Engineering and Technology<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/bestiu\/\">Bharatiya Engineering Science and Technology Innovation University, (BESTIU), Gownivaripalli, Gorantla, Andhra Pradesh<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/hitam\/\">HITAM \u2013 Hyderabad Institute of Technology and Management<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/ucmh\/\">JNTUH University College of Management Hyderabad (UCMH)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/sit\/\">Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumakuru, Karnataka<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Technical Committee<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Student Volunteers<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conference Committee All authors, speakers, panelists, presenters, and attendees are required to register and pay the conference fee to participate in the IEOM Conference: https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/india2026\/registration\/ Patrons Shri Bharatlal Meena, IAS (reqd), Chairman Dr Rupa Vasudevan, Chancellor Co-Patrons Dr Shivanna, vice chancellor I\/c Dr K Nagajyothi, Pro vice chancellor, Research programs Prof Anuradha Dhar, pro vice [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-26","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/india2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/india2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/india2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/india2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/india2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":132,"href":"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/india2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2204,"href":"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/india2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions\/2204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/india2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}