1. Shreyas Bhowmik, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, India. Expected to graduate in 2026.
Thesis Title: A Polyhedral Study on the Binary Knapsack Polytope.
2. Madduri Satyanarayana Murthy, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, India (co-supervised with Prof. Benny Mantin & Prof. Sriram Sankaranarayanan). Expected to graduate in 2025.
Thesis Title: The Role of Platforms’ Private Labels on Distribution Channels.
3. Guneshwar Anand, Indian Institute of Management Visakhapatnam, India (co-supervised with Prof. B. Srirangacharyulu). Expected to graduate in 2024.
Thesis Title (tentative): Exact Solution Methods for Fixed Charge Transportation Problems.
Best paper award, 15th IIMB Management Review & Doctoral Conference (IIMRDC), Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, India, 02-03 Feb 2024.
Best paper award, 3rd Annual International Research Conference & Doctoral Workshop, Indian Institute of Management Lucknow, India, 14-17 Dec, 2023.
Second prize (advanced paper presentation), Doctoral Colloquium on Management and Development (DOCMAD), Institute of Rural Management Anand, India, 9-10 Nov, 2023.
4. Ayush Gupta, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, India (co-supervised with Prof. Benny Mantin). Graduated in April 2023. Currently, Product Manager, PwC India.
Thesis Title: Strategic Interactions in Vertical Supply Chains: On the Role of Encroachment and Advance Purchasing.
POMS-Nagesh Murthy Emerging Economies Doctoral Student Award (EEDSA), Asia Pacific Region, 2022.
Best Paper Award, XXV Annual International Conference, Society of Operations Management, IIM Indore, 2022.
Industrial Finance Corporation of India (IFCI) Best Thesis Proposal Award, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2022.
5. Arka Das, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, India (co-supervised with Prof. Ankur Sinha). Graduated in Dec, 2022. Currently, Senior Operations Research Engineer, Micron Technology, Hyderabad, India.
Thesis Title: Exact Algorithms for Non-convex Optimization Problems.
6. Ganesh Balasubramanian, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, India (co-supervisor with Prof. Benny Mantin). Graduated in Dec, 2022. Currently, Assistant Professor, Operations and Decision Science, T. A. Pai Management Institute (TAPMI), Indian.
Thesis Title: Strategic Interactions in Vertical Supply Chains: On the Role of Inventory and Technology.
POMS-Nagesh Murthy Emerging Economies Doctoral Student Award (EEDSA), Asia Pacific Region, 2022.
Best Paper Award, Doctoral colloquium, POMS India International Conference, Mumbai, India, 2021.
7. Sneha Dhyani Bhatt, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, India (co-supervised with Prof. Ankur Sinha). Graduated in May, 2022. Currently, Assistant Professor, Operations Management, Management Development Institute (MDI) Gurgaon, India.
Thesis Title: Essays on Capacitated Hub Location Problems.
8. Suyog Nigudkar, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, India (co-supervised with Prof. Ankur Sinha). Graduated in March, 2022. Currently, Assistant Professor, Operations Management, Quantitative Methods and Information Systems, Indian Institute of Management Udiapur, India.
Thesis Title: Exact Methods for Solving Linear and Non-Linear Max-Min Problems.
9. Richa Tiwari, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, India (co-supervised with Prof. Ankur Sinha). Graduated in Sept, 2020. Currently, Operations Research Scientist at Amazon, India.
Thesis Title: Competitive Hub Location Problem.
10.Prasanna Ramamoorthy, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, India (co-supervised with Prof. Ankur Sinha). Graduated in Oct, 2017. Currently, Assistant Professor, Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India.
Thesis Title: Hub Interdiction Problems: Models and Solutions Approaches.
11.Amit Vatsa, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, India (co-supervised with Prof. Diptesh Ghosh). Graduated in 2015. Currently, Associate Professor, Operations Management & Quantitative Methods, Indian Institute of Management Indore, India.
Thesis Title: Facility Location Problem with Server Uncertainty
Best Doctoral Thesis Award, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2016.