Principal Investigator

Manu K. Gupta

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Current Mentors

We are fortunate to have a diverse group of collaborators who bring their expertise to our research projects.

• N. Hemachandra IEOR, IIT Bombay.
• Sumit Kumar Yadav DoMS, IIT Roorkee.
• Nicolas Gast INRIA France.
• Sachin Jayaswal IIM Ahmedabad.
• Guneshwar Anand IIM Ahmedabad.

Current Members

• Abhinav Kumar PhD student, DoMS, IITR.
  Theme: Restless bandits and its applications in manufacturing strategies, Jan 2025.


• Aditi Jha PhD student, DSAI, IITR. Awarded India AI fellowship.
  Theme: Reinforcement learning for restless bandits, Jan 2025.


• Mansi Sharma PhD student (part-time), DoMS, IITR. Joint supervision with Prof. Sumit K. Yadav
  Theme: Operations research models for waste management in municipal cooperation, July 2023.


• Konark Rakesh PhD student, DoMS, IITR.
  Theme: Crew scheduling models for airlines, July 2023.


• Bihareelal Meghwal PhD student, Maths, IITR. Joint supervision with Prof. S. K. Gupta
  Theme: Combinatorial Optimization and Machine Learning, July 2022.


• Manas Shil PhD student, DSAI, IITR. Awarded PMRF fellowship . Joint supervision with Prof. G. N. Pillai
  Theme: Deep Reinforcement Learning for power systems, July 2022


• Gopal Saha PhD student, DoMS, IITR.
  Theme: Exact optimization methods and fair allocation in transportation networks, Jan 2022.


• Souradeep Koley PhD student, DoMS, IITR. Joint supervision with Prof. M. K. Barua
  Theme: Multi-methodological approaches for gig economy workers, Jan 2022.


• Anirban Mitra PhD student, DoMS, IITR.
  Theme: Queuing game models in operations management, July 2021.

Past Members

• Keshav Mtech student, DSAI, IITR, 2023 - 2025. First position - EXL Analytics
  Theme: Predictive Modeling and Optimization of Domestic Airfare Pricing in India
• Prashant Tadge Mtech student, DSAI, IITR, 2023 - 2025. First position - LTI Mindtree
  Theme: Dynamic Pricing with volume discounts using Thompson Sampling
• Harsh Pandey Btech student, Mechanical Engineering, IITR, 2020 - 2024.
  Theme: Modeling and Optimization of Closed-loop Supply Chain Networks
• Ayush Sharma Mtech student, DSAI, IITR, 2022 - 2024. First position - Barclays
  Theme: Traffic Signal Optimization using Deep Reinforcement Learning
• Shivam Kumar Mtech student, DSAI, IITR, 2022 - 2024. First position - EXL Analytics
  Theme: Pollution Routing Problem using Reinforcement Learning
• Narendra Singodia Mtech student, DSAI, IITR, 2021 - 2023. First position - Tata 1mg
  Theme: Capacitated Vehicle Routing using Deep Reinforcement Learning [PDF]
• Deepanshu Chauhan Mtech student, DSAI, IITR, 2021 - 2023. First position - Deloitte
  Theme: Online Learning for Noisy Polynomials [PDF] [slides]
• Jithin Cleetus MBA student, DoMS, IITR, 2021 - 2023. First position - EXL Analytics
  Theme: Supply Chain Resilience. [PDF]
• Sachin Sharma MBA student, DoMS, IITR, 2021 - 2023. First position - NatWest Group
  Theme: Algorithmic Trading. [PDF] [slides]
• Pratik Mitra MBA student, DoMS, IITR, 2020 - 2022. First position - NatWest Group
  Theme: AI for Multi-period Inventory Optimization with Uncertain Demand. [PDF] [slides]
• Harideepak Marathati MBA student, DoMS, IITR, 2020 - 2022. First position - NatWest Group
  Theme: A Study on Machine Learning Algorithms for Dynamic Pricing. [PDF] [slides]