M. Tech. Students
 

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Anand Shinde


B.Tech. (Agricultural Engineering ),
CAET, VNMKV Parbhani


Areas of Interest:

Finance, Data Science, Data Analytics, Supply Chain Management, Operation research
 

 

 


Venkata Madhu Sai D


B.Tech (Agricultural Engineering),
University of Agricultural Sciences Bangalore


Areas of Interest:

Data Science, Data Analytics, Supply Chain Management, Operation Research
 

 

 


Bhoopendra Singh Thakur


B.Tech (Agricultural Engineering ),
Jawaharlal Neharu Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Jabalpur


Areas of Interest:

Data Science, Machine learning, Operation Research, Supply Chain Management, Finance
 

 

 


Prakhar Adarsh


B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering),
MIT Academy of Engineering, Pune


Areas of Interest:

Supply chain management, Data analytics, Operation research
 

 

 


Abhishek Tiwari


B.Tech (Textile Chemistry),
UPTTI, Kanpur


Areas of Interest:

Data analyst, Bussiness Analyst, Supply chain managemet, Operations and Research Management
 

 

 


Tarun Singla


B.Tech (Agricultural Engineering),
Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana


Areas of Interest:

Data Science, Supply Chain Management, Data Analytics, Operations and Finance
 

 

 


Aditya Priye


B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering),
Jadavpur University, Kolkata


Areas of Interest:

Finance, Data Science, Data Analytics, Supply Chain Management, Operation Research
 

 

 


Amit Soni


B.E. (Mechanical Engineering),
MBM Engineering College, Jodhpur


Areas of Interest:

Data Science, Data Analytics, Supply Chain Management, Operation Research
 

 

 


Kshitij Raj


B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering),
Institute of Engineering and Technology Lucknow


Areas of Interest:

Data Science, Data Analytics, Finance, Operation Research
 

 

 


Abheet Sonker


B.Tech (Man-Made Fiber Technology),
Uttar Pradesh Textile Technology Institute


Areas of Interest:

Data Science, Data Analytics, Supply Chain Management, Finance, Operation Research
 

 

 


Anshuman Prakash Jha


B.E. (Mechanical Engineering),
MSRIT, Bangalore


Areas of Interest:

Product Management, Supply chain management, Operations, Data science
 

 

 


Shivank Chaubey


B.Tech (Mechanical and Automation Engineering),
Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Technology, GGSIPU


Areas of Interest:

Supply Chain Management, Operation Research, Data Analytics
 

 

 


Ankur Verma


B.Tech (Textile Engineering),
Uttar Pradesh Textile Technology Institute kanpur


Areas of Interest:

Data Science, Data Analytics, Supply Chain Management, Operation Research
 

 

 


Nikesh Kumar Nirala


B.Tech (Textile Chemistry),
Technological Institute of Textile, TIT, Bhiwani


Areas of Interest:

Data science, Data analytics, operations research
 

 

 


Kandarp Dave


B.E. (Mechanical Engineering),
Maharaja Sayajirao University, Vadodara


Areas of Interest:

Data Science, Data Analytics, Operations, Finance, Machine Learning
 

 

 


Utkarsh Mishra


B.Tech (Applied Petroleum Engineering),
UPES, Dehradun


Areas of Interest:

Data Science, Finance, Supply Chain Management, Data Analytics
 

 

 


Priya Kumari Pandit


B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering),
Indore Institute of Science and Technology (RGPV Bhopal)


Areas of Interest:

Data Science, Operations Research, Supply Chain Management, Machine Learning
 

 

 


Ashwini Kumar


B.Tech (Civil Engineering),
Malaviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT) Jaipur


Areas of Interest:

Finance, Data Science, Data Analytics, Supply Chain Management, Operation Research
 

 

 


Sunil kumar


B.Tech (Eee),
NIT Jamshedpur


Areas of Interest:

  
 

 

 


Krishan Kumar


B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering),
J.C.Bose University of Science and Technology,YMCA,Faridabad


Areas of Interest:

Data Science, Data Analytics, Business Analyst,Supply Chain Management,Operation Research
 

 

 


Priyansh Dixit


B.Tech (Petroleum Engineering),
Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology


Areas of Interest:

Data Science, Data Analytics, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Supply Chain Management, Operation Research, Product Management, Finance
 

 

 


Gadila Arun Kumar


B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering),
JNTUH College of Engineering, Sultanpur


Areas of Interest:

  
 

 

 


Rohit Khanna


B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering),
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad


Areas of Interest:

Operation Research & Management, Supply Chain Management, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Deep Learning, Data Science, Data Analytics, Finance, Product Management
 

 

 


Divyanshu Gonekar


B.E. (Mechanical Engineering),
Institute of Engineering and Technology DAVV Indore


Areas of Interest:

Operation Research
 

 

 


Dhruv Kumar Sahu


B.Tech (Textile Chemistry),
Uttar Pradesh Textile Technology Institute


Areas of Interest:

Business Analyst, Data Scientist, Supply Chain Management, Data Analyst, Operation Research
 

 

 


Deepti Verma


B.Tech (Petroleum Engineering),
Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology


Areas of Interest:

Data Science, Data Analytics, Supply Chain Management, Finance, Operation Research
 

 

 


Navnit Kumar


B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering),
Bhagalpur College of Engineering


Areas of Interest:

Data analyst
 

 

 


Rishabh Pandey


B.Tech (Textile Chemistry),
Nitra Technical Campus


Areas of Interest:

Data Analytics, SCM, Consultant
 

 

 


Shubham Ram


B.E. (Civil Engineering),
Thakur College of Engineering and Technology/ University of Mumbai


Areas of Interest:

Data Science, Data Analytics, Supply Chain Management, Operation Research, Machine Learning, Finance
 

 

 


Rishu Ranjan Raj


B.Tech (Civil Engineering),
NIT RAIPUR


Areas of Interest:

Data Analytics, Data Science
 

 

 


Pooja Patel


B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering),
Institute of Engineering and Technology DAVV INDORE


Areas of Interest:

Data Science, Data Analyst, Operation Research
 

 

 


Ashish Prajapati


B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering),
Madhav Institute of Technology and Science, Gwalior


Areas of Interest:

Operation reasearch, data analytics, data science
 

 

 


Ritik Singh


B.Tech (Textile Technology),
Uttar Pradesh Textile Technology Institute, Kanpur


Areas of Interest:

Data Science, Data Analytics, Finance, Product Management, Supply Chain Management
 

 

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Abhinav Pratap Singh


B.Tech. (Textile Technology),
Uttar Pradesh Textile Technology Institute (UPTTI), Kanpur


Areas of Interest:

Data Science, Data Analytics, Supply Chain Management, Finance, Operation Research

Dr. Subhas Chandra Misra

 

 


Aditya Kumar Singh


B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering),
Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh


Areas of Interest:

Data Science, Data Analytics, Supply Chain Management, Operation Research, Finance

Dr. Subhas Chandra Misra

 

 


Aman Ingle


B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering),
Institute of Engineering and Technology, DAVV Indore


Areas of Interest:

Data Science, Machine Learning

Dr. Anoop Singh

 

 


Amarjit kumar


B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering),
Gaya College of Engineering ,Gaya (Aryabhatta Knowledge University Patna)


Areas of Interest:

Data Analytics, Supply Chain Management, Product Management, Operations, Finance, Machine Learning

Dr. Abhinava Tripathi

 

 


Divyeshkumar Ranchhodbhai Parmar


B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering),
Faculty of Technology and Engineering, MSU, Baroda


Areas of Interest:

Data Analytics, Supply Chain Management, Product Management, Operations, Machine Learning

Dr. Sri Vanamalla V

 

 


Gaurav Soni


B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering),
Institute of Infrastructure Technology Research And Management (IITRAM), Ahmedabad


Areas of Interest:

Data Analytics, Finance, operation, Machine Learning

Dr. Harshal Rajan Mulay

 

 


Govind Relia


B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering),
Dr. B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar


Areas of Interest:

Data Analytics, Supply Chain Management, Operations, Finance, Data Science

Dr. Sri Vanamalla V

 

 


Harsh


B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering),
Malaviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT), Jaipur


Areas of Interest:

Data Analytics, Data Science, Supply Chain Management, Product Management, Machine Learning

Dr. Shankar Prawesh

 

 


Neelima Dixit


B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering),
Feroze Gandhi Institute of Engineering and Technology (FGIET), Raebareli


Areas of Interest:

Data Analytics, Supply Chain Management, Operations, Finance, Machine Learning

Dr. Prerna Gautam

 

 


Rahul Singh


B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering),
Dr. B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar


Areas of Interest:

Data Analytics, Finance, Machine Learning, Data Science, Supply Chain Management

Dr. Amit Shukla

 

 


Rohit


B.Tech (Agricultural Engineering),
College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology (CCS HAU), Hisar


Areas of Interest:

Data Analytics, Supply Chain Management, Machine Learning

Dr. Raghu Nandan Sengupta

 

 


Samyak Srivatsa


B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering),
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology (MNNIT), Prayagraj


Areas of Interest:

Data Analytics, Supply Chain Management, Product Management, Operations, Finance, Machine Learning

Dr. Devlina Chatterjee

 

 


Sangam Anant Jadhav


B.E. (Civil Engineering),
M. H. Saboo Siddik College of Engineering, Mumbai


Areas of Interest:

Data Science, Data Analytics, Machine Learning, Operations, Supply Chain Management, Finance

Dr. Parvati Neelakantan

 

 


Siddhant Ramesh Lakkam


B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering),
KJ Somaiya College of Engineering, Mumbai


Areas of Interest:

Data Analytics, Supply Chain Management, Operations, Finance, Machine Learning

Dr. Devlina Chatterjee

 

 


Suraj Chaudhary


B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering),
Institute of Engineering and Technology, Lucknow


Areas of Interest:

Data Analytics, Supply Chain Management, Finance, Machine Learning

Dr. Veena Bansal

 

 


Yash Mishra


B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering),
Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore


Areas of Interest:

Data Science, Data Analytics, Supply Chain Management, Operation Research

Dr. Faiz Hamid

 

 


Anshul Goyal


B.Tech (Electrical Engineering),
Nirma University, Ahmedabad


Areas of Interest:

Data Analytics, Supply Chain Management, Product Management, Operations, Finance

Dr. Suvendu Naskar

 

 


Vivek Radadiya


B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering),
Nirma University, Ahmedabad


Areas of Interest:

Data Science, Data Analytics, Supply Chain Management

Dr. Faiz Hamid

 

 


Shibani Thakur


B.E. (Mechanical Engineering),
Institute of Engineering, Pulchowk Campus, Nepal


Areas of Interest:

Data Science, Data Analytics, Supply Chain Management

Dr. Vinay Ramani

 

 


Rahul Verma


B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering),
Lovely Professional University


Areas of Interest:

Data Analytics, Supply Chain Management, Product Management

Dr. Parvati Neelakantan

 



M. Tech. Archives

  
 

Teaching Labs

Teaching Labs of IME department With Details Of Related Courses and Images of The Labs 

 
 

S.No.

Lab Name

Research Topic

Equipments

Projects Undertaken

Number of Students

Number of Faculty

1

Smart Systems and Operations Lab

Simulation Games, Control Systems, Autopilot

Dell Servers 710 & 610 of 16 crores. Ten high power work stations with 64 GB RAM for running virtual simulation games, control system programming, and flight simulation.

National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NME-ICT) of MHRD, DST, GITA,ISGP

9 MTech thesis completed and 2 ongoing PhD theses.

1

2

Product Lifecycle Management Lab

Web based PLM Siemens software 

Dell  410 server with 90 work stations

VLFM

40 students per year

2

3

Management
Simulation
Lab

Operation simulation in SSOL for management teaching.

Desktops and software

NIL

All MBA students

3

4

Management
Computing
Lab

For teaching purpose.

HP Compact server. 40 desktops with optiplex. SAP software

NIL

All MBA and M Tech students

1

5

Virtual Lab – Production
Shop Simulation
Lab of MHRD

Subset of SSOL, National Lab, One in sixteen in India.

1 Dell R825 RAX server of 18 crores. 128 GB RAM allows students from across the country to run simulation

General Purpose Lab for GPL-PSSL

3 MTech thesis completed and 1 ongoing PhD thesis.

1
 
 

Details of sponsored projects

 
 

  • Smart Systems & Operations Lab (New state of the art facility is developed and housed in DoMS building), DORD, IITK, Prof. Deepu Philip, 2010-2011.

  • National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NME-ICT) Project on Virtual Labs, Production shop & Simulation Lab of MHRD, Prof. Deepu Philip, 2010- Till Date.

  • Decision support systems for managers (Web course content is being developed), NPTEL (MHRD), Prof. Deepu Philip, 2010- Till Date.

  • Applied Design of Experiments (Web course content is being developed), NPTEL (MHRD), Prof. Deepu Philip, 2010- Till Date.

  • Train Running and Loco Performance Simulation Software(RDSO & BHEL), Prof. Deepu Philip, Sanjay Dhande & BM Shukla, 2009.

  • Stakeholder Perspective and Indicators for Climate Policy Action in the Indian Power Sector (Dept. of Economics, University of Cambridge, UK, and Climate Strategies, UK), Climate Change, Anoop Singh, 2009.

  • Trust, Privacy and Security Issues in ERP Projects , DRDO RCI, Hyderabad, S.C. Misra, 2013-2015

  • Models for Supporting the Analysis and Re-design of Business Processes in Agile ERP Implementation Projects, S.C. Misra, 2011-2013.

  • TrackSafe: Decision Support System to Enhance Safety of Railway Track Workers - ISTP-GITA, BV Phani, Deepu Philip, 2012-2015.

  • Corporate Finance- Sponsoring Organization - NPTEL, BV Phani, 2009.

  • Entrepreneurial Finance Sponsoring Organization – NPTEL, BV Phani, 2009.

  • Options and Futures - Sponsoring Organization – NPTEL, BV Phani, 2011.

  • Commercial Banking Credit Risk Modeling and Management - Sponsoring Organization – NPTEL, BV Phani, 2011.

  • Technology Business Incubator (TBI), Sponsoring Organization – DST, BV Phani, 2008- Till Date.

  • Technology Incubation and Development of Entrepreneur (TIDE) - Sponsoring Organization – DIT, BV Phani, 2009- Till Date

  • Technopreneur Promotion Program (TePP) - Sponsoring Organization – DSIR, BV Phani, 2009- Till Date.

  • Analysis of Consumer Needs and Competitive Market to identify Mega ($1-5 Billion) Business Opportunities in the Health & Wellness arena and Development of R&D Innovation Strategies and Plans for Execution for Quaker and LIFE brands, Health & Wellness Area - Nutritious Foods, Uday Racherla, 2010-2015.

  • Digital Eco-system for Agriculture and Livelihood, Socio Technical Services Innovation, Jayanta Chatterjee, TV Prabhakar, 2006 - 2008

  • OPAALS – Phase I, ICT for Development Services, TV Prabhakar, Jayanta Chatterjee, 2007 - 2009.

  • OPAALS – Phase II (Social Science), Social Science Analysis of ICT Services in Agriculture, Jayanta Chatterjee, Satyaki Roy, 2009 - 2010.

  • Agropedia – National Agricultural Innovation Programme, ICT for Agricultural Knowledge Networking, Jayanta Chatterjee, TV Prabhakar.

  • "Improving Operations of UP Fire Service", A Project Funded by Shri Rajneesh Chopra (Lucknow) in loving memory of his father Late Shri SL Chopra, RRK Sharma, 2009.

  • Syndicate Bank Entrepreneurship Research & Training Centre (SBERTC) (The space for the centre was identified by IITK in the new DoMS building), BV Phani, Deepu Philip, 2011 – Till date.

  • Establishment of multidisciplinary innovation lab (Currently named as Tinkering Lab – institute has identified space and we are in the process of procuring the machines), BV Phani, Deepu Philip, 2013-2014.

  • Technology Seed Fund Support, DST, BV Phani, 2009- Till Date.

  • TDB Seedfund Support Systems for start ups, BV Phani, 2009- Till Date.

  • Bio-Incubator Facility at SIIC, IIT Kanpur, BV Phani, 2013- Till Date.

  • Entrepreneurial And Managerial Development Of SMEs Through Incubators, MSME, BV Phani, 2011 – Till Date.

 

 

 

  
 

Consultancy

Consultancy in past five years
 

S. No.

Title

Area

Duration

Budget

PI

Co-PI

1

IDRBT: Decision Support Systems

 

2011-2014

 

Raghu Nandan Sengupta

None

2

Assessment of online services under mission mode
programme of Commercial Taxes Department of UP (NICSI)

 

2012-13

13 Lakhs

BV Phani

Deepu Philip

3

Introducing Radically Simple IT Methodology of Shinsei Bank, Japan. Sponsored by two Indian software companies and Shinsei bank

IT

2009

2 Lakhs

Veena Bansal

None

4

Consulted RFID project for Indian Postal Service, , IIT Kanpur

 

2008

1 Lakh

Veena Bansal

None

5

Study on a South Asia Regional Power Exchange – Regulatory (ADB)

Power Markets 

2011-2012

 

Anoop Singh

None

6

Contribution of Renewable Power towards Eliminating Shortages and Meeting Economic Growth Aspirations (ICF Consulting India )

Renewable Energy

2011-2012

 

Anoop Singh

None

7

Alternate Mechanisms for Allocation of Transmission Capacity for Collective Transactions. (India Energy Exchange Ltd.)

Power Markets 

2013

 

Anoop Singh

None

8

Cross-border Electricity Trade in South Asia: Prospects for Regional Cooperation. (Integrated Research for Action and Development)

Power Markets 

2013

 

Anoop Singh

None

9

The Impact of Electricity Reforms on the Power Sector in India. (World Bank)

Power Sector Reform

2011

 

Anoop Singh

None

10

Developing a Database for Monitoring of Power Projects and Utility Operations in India. (Planning Commission, Govt. of India, New Delhi)

Power Sector Reform and Performance Monitoring

2010-2011

 

Anoop Singh

None

11

Development of Transmission Pricing Schemes for Orissa. (OERC)

Power Markets

2009-2010

 

S N Singh

Anoop Singh

12

Promoting Business Development Services in Micro, Small & Medium

Enterprise Clusters in India

MSME

2009-2011

3.25 Lakhs

Rahul Varman

None

13

Materials Management & Quality Assurance (Course Material Development)

 

Apr 2013 – Till date

6 Lakhs

Deepu Philip

P.MehtaIIM Calcutta

14

Engineering life cycle costing models on decision of acquisition of assets and systems, RDSO Lucknow

 

2012

1.8 Lakhs

Deepu Philip

NIL

15

Technology and Management Roadmap for UPSRTC Central Workshops

 

2012-Till date

36.23 Lakhs

Deepu Philip

Anoop Singh
 
 

Technologies Developed

The Department of Management Sciences (DoMS) at IIT Kanpur has developed technologies are.

 
 

  • Train Running and Loco Performance Simulation Software(RDSO & BHEL)

  • TrackSafe: Decision Support System to Enhance Safety of Railway Track Workers - ISTP-GITA

 

 

 

  
 

Recent Visitors

The list of recent visitors of IME department is given below.

 
 
 

  • Seminar on “An Insight: Marketing the Pharma Industry” by Mr. ST Kalairaj, Market Research Inchage, Ranbaxy.

  • Seminar on “Innovation and Value Creation” by Mr. Veerendra Vasamsetty, Innovation Manager Schneider Electric.

  • Seminar on “Importance of Manufacturing in present Indian Economy” by Mr. Vikram Sampat, VP Business Strategy, Reliance Industries.

  • Seminar on “Power of a Process” by Mr. Mahesh Balani, Vice President, Payer Operations.

  • Seminar on “How to be Industry-Savvy and adapt oneself to the fast-paced Business Environment” by Mr. Vinay Mishra, Country HR Manager, Lexmark.

  • Seminar on “Indian Power Market and Operation of Power Exchanges” by Mr. Akhilesh Awasthy, Director (Market Operations), Indian Energy Exchange Ltd.

  • Seminar on “Big Data Analytics, Challenges faced by an analyst, Predictive Analytics(ACCS)” by Mr. Santosh Mishra, Human Resource Director, Innovation Labs, 247-Inc.com.

  • Seminar on “Big Data Analytics, Challenges faced by an analyst, Predictive Analytics(ACCS)” by Mr. Karthikeyan Damodaran, Delivery Leader, Consulting Services at BRIDGEi2i Analytics Solutions.

  • Seminar on “Big Data Analytics, Challenges faced by an analyst, Predictive Analytics(ACCS)” by Mr. Subhro Dutta, Advisor, Dell Global Analytics.

  • Seminar on “Big Data Analytics, Challenges faced by an analyst, Predictive Analytics(ACCS)” by Mr. Bhaskar Kumar, National Head - Risk & Business Analyt1ics, Bajaj Finance Ltd.

  • Seminar on “Big Data Analytics, Challenges faced by an analyst, Predictive Analytics(ACCS)” by Mr. Sulabh Dube, Advisor, Dell Global Analytics.

  • “Project Finance” by Mr Rajesh Jain, Head HR, SREI Infrastructure Finance.

  • Seminar on “Need for shift-Innovation and Leadership” by Mr Hemant Shah, Partner, Priority Jewelers.

  • Seminar on “Role & application of Business Analytics in the Industry” by Mr. Biswajit Nayak, Manager - BD & Alliance (India & SAARC ), StatSoft.

  • Seminar on “The Role of Social Enterprises in Grassroot Development” by Mr. Sameer Chaturvedi, CEO, Jaipur Rugs Foundation.

  • Seminar on “Leadership” by Mr Venkatesh Valluri, CEO, Ingersoll Rand India.

  • Seminar on “Branding of self vs. Institute brand” by Mr. Sandeep Juneja, Business Development Director, Medicines Patent Pool, UNITAID.

  • Seminar on “Optimal exploration and exploitation: The managerial intentionality perspective” by Dr. Sasanka Sekhar Chanda.

  • . Seminar on “Relationship between Organization Structure and Innovation” by Dr. Yamini Prakash Sahay, Assistant Professor, IIM Lucknow.

  • Seminar on “Hidden Costs of Offshore Outsourcing: An Analysis of Offshoring Decisions” by Dr. Deeparghya Mukherjee, Fellow, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, New Delhi.

  • Seminar on “Energy system changes for India under different climate stabilization pathways” by Dr. Amir Bazaz.

  • Seminar on “Organizational Justice and Psychological Well-being: Explorations in a Security-Service Organization” by Dr. Sweta Srivastava Malla, Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade-New Delhi (IIFT).

  • Seminar on “High Tech Technology & Product Innovation and its Management through SAP ERP System in DRDO” by DR SK Chaudhuri, Outstanding Scientist & Former Director RCI, DRDO.

  • Seminar on “The Impact of paid and earned media on consumer choice : A real-time experience tracking approach” by Mr. Bhuvanesh Pareek, Doctoral Candidate, IIM Bangalore.

  • Seminar on “Gains from Offshoring? Evidence from US Microdata” by Dr. Jagadeesh Sivadasan, Associate Professor, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan.

  • Seminar on “Process Management” by Dr. Sanjoy Mohapatra, Professor, XIM Bhubaneswar.

  • Seminar on “Some Results in Coalitional Game Theory” by Dr. R K Amit, Professor, IIT Madras.