Projects

The reputation of IME owes to the exceptional caliber of its esteem faculty. The department prides itself on creating an environment of substantial academic freedom overlaid by rigorous standards of excellence and socially responsive practices
 
 

The solution of every problem is situation specific, the students of IME department seeks project opportunities in such situations .The esteem faculty along with the students of IME department is highly involved in solving real time industry problems. Many of the courses contain course projects as a mandatory part so that students can understand the practical applicability of concepts in real life situations


Some of the project fields are as follows:

1. Decision support systems

2. Simulation of business processes

3. Marketing Research

4. Data mining

5. Supply chain management and coordination


The projects on which we are currenlty working on:

1. General Purpose Production Shop Simulation Laboratory under the National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technologies (NME-ICT) which aims at the development of a virtual simulation lab for learning production shop simulations. (Deepu Philip)

2. Entrepreneurial Decision Making Analysis through virtual simulation game (in collaboration with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA) to analyze the decision making styles of entrepreneurs across different cultures in the world. (B V Phani & Deepu Philip)

3. Smart Systems and Operations Laboratory (SSOL) is aimed at developing such innovative solutions and tools for different systems that needs to be “smart”. The laboratory will support research activities in design, modelling, monitoring, and control of complex systems (systems of systems) and their operations. (Deepu Philip)

    
 

M. Tech. Admission
 
 

Admission to M.Tech. Programme, IME Department, IIT Kanpur for July 2016

(Not applicable to NRI/PIO and foreign applicants)

Eligibility Criteria for applying to the program:

1.
Valid Score Card of GATE-2015 and/or GATE-2016
2.
 
The applicant must have a bachelors degree in engineering or a masters degree in science with marks/CPI not below the specified minimum (which is 55% or a CPI of 5.5 on a scale of 10.0).
 
Candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes who have passed the basic qualifying degree (bachelor's degree in engineering or a master's degree in science), are eligible to apply irrespective of the marks/CPI and will be considered for admission.

Number of Seats in M.TECH. Programme in IME Department ( May change ):

Category No. of Seats
General 13
OBC 7
SC 4
ST 2
Total 26

GATE Score cut-off for 2016 M.Tech Admission:

Category GATE Score Cut-off
General 675
OBC (Non-Creamy Layer) 602
SC/ST/PwD 300

Note: On line application process is likely to start from 2nd Week of March.

The following stages are involved in the admissions process for the M.Tech. program, IME Department, IIT Kanpur.

STAGE 1:

Apply if you meet the eligibility criteria

STAGE 2:

Short-listing of the applicants

A committee-in-charge for M.Tech admissions will prepare separate short lists for each category based on the following criteria.

For GN and OBC applicants:

 
A GATE-2015 or GATE-2016 cut-off score as stipulated by the IME. In case a student applies with both the GATE-2015 and GATE-2016 scores, then GATE-2015 score will be considered.
 
Bachelors degree in engineering from any AICTE recognized institute/university, IITs, NITs or IIITs or a master's degree in science.

For SC and ST applicants:

 
A GATE-2015 or GATE-2016 cut-off score as stipulated by the IME. In case a student applies with both the GATE-2015 and GATE-2016 scores, then GATE-2016 score will be considered.
 
Bachelors degree in engineering from any AICTE recognized institute/university, IITs, NITs or IIITs or a master's degree in science.

STAGE 3:

Written test and Personal Interview

 
Written aptitude test will be conducted for all the short listed applicants. Only those candidates whose satisfy the written test cut-off will qualify to appear for the personal interview. Cut-off marks would be different for each category.
 
A committee-in-charge for M.Tech admissions will conduct the personal interview to evaluate the suitability of the candidate for the program based on academic background of the applicant, his/her general academic proficiency, etc.

STAGE 4:

Merit List Preparation

A merit list would be prepared for each category based on the aggregate score that is computed as follows:

  Valid GATE Score (this would be the scaled score based on the absolute score obtained by the applicant in GATE-2015 or GATE-2016 examination) 70%
  Personal Interview 30%

Applicants belonging to different categories (GN, OBC, SC, ST, (PH)) will be separately merit listed. The cut offs for different categories will be decided by the committee-in-charge for Ph.D. admissions of the IME department of IIT Kanpur. The approved norms on reservation (OBC: 27%, SC: 15%, ST: 7.5% and PH 3% horizontal across GN, SC, ST and OBC) will be observed. Please check the latest approved norms of eligibility for reservation.

NOTE:

A merit list would be prepared for each category based on the aggregate score that is computed as follows:

  Stages 2 , 3 and 4 processes for GN, OBC and SC&ST applicants will b e conducted independently. These two groups, i.e., GN, OBC and SC&ST will not be compared at any stage during the selection process.
  For each category, a final merit list and a wait list will be prepared.
  At any stage during the admissions process or during the M.Tech. program at IIT Kanpur, if it is found that the candidate has misrepresented, falsified or hidden relevant information, his/her candidature/admission would be summarily rejected and the candidate would have to leave the program if he/she has joined the same and no fee deposited will be refunded.

DPGC Convener, IME Department, IIT Kanpur

  
 
 

Alumni

Our department has an active alumni association. The student members are invited to attend the alumni meet held every year and will also receive privileges for participating in events, social activities, seminars etc. The Institute's activities and programs for its alumni are directed towards building lifelong bonds of association with the Institute.
 

DoMS is proud of its alumni. The Institute welcomes its alumni to continue an endearing relationship with its alma mater. Department works closely with the Alumni Association to involve alumni through various activities towards excellence at DoMS. DoMS alumni association has a number of chapters around the globe to keep in touch with its alumni.

 

  • Abir Mukherjee, Vice-President, CitiGroup, INDIA.

  • Ajay Pal Singh, Vice President, Nomura Securities, INDIA.

  • Gagandeep Malhotra, Assistant Vice President, CITI Bank, INDIA.

  • Khem Aithani, ITC Infotech, INDIA.

  • Kunal Tijoriwala, Vice President, CITI Bank, INDIA.

  • Manish Gupta, Director, Microsoft.

  • Mukul Srivastava, General Manager, Crompton Greaves, INDIA.

  • Narasimha Bolloju, Associate Professor, Information Systems City University of Hong Kong, CHINA.

  • Nimruji Prasad Jammulamadaka, Assistant Professr, Behavioral Sciences IIM Calcutta, INDIA.

  • Rajesh Kumar Sharma, Director, Nortel Networks.

  • Ravindra K. Ahuja, Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering Dept., University of Florida, USA.

  • Sanjay Kumar, Professor, MDI Gurgaon, INDIA.

  • Sanjeev Swami, Professor and HOD, Dayalbagh University, INDIA.

  • Satyaveer Singh Chauhan, Associate Professor, Department of Supply Chain and Business Technology Management Concordia University, CANADA.

  • Shashi Kumar, Assistant Vice President, Nomura Securities, INDIA.

  • Subodh Kumar, Associate Professor, Mays Business School, TAMU, USA.

  • Sunil Gupta, Consultant, Independent Business unit of BFSI (Banking, Financial Services, Insurance) for ITC Infotech India Ltd (I3L).

  • Surya Prakash Singh, Faculty of Department of Management Studies, IIT Delhi, INDIA.

  • Upendra Kumar Earle, Assistant Vice President, HSBC, INDIA.

  • Ranganath , Program manager, Quality Assurance, UBS Account, IBM

 

+ - Ph.D. Alumni Click to collapse

Surendra Kumar Agrawal

Supervisor: P N Rastogi
Year: 3 August, 1979
Thesis: Policy Analysis For Government And Industry Relationship: The Problem Of Sick Units In Sugar Industry

 

 

R K Ahuja

Supervisors: S K Gupta, J L Batra
Year: 1 July, 1981
Thesis:Role Of Parametric Programming In Network Flow Problems

 

 

Syed Aliul Hasan Rizivi

Supervisor: Narendra Kumar Sharma, J L Batra
Year: 23 June, 1984
Thesis: Effects Of Organismic And Environmental Factors On Manipulation Of Controls In A Two-Wheeler Driving Configuration

 

 

Abbas Mohammad Wasim

Supervisors:J L Batra
Year: 1 January, 1985
Thesis:Modelling and Assessment of Sickness In The Organized Sector Of Cotton Textile Industry

 

 

Indushekhar Singh

Supervisors: S Sadagopan
Year: 9 November, 1987
Thesis:A Support System For Optimization Modelling

 

 

Anil Kumar Agrawal

Supervisors: Kripa Shanker
Year: 12 August, 1990
Thesis:Generalized Grouping And Loading Problems In Fms:Models And Methodologies

 

 

S Rajagopalan

Supervisors: Arun P Sinha, A K N Reddy
Year: 12 December, 1993
Thesis:Issues In Department And Diffusion Of Innovations In Multi Organisational Settings

 

 

T V L N Sivakumar

Supervisors: S Sadagopan
Year: 12 January, 1995
Thesis:Exact And Approximate Algorithmms For Flow Shop Scheduling

 

 

Mohamma Kutub-Uddin

Supervisors: Kripa Shanker
Year: 15 April, 1996
Thesis:Generalized Grouping Some Models And Methodologies

 

 

Neeraj Kumar

Supervisors: Kripa Shanker
Year: 1 April, 1998
Thesis:Workload Balancing In Fms Loading:A Study Of Imbalance Measures

 

 

Vishal Berry

Supervisors: R R K Sharma
Year: 21 January, 1996
Thesis:Developing Different Formulations Of Sscwlp (Single Stage Capacitated Harehouse Location Problem) And Empirically Establishing Relative Strengths Of Many Of Its Relaxations

 

 

Sudeshwar Prasad Singh

Supervisors: Rahul Varman
Year: 30 April, 2004
Thesis:Ownership And Internal Restructuring State-Owned Enterprises (SOE)

 

 

Sumit Raut

Supervisors: Sanjeev Swami
Year: 19 July, 2006
Thesis:Suply Chain Management In Capacitated And Demand Perishable Environments: Algorithms Analysis And Applications

 

 

Nimruji Prasad J

Supervisors: Rahul Varman
Year: 10 November, 2006
Thesis:Towards A Model Of The Formation Of Non Governmental Organisations In The Third World Context:

 

 

Surya Prakash Singh

Supervisors: R R K Sharma
Year: 30 November, 2006
Thesis:Solving Single And Multi Period Facility Layout Problem: Few SA And GA Based Heuristics

 

 

Sudha Arora

Supervisors: Ashok K Mittal
Year: 2 December, 2006
Thesis:Hybrid Modeling And Control Of Automated Guided Vehicles System

 

 

Sunil Agrawal

Supervisors: Kripa Shanker, Raghu Nandan Sengupta
Year: 26 November, 2007
Thesis:A Study Of Impact Of Various Parameters Of Demand And Lead Time On The Bullwhip Effect In A Serial Supply Chain

 

 

Tripti Negi

Supervisors: Veena Bansal
Year: 23 December, 2008
Thesis:Bridging The Information Gap Between Requirements Engineering And Configuration Phases In An ERP Implementation

 

 

Prafulla Kulkarni

Supervisors: Kripa Shanker
Year: 15 January, 2009
Thesis:Development And Analysis Of Heuristics For Manufacturing Cell Formation

 

 

Gyan Prakash

Supervisors: Kripa Shanker
Year: 6 March, 2009
Thesis:Achieving Competitive Advantage And Organizational Performance: Role Of Service Quality In Manufacturing Supply Chains

 

 

Sharadindu Pandey

Supervisors: R R K Sharma
Year: 13 May, 2009
Thesis:Matching OD Interventions With Strategy And Culture In Organizations: A Theoretical Framework And An Empirical Study

 

 

Devjani Chatterjee

Supervisors: R R K Sharma, Kripa Shanker
Year: 22 September, 2009
Thesis:Relating Strategies Of Organizations To Their Management Control Systems, Leaderships And Cultures

 

 

Priyanka Verma

Supervisors: R R K Sharma
Year: 13 October, 2009
Thesis:Hybrid Formulations For The Single Stage Uncapacitated Warehouse Location Problem And Vertical Decomposition Approach For The Single/Two Stage Capacitated Warehouse Location Problem

 

 

Jitendra Kumar Jha

Supervisors: Kripa Shanker
Year: 3 February, 2010
Thesis:Modeling And Solution Methodologies For An Integrated Production, Inventory And Distribution-Routing Problem In A Two-Echelon Supply Chain

 

 

Mayank Verma

Supervisors: R R K Sharma
Year: 15 July, 2010
Thesis:Hybrid Formulation For The Capacitated Lot Sizing Problem And Lagrangian Based Solution Technique For The Single And Two Stage Capacitated Dynamic Lot Sizing Problem With Backorders And Setup Times

 

 

Saroj Kumar Mishra

Supervisors: Narendra Kumar Sharma
Year: 7 April, 2011
Thesis:Predictors Of Customers' Cross-Buying Intentions In Banking Services Market

 

 

K S Thyagaraj

Supervisors: Peeyush Mehta, Kripa Shanker
Year: 26 April, 2011
Thesis:Integrating Operations And Marketing Decisions To Manage Product Variety Under Stochastic Demand

 

 

Ram Manohar Vikas

Supervisors: B V Phani, Rohit Varman
Year: 18 May, 2011
Thesis:Consumption Of Space: Ethnography Of Liminality, Resistance And Identity In An Indian Village

 

 

S N Mukhopadhyay

Supervisors: Jayanta Chatterjee, Raghu Nandan Sengupta, D K Ghosh
Year: 27 June, 2011
Thesis:EXPLORING THE DUALITY IN E�GOVERNANCE SERVICE QUALITY ASSESSMENT � A STUDY OF NATIONAL E-GOVERNANCE PLAN (NEGP) IN INDIA

 

 

Ritu Mehta

Supervisors: Sanjeev Swami, Narendra Kumar Sharma
Year: 17 August, 2011
Thesis:Essays On Perceived Crowding And Shopper Typology In Retailing

 

 

Sabyasachi Patra

Supervisors: Debasis Kundu, Kripa Shanker
Year: 25 January, 2012
Thesis:Variable Selection And Estimation In Presence Of Multicollinear And Categorical Variables

 

 

Kunal

Supervisors: B V Phani
Year: 2013
Thesis:Selective Intervention Policy towards Foreign Direct Investment policy and its Impact on Economy

 

 

Supriya D Katti

Supervisors: B V Phani
Year: 2013
Thesis:Revisiting IPO Underpricing

 

 

Smita Pandey

Year: 2013
Thesis:ATTRIBUTE PERCEPTION, INFORMATION SEARCH, AND USE OF DECISION RULES BY INDIVIDUAL INVESTORS IN AN EQUITY SHARE PURCHASE SITUATION:A STUDY IN BEHAVIORAL FINANCE

 

 

Amit Kumar Gupta

Email: amitkg@iitk.ac.in
Thesis: RI- Operation management, Supply chain management, Operations research.
TT- Different versions of joint Replenishment problem and inventory optimization problem faced by Food Corporation of India



 
Ph.D Alumni
 

Former Faculty

 
 
 

A. K. Mittal

Ph D (Case Western)
Operations Research, Operations Management, Quality/TQM.



    
 
 

(LATE) DR. J. L. BATRA

Ph.D. (Purdue University)
Operations Research, Operations Management, Quality/TQM

Personal Website : Click here

    
 
 

DR. N. K. SHARMA

Ph D (Delhi University)
Consumer Behaviour, Marketing, Cognition

Persianl Website: Click here

    
 
 

R. PARTHASARATHY RAMACHANDRAN

Ph D (Oklahoma State University)
Demand Management of scarce resources, Revenue Management, Discrete Optimization

Email : parthar@mgmt.iisc.ernet.in

Phone : +91-80-22933336 (O)
Personal Website Click Here

   
 
 

DR. PEEYUSH MEHTA

Ph D ((IIM Ahmedabad)
Operations Management, Operations Research, Supply Chain Management, Production Planning and Inventory Management, Scheduling

Email : pmehta@iimcal.ac.in

Phone : +91-33-2467 8300 (O

Personal Website: Click here

   
 
 

DR. RAVINDRA AHUJA

Ph D (IIT Kanpur)
Operations Research, Network Flow Algorithms & Optimization, Combinatorial Optimization, Database Management Systems, Design of Production Systems

Email : ahuja@ufl.edu

Personal Website Click here

   
 
 

DR. R. K. AMIT

Ph D (IISc. Bangalore)
Operations Research, Game Theory, Decision Theory, Contract Theory

Email : rkamit@iitm.ac.in

Phone : +91-44-2257 4575(O)

Personal Website : Click here

    
 
 

DR. ROHIT VARMAN

Ph D (University of Utah)
Critical Marketing, Consumer Culture Theory

Email : rohit@iimcal.ac.in

Phone : +91-33-24678300-05 (O)

Personal Website : Click here

   
 
 

DR. RUNA SARKAR

Ph D ((IIM Calcutta)
Microeconomics, Economics of Corporate Environmental Strategy, Green Manufacturing, Managerial Economics, Business Policy; Strategic Management

Email : runa@iimcal.ac.in

Phone : +91-33-24678300-07 (O)

Personal Website : Click Here

   
 
 

DR. SANJEEV SWAMI

Ph D (University of British Columbia)
Mathematical modeling of consumer behavior, Marketing of perishable products, Dynamic decision models in marketing, Distribution/supply chain management

Email : Sswami153@gmail.com

Personal Website : Click here

   
 
 

DR. S. SADAGOPAN

Ph D (Purdue University)
ERP, E Commerce, Communication - Networking, Multimedia Information Systems, Management Information systems

Email : ss@iiitb.ac.in

Phone : +91-80-2852-7633 (O)

Personal Website : Click here

    
 
 

DR. TAPAN P. BAGCHI

Ph D (MASc Toronto)
Econometrics, Business Economics, Industrial Design



    
 

Staff

 
 
 

Dr. Supriya Katti

Senior Principal Research Establishment Officer

Room No. DoMS-108

Tel. +91-512-679-2303 (Office)

office_doms@iitk.ac.in

Overall in charge with additional responsibilities include but not limited to, Ranking, Departmental Review, Placement Assistance, eMasters, Web & SM, International Collaborations, Joint Degree Programs & General Outreach etc.
 
 

Praveen Sharma

Project Executive Officer

Room No. DoMS-109

Tel. +91-512-679-7376/6590 (Office)

pravs@iitk.ac.in

Include but not limited to admissions and admission related work of all academic programs (VLFM, MTech, MBA, PhD, eMasters etc.) of the department and any other work assigned by the Office in Charge and/or HoD from time to time
 
 

Shalini Kashyap

Deputy Project Manager

Room No. DoMS-108

Tel. +91-512-679-2303 (Office)

shalinik@iitk.ac.in

Any work assigned by the Office in Charge from time to time
 
 

Ashmita Yadav

Junior Assistant

Room No. DoMS-108

Tel. +91-512-679-6409 (Office)

ashmitay@iitk.ac.in

Include but not limited to housekeeping, classrooms, offices, purchase, maintenance (labs & infrastructure) and any other work assigned by the Office in Charge and/or HoD from time to time
 

FAQ

 
 
 

+ - How many seats are there in DoMS MTech course? Click to collapse


There are 26 seats in the program. The reservation of seats is in accordance with the central government rules.


+ - Which streams of B.Tech. / B.E. can apply for this program? Click to collapse


This is an interdisciplinary program; any student who has a valid GATE score in any stream can apply.


+ - What is the selection procedure after I get a call letter from DoMS? Click to collapse


You have to appear for a written test and then selected student will appear for interview.


+ - What will be the syllabus for written exam? Click to collapse


The objective written test mainly consists of quantitative aptitude, reasoning and English language.


+ - I have not received any confirmation for my draft submission which I have sent by post. What should I do? Click to collapse


You can contact DoMS office.


+ - What are the format of SC/ST, OBC and Person with disabilty certificates? Click to collapse


Pertinent information for reserved category candidates called for written test: Please note that IIT- Kanpur employs a centralized standard format of certificate for reserved category students. Those students who have applied in the reserved category (SC/ST/OBC/PD), should bring with them the appropriate certificate in that prescribed format when they come for the written test.


Click here for SC/ST Format

Click here here for OBC format

Click here here for PD format


How to reach IIT Kanpur?Click here for important instructions.



Contact Information
Convener DPGC,
Department of Management Sciences,
Indian Institute of Technology,
Kanpur - 208016
Ph: 0512-2597376


+ - How to reach IIT Kanpur? Click to collapse
Click HERE for important instructions
+ - Where to stay? Click to collapse
Accommodation can be arranged in hostel of IIT Kanpur on additional payment. Please contact admission coordinator or relevant person for the same. Food related bills have to paid by the candidates themselves.