Bodhibrata Nag

Bodhibrata Nag (Ph.D./Fellow, Operations Research and System Analysis, IIM Calcutta & Bachelor of Technology in Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras) is a Professor of Operations Management at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta. He has held the position of Acting Director, Dean (Academic), Provost & Chairperson of Student Affairs, Chairperson of Doctoral Programs and Research, National Coordinator for Post Graduate Program for Executives for Visionary Leadership in Manufacturing at IIM Calcutta, as well as Director of IIM Calcutta Innovation Park. He holds certifications in various areas of Operations Management, Logistics, Supply Chain, and Data Sciences from The World Bank, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Georgia Institute of Technology, ESSEC Business School, University of Virginia, University of Amsterdam, John Hopkins University, Delft University of Technology and Technical University of Munich. He has received training in the case methods of teaching and case development at Harvard Business School and power projects design at Electricite de France.

He has 21 years of transportation and energy industry experience and 17 years of teaching and research experience at IIM Calcutta. He has served in the Central Electricity Authority and Indian Railways in senior management positions of various bodies, including the Director of Research Design and Standards Organization of the Ministry of Railways. He was instrumental in starting IIM Calcutta's One-year Visionary Leadership for Manufacturing program (which is now running its fifteenth year) and the One-year Advanced Program in Supply Chain for corporate executives (which is now running its tenth year), launching electives covering Operations Research Modeling, Quality Management, and Project Management, as well as developing management case studies in the Indian context about public sector companies such as Indian Railways, Delhi Metro, CPWD and Hindustan Petroleum. He has authored two books "Optimal Design of Timetables for Large Railways" and "Business Applications of Operations Research" and co-authored the Special Indian Edition of Hillier & Lieberman's classic textbook "Introduction to Operations Research", besides publishing in numerous national and international journals and conferences proceedings. He has also been a consultant to The World Bank, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Ministry of Railways, Planning Commission, West Bengal Department of Health & Family Welfare, and the Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. He is currently a Director of an online food delivery startup, a Mentor of a software development startup, and a Member of the Board of Trustees of a reputed school.

He has been elected a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers(India) and a Senior Member of the Institution of Electrical and Electronics Engineers(IEEE, USA). He has been a visiting Professor at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA) and BNSF Railway (Dallas, Texas, USA) on the Fulbright-Nehru Senior Research Fellowship. He topped the University and Union Public Service Commission’s Engineering Services Examination, besides securing a very high rank in the IIT Joint Entrance Examination. He has also been awarded the "The Union Ministry of Energy-Department of Power" Gold Medal for the best paper published on Power Development and Utilization at the 29th Indian Engineering Congress. His primary research interests are applying analytic techniques for planning, designing, and operations of energy and supply chain systems and cyber security.

Academic Background:

• Fellow(PhD), Operations Research & Systems Analysis, IIM Calcutta
• B.Tech, Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras
• ICSE & Pre-University, St.Edmund's, Shillong

Certification and Professional Training:

• Certificate in Railway Officers Foundation & Induction Course, National Academy of Indian Railways(Vadodara) & Indian Railway Institute of Electrical Engineering (Nasik)
• Certificate in Contract Management, The World Bank, Washington DC
• Certificate (with Distinction) in Public Procurement, The World Bank, Washington DC https://www.procurementlearning.org/bodhibrata-nag/
• Certificates in Supply Chain Fundamentals, Supply Chain Dynamics, Supply Chain Design, Supply Chain Analytics & Supply Chain Technology and Systems, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Center for Transportation & Logistics
• Certificate in Supply Chains for Manufacturing I, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Leaders for Global Operations Program
• Certificate in Supply Chain Management Principles, Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech Supply Chain & Logistics Institute)
• Certificates in Operations Management Fundamentals and Operations Analytics, University of Pennsylvania(Wharton)
• Certificate in Fundamentals of Revenue Management, ESSEC Business School
• Certificate in Fundamentals of Project Planning and Management, University of Virginia
• Certificate in Project Management, International Institute of Projects and Program Management
• Certificate in Quantitative Methods(Methods and Statistics in Social Sciences), University of Amsterdam
• Certificate (with Distinction) in R Programming, John Hopkins University (Bloomberg School of Public Health)
• Certificates in Data Cleaning, Exploratory Data Analysis, Reproducible Research, Statistical Inference,Regression Analysis,Data Product Development & Practical Machine Learning using R, John Hopkins University (Bloomberg School of Public Health)
• Certificate in Fundamentals of Six Sigma Quality Engineering & Management, Technische Universitat Munchen (Munich)
• Certificate in Railway Engineering, Delft University of Technology
• Certificate of Completion in course on "History and Future of the University: Leadership and Change" , Ashoka University
• Training in Case Writing & Course Development, Harvard Business School, Boston
• Training in Participant Centered Learning Methods, Harvard Business School, Boston
• Training in Power Electronics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
• Training in Electrical & Computer Aided Testing, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
• Training in Power Plant Design Engineering, Electricite de France(Paris) & Alstom(Belfort)

Courses Taught:

• Operations Research (for PGP1 & FPM covering Linear Programming, Integer Programming, Network Theory, Dynamic Programming, Goal Programming, AHP, Queuing Theory, Genetic Algorithm, Tabu Search, Simulated Annealing, Queuing Theory, Simulation)
• Project Management (PGPEX-VLM, PGDBA & PGPEX)
• Decision Models and Software (for PGPEX covering Supply Chain Network Design, warehouse location and distribution planning, Warehouse order picking models, Vehicle routing models and algorithms, Airlines and courier services network design, Revenue management models using LINGO, AIMMS and ARENA software)
• Advanced Graph Theory (for FPM covering Euler Tours, Chinese Postman Problem, Hamiltonian Graphs, Travelling Salesman Problem, Matchings and Marriage Problem, Graph Coloring)
• Quality Management & Six Sigma (PGPEX)
• Simulation Modeling (FPM & PGP with Simio (https://www.simio.com) simulation software under a grant from Simio LLC)
• Business Risk Management (PGP2)
• Strategic Game Theory (PGP2 & PGPEX)
• Business Mathematics (PGP1 & PGPEX)
• Toyota Production System (PGPEX-VLM)
• R Programming(FP)
• Operations Management (XLRI)
• Data Communication and networking (IRIEEN)
• Database Management Systems (IRIEEN)
• Visual Basic & VBA Programming (IRIEEN)

Regular sessions on Project Management (including financing and risk management aspects), Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, Procurement, Contracts & Arbitration (including provisions of Indian Contract Act, The Sale of Goods Act, The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, The Information Technology Act), Logistics (including Export-Import procedures, shipping, Incoterms, warehouse design and operation aspects and provisions of Carriers Act, Multimodal Transportation of Goods Act, Indian Bill of Lading Act, Indian Carriage of Goods by Sea Act) , Quality Management, Lean Management and Supply Chain Modelling in various MDPs and In Company Programs offered by IIM Calcutta for executives of Indian Police Service, Indian Railway Services, Indian Statistical Service, ONGC, State Electricity Board, West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation, West Bengal Department of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, NHPC, GAIL, NEEPCO, Ordnance Factory Board, NTPC, Indian Oil Corporation, Bharat Petroleum, Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Limited (BHAVINI), Coal India, Flipkart, Taegutec Worldwide, Bharti Airtel, RPG Group, Geological Survey of India, Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers, Faculty of Punjab Engineering College University of Technology, Bharat Dynamics Limited, National Textile Corporation, Orient Craft, Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam, Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam, CEAT, Yes Bank, Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft (DEG, German Investment Corporation), Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India etc

Program Director:

• Training Program on Project Management for Officers of Directorate General of Lighthouses and Lightships (Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways), 2023
• Executive General Management Program for Executives of Accenture 2022-23
• Long Duration Programs on Advanced Supply Chain Management (a)First Batch: January 2012-January 2013 (b)Second Batch: January 2013-January 2014 (c) Third Batch: January 2014 to January 2015 (d) Seventh Batch: January 2018 - January 2019 (d) Tenth Batch: August 2022 - July 2023
• Management Development Program on Financial Decision Making for WBRS & WBAAS Officers, Dec 2018
• Management Development Program on Lean Management, Aug 2018
• Management Development Program on Quality Analytics, Jan 2018
• Management Development Program on Theory of Constraints & Lean Management, Aug 2017
• Executive General Management Program for Executives of AstraZeneca, Aug 2017-Sept 2018
• Advanced Project Management for Scientists of Defence Research and Development Organisation (Ministry of Defence http://www.drdo.gov.in), Feb-Mar 2017
• Executive General Management Program for Executives of Nestle, Jan 2017- Mar 2018
• General Management Program for Executives of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation http://www.delhimetrorail.com/, December 2016
• Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises (Department of Public Enterprises http://dpe.gov.in/) sponsored training program on Project Management for Senior Executives of State Level Public Enterprises, August 2015
• Project Management Across Borders in association with Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation(http://www.mospi.gov.in/) and Project Management Institute(http://www.pmi.org.in/) for Central Public Sector Enterprises, Kolkata and Washington DC, Feb-Mar 2014
• Management Development Program on Project Management, January 2012
• Railway Board(http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/) sponsored Executive General Management Program for Indian Railway Service Probationer Officers, April-May 2009
• Long Duration Program on Supply Chain Management, July 2009-February 2010
• Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region(http://mdoner.gov.in/) sponsored Management Development Program on Customer Orientation in Public Services, July 2009
• Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (Ministry of Rural Development http://pmgsy.nic.in/) sponsored Management Development Program for Executives on Maintenance Management, 26-30 October and 9-13 November 2009

Awards:

• Awarded the "The Union Ministry of Energy-Department of Power" Gold Medal for the best paper published on Power Development and Utilization at the 29th Indian Engineering Congress 2014.
• Awarded the Fulbright-Nehru Senior Research Fellowship(http://www.usief.org.in/Fellowships/Fulbright-Nehru-Fellowships.aspx) by United States – India Educational Foundation(http://www.usief.org.in/) & Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA https://eca.state.gov/) of the U.S. Department of State; Visiting Research Faculty at College of Industrial & Operations Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor(MI http://www.engin.umich.edu/ioe) and Decision Systems Division,BNSF Railway, Fort Worth(TX http://www.bnsf.com/)
• "Best Professor in Operations Management- DNA B-School Innovative Award” ,Mumbai,Feb 2013
• "Best Professor in Operations Management- CMO Asia Award” , Dubai, Sept 2011
• Elected Senior Member, IEEE
• Elected Fellow, Institution of Engineers(India) https://ieindia.org/
• General Manager's Best Officer Award and Efficiency Medal, South Eastern Railway
• UPSC(http://www.upsc.gov.in/) Engineering Services (Electrical) Exam National Second Rank
• IIT Joint Entrance Exam All India Rank 231
• Pre-University (Science) University Topper, offered admission to IIT Bombay B.Tech(Elect) under University Rank Holders Direct Admission

Research Interests:

Application of simulation and analytic techniques for planning, design and operations of energy, transportation and logistics systems