Pankaj Dutta

Professor Dutta is a Professor of Decision Sciences and Operations Research at School of Management, IIT Bombay, India. He hold his Master in Applied Mathematics (Operations Research and Computing) from VU, West Bengal, PhD in Applied Operations Research from IIT KGP, India and Postdoctoral Research from Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Switzerland in the area of Production Management. He has also worked as visiting scientist at KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany.

Education:

• Postdoctoral Fellow, (Production Management and Process), EPFL, Switzerland
• Ph.D. (Operations Research), IIT Kharagpur, India
• M.Sc. Applied Mathematics (Operations Research and Computing), Vidyasagar University, India
• Bachelor of Science Major: Mathematics (Hons) Midnapore College, Vidyasagar University, West Bengal, India 1999

Work Experience:

• Professor, Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management, IIT Bombay, India, May 2021 – onwards
• Visiting Professor, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany, May- July 2018
• Visiting Scientist, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany, Nov. 2014- Jan. 2015
• Associate Professor, Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management, IIT Bombay, India, 2014 – 2021
• Swiss Government Fellow, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, 2012 – 2013
• Assistant Professor, Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management, IIT Bombay, India, 2008 – 2014
• Lecturer, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Rajasthan, India, 2007 – 2008
• Visiting Faculty, SIOM, Symbiosis International, India, 2018, 2019

Fellowships/Awards & Honours:

• Swiss Govt. Fellowship, 2012
• DFG Research Fellowship, Germany, 2014
• DAAD, Bilateral Exchange of Academics, 2018
• Fast Track Young Scientist Scheme – DST; Govt. of India, 2013
• INSA Visiting Scientists, 2014
• Departmental Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2022
• Best Paper (Application) Award, OLAB-2022, ORSI, India
• Best Merit Paper Award, ICOR-2012, IMECS, Hong Kong
• Best Merit Paper Award, ICINDE-2017, IMECS, Hong Kong
• Best Paper Award, RCOSCM-2019-20, SIOM, Nashik, India
• Best Paper Award (Nominated), ICEGOV-2019, Melbourne, Australia
• Sethuraman NASMEI Research Grant Award (Co-PI), 2019, Great Lakes, Chennai, India
• National Eligibility Test (NET), 2002
• GATE: All India Rank-43; 2002
• Research Fellowship, IIT Kharagpur, 2002
• Member, Board of Studies: VJTI, Mumbai University, 2019 –
• Elected as the Central Council member of Operational Research Society of India, 2021-24.
• Associate Editor, OPSEARCH, 2018 – 21
• Co-Guest Editor, Special Issue: Journal of Global Operations and Strategic Sourcing
• Guest Editor, International Journal of Business Analytics, 2019
• Editorial Board Member: Int. J. of Business and Data Analytics, 2018 –
• Co-Editor: Edited Book: Changing Face of E-commerce in Asia, in Progress, World Scientific Publishing
• Invited Talk: IIT Roorkee, 2020, NIT Surat, 2021; BITS Mesra, Ranchi, 2021
• Invited Speaker: ICITAM 2019, India
• Inaugural Talk: AICTE-STTP, VCET, Mumbai, 2019
• Invited Talk: Production Engg., VJTI, Mumbai, 2015, 2018
• Invited Talk: SOM, NIT Agartala, 2017
• Invited Talk: Palisade Risk Conference, BKC, Mumbai, 2017
• Research Talk: School of Business, HU Berlin, Germany, 2018
• Research Talk: IIP, KIT, Germany, 2014
• Co-Organizer: International Conference ORSI-2018 at IIT Bombay, 2018
• Citation Database: Google Scholar

Research Interests:

• Supply Chain Optimization
• Reverse Logistics
• Data Analytics
• E-commerce
• Business Simulation
• Fuzzy Statistical Decision Making
• Project Management
• Inventory Management
• Quantitative Finance
• Operations Research

Teaching Interests:

• Decision Models in Management
• Operations Research
• Business Forecasting
• Business Simulation
• Data Analytics
• Decision Making under Risk and Uncertainty
• Project Management
• Quantitative Methods Lab

Publications:

International Journals:

• Dutta, P., Talaulikar, S., Xavier, V., Kapoor, S. (2021). Fostering reverse logistics in India by prominent barrier identification and strategy implementation to promote circular economy, Journal of Cleaner Production, 294, 126241
• Dutta, P., Jaikumar, B., Arora, M. (2021): Applications of data envelopment analysis in supplier selection between 2000 and 2020: a literature review, Annals of Operations Research, doi.org/10.1007/s10479-021-03931-6
• Mendon, S., Dutta, P., Bhel, A., Lessmann, S. (2021): A hybrid approach of machine learning and lexicons to sentiment analysis: Enhanced insights from Twitter data of natural disasters, Information Systems Frontiers, doi.org/10.1007/s10796-021-10107-x
• Dutta, P., Mishra, A., Khandelwal, S., Katthawala, I. (2020): A multiobjective optimization model for sustainable reverse logistics in Indian E-commerce market. Journal of Cleaner Production, 249, 119348.
• Dutta, P., Choi, T. M., Somani, S., Butala, R. (2020): Blockchain technology in supply chain operations: Applications, challenges, and research opportunities. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 142, 102067.
• Sarma, D., Das, A., Dutta, P., Bera, U. K. (2020): A cost-minimization resource allocation model for disaster relief operations with an information crowdsourcing-based MCDM approach. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 1-21, do.org/10.1109/ TEM.2020.3015775
• Dutta, P., Jain, A., Gupta, A. (2020): Performance analysis of non-banking finance companies using two-stage data envelopment analysis. Annals of Operations Research, 295(1), 91-116.
• Behl, A., Dutta, P. (2020): Engaging donors on the crowdfunding platform in Disaster Relief Operations (DRO) using gamification: A Civic Voluntary Model (CVM) approach. International Journal of Information Management, 54, 102140.
• Behl, A., Dutta, P., Luo, Z., Sheorey, P. (2020): Enabling artificial intelligence on a donation-based crowdfunding platform: a theoretical approach. Annals of Operations Research, 1-29, doi.org/10.1007/s10479-020-03906-z
• Goyal, G., Dutta, P. (2020). Performance analysis of Indian states based on social-economic infrastructural investments using data envelopment analysis. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, doi.org/10.1108/IJPPM-01-2020-0039
• Behl, A., Dutta, P., Sheorey, P., Singh, R. K. (2020). Examining the role of dialogic communication and trust in donation-based crowdfunding tasks using information quality perspective. The TQM Journal, doi.org/10.1108/TQM-06-2020-0139
• Dutta, P., Shrivastava, H. (2020): The design and planning of an integrated supply chain for perishable products under uncertainties. Journal of Modelling in Management, Vol. 15 No. 4, pp. 1301-1337.
• P.Dutta, Mishra, A., Sachin, K and Ibrahim, K, (2019). A multiobjective optimization model for sustainable reverse logistics in Indian E-commerce market, Journal of Cleaner Production, Accepted
• Behl, A., Dutta, P, Lessmann, S., Dwivedi, Y and Kar, S. (2019). A conceptual framework for adoption of big data analytics in e-commerce startups, Information Systems & e-Business Management, 17(2), 285-318.
• P. Dutta, H. Shrivastava, (2019). The design and planning of an integrated supply chain for perishable products under uncertainties, Journal of Modelling in Management, Vol. 15 No. 4, pp. 1301-1337.
• Nagare, M., Dutta, P. and Naoufel, C., (2019). Extended distribution free newsvendor models with demand updating using expert judgment, International Transactions in Operational Research, doi.org/10.1111/itor.12700
• R Tamatam, P Dutta, G Dutta, S Lessmann, (2019). Efficiency analysis of Indian banking industry over the period 2008–2017 using data envelopment analysis, Benchmarking: an International Journal, 26(8), 2417-2442.
• Vaishna, C, M. Suresh and P. Dutta, (2019). A Study on the Influence of Factors Associated with Organizational Readiness for Change in Healthcare Organizations Using TISM, Benchmarking: an International Journal, 26 (4), 1290-1313, 2019.
• A. Behl and P. Dutta, (2018). Humanitarian supply chain management: A thematic literature review and future directions of research, Annals of Operations Research, Available Online, 2018.
• M. Nagare, P. Dutta and P. Suryawanshi, (2018). Optimal procurement and discount pricing for single-period non-instantaneous deteriorating products with promotional efforts, Operational Research, Available Online, 2018.
• M. Nagare and P. Dutta, (2018). Single-period ordering and pricing policies with markdown, multivariate demand and customer price sensitivity, Computers & Industrial Engineering 125, 451-466.
• P. Dutta, D. Das, F. Schultmann and M. Fröhling, Design and planning of a losed-loop supply chain in presence of three-way recovery and buy-back offer, Journal of Cleaner Production, 135(1), 604-619, 2016.
• D. Das and P. Dutta, Performance analysis of a closed-loop supply chain with incentive-dependent demand and return, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 86(1), 621-639, 2016.
• M. Nagare, P. Dutta and N. Cheikhrouhou, Optimal ordering policy for Newsvendor models with bidirectional changes in demand using expert judgment, Opsearch, 53(3), 620-647, 2016.
• M. Suresh, P. Dutta and K. Jain, Resource-constrained multi-project scheduling problem with resource transfer times, Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 32 (6), pp. 155.1-29, 2015.
• D. Das and P. Dutta, Design and analysis of closed loop supply chain in presence of promotional offer, International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 53 (1), pp. 141-165, 2015.
• L. Nagar, P. Dutta and K. Jain, An integrated supply chain model for new products with imprecise production and supply under scenario dependent fuzzy random demand, International Journal of System Sciences, Vol. 45(5), pp. 873-887, 2014.
• D. Das and P. Dutta, A system dynamics framework for integrated reverse supply chain with three-way recovery and product exchange policy, Computers and Industrial Engineering, Vol. 66(4), pp. 720-733, 2013.
• D. Das and P. Dutta, Simulation study of an integrated reverse logistics in the imprecise environment, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, Vol. 186, pp.151-165, 2013.
• P. Dutta, D. Chakraborty and A. R. Roy, Uncertain demand in (Q, r) inventory systems: A fuzzy optimization approach, The Journal of Fuzzy Mathematics,Vol. 20, No. 3, 2012.
• M. Nagare and P. Dutta, On solving single-period inventory model under hybrid uncertainty, International Journal of Economics and Management Sciences,Vol. 6, pp. 290-295, 2012.
• M. Suresh, P. Dutta and K. Jain, Analysis of an Engineering-Procurement-Constraction (EPC) project: A solution to the resource constrained project scheduling problem using genetic algorithms, International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Vol. 8, pp.251-269, 2011.
• P. Dutta and D. Chakraborty, Incorporating one-way substitution policy into the newsboy problem with imprecise customer demand, European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 200, pp. 99-110, 2010.
• P. Dutta, A multi-product newsboy problem with fuzzy fustomer demand and a storage space constraints, International Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 07, Issue 5-6, pp. 1-17, 2010.
• P. Dutta and D. Chakraborty, Single-period inventory models in fuzzy environment: A decision-maker’s attitudinal approach, International Journal of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Vol. 13, pp. 24-35, 2008.
• P. Dutta, D. Chakraborty and A. R. Roy, An inventory model for single-period products with reordering opportunities under fuzzy demand, Computers and Mathematics with Applications, Vol. 53, pp. 1502-1517, 2007.
• P. Dutta, D. Chakraborty and A. R. Roy, Continuous review inventory model in mixed fuzzy and stochastic environment, Applied Mathematics and Computation, Vol. 188, pp. 970-980, 2007.
• P. Dutta and D. Chakraborty, A study on linking upward substitution and fuzzy demands in the newsboy-type problem, International Journal of Computational and Mathematical Sciences, Vol. 1(4), pp. 263-268, 2007.
• G. Mahata and P. Dutta, An EPQ inventory model with deteriorated and imperfect products under fuzzy sense, Internation Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics, Vol. 41, pp. 829-838, 2007.
• P. Dutta and A. R. Roy, Decisions on backorder inventory model under mixed uncertainty, Tamsui Oxford Journal of Management Science, Vol. 23, pp. 59-70. 2007.
• P. Dutta, D. Chakraborty and A. R. Roy, A single period inventory model with fuzzy random variable demand, Mathematical and Computer Modelling, 41, 915-922, 2005.

Book Chapter/Monograph:

• H. Shrivastava, P. Dutta, M. Krishnamoorthy, P. Suryawanshi, A resilient supply chain network for perishable products with random disruptions, Transactions on Engineering Technologies, Springer, 2017.
• H. Shrivastava, P. Dutta, M. Krishnamoorthy, P. Suryawanshi, Facility location and distribution planning in a disrupted supply chain, Frontiers in Optimization: Theory and Applications, Springer, 2017.
• D. Das and P. Dutta, A Comparative Study of Bullwhip Effect in a Multi-Echelon Forward-Reverse Supply Chain, Monografías Matematicas Garcia de Galdeano (Monograph), Spain, Vol. 38, pp.55-64, 2013.
• M. Nagare and P. Dutta, Continuous Review Model for Perishable Products with Inventory Dependent Demand, Lecture Notes in Engineering and Computer Science, Newswood Limited, Hong Kong, 2, pp 1513-1517, 2012.
• P. Dutta, M. Suresh and K. Jain, A genetic algorithm approach to RCPSP with vacation and cost minimization,Global Interdependence and Decision Sciences, Macmillan Publishers, pp. 55-67, 2009.
• P. Dutta, Debjani Chakraborty and A. R. Roy, A reordeing strategy for single-period inventory model with imprecise demand information, Fuzzy Logic and its Application in Technology and Management, Narosa Pub. New Delhi, pp. 131-138, 2007.
• M. Suresh, P. Dutta, R. M. Sonar and K. Jain, A DSS for multi resource constrained project scheduling problem using genetic algorithms, Decision Sciences in Global Enterprise Management, Macmillan Publishers, pp. 604-615, 2009.