Program Chair
Associate Professor,
Finance, Economics and Strategy,
Indian Institute of Management Mumbai
Dr. Poonam Singh is an Associate Professor in the area of Finance, Economics and Strategy. Her PhD is the area of competition policy (Mergers and Acquisition: Firm Size, Market and Regulation) from Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR). She was a PhD scholar at the Institute of Law and Economics Institute, University of Hamburg and a gold medalist in MSC Economics from Burdwan University. Her research interests include: applied econometrics, firm competition, technological innovation, entrepreneurship and corporate governance and published papers in international journals of repute. Prior to joining IIM Mumbai, she has been working with National Institute of Securities Markets (a Sebi institute) and worked closely with the capital market regulator and Ministry of Finance on various projects related to policy formulation and implementation. She was part of the research team of prestigious Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission ( FSlRC) and was a member of the committee on Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing of SEBI.
She is involved in consulting assignments and research projects with Bombay Stock Exchang (BSE), National Stock Exchange(NSE) and various manufacturing industries and credit rating agencies. She is a regular contributor on NSE policy briefs and in popular media on policy issues. Her teaching interests include, econometrics, public policy, business strategy, behavioural economics, and micro and macroeconomics. She has also been involved in corporate trainings on topics related to analytics, strategy, public policy.
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Program Co-Chair
Assistant Professor,
Operations and Supply Chain Management,
Indian Institute of Management Mumbai
Dr. Veepan Kumar is an Assistant professor in the area of Operations and Supply Chain Management at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Mumbai, India. He received his Ph.D. in Operations Management from the Department of Management Studies (DMS), IIT Delhi. His primary teaching interests are in supply chain management, risk, disruption, and resilient supply chains, business statistics, data science, operations management, smart manufacturing, and supply chain analytics. His research interests include Industry 4.0, smart supply chain, digital manufacturing, supply chain collaboration, supply chain resilience, green supply chain, digitalization, digital transformation, and sustainability. He has also published research papers in a number of international publications and conferences. Dr. Kumar has been actively involved in delivering executive training programs focused on digital supply chain transformation and warehouse automation. He also explores the application of technologies in supply chain warehouse operations.
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Assistant Professor,
Analytics and Data Science,
Indian Institute of Management Mumbai
Dr. Jasashwi Mandal is an Assistant professor in the area of Analytics and Data Science at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Mumbai, India. She worked as a visiting researcher at the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway. She received her Ph.D. degree from the Department of Mathematics at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, India. At IIM Mumbai, she teaches the courses: Data Science for managerial decisions, Business Applications of AI & ML Techniques, Optimization and Decision Techniques, and Digital and Cyber-physical Systems. Her research interests include Maritime Shipping, Multi-objective optimization, Shipping and Logistics, Supply Chain Management, AI/ML Techniques and Operations Research. She has published her works in reputed international journals such as Information Sciences, International Journal of Production Research, Engineering Optimization, Journal of Cleaner Production, and Computers and Industrial Engineering.
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Assistant Professor,
Sustainability Management | Center of Policy and Governance,
Indian Institute of Management Mumbai
Dr. Disha Sharma is an assistant professor at the Indian Institute of Management Mumbai in sustainability management division. She is a researcher in atmospheric science and has previously worked as an Air Pollution Expert at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. She has worked as a post doctoral scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Germany and the School of Public and International Affairs, at Princeton University. Her research focuses on understanding India's air pollution variability and its synergistic impact on global climate and human health. Her current research interest lies in comprehending successful air pollution mitigation strategies adopted in the developed world and their implementation in the Indian context. During her PhD at Jawaharlal Nehru University, she was awarded the Fulbright Nehru Doctoral Fellowship at NASA GISS. She has worked as an academic researcher at the Center of Policy Research and Governance, Council of Energy, Environment and Water, the Centre for Policy Research, and the University of Washington. As an active science communicator, she has contributed writings to popular media portals such as Times Now, The Pioneer, The Wire, and Global Strategist, among others.
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Assistant Professor,
Analytics & Data Science,
Indian Institute of Management Mumbai
Dr. Amit Kumar Das is a distinguished researcher, boasting a versatile academic background. He completed his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at IIT Kharagpur, India, in 2021, followed by post-doctoral studies at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, which he successfully concluded in 2022. In addition to this, Dr. Das also boasts over six years of diversified industrial experience in industry. Presently, he holds the position of Assistant Professor at IIM Mumbai, India, and his research expertise spans multiple domains, including Intelligent Optimization, Smart Manufacturing, and the utilization of AI and ML techniques in operations and supply chain management.
Dr. Das's substantial contributions to the field of computational intelligence are evident through his remarkable publication track record. He has authored 31 research articles in internationally recognized peer-reviewed journals and has presented several papers at prestigious international conferences. Beyond his academic achievements, Dr. Das's innovative endeavors extend to intellectual property rights, as he has secured a copyright for a software algorithm. Dr. Das has also made significant contributions to the scholarly community by serving as a reviewer for several high-impact journals.
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