Akhileh Kumar

A Kumar
    Assistant Professor

Research Areas 
    Business Analytics
    Supply Chain Management
    Condition Based Maintenance
    Product Returns and Remanufacturing

  • Ph.D : Department of Industrial Engineering, Wayne State University, USA
  • B. Tech : Department of Manufacturing Engineering, NIFFT Ranchi, India
  •     Aug 2015 - Present : Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, IIT Khargpur
  •     Jan 2013 - Jul 2015 : Solution Architect, Pricing and Revenue Management, JDA Software: The Supply Chain Company, Hyderabad/Bangalore, India
  •     Sep 2011 - Jan 2013 : Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, IIT Khargpur
Autumn 
     Applied Multivariate Statistical Modelling - I (PG)
    Operations Research - I (UG)

Spring 
    Advanced Decision Modelling (PG)
    Operations Research - II (UG)
    Generalized Linear Model(PG)
    1. “EU - India Research and Innovation Partnership for Efficient and Sustainable Freight Transportation (REINVEST)” Co-Principal Investigator for a project for European Union, Delegation of the European Union to India (On going)

  •     Awarded JDA SPOT Award for excellence in JRE Project 2014
  •     Recognized by CEO JDA Software for excellence in innovation program 2013
  •     Best Paper Award, Society of Operations Management, 2012 titled “Strategic Capacity Planning and Management of Remanufactured Products,” 16th Annual International Conference of the Society of Operations Management (SOM 2012), IIT Delhi, India, December 21-23, 2012.