GAURAV KUMAR
Currently, He is a senior research fellow (Ph.D. scholar) in IIT Kharagpur (Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering) and working in the field of operations & supply chain management (Operation Research-Rail Freight transportation/Health care supply chain). He worked on various research consultancy projects on optimization i.e. (1) Rail freight transportation funded by TMILL, (2) Covid-19 vaccine supply chain project funded by CISCO, USA. He has 3.5 years of research experience along with 3 years of working experience in industries like BAJAJ auto ltd, Pune & IL&FS Engineering and construction company Ltd Delhi. He has completed M.Tech. from IIT Dhanbad in Manufacturing engineering and B.E. from R.V.College of engineering, Bangalore(RVCE) in Mechanical Engineering with first-class distinction.
Supervisor
Associate Professor
Department Of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Education
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KHARAGPUR
Industrial and Systems Engineering
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ( ISM ) DHANBAD
Manufacturing Science and Engineering
R. V. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING (RVCE) BANGALORE
Mechanical Engineering
Research
- Operations & Supply chain management (Operation Research – Railway Freight Transportation)
- Applied Operations Research (Optimization) || RAIL Freight Transportation || Logistics & Supply chain management || Business Analytics
Publications
- Kumar, G., Kumar, A., (2022) “An Internet of Things-Enabled Decision Support System for Freight Transportation: A Case Study of Indian Special Freight Transport Operator”. Computers and industrial Engineering (Published) [ABDC: A, IF= 7.18, ABS: 2, SCI]
- Kumar, A., Kumar, G., Ramane, T., Singh, G., (2022) “Optimal Covid-19 Vaccine Station Location and Allocation Strategies”. Benchmarking: An International Journal (Published) [ABDC: B, ABS:1, ESCI]
- Kumar, G., Tanvir, O., Kumar, A., (2022) “Mathematical Modelling for Multi-Objective Optimization of Express Freight Train for Freight Operators”. IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEE-IEEM 2022), Dec. 2022, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Accepted)
- Tanvir, O., Kumar, G., Kumar, A., Kumar, S. K., (2022) “Optimized Drone Deployment Plan for Last Mile Delivery”. IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEE-IEEM 2022), Dec. 2022, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Accepted)
- Kumar, G., Kumar, A., (2022) “Decision Support Models for Rail Freight Operators”. Informs Annual Meeting, Oct. 2022, Indiana, USA. (Accepted)
- Kumar, G., Kumar, A., (2022) “Real-Time Freight Train Rescheduling for Freight Transport Operators: A Heuristic Approach”. Proceedings of International Conference on Emerging trends in Supply Chain and Operations (ICESCO), July 2022, POMS India. (Presented)
- Kumar, G., Tanvir, O., Kumar, A., (2022) “A Mixed Integer Linear Programming Modelling for Optimal Fleet Planning for Freight Transportation by Rail”. Proceedings of International Conference on Data Analytics in Public Procurement and Supply Chain (ICDAPS), June 2022, NITIE Mumbai. (Presented)
- Kumar, G. , Dixit, A. R., Patnaik, S. (2018). Enhancement of fabrication unit of an automobile industry by implementing lean manufacturing principles. Proceedings of 15th International Conference on Recent trends in Engineering, Applied Science and Management (ICRTESM-18), Kota, Rajasthan, India, 125-137