Areas of interest of Prof. Biswajit Mahanty are Operations Research, Systems, Operations Management, and Information Systems. To date, he has guided 23 doctoral and more than 200 undergraduate and post-graduate level dissertations. Presently 5 research students are carrying out their doctoral level research work under his guidance in areas ranging from supply chain management, e-commerce, transportation science, technology management, software project management, and system dynamics.
Prof. Mahanty has obtained his B.Tech (Hons) degree in Mechanical Engineering, and his M.Tech and Ph.D. degrees in Industrial Engineering and Management—all from IIT Kharagpur. He has had a rich and varied professional career with over six years of industrial experience and more than 30 years of teaching, research, and industrial consulting work experience. He has also carried out about 30 industrial consulting and sponsored research projects. He has, to his credit, more than 100 publications in peer-reviewed international journals of repute. He is also an author of the book “Responsive Supply Chain” published by the prestigious CRC press. He has developed a 29-lecture NPTEL course on Management Information System, and two 40-lecture courses on Decision Modelling. He has also taught in the School of Management at AIT, Bangkok as a visiting faculty member.
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Modeling of Responsive Supply Chain by Tiwari M.K., B. Mahanty, S.P. Sarmah, and M.Jenamani . - (2012)
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Hybrid Approach to Optimal Packing Using Genetic Algorithm and Coulomb Potential Algorithm by Mahanty B., R.K. Agarwal, S. Shrin, and S. Chakravarty Materials and Manufacturing Processes Vol. 22, No. 5, Taylor & Francis pp. 668-677 (2007)
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Aggregate Procurement, Production, and Shipment Planning Decision Problem for A Three-Echelon Supply Chain Using Swarm-Based Heuristics by Pal, A., F.T.S. Chan, B. Mahanty and M.K Tiwari International Journal of Production Research Vol. 49, No. 10, Taylor & Francis pp. 2873-2905 (2011)
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A decision framework for the analysis of green supply chain contracts: an evolutionary game approach by Barari S., G. Agarwal, W.J. Zhang, B. Mahanty Expert Systems with Applications Vol. 39, No. 3, Elsevier pp. 2965-2976 (2012)
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A Genetic-Algorithms-Based Multiobjective Approach for a Three-Dimensional Guillotine Cutting Problem by Vidyakiran Y., B. Mahanty, and N. Chakraborti Materials and Manufacturing Processes Vol. 20, No. 4, Taylor & Francis pp. 697-715 (2005)
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Clustering Indian Stock Market Data for Portfolio Management by Nanda S.R., B. Mahanty, and M.K. Tiwari Expert Systems with Applications Vol. 37, No. 12, Elsevier pp. 8793-8798 (2010)
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Optimization of Hot Rolled Coil Widths using Genetic Algorithm by Mohanty S., B. Mahanty, and P.K.J. Mohapatra Materials and Manufacturing Processes Vol. 18, No. 3, Taylor & Francis pp. 445-460 (2003)
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Assessing the Effectiveness of Alternative Policies in Conjunction with Energy Efficiency Improvement Policy in India by Menon B.G. and B. Mahanty Environmental Modeling & Assessment Vol 20, No. 6, Springer pp. 609-624 (2015)
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Beta-Distributed Age in Manpower Planning Models by Shivanagaraju C., B. Mahanty, K. Vizayakumar and P.K.J. Mohapatra Applied Mathematical Modelling Vol.22, Nos.1&2, Elsevier pp. 23-37 (1998)
Principal Investigator
- Assessment of Freight Traffic and Strategies to improve market share of Eastern Railway Chief Commercial Manager FM
- Manpower Study of MSTC Limited MSTC Limited
Co-Principal Investigator
- Ram Sharma CoE in Data Science and Business Analytics, Department of ISE Dr Ram Sharma
Ph. D. Students
Anisha Pal
Area of Research: Supply Chain Modeling
Ranit Senapati
Area of Research: Engineering Product Design
Shashi Kumar
Area of Research: Supply Chain
Vineet Chauhan
Area of Research: Predictive Maintenance
