Prof. Jitesh J Thakkar

Jitesh Thakkar is an Associate Professor at the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, India. He received Ph.D in Supply Chain Management from IIT Delhi, Masters in Technology in Industrial Engineering from IIT Delhi and Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering with Gold Medal from the oldest Government Engineering College Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya, Sardar Patel University, Gujarat.
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Prof. Tapan Bagchi

Tapan P Bagchi holds a B Tech in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Kanpur, India and MASc and Ph D in Industrial Engineering from the University of Toronto, Canada. He also holds a D Sc in Quality Engineering from IIT Kharagpur, India. He is a Fellow of Institution of Engineers (India) and a Registered Professional Engineer in Ontario, Canada. Author of over 100 papers and six texts on quality engineering, computer science, genetic algorithms, scheduling, ISO 9000 and database management, he has held the positions of Professor and Chair in the IIT System, Dean at SPJIMR Dubai, Director at NITIE, NDS Infoserv Mumbai, and NMIMS University’s Shirpur Campus. Prior returning to academics, Bagchi served the EXXON Corporation holding techno-managerial positions for over sixteen years in Canada, US, Singapore and Europe.
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