Dr. Debashis Dutta is a Professor in the Department of Mathematics, National Institute of Technology, Warangal, India. He obtained his M.Sc in Mathematics in 1988, and Ph.D. in Operations Research from IIT Kharagpur in 1994. He has teaching experience of 25 years and research experience of 29 years. He has supervised five Ph.D students and 49 post-graduate dissertations. He has successfully completed 2 sponsored research projects by MHRD. He is a member of ISTE, APSMS and SDSI. Dr. Dutta is a reviewer of 9 journals and is on the editorial board of 2 journals. He has published 35 articles in international journals, 6 in national journals, and has also authored 4 books. He has organized two short term training programs in Statistics and Optimization Techniques. Dr. Biswajit Mahanty is a Professor at the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, India. In the recent past, he was Dean (Planning and Coordination) at IIT Kharagpur. He obtained his B.Tech (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering, and his M.Tech and Ph.D in Industrial Engineering and Management, all from IIT Kharagpur. He has had a varied professional career with over six years of industrial experience and 28 years of teaching, research, and industrial consulting experience. His areas of interest include supply chain management, e-commerce, transportation science, technology management, software project management, and system dynamics. He has guided 15 doctoral and more than 150 undergraduate and post-graduate level dissertations. Dr. Mahanty has also carried out more than 20 industrial consulting projects and 10 sponsored research projects. He has more than 100 publications in national and international journals and conferences of repute. He has authored a book titled "Responsive Supply Chain" by CRC press. He has also taught at the School of Management at AIT, Bangkok as a visiting faculty member. He is on the editorial board of the journal Opsearch published by the Operational Research Society of India.
