Megha Sharma

Academic Background:

• Fellow, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, India;
• Bachelor of Technology, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, India;

Courses Taught:

In Full-Time Residential Programs:

At IIM Calcutta

• Operations Research
• Risk Management
• Operations Research in Marketing
• Mathematics
• Stochastic Optimization
• Management Game (the experiential learning simulation)

At IIM Ahmedabad

• Mathematics for Management (PGP-ABM Preparatory Program)
• Quantitative Methods in Decision Making(PGP-PMP, tutor)
• Data Analysis (PGP-PMP, tutor)

At other IIMs and leading B-Schools

• Simulation
• Statistics
• Optimization
• Project Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Business Research Methods

In Executive Training Programs

• Data Analytics
• Statistics for Analytics
• Supply Chain Analytics
• Supply Chain Modeling
• Project Management
• Quantitative Analysis for Decision Making
• Operations Management

Training Programs Coordinated/offered

• Leveraging Digital Disruption for Competitive Advantage and Business Growth
• General Management Program for UPSC recruits (IAS/IES) for National Academy for Defense Production
• Executive General Management Program for Deloitte
• Advanced Program in Supply Chain Management
• Executive Program for Young Managers

Awards:

• Best Paper Award (First Place) in Theory and Methodologies Category at the XXIII Annual International Conference of the Society of Operations Management (SOM 2019) for a paper co-authored with Subhasis Mishra and Balram Avittathur
• Best Paper Award (Second Place) in Supply Chain Competition at the 9th Annual International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, Thailand for a paper co-authored with Sumanta Basu and Arnab Adhikari
• Industrial Finance Corporation of India Thesis Proposal Award (2009), awarded by the Industrial Finance Corporation of India and the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad for doctoral thesis proposal
• Institute Gold Medal (2005), awarded for outstanding academic performance at Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur.
• Prof. M.M. Dandekar Memorial Gold Medal (2005) at Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur.
• Gargi Puraskar (1998), awarded by the Government of Rajasthan for excellent performance in Secondary Board Examination.

Experience

Consulting Interests:

• Process improvement through data analytics
• Business decision modeling
• Optimization in Marketing Decisions
• Marketing Analytics
• Supply Chain Analytics

Work Experience:

• 2016 onwards: Associate Professor, Operations Management Group, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
• 2013 - 2016: Assistant Professor, Operations Management Group, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
• 2010 - 2013: Assistant Professor on Contract, Operations Management Group, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta

Research Interests:

• Optimization for BIG DATA (Large Scale Optimization)
• Stochastic Optimization
• Facility Location Problems
• Network Flow Algorithms;
• Network Design and Performance Evaluation;
• Reliable/Performable Networks;
• Metaheuristics in Combinatorial Optimization;
• Multi–objective Optimization