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Samir Biswas

Operations Management, Quantitative Methods and Information Systems

Ph.D. in Operations Management (2023), Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, India
M.E. in Electronics and Tele-Communication (2009), Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
B.E. in Electronics and Tele-Communication (2007), Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India

samir.biswas@iimu.ac.in

Research Interest

Agricultural Supply Chain, Socially Responsible Operations, Logistics and Transportation

Work Experience

Assistant Professor (2023 onwards): Indian Institute of Management Udaipur
Assistant Electrical Engineer (2014 – 2018): Indian Railways Service of Electrical Engineers (IRSEE – 2013 Batch, AIR – 6), Government of India
Assistant Professor (2008 – 2014): Department of Electronics and Tele-Communication Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India

Research Articles

Samir Biswas, Preetam Basu, Balram Avittathur, “Milk Adulteration Testing and Impact of Farmers Efficiency Heterogeneity: A Strategic Analysis.”
- Journal: European Journal of Operational Research
- Status: Published (Article-in-Press), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2024.12.001
Samir Biswas, Preetam Basu, Balram Avittathur, “Analysis of Economically Motivated Adulteration in a Milk Supply Chain under Different Aggregator Models.”
- Target Journal: European Journal of Operations Research.
- Status: Manuscript under preparation
Samir Biswas, Preetam Basu, Balram Avittathur, “Improving Quality in Agricultural Supply Chain through financing the Smallholder and Marginal Farmers.”
- Target Journal: Production and Operations Management
- Status: Manuscript under preparation

Research Cases

Sanam Mirzaliyeva, Kamalika Chakraborty, Samir Biswas, Dina Berikkyzy, Dina Tleubek, “Penetrating or Expanding. The Dilemma at Raushangul atelier studio, Kazakhstan”, Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies, pp 1-25, 12(2), 2022, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/EEMCS-04-2022-0107.
Sritama Pal, Nurlykhan Aljanova, Samir Biswas, “Environmental Crisis as an Enabler of Entrepreneurial Activities in a Non-Profit Organization: A Case Study on Kendriya Vidyalaya,” South Asian Journal of Business and Management Cases, pp 129-147, 11(2), 2022, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/22779779221099750.
Samir Biswas, Souvik De, Madina Subolova, Anjan Ghosh, “A Process Model of Leveraging Survival Crisis Toward Building Innovation as Core Competence: Theorization from the journey of a Textile firm,” South Asian Journal of Business and Management Cases, pp 243-259, 10(3), 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/22779779211037084.

Teaching Cases

Samir Biswas, Preetam Basu, “Indian Railways: Estimation of Electrical Contract Demand,” W25028-31, Ivey Publishing, Ivey Business School at Western University, September 2021.
Sahadeb Sarkar, Samir Biswas, “Medinova: Expansion in Rural Sector,” IIMC-CRC-2022-03, IIMCCRC, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, March 2022

Article

Ranjan Pal, Samir Biswas, Bodhibrata Nag, “Negative runs can better the commerce and bat-ball fairness of T20s”, Times of India Online, 24 July’2021.

Honors & Awards

Paul R Lawrence Fellowship 2024 by Case Research Foundation, awarded at North American Case Research Association 2024 Annual Conference, 17-19 October 2024, Orlando, Florida, USA.
Best Paper (2nd) Award in the Doctoral Consortium at the 25th Annual International Conference of The Society of Operations Management (SOM 2022)
V Janaki Raman Medal for Best Project in IRSEE – 2013 Probationary Training, Indian Railway Institute of Electrical Engineering, Nasik, 2016
University Gold Medal for securing the first position among all students in M.E. Tel. E. Exam – 2009, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
Sarojini Radhakanta Memorial Gold Centered Silver Medal for securing the highest marks among all students in M.E. Examination – 2009, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
Prof. Sudhanshu Deb Memorial Gold Centered Silver Medal for securing the highest marks among all students in ‘Integrated Electronic Circuits’ and ‘VLSI Circuits’ in B.E. Tel. E. Exam – 2007, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
Certificate of Merit and National Talent Search Scholarship (NTSE) by National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), India, Year – 2001

Conferences (selected)

Natarajan Balasubramanian, Samir Biswas, Palash Deb, Preetam Basu, “Organizational Learning with a Knowledge Aggregator: Impact of Organizational Knowledge Diversity” in Panel Discussion on AI and Organizational Learning, 6th AI and Strategy Consortium at Indian School of Business (ISB 2025), 21-22 February 2025, (Online) Hyderabad, India.
Samir Biswas, “Improving quality in Agricultural Supply Chain through financing Smallholder and Marginal Farmers.” POMS India International Conference 2024 (POMS India 2024), pp 190, 4-6 December 2024, Indian Institute of Management Ranchi, India.
Samir Biswas, Natarajan Balasubramanian, Palash Deb, Preetam Basu, “More than Compiling Knowledge: Role of Knowledge Aggregators in Organizational Learning,” Strategic Management Society 44th Annual Conference 2024 (SMS 2024), 19-22 October 2024, Istanbul, Turkey.
Sritama Pal, Samir Biswas, “Kendriya Vidyalaya: Ensuring Continuous Learning through Innovative Responses during Environmental Crisis,” North American Case Research Association 2024 Annual Conference (NACRA 2024), 17-19 October 2024, Orlando, Florida, USA.
Samir Biswas, Preetam Basu, Balram Avittathur, “Profit-Making or Profit-Sharing? The Implication of Quality Testing in Milk Supply Chain,” Operations Management and Information Systems in the Age of Analytics: POMS International Conference 2024 Istanbul (POMS Istanbul 2024), pp 45, 25-27 June 2022, ITU Macka Campus, Istanbul, Turkey.
Samir Biswas, Preetam Basu, Balram Avittathur, “Analysis of Economically Motivated Adulteration in a Milk Supply Chain under Different Aggregator Models,” POMS India International Conference 2023 (POMS India 2023), 4-6 December 2023, XLRI Jamshedpur, India.
Samir Biswas, Preetam Basu, Balram Avittathur, “Improving Quality through Farmer’s Cooperative in Milk Supply Chain,” 25th Annual International Conference of The Society of Operations Management (SOM 2022), 16-18 December 2022, Indian Institute of Management Indore, India.
Samir Biswas, Preetam Basu, Balram Avittathur, “The implication of Quality Testing by Agri-Cooperative on the Profitability of Smallholder and Marginal Farmers,” Resilient Networks: POMS International Conference 2022 Budapest (POMS Budapest 2022), pp 72, 29 June - 1 July 2022, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary.
Preetam Basu, Samir Biswas, “Developing Business Cases: Challenges, Benefits, and Impact,” North American Case Research Association 2021 Annual Conference (NACRA 2021), 14-16 December 2021.
Samir Biswas, Preetam Basu, “Indian Railways: An Optimal Assignment of Railway Rakes in Suburban Services,” The 22nd Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS 2021), pp 8, 22-27 August 2021, (Online) Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea.