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grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; gap: 30px;\">\r\n                    <div>\r\n                        <h3 class=\"doms-pb1-subheading\">Research Interests<\/h3>\r\n                        \r\n                        <ul class=\"doms-pb1-list\">\r\n                            <li>Decision Theory<\/li>\r\n                            <li>Inventory Theory<\/li>\r\n                            <li>Behavioral Operations Management<\/li>\r\n                            <li>Sustainable Operations Management<\/li>\r\n                            <li>Vaccine Supply Chain Management<\/li>\r\n                            <li>Agriculture Supply Chain Management<\/li>\r\n                        <\/ul>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                    <div>\r\n                        <h3 class=\"doms-pb1-subheading\">Teaching Interests<\/h3>\r\n                        <ul class=\"doms-pb1-list\">\r\n                            <li>Supply Chain Management<\/li>\r\n                            <li>Operations Management<\/li>\r\n                            <li>Production and Operations Management<\/li>\r\n                            <li>Optimization Techniques<\/li>\r\n                            <li>Operations Research<\/li>\r\n                            <li>Supply Chain Analytics<\/li>\r\n                            <li>Sustainability<\/li>\r\n                            <li>Decision Theory<\/li>\r\n                            <li>Stochastic Elements of Business<\/li>\r\n                        <\/ul>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n\r\n                <h2 class=\"doms-pb1-heading\" style=\"margin-top: 40px;\">Professional Experience<\/h2>\r\n                <ul class=\"doms-pb1-list small-text\">\r\n                    <li><strong>Assistant Professor:<\/strong> Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras (2024 - till date)<\/li>\r\n                    <li><strong>Assistant Professor:<\/strong> Department of Management Sciences, IIT Kanpur (2017 - 2024)<\/li>\r\n                <\/ul>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n\r\n            <div id=\"tab-vipin-publications\" class=\"doms-pb1-panel\">\r\n                <h2 class=\"doms-pb1-heading\">Journal Publications<\/h2>\r\n                <div class=\"doms-pb1-scroll-box\">\r\n                    <ul class=\"doms-pb1-list small-text\">\r\n                        <li>Khan, M. M., Vipin, B. (2025). <em>Abundance Versus Scarcity: An Experimental Study of Financially Constrained Newsvendors<\/em>. Journal of Operations Management (Forthcoming).<\/li>\r\n                        <li>Chandra, D., Vipin, B., and Kumar, D. (2023). <em>A fuzzy multi-criteria framework to implement next-generation vaccine supply chain<\/em>. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management.<\/li>\r\n                        <li>Shukla, M., Vipin, B., and Sengupta, R. N. (2022). <em>Impact of flexibility on multi-objective multi-period reverse logistic network design<\/em>. Annals of Operations Research (Forthcoming).<\/li>\r\n                        <li>Chandra, D., Vipin, B. (2021). <em>On the vaccine supply chain coordination under subsidy contract<\/em>. Vaccine.<\/li>\r\n                        <li>Vipin, B., and Amit, R. K. (2021). <em>Wholesale price versus buyback: A comparison of contracts in a supply chain with a behavioral retailer<\/em>. Computers & Industrial Engineering.<\/li>\r\n                        <li>Joshi, B. V., Vipin, B., Ramkumar, J., and Amit, R. K. (2021). <em>Impact of policy instruments on lead-acid battery recycling: A system dynamics approach<\/em>. Resources, Conservation and Recycling.<\/li>\r\n                        <li>Vipin, B., and Amit, R. K. (2019). <em>Describing decision bias in the newsvendor problem: A prospect theory model<\/em>. Omega.<\/li>\r\n                        <li>Vipin, B., and Amit, R. K. (2017). <em>Loss aversion and rationality in the newsvendor problem under recourse option<\/em>. European Journal of Operational Research.<\/li>\r\n                    <\/ul>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n\r\n                <h2 class=\"doms-pb1-heading\" style=\"margin-top: 40px;\">Books & Book Chapters<\/h2>\r\n                <div class=\"doms-pb1-scroll-box\" style=\"max-height: 200px;\">\r\n                    <p><strong>Books:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n                    <ul class=\"doms-pb1-list small-text\">\r\n                        <li>Vipin, B., Rajendran, C., Janakiraman, G., Philip, D (Eds.), (2021) <em>Emerging Frontiers in Operations and Supply Chain Management: Theory and Applications<\/em>, Springer.<\/li>\r\n                    <\/ul>\r\n                    \r\n                    <p><strong>Chapters:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n                    <ul class=\"doms-pb1-list small-text\">\r\n                        <li>Khan, M. M., Vipin, B. (2025). Coordinating a behavioral supply chain under revenuesharing contract. In: Optimization essentials. Springer.<\/li>\r\n                        <li>Singh, A., Ramkumar, J., Vipin, B. (2023). Digital manufacturing. In: Advances in Digital Manufacturing Systems. Springer.<\/li>\r\n                        <li>Kavitha, C., Amit, R.K., Vipin, B. (2021). Truthful information sharing in a multiretailer supply chain: Role of review strategies. Springer.<\/li>\r\n                        <li>Chandra, D., Vipin, B. (2021). Investigating the vaccine supply chain: A review. Springer.<\/li>\r\n                    <\/ul>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n\r\n            <div id=\"tab-vipin-conferences\" class=\"doms-pb1-panel\">\r\n                <h2 class=\"doms-pb1-heading\">Selected Refereed Conferences<\/h2>\r\n                <div class=\"doms-pb1-scroll-box\">\r\n                    <ul class=\"doms-pb1-list small-text\">\r\n                        <li>Mohd Mujahid Khan, B Vipin, \"A Stitch in Time Saves Nine: An Experimental Study of Newsvendor Decisions under Recourse Option\", MSOM Conference 2025, London Business School.<\/li>\r\n                        <li>Shivam Sharma et al., \"Synergizing Trade Policies and Domestic Production Schemes...\", MSOM Conference 2025, London Business School.<\/li>\r\n                        <li>Shivam Sharma et al., \"Coordinating Agricultural Trade and Production Policies...\", EURO 2025, University of Leeds.<\/li>\r\n                        <li>B Vipin, Mohd Mujahid Khan, \"Resilience and Emergency Orders...\", EURO 2025, University of Leeds.<\/li>\r\n                        <li>Sheersha Karmakar et al., \"Re-manufacturing in leasing and selling consumer durables...\", POMS India Conference 2024, IIM Ranchi.<\/li>\r\n                        <li>Mohd Mujahid Khan and B Vipin, \"Prospect theory and the capital-constrained newsvendor...\", MSOM Conference 2024, University of Minnesota.<\/li>\r\n                        <li>Mohd Mujahid Khan and B Vipin, \"Prospect theory and the financially constrained newsvendor...\", INFORMS BOC 2024, University of Colorado Boulder.<\/li>\r\n                        <li>Nisha Sihag and B Vipin, \"Evaluating carbon and lead dynamics...\", POMS 2024 Conference, Minneapolis.<\/li>\r\n                        <li>Md Mujahid Khan and B Vipin, \"Navigating financial constraints...\", POMS India Conference 2023, XLRI India.<\/li>\r\n                        <li>Nisha Sihag and B Vipin, \"Challenges and opportunities in the lead-acid battery ecosystem...\", POMS India Conference 2023, XLRI India.<\/li>\r\n                        <li>Mohd Mujahid Khan and B Vipin, \"Newsvendor and the trade credit financing...\", OR65 2023, University of Bath.<\/li>\r\n                        <li>Nisha Sihag and B Vipin, \"Investigating the role of emission policies...\", SOM Conference 2022, IIM Indore.<\/li>\r\n                        <li>Dheeraj Chandra and B Vipin, \"A hybrid contract to coordinate rotavirus vaccine supply chain in India\", EURO 2021, Greece.<\/li>\r\n                        <li>Deepak Singh Attri and B Vipin, \"On the competitive newsvendor problem...\", BOC 2019, Eindhoven.<\/li>\r\n                        <li>Manish Shukla et al., \"Multi-objective reverse logistics network design\", EURO 2019, Dublin.<\/li>\r\n                        <li>B Vipin and R K Amit, \"Wholesale price versus buyback...\", SOM 2018, IIM Kozhikode.<\/li>\r\n                        <li>B Vipin and R K Amit, \"Loss aversion and rationality in the newsvendor problem...\", MSOM 2016, Auckland.<\/li>\r\n                        <li>B Vipin and R K Amit, \"Decision bias in the newsvendor problem...\", MSOM 2015, Toronto.<\/li>\r\n                        <li>B Vipin and R K Amit, \"Newsvendor problem and pull-to-center effect...\", INFORMS BOC 2015, Cornell University.<\/li>\r\n                    <\/ul>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n\r\n            <div id=\"tab-vipin-awards\" class=\"doms-pb1-panel\">\r\n                <h2 class=\"doms-pb1-heading\">Fellowship & Peer Recognitions<\/h2>\r\n                <div class=\"doms-pb1-scroll-box\" style=\"max-height: 250px;\">\r\n                    <ul class=\"doms-pb1-list small-text\">\r\n                        <li><strong>DAAD Fellowship<\/strong> (2015; University of Duisburg-Essen).<\/li>\r\n                        <li><strong>Academic Senate Citation for Exceptionally Good Teaching<\/strong> at IIT Kanpur:\r\n                            <ul style=\"margin-top: 5px;\">\r\n                                <li>DMS 201 Introduction to Management (2024)<\/li>\r\n                                <li>MBA 931 Stochastic Elements of Business (2023)<\/li>\r\n                                <li>IME 643A Frontiers in Operations Management (2022)<\/li>\r\n                                <li>MBA 661A Production and Operations Management (2021)<\/li>\r\n                                <li>IME 642A Operations Management (2021)<\/li>\r\n                                <li>MBA 664A Supply Chain Management (2020)<\/li>\r\n                                <li>MBA 661A Production and Operations Management (2019)<\/li>\r\n                            <\/ul>\r\n                        <\/li>\r\n                        <li><strong>Best Paper Award (1st Runner Up)<\/strong> for \"From abundance to scarcity...\" at MERC 2024 (IIM Kashipur).<\/li>\r\n                        <li><strong>Third Position<\/strong> for PhD student Mr. Mohd Mujahid Khan in Research Showcase Event 2023 at DoMS, IIT Kanpur.<\/li>\r\n                        <li><strong>DST Travel Grant<\/strong> for attending BOC 2017 at MIT, USA.<\/li>\r\n                        <li><strong>Best Paper Award<\/strong> for \"Prospect theory, pull-to-center effect...\" at DoMS Research Symposium 2016, IIT Madras.<\/li>\r\n                    <\/ul>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n\r\n                <h2 class=\"doms-pb1-heading\" style=\"margin-top: 30px;\">Funded Projects & Contributions<\/h2>\r\n                <h3 class=\"doms-pb1-subheading\">Externally Funded Projects<\/h3>\r\n                <ul class=\"doms-pb1-list small-text\">\r\n                    <li><strong>Design of procurement contracts for the vaccine supply chain in India<\/strong>, ANRF (SERB) CORE Research Grant (2024-ongoing).<\/li>\r\n                    <li><strong>Personalized Recommender System for Airline Industry<\/strong>, Amadeus Software Labs India Pvt. 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