Rajan Batta

Rajan Batta is an American operations research scientist, currently a SUNY Distinguished Professor at State University of New York. Batta earned his doctorate in Operations Research in 1984 from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is a member of State University of New York Operations Research faculty beginning in 1984. He also has had several administrative appointments, including Chair of the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, and Associate Dean in various capacities of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) at the University at Buffalo (UB). Currently he serves in the role of Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Diversity in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at the University at Buffalo.

Rajan Batta
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Diversity, SEAS
University at Buffalo
Personal details
BornBanaras, India
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma materIndian Institute of Technology Delhi
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Scientific career
FieldsIndustrial and Systems Engineering
Operations Research
Military Operations Research
Facility Location
Transportation
InstitutionsUniversity at Buffalo

Education

Batta received his undergraduate degree with honors (BTech) in Mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, India in 1980 and his PhD[1] degree in Operations Research in 1984 from the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

Research

Batta is a published author in various fields of operations research, applied operations research, military operations research, facility location, and transportation.[2][3]

As an author

Batta was listed in the top 50 "most productive and influential authors" in an article commemorating the 40th year of publication of European Journal of Operational Research (EJOR). He has published a total of 21 papers in EJOR during the journal's first 40 years. His most cited paper in EJOR is "Review of recent developments in OR/MS research in disaster operations management" published in 2013. It is co-authored with his former PhD student Gina Galindo, who is now a faculty member at the University of del Norte, Baranquilla, Colombia. This paper has a total of 521 citations according to Google Scholar.[4]

Research Awards
  • Best paper award from the journal Military Operations Research, 2020 [5]
  • Koopman Prize for outstanding publication in military operations research by the Military and Security Society, INFORMS, 2018. [6]
  • Award for Technical Innovation in Industrial Engineering, Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers, 2016.[7]
  • Best paper award for the journal IIE Transactions: Design and Manufacturing, 2013
  • AIIMS-MOPTA Optimization Modeling Competition Winner, Lehigh University, 2012
  • Dr. David F. Baker Distinguished Research Award, Institute of Industrial Engineers, 2008 [8]
  • SUNY Research Foundation Award for Research and Scholarship, 2007
  • Best paper award from the journal Military Operations Research, 2005 [9]
  • Sustained Achievement Award, Exceptional Scholar Program, University at Buffalo, 2002

Teaching Awards
  • Albert G. Holzman Distinguished Educator Award, Institute of Industrial Engineers, 2015 [10]
  • University at Buffalo Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring Award, 2014-2015 [11]
  • SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2007 [12]

References
  1. Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
  2. "Batta, Rajan". worldcat.org. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
  3. "Rajan Batta". scholar.google.com. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
  4. "Professor Rajan Batta the top 50 "most productive and influential authors" of EJOR – Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering – University at Buffalo". engineering.buffalo.edu. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  5. "MORJ Journal Award". Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  6. "Koopman Prize". Retrieved January 24, 2020.
  7. "Award for Technical Innovation in Industrial Engineering, IISE". Retrieved January 24, 2020.
  8. "Dr. David F. Baker Distinguished Research Award, IISE". Retrieved January 24, 2020.
  9. "MORJ Journal Award". Retrieved January 24, 2020.
  10. "IIE's Albert G. Holzman Distinguished Educator Award". Retrieved January 24, 2020.
  11. "Graduate Student Mentoring Award Award". Retrieved January 24, 2020.
  12. "SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2007". Retrieved January 24, 2020.
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