Dr. Deepak Kumar Kushwaha

Dr. Deepak Kumar Kushwaha

Assistant Professor

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  • Ph.D. in Operations Research from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur –-2025.
  • M.Tech. in Industrial Engineering from Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT), Nagpur – 2014.
  • BE in Mechanical Engineering from Chhatrapati Shivaji Institute of Technology (CSIT), Durg, Chhattishgarh - 2011.

  • Worked as an Assistant Professor in Atmiya University, Rajkot, Gujarat, from April 2014 to Dec 2016.
  • Research and Consultancy Project (2021-2023)-Development of Approaches for Air Transport Loading and Scheduling, CAIR, DRDO. India.

  • Combinatorial and Large-Scale Optimization
  • Operations Research, Heuristic- Metaheuristic Approach
  • Big-Data Analytics
  • Emergency Logistics, Demand Channel Logistics, Transportation, Vehicle Route Planning, Railway Transportation, Load Palletization
  • Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
  • Human Factor & Ergonomics.

  • Kumar Kushwaha, D., Sen, G. (2025). An integrated modeling approach for multi-class individual crew scheduling in demand channels. Computers & Industrial Engineering. Volume 205, Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2025.111168. (Scopus (Q1) + SCI (Cite Score 13.2, Impact Factor-6.5) + ABDC (Rank-A)). https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0360835224004625
  • Kushwaha, D. K., & Kane, P. V. (2025). Decomposition based approach for multi-trip helicopter routing and scheduling problem in last-mile relief distribution and rescue operations. Operational Research, Springer.25(32). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12351-025-00905-5. (Scopus (Q1)+SCI (Impact Factor-2.7) + ABDC(Rank-C)). https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12351-025-00905-5
  • Kumar Kushwaha, D., Sen, G., Aakash, A., & Thomas, S (2024). Air cargo transportation, loading, and phase-based maintenance service scheduling in demand channel routes. Computers & Industrial Engineering. Volume 195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2024.110341. (Scopus (Q1) + SCI (Cite Score 13.2, Impact Factor-6.5)+ABDC (Rank-A)).https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360835224004625.
  • Kushwaha, D. K., & Kane, P. V. (2016). Ergonomic assessment and workstation design of shipping crane cabin in steel industry. International journal of industrial ergonomics, 52, 29-39, 625–660. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ergon.2015.08.003. (Scopus (Q2)+ SCI (Cite Score-6.5; Impact Factor-3.0)) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0169814115300111

  • D. K. Kushwaha, G. Sen (2024). Modeling and optimizing aircraft-cargo compatibility and risk exposure challenges in 1-M/M-1 transportation network. In 2024 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM), Thailand, 2024. pp. 1336-1341, doi: 10.1109/IEEM62345.2024.10857189. (IEEE, Xplore)
  • Deepak Kushwaha, Goutam Sen (2024). Multi-Trip Pickup and Delivery Problem in One to Many and Many to One(1-M/M-1) Transportation Network. In 2023 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM), Singapore, Singapore, 2023, pp. 1588-1592, doi: 10.1109/IEEM58616.2023.10406505. (IEEE, Xplore)
  • Deepak Kushwaha, Goutam Sen, Arnav Akash (2024). Air cargo transportation considering load compatibility issues. In International Conference on Industrial Engineering Analytics (ICONIEA) 2024, IIT Kharagpur, West Bengal, India. (Paper selected for Springer Book Chapter)
  • Shubham Kumar, Deepak Kumar Kushwaha, Prasad V. Kane. (2024). Fuzzy FMEA application to improve failure analysis efficiency in a coal handling system. In 2024 international Conference on “Safety, Health and Analytics-Driven Governance for Sustainable Development” (SHADG 2024), IIT Kharagpur, West Bengal, India. (Paper selected for Springer Book Chapter)
  • Deepak Kushwaha, Goutam Sen (2022). Post-disaster routing and scheduling of helicopters deployed in HADR mission. In 2022 XXV Annual International Conference of the Society of Operations Management (SOM), IIM Indore. MP, India.
  • Deepak Kushwaha, Goutam Sen (2022). Post Disaster Routing and Scheduling of Helicopters for Last Mile Aid Distribution and Evacuation. In 2022 POMS India International Conference 2022 (pp. 33). ISBN 978-93-5680-503-3, IIM Kozhikod, India.
  • Nikhil Deepak Kundnaney, Deepak Kumar Kushwaha (2015). A critical review on heat exchangers used in oil refinery. In 2018 3rd Afro-Asian International Conference on Science, Engineering and Technology, Bharuch, India. (pp. 1–5).

  • Selected for Institute Funding from IIT Kharagpur for International Conference and Travel Grant for Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM)-2024, Bangkok
  • Selected for Institute Funding from IIT Kharagpur for International Conference and Travel Grant for Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM)-2024, Singapore
  • MHRD Fellowship Recipient for M.Tech and Ph.D. programs, Ministry of Education, Government of India.
  • Qualified for GATE for year 2011 to 2019 consecutively and secured National Institute of Technology, Nagpur and Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur for Post Graduation and Doctorate program respectively.
  • Awarded as “Research Output Faculty” by Atmiya Institute of Technology and Science, Rajkot on 12th Feb. 2016.
  • Committee member of NAAC – 2016 at Atmiya Institute of Technology and Science, Rajkot, for ASME student chapter, and departmental extension activities.

  • Workshop on Advanced Teaching and Research Methods for Transportation and Logistics organized by the Centre for Transportation and Logistics (CTL) of the IIM Ahmedabad, India (06 online session, 5th Aug - 4th Sept. 2025.
  • Workshop on Comprehensive Time Series Forecasting. IIM Shilong, India. (17th - 31st August 2025)
  • Optimizing Transport Network: Recent Advancement and R & D Need for Network Operations and control. IIT Guwahati, India (27th - 31st Jan. 2025)
  • Hands on Machine Learning, IISc Bengaluru, India. (3rd June-2nd July 2025)
  • Gurobi-Optimization 202 for Data Scientists. (15th November, 2024)
  • 3rd Summer School on Large Scale Optimization. IIT Kanpur, India. (2nd - 09th April 2024)
  • Workshop on Safety Economics, IIT Kharagpur, India. (15th 2023 Nov)
  • Computer Aided Design Using SOLID WORKS, Atmiya Institute of Technology and Science, Rajkot, Gujarat, India. (14th -18th December,2015)
  • Universal Human Value Education” workshop organized by Atmiya University, Rajkot, Gujarat, India. (1st – 8th June, 2015)

  • IEEE Membership.
  • Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), Delhi, India.
  • International Association of Engineers (IAENG), Singapore

  • Expert lecture delivered on “Taguchi method” at Atmiya University, Rajkot, India. (27th January,2015)
  • Delivered teaching pedagogy lecture on “Time Management” for the faculties of Mechanical Engineering Degree and Diploma studies at Atmiya University, Rajkot, India. (24th December, 2015)
  • Expert lecture on mock interview on “training and placement requirements” at Atmiya University, Rajkot, India. (From 10/09/2015 to 13/09/2015)

  • Reviewer- International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics (IJIE), Elsevier, Science Direct.
  • Reviewer- Computer and Industrial Engineering (C&I) Journal, Elsevier, Science Direct.
  • Reviewer- Journal of the Air Transport Research Society, Elsevier, Science Direct.
  • Reviewer- Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Services industries. Wiley.
  • Reviewer- Results in Engineering, Elsevier, Science Direct.