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IIMB faculty member wins 2025 INFORMS TSL Cross-regional Collaborative Grant

Professor Abhay Sobhanan

Prof. Abhay Sobhanan of Decision Sciences recognised for advancing research in transportation science and logistics

30 October, 2025, Bengaluru: Professor Abhay Sobhanan, IIMB Young Faculty Research Chair from the Decision Sciences area at IIM Bangalore, and Professor Christof Defryn of the University of Antwerp, have been awarded the 2025 TSL Cross-regional Collaborative Grant by the INFORMS Transportation Science and Logistics (TSL) Society. The award was announced at the INFORMS Annual Meeting held in Atlanta, United States.

The TSL Cross-regional Collaborative Grant aims to foster research partnerships that strengthen global collaboration in the field of transportation science and logistics.

At IIMB, Professor Sobhanan’s research focuses on the optimization of transportation networks and supply chain operations, with a particular emphasis on equitable workload allocation. His work integrates methodologies such as integer programming, neural combinatorial optimization, machine learning, and heuristic modelling to address real-world logistics challenges.

His research has been published in leading journals, including Transportation Science, Computers & Operations Research, and Annals of Operations Research, and has earned international recognition, including a finalist position for the Best Paper Award at the 2024 IISE Annual Conference, Canada.

 

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IIMB faculty member wins 2025 INFORMS TSL Cross-regional Collaborative Grant

Prof. Abhay Sobhanan of Decision Sciences recognised for advancing research in transportation science and logistics

30 October, 2025, Bengaluru: Professor Abhay Sobhanan, IIMB Young Faculty Research Chair from the Decision Sciences area at IIM Bangalore, and Professor Christof Defryn of the University of Antwerp, have been awarded the 2025 TSL Cross-regional Collaborative Grant by the INFORMS Transportation Science and Logistics (TSL) Society. The award was announced at the INFORMS Annual Meeting held in Atlanta, United States.

The TSL Cross-regional Collaborative Grant aims to foster research partnerships that strengthen global collaboration in the field of transportation science and logistics.

At IIMB, Professor Sobhanan’s research focuses on the optimization of transportation networks and supply chain operations, with a particular emphasis on equitable workload allocation. His work integrates methodologies such as integer programming, neural combinatorial optimization, machine learning, and heuristic modelling to address real-world logistics challenges.

His research has been published in leading journals, including Transportation Science, Computers & Operations Research, and Annals of Operations Research, and has earned international recognition, including a finalist position for the Best Paper Award at the 2024 IISE Annual Conference, Canada.