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Milind Sohoni
Professor (on Leave), Operations Management
Email milind_sohoni@isb.edu
Website https://sites.google.com/view/milindsohoni/introduction
Overview
Milind Sohoni is a Professor of Operations Management at the Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad, India. His other academic appointments include visiting positions at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, IL.
Professor Sohoni’s research interests span large-scale stochastic airline optimization, supply chain analytics, healthcare delivery and nonprofit operations management in resource constrained settings. His areas of expertise include large-scale computational optimization, stochastic network design, combinatorial optimization, empirical modeling, and game theoretic analysis. He has published several research articles in globally recognized, top-tier, academic journals. He works with non-profit, and private, organizations on research projects and has received major grants for his research work. He has also received excellence in research awards from academic and practitioner societies. He serves as an associate editor for leading academic journals in operations management.
Professor Sohoni teaches courses on supply chain management, decision models and optimization, revenue management and pricing, and decision making under uncertainty.
Professor Sohoni has several years of corporate experience in consulting and research. Prior to joining ISB, he was a research advisor with the R&D group at Delta Technology, a wholly owned subsidiary of Delta Air Lines, Atlanta, GA. Prior to that, he worked with the Advanced Decision Support Systems group at AT&T Bell Labs in Holmdel, New Jersey, and Ryder Dedicated Logistics, Miami, Florida.
Professor Sohoni holds a Ph.D. in Operations Research from the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA.
Experience
Academic
- 2017 - Present: Professor (on Leave), Indian School of Business
- 2021 - 2022: Deputy Dean - Faculty & Research, Indian School of Business
- 2019 - 2022: Deputy Dean - Hyderabad Campus, Indian School of Business
- 2019 - 2021: Deputy Dean, Academic Affairs, Indian School of Business
- 2018 - 2021: Area Leader, Indian School of Business
- 2017 - 2019: Deputy Dean, Faculty Development and Registrar's Office, Indian School of Business
- 2010 - 2017: Associate Professor, Indian School of Business
- 2016 - 2017: Senior Associate Dean, Faculty Alignment and Registrar's Office, Indian School of Business
- 2014 - 2016: Senior Associate Dean of Academic Programs, Indian School of Business
- 2011 - 2011: Visiting Scholar, UPF, Barcelona, Spain
- 2010 - 2010: Visiting Assistant Professor, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
- 2004 - 2009: Assistant Professor, Indian School of Business
- 2008 - 2008: Visiting Assistant Professor, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
- 2005 - 2006: Visiting Scholar, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
- 2003 - 2003: Assistant Instructor, School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Tech - 2003
Professional
- 2003 - 2004: Research Advisor, R&D, Delta Technology Inc., Atlanta, GA
- 1997 - 2003: Senior OR Specialist, R & D, Delta Technology Inc., Atlanta, GA
- 1996 - 1997: MTS, AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ
- 1994 - 1996: Sr. OR Specialist, Ryder Integrated Logistics, Miami, FL
In the Media
April 21, 2022: India's sustainability Promise, Business India.
June 16, 2021: Getting ready for the third Corona wave, The New Indian Express.
May 3, 2021: How to tackle the oxygen logistics nightmare, The Hindu Business Line.
August 9, 2020: Shramik saviours, Fortune India.
July 6, 2020: Shramik trains helped avert a 'humanitarian crisis': Report by ET BUREAU, The Economic Times.
September 22, 2016: From Apple Juice to Garlic Pickle: Climate Change Adaptation in the Himalayas, ISB Insight.
June 1, 2016: Robust Airline Operations: Planning for Uncertainty., ISB Insight.
December 2, 2015: Ex-post Funding: Innovating Non-Profit Operations, ISB Insight.
August 21, 2015: Turbulence in the Skies: Indian Aviation Takes New Fllight, Knowledge@Wharton.
October 20, 2011: Decentralization of resource-constrained networks, Pharmabiz.
October 20, 2011: Decentralization of Resource Constrained Networks, Pharma News Weekly.
October 1, 2011: Using Operations Management to Improve Healthcare Access, ISBInsight.
October 1, 2011: Using Operations Management to Improve Healthcare Access, ISB Insight.
April 3, 2008: Are Private Airports in India Ready to Take Off?, India Knowledge @ Wharton.
, 2007: Information, Incentives, and Supply Chain Contracts, ISB Insight.
, 2006: Globalizing Indian manufacturing competing in global manufacturing and service networks, .
Research & Publications
Published Papers
Manchiraju C. S.., Sohoni, Milind., Deshpande V. (forthcoming) "It’s Not Simply Luck: The Impact of SchedulePadding and Operational Improvements on Domestic On-Time Performance in the US Airline Industry", Production and Operations Management Geng X.., Krishnan H.., Sohoni, Milind. (2022) "Operational Collaboration Between Rivals: The Impact of cost reduction", Production and Operations Management , 31 (4), 1856-1871 Asrar, Ahmed., Sohoni, Milind., Bandi, Chaithanya. (2022) "Parameterized approximations for the two-sided assortment optimization", Operations Research Letters , 50 (4), 399-406 Fischer, Harry., Chhatre, Ashwini., Devalkar, Sripad., Sohoni, Milind. (2021) "Rural institutions, social networks, and self-organized adaptation to climate change", Environmental Research Letters , 16 (10), 104002 Devalkar, Sripad., Sohoni, Milind., Sharma, Neha. (2021) "Payment for Results: Funding Non-Profit Operations", Production and Operations Management , 30 (6), 1686-1702 Seshadri, Sridhar., Sohoni, Milind. (2021) "Introduction to the special issue on OR models for developmental studies", Naval Research Logistics , 68 (8), 991-994 Chen Y. J.., Seshadri, Sridhar., Sohoni, Milind. (2021) "A Demand Partitioning Framework to Reserve Production for Small Enterprises", Naval Research Logistics , 68 (8), 1037-1053 Devalkar, Sripad., Sohoni, Milind., Arora, Priyank. (2017) "Ex-post funding: How should a resource constrained non-profit organization allocate its funds?", Production and Operations Management , 26 (6), 1035-1055 Bala, Ram., Kunnumkal, Sumit., Sohoni, Milind. (2016) "Evergreening and Operational Risk Under Price Competition", Naval Research Logistics Quarterly , 63 (1), 71-89 Deo, Sarang., Sohoni, Milind. (2015) "Optimal decentralization of early infant diagnosis of HIV in resource-limited settings", Manufacturing and Service Operations Management , 17 (2), 135-272 Jain, Aditya., Sohoni, Milind. (2015) "Should Firms Conceal Information When Dealing With Common Suppliers?", Naval Research Logistics Quarterly , 62 (1), 1-15 Sohoni, Milind., Deshpande, Vinayak., Arikan, Mazhar. (2012) "Building Reliable Air-Travel Infrastructure Using Empirical Data and Stochastic Models of Airline Networks", Operations Research , 61 (1), 45-64 Sohoni, Milind., Chopra, Sunil., Mohan, Usha., Sendil, Nuri. (2011) "Threshold Incentives and Sales Variance", Production and Operations Management , 20 (4), 571 – 586 Sohoni, Milind., Klabjan, Diego., Lee, Yu-Ching. (2011) "Robust Airline Scheduling under Block Time Uncertainty", Transportation Science , 45 (4), 451-464 Sohoni, Milind., Seshadri, Sridhar., Jain, Aditya. (2011) "Differential Pricing for Information Sharing Under Competition", Production and Operations Management , 20 (2), 235-252 Sohoni, Milind., Sunil Chopra., Achal Bassamboo., Usha Mohan., Nuri Sendil. (2010) "Threshold Incentives over Multiple Time Periods and the Sales Hockey Stick", Naval Research Logistics Quarterly , 57 (6), 503-518 Xu, Jiefeng., Sohoni, Milind., Lim, Alvin. (2008) "Solving the hierarchical data selection problem arising in Airline Revenue Management System", International Journal of Revenue Management , 2 (1), 63-77 Xu, Jiefeng., Sohoni, Milind., McCleery, Mike., Bailey, T.. (2006) "A Dynamic Neighborhood based Tabu Search Algorithm for a Real-World Flight Instructor Scheduling Problem", European Journal of Operational Research , 169 (3), 978-993 Sohoni, Milind., Ellis Johnson., T. Glenn Bailey. (2006) "Operational Airline Reserve Crew Planning", Journal of Scheduling , 9 (3), 203 – 221 Sohoni, Milind., Johnson, Ellis., Bailey, T.. (2004) "Long Range Reserve Crew Planning in Airlines", Management Science , 50 (6), 724-739 Sohoni, Milind., Bailey, T.., Martin, Kristi., Carter, Helen., Johnson, Ellis. (2003) "Delta Optimizes Continuing - Qualification - Training Schedules for Pilots", Interfaces , 33 (5), 57-70
Books and Monographs
Reports
Sohoni, Milind., S. Devalkar., S.Kunnumkal. (2022) "Benchmarking report on AI and Data Analytics", ISB Report For Indian Railways, South Central Division Sohoni, Milind., S. Kunnumkal., S. Singha. (2022) "An analytical model to recommend special trains operations", ISB Report For Indian Railways, South Central Division Sohoni, Milind., S. Devalkar., S. Singha. (2022) "AI-based system for identifying identical/similar items across Railways for ease of Procurement", ISB Report For Indian Railways, South Central Division Sohoni, Milind., A.Chhatre., V.Sunder., A.Patil., A.Ahmed., A.Parihar. (2021) "The Regional Connectivity Scheme UDAN: Progress and Prospects (Phase-1 Report)", ISB Report For the Ministry of Civil Aviation, GOI Sohoni, Milind., Singha, Sumanta., Devalkar, Sripad., Kunnumkal, Sumit. (2021) "AI Based Systems to Improve Efficiency of Operations in Indian Railways", Sohoni, Milind. (2019) "What Newspaper Vendors Can Teach Airlines", Rsearch Byte (1-2019) Sohoni, Milind. (2018) "How to Forge a Make in India Success Story", Sohoni, Milind. (2018) "Saving Lives: Emergency Medical Services in India", (Jan-July 2018) Devalkar, Sripad., Sohoni, Milind., Arora, Priyank. (2017) "Tapping the Sceptical Donor: A Novel Funding Approach for Non-profits", (4-2017) Sohoni, Milind. (2016) "Coping with the Effects of Climate Change", (Jul-Sep 2016) Sohoni, Milind., Jain, Aditya. (2016) "To Reveal or Not to Reveal: Secrecy in Supply Chain Management", (Jan-Mar 2016) Sohoni, Milind. (2016) "Robust Airline Operations: Planning for uncertainty", ISB Insight 41 (Apr-Jun 2016) Fischer, Harry., Chhatre, Ashwini., Devalkar, Sripad., Kolagani, Sriharitej., Sohoni, Milind. (2016) "From Apple Juice to Garlic Pickle: Climate Change Adaptation in the Himalayas", Cover Story, ISB Insight 42 (July-Sep 2016) Sohoni, Milind., Devalkar, Sripad. (2015) "Ex-post Funding: Innovating Non-profit Organisations", ISB Insight (Oct-Dec 2015) Sohoni, Milind. (2009) "Attracting Volunteers in Non-Profits: Empirical Evidence from India’s Education Sector", ISB Insight (6-2019) Sohoni, Milind. (2006) "Globalizing Indian manufacturing competing in global manufacturing and service networks", Sohoni, Milind., T. Glenn Bailey., Kristi G. Martin. (2003) "An Optimization approach to pilot recurrent training scheduling", Georgia Tech - Technical Report
Cases
Sohoni, Milind., Chitla, Sandeep., Rout., Mallya, A., Sunder M, Vijaya. (2022) "Data Analytics Based Decision Making at Teach for India", HBS Case: ISB325-PDF-ENG Sunder M, Vijaya., Sohoni, Milind., Kumar S.. (2021) "Executing the Bogibeel Bridge for Social Impact – Risk Planning and Managing Earned Value", HBS Case ISB265 Sunder M, Vijaya., Sohoni, Milind., Kishore S.., Tewari A.., Kumar S.. (2021) "Swachh Rail, Swachh Bharat: Adoption of Bio-Toilets in Indian Railways", HBR Case (ISB 254) Sohoni, Milind., Shah, Geetika., Khan, Arun., Nagpal, Rajiv., Ahmed, Asrar., Sunder M, Vijaya. (2020) "SpiceJet: Flying in the Face of Imminent Shutdown", Harvard Business Publishing Devalkar, Sripad., Sohoni, Milind., Mathur, Ravi., Ahmed, Asrar., Priyadarshini, Mallika., Singh, Simerpreet., Singh, Shweta. (2020) "Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd: Inventory Management Under Resource Constraints", ISB Case Collection distributed through HBS Publishing Deo, Sarang., Sohoni, Milind., Gambhir, Jagdeep., Arora, Priyank. (2013) "Aahan (A): Innovation in community delivery of TB care in India", Indian School of Business Sohoni, Milind., Jain, A. (2007) "Information, Incentives, and Supply Chain Contracts", ISB Insight
Working Papers
Patil, Aditya., Sohoni, Milind. "Auction Mechanisms for Social-Welfare-Maximizing Allocation Under Pairwise-Additive Negative Value Externalities" Sohoni, Milind., Bala, Ram. "Capacity Investment in Product Upgrades: Attack of the Clones" Seshadri, Sridhar. "Procurement from multiple suppliers using demand partitioning; 2011" Patil A.., Sohoni, Milind. "Optimal Bundling for Truthful Auctions" S. Chitla., A. Rout. "Increasing recruitment yield at TFI: Do experiential events matter" V. Deshpande., C Manchiraju. "Are airlines demand chaser?" Malladi, Vishwakant., Sohoni, Milind. "Inter-temporal Correlation in Stochastic Processes: Modelling Propagation in Networks" Sohoni, Milind., Krishnan, Harish. "Operational Sharing Among Competitors" Sohoni, Milind., Erat, Sanjiv. "Can Time Buffers Lead To Delays? The Role of Reactive Capacity" Sharma, Neha., Singha, Sumanta., Sohoni, Milind., Basamboo, Acchal. "List Now or Later? An Equilibrium Analysis of Advance-Booking Platforms" Ahmed, A., Sohoni, Milind., Bandi, Chaithanya. "On solving a class of 0-1 linear fractional programs as continuous linear fractional programs" Patil, A., Sohoni, Milind., Bandi, Chaithanya. "Optimizing Offer Sets for Multi-item Simultaneous Auctions: A minimax Regret Approach" Ahmed A.., Sohoni, Milind., Bandi C. "Parameterized Approximations For The Two-Sided Assortment Optimization" A. Patil., A. Ahmed., K. Talluri. "Valuing new markets in airline networks" Sharma, Neha., Sohoni, Milind., Basamboo, Acchal. "Scaling sharing platforms with supply constraints with lease-to-earn contracts." Deshpande V.., Sohoni, Milind., Manchiraju C. S. "Decision Bias in the Newsvendor Problem: Real-World Evidence from Airline Flight Scheduling" Malladi V.., Sohoni, Milind., Basamboo, A. "Inter-temporal Correlation in Stochastic Processes: Modelling Propagation in Networks"