Prof. Abhijit Majumdar

Abhijit Majumdar is holding the position of Ramchandran Jaikumar Chair Professor for Decision Sciences (Operations Management) in the Textile and Fibre Engineering department at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India (IIT Delhi). He joined the department as an assistant professor in 2007 and became a full professor in 2018. He graduated from Calcutta University with a Gold medal in Textile Technology program. He also holds M.Tech (Textile Engineering) and MBA (Operations Management) degrees from IIT Delhi. He acquired a PhD in Production Engineering from Jadavpur University, Kolkata. 

He is a visiting professor at the University of Huddersfield, UK and the National Institute of Design, Andhra Pradesh. He serves as an academic advisor of the Faculty of Applied Sciences of the Technological University of Mara, Malaysia. He is also the chairperson of the Buildtech sectional committee of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). 

He has guided 15 PhD scholars. He has authored two textbooks and edited five books. He has published 150 research papers in refereed journals. He is an area editor of the Operations Management Research journal (Springer). He is also on the editorial board of various international journals including Fibres and Polymers (Springer), Journal of the Textile Institute (Taylor & Francis), Engineered Fibres and Fabrics (Sage), Cleaner Logistics and Supply Chain (Elsevier) etc. He is a recipient of the Eminent Engineer Award (2023) from Institutions of Engineers (India), Institute Chair Professorship of IIT Delhi (2019-2021), Best Industry Relevant Masters Project Supervision Award, IIT Delhi (2019); Gandhian Young Technology Innovation (GYTI) Award (2016 and 2021); Teaching Excellence Award of IIT Delhi (2015) and Outstanding Young Faculty Fellowship, IIT Delhi (2009-2014).