Our Faculty

Sasadhar Bera

Associate Professor
  • B. E. (NIT, Durgapur),
  • M. Tech in Quality Reliability and Operations Research (Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta)
  • PhD (IIT Bombay)(Awarded with Excellence in PhD Thesis)

Prof. Sasadhar Bera joined the Indian Institute of Management Ranchi as a faculty member in August 2012 and currently holds an Associate Professor position in the department of Operations Management, and Information Systems & Business Analytics. He pursued his bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from NIT Durgapur, West Bengal, master’s degree in quality, reliability, and operations research from Indian Statistical Institute Calcutta, and was awarded Ph.D. degree from IIT Bombay, India. Prof. Bera has expertise in data analytics and machine learning, optimization, and developing metaheuristic-based search strategies for business problems. Prof. Bera has gained industry experience in both manufacturing and business analytics for eight years. He has published his research works in top-class international journals like EJOR, IJPR, QE, IJQRM, etc. and reviews articles from various leading journals. His teaching and research interests include business data modeling, healthcare management and analytics, carbon energy management, process quality improvement and optimization. He has already supervised four doctoral students. Prof Bera has delivered several training programs in data analytics and modeling, process quality improvement, risk management and data science for different organizations.

Teaching Areas

  • Business Statistics
  • Data Analytics and Machine Learning
  • Decision Science
  • Operations Analytics
  • Time Series and Forecasting
  • Quality Management and Six-sigma
  • Operations Management

Experience

  • Five and half years (Manufacturing Process Modeling and Optimization)
  • Two and half years (Web analytics, Telemarketing and Market Research Data Analytics)

Training & Consulting Areas

  • Basic Statistics and Data Analysis
  • Predictive Modelling in Analytics
  • Applied Data Mining with Business Applications
  • Improving Quality through Design of Experiment and Taguchi Methodology
  • Unstructured Data Analysis

Research Area

  • Quality Engineering and Process Optimization
  • Healthcare Management and Analytics
  • Applied Machine Learning in Structured and Unstructured  Data
  • Database analytics 
  • Carbon Energy Management

Current Research Interests

  • Basic Statistics and Data Analysis
  • Predictive Modelling in Analytics
  • Applied Data Mining with Business Applications
  • Improving Quality through Design of Experiment and Taguchi Methodology
  • Unstructured Data Analysis

Professional Affiliation

  • Council member – Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta
  • Invited reviewer – European Journal of Operational Research (EJOR)

Publications

    Journal (International / National):
  • Bera, S. and Bhattacharya, S. (2024), “Exploring the importance of mobile app attributes based on consumers’ voices using structured and unstructured data”, IIM Ranchi Journal of Management Studies, Vol. 3 No. 1, pp. 4-24. https://doi.org/10.1108/IRJMS-11-2022-0109
  • Bera, S., Kumar, P. and Bhattacharya, S. (2023), “A study on how to achieve flexibility in healthcare process: a simulation-based approach”, International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, Vol. 72 No. 8, pp. 2292-2316.  https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPPM-06-2021-0335 
  • Sharma, A. K., Mukherjee, I. and Bera, S. (2023) ‘A novel machine learning-based multiobjective robust optimisation strategy for quality improvement of multivariate manufacturing processes’, International Journal of Production Research, 61(13), pp. 4322–4340. doi: 10.1080/00207543.2022.2093683. 
  • Shalini Kumari, Sasadhar Bera (Jan 2023). Developing an emission risk control model in coal-fired power plants for investigating CO2 reduction strategies for sustainable business development, Business Strategy and the Environment, Vol. 32(1), pp 842-857 https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3178 .
  • Pratik Rai, Sasadhar Bera, Pritee Ray (August 2022). Assessing technological impact on vaccine supply chain performance, Industrial Management & Data Systems, Vol. 122(8), pp 1938-1955.  https://doi.org/10.1108/IMDS-08-2021-0488
  • Vinay Kumar, Sasadhar Bera, Indrajit Mukherjee, Anuradha Sarkar (May 2022). An efficient Mahalanobis-Taguchi System (e-MTS) for nonlinear multiclass classification problem, International Journal of Data Analysis Techniques and Strategies, Vol.  14(3) , pp. 169-185.
  • Shalini Kumari,  Sasadhar Bera  (2022). A decision analysis model for reducing carbon emission from coal-fired power plants and its compensatory units. Journal of Environmental Management, Vol. 301, 113829,  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113829
  • Abhinav Kumar Sharma, Indrajit Mukherjee, Sasadhar Bera , Raghu Nandan Sengupta (2022). A robust multiobjective solution approach for mean-variance optimisation of correlated multiple quality characteristics. International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management, Vol. 39(9) , pp 2205-2232.  https://doi.org/10.1108/IJQRM-12-2020-0409 
  • Piyush Gupta, Piyush Pranjal, Sasadhar Bera, Soumya Sarkar, Amit Sachan (2021). Performance improvement of supplier-side e-tender-driven marketing process, International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, Vol. 70(8), pp 2032-2051.  https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPPM-11-2019-0534.

  • Naveen Virmani, Sasadhar Bera, Rohit Kumar (2021) Identification and testing of barriers to sustainable manufacturing in the automobile industry: A focus on Indian MSMEs, Benchmarking: An International Journal, Vol. 28(3), pp. 857-880. https://doi.org/10.1108/BIJ-08-2020-0413.
  • Sasadhar Bera, Indrajit Mukhherjee (2018). A Solution Framework for Response Surface-based Multiple Quality Characteristics Optimization, International Journal of Reliability, Quality and Safety Engineering, Vol. 25(5), https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218539318500250
  • Sasadhar Bera, Indrajit Mukhherjee (2018). Advances in solution methods for optimisation of multiple quality characteristics in manufacturing processes, International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management, Vol. 24(4), pp 475-494.
  • Pradeep Kumar, Sasadhar Bera, Tanusree Dutta, Shibashish Chakraborty (2018). Auxiliary Flexibility in Healthcare Delivery System: An Integrative Framework and Implication. Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management, Vol. 19(2), pp 173-186.
  • Pradeep Kumar, Sasadhar Bera,  Shibashish Chakraborty (2017). An Examination of the Association between Service Convenience Flexibility in Healthcare Delivery Systems and Patient Satisfaction. South Asian Journal of Management, Vol. 24(4), pp 35-54.
  • Sasadhar Bera, Indrajit Mukherjee (2016). A Multistage and Multiple Response Optimization Approach for Serial Manufacturing System, European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 248(2), Pages 444-452.
  • Sasadhar Bera, Indrajit Mukherjee (2013). An Integrated Approach Based on Principal Component and Multivariate Process Capability for Simultaneous Optimization of Location and Dispersion for Correlated Multiple Response Problems. Quality Engineering, Vol 25(3), pp. 266-281.
  • Sasadhar Bera, Indrajit Mukherjee (2012). An Ellipsoidal Distance-based Search Strategy of Ants for Nonlinear Single and Multiple Response Optimization Problems. European Journal of Operational Research (EJOR), Vol. 223, pp. 321-332.
  • Sasadhar Bera, Indrajit Mukherjee (2012). An adaptive penalty function-based maximin desirability index for close tolerance multiple-response optimization problems. International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology (IJAMT), Vol. 61(1-4), pp. 379-390.
  • Disha Bhanot, Varadraj Bapat, Sasadhar Bera (2012). Studying Financial Inclusion in North East India. International Journal of Bank Marketing, 30(6), pp. 465-484.
  • Sasadhar Bera, Prasun Das (2011). An attempt to modeling rule base real time web funnel structure. Journal of Business and Retail Management Research (JBRMR), Vol. 5(2), pp. 32-42.
  • Prasun Das,  Sasadhar Bera (2007). Standardization of process norms in bakers yeast fermentation through statistical models in comparison with neural networks. Journal of Applied Statistics (JAS), Vol. 34(5), pp. 511-527.
  • Sasadhar Bera,  Prasun Das (2006). Modeling the shrinkage pattern of single layer synthetic forming fabric to reduce the tight mounting problem: A Case Study. IPPTA J., Vol. 18(2), pp. 45-54.
    • Conference Proceedings (International / National):
  • Pratik Rai, and Sasadhar Bera, A Comparative Evaluation Model for Assessing Solar Energy Capacity Development of Multiple Geographical Alternatives. IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM), December 07-10, 2022, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, pp. 1187-1191 (Appeared online January, 2023).
  • Pratik Rai, and Sasadhar Bera, A Comparative Evaluation of Renewable Energy Capacity Development in North-Eastern States of India, Indian International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, August 16-18, 2022, Warangal, India (Appeared online November, 2022).
  • Sasadhar Bera, A Linear Optimization Model for Reducing CO2 Emission from Power Plants, International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, pp. 45-51, August 16-18, 2021,  Bangalore, India (Appeared online Feb, 2022).
  • Pratik Rai and Sasadhar Bera, A framework for measuring supply chain quality for a healthcare organization, International Conference on Operations and Supply Chain Management (OSCM), pp. 1-11, Dec 14-16, 2020.
  • Shalini Kumari and Sasadhar Bera. An Analysis of Decision to Retrofit Coal Based Power Plant with Carbon Capture Technology with Uncertain Parameters, IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM), pp. 215-219, Singapore, Dec 14-17, 2020, DOI: 10.1109/IEEM45057.2020.9309837.
  • Shalini Kumari and Sasadhar Bera, Operational and Financial Perspective of Carbon Capture and Storage, 7th Biennial International Conference on Energy and Infrastructure Management, pp. 145-155, Feb 27-28, 2020, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Raisan, Gandhinagar, Gujrat, India.
  • Pradeep Kumar, Shibashish Chakraborty and Sasadhar Bera, Impact of Flexibility on Patient Satisfaction and Behavioral Intention: A Critical Reassessment and Model Development, World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, International Journal of Social, Behavioral, Educational, Economic, Business and Industrial Engineering, Vol. 11(2), pp. 302 – 305, 2017.
  • Sasadhar Bera, and Indrajit Mukherjee, Optimizing Mean and Variance Simultaneously in Multiple Response Optimization Problems, The 7th International Conference on Operations and Supply Chain Management(OSCM), pp. 946 – 954 2016, Phuket, Thailand.
  • Pradeep Kumar, Shibashish Chakraborty and Sasadhar Bera, A Conceptual Framework of Internal Flexibility in Healthcare Service Operations: Role of Advanced Medical Technologies and Operations Improvement Practices, The 7th International Conference on Operations and Supply Chain Management(OSCM), pp. 621 – 627, 2016, Phuket, Thailand.
  • Sasadhar Bera, and Indrajit Mukherjee, Integrating a Modified Desirability Function Approach and Ant Colony Strategy to Solve Two-stage Multi-Response Optimization Problem, International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IEOM), pp. 1895-1903, 2014, Bali, Indonesia.
  • Sagar Sikder, Indrajit Mukherjee, Subhash Chandra Panja, and Sasadhar Bera, A Mahalanobis Taguchi System-based Approach for Correlated Multiple Response Process Monitoring, International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IEOM), pp. 2118-2125, 2014, Bali, Indonesia.
  • Sasadhar Bera, Goutam Barman, and Indrajit Mukherjee, Effect of Seemingly Unrelated Regression-based Modeling Approach on Solution Quality for Correlated Multiple Response Optimization Problems, IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, pp. 1490-1494, 2011, Singapore.
  • Sasadhar Bera and Indrajit Mukherjee, A Mahalanobis Distance-based Diversification and Nelder-Mead Simplex Intensification Search Scheme for Continuous Ant Colony Optimization, World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, 69, pp. 278-284, 2010, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
  • Sasadhar Bera and Indrajit Mukherjee, Performance Analysis of Nelder-Mead and A Hybrid Simulated Annealing for Multiple Response Quality Characteristic Optimization, International Multi Conference of Engineers and Scientists (IMECS 2010), Vol. III, pp. 1728-1732, 2010, Hongkong.
  • Sasadhar Bera and Indrajit Mukherjee, A Generalized Strategy for Multiple Response Quality Characteristics Optimization, International Conference on Operations Research applications in Engineering and Management (ICOREM) Proceedings, pp. 1067-1081, 2009, Trichy, India.
    • Paper in edited book (International / National):
  • Sasadhar Bera and Indrajit Mukherjee, A Synergistic Approach of Desirability Functions and Metaheuristic Strategy to Solve Multiple Response Optimization Problems, American Institute of physics (AIP), Vol. 1285, pp. 222-236, October 15, 2010.

Awards

  • Best employee award for Outbound TeleMarketing Analytic Model, Innovation Labs (24/7 Customer Pvt. Ltd.), October 2007.
  • “Award for Excellence in PhD Thesis Work” from IIT Bombay.