Dr. Somen Dey

Assistant Professor
School of Management Studies
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj, India-211004
E-mail: somen[at]mnnit[dot]ac[dot]in
Telephone: 7761923480(O)

Other Academic Achievements

Chair in Conferences:

Session Co-chair in Operations Management Track for the 3rd International Conference on Advances in Management and Technological Innovations Impacting Industries (ICAMT-III) dated 20th -22nd April 2021 organized by School of Management, IPR Cell, III Cell MNNIT Allahabad and IEEE (UP Chapter)

Session Co-chair in Systems Management Track for the 3rd International Conference on Advances in Management and Technological Innovations Impacting Industries (ICAMT-III) dated 20th -22nd April 2021 organized by School of Management, IPR Cell, III Cell MNNIT Allahabad and IEEE (UP Chapter)

Award and Honors:: Awarded the Institute Research Financial Assistantship (MHRD) for Pursuing PhD at IIT Kanpur; Awarded the Best Track Paper Award in Operations Management Track in 7th Annual Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, IEOM, April (11th -13th) 2017, Rabat Morocco.

Conferences/ Workshops/Symposium/ Short-term Courses Organized:: Organized a Short Term Training Program on Data Analytics and its Applications in Management (STTP-DAAM) as coordinator and speaker in the School of Management Studies MNNIT Allahabad from 04/02/2020 to 08/02/2020; Organized and coordinated an online webinar on the topic Thoughts on Public Finance, Trade & Technology during COVID-19 Pandemic. The distinguished speaker for the webinar was Mr. Dhananjay Singh (IRS, Ministry of Finance Govt. of India) on 04/07/2020.; Organized an online Short Term Training Program on Research Tools in Management and Social Sciences as coordinator and speaker in the School of Management Studies MNNIT Allahabad from 08/08/2020 to 12/08 /2020; Organizing Secretary for the 3rd International Conference on Advances in Management and Technological Innovations Impacting Industries (ICAMT-III) dated 20th -22nd April 2021 organized by School of Management, IPR Cell, III Cell MNNIT Allahabad and IEEE (UP Chapter); Organized an online Short Term Training Program on Data Analytics and its Applications in Research (DAAR) as coordinator and speaker in the School of Management Studies MNNIT Allahabad from 18/06/2023 to 22/06/2023

On-going Projects:: Research Project (Collaborative) titled ‘Development and Implementation of AI-Driven Smart Farming Solutions Utilizing IoT and Digital Extension Services for Enhanced Agricultural Productivity: A Study on Assam, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh’ under Vision Viksit Bharat@2047 [F. No. 191/VVB@2047/2024-3870/ITI&D- A /SCD] Sponsored by ICSSR New Delhi [Role: Co-Project Director]

Consultancy(Past):: Invited as a Jury Member for assessment of nominations received for 18th CSI SIG e-Governance Awards 2020; Member, Program Committee for International Conference on Computational Management (ICCM-2020) at Interscience Institute of Management and Technology (IIMT), Bhubaneswar, India December 19-20, 2020; Member Technical Committee for National e-Conference on Recent Emerging Trends in Science, Engineering and Management (RETSEM 2021) organized by LDC Institute of Technical Studies Prayagraj to be held from 07th & 08th October 2021.; Invited as a Jury member for assessment of nominations received for 19th CSI SIG e Governance Awards 2021; Member, Program Committee for International Conference on Computational Finance and Business Analytics (ICFBA-2023) at Interscience Institute of Management and Technology (IIMT), Bhubaneswar, India 29-30 April, 2023; Invited as a Jury member for assessment of nominations received for 20th CSI SIG e Governance Awards 2022; Member Scientific Review Committee for International Conference on Industry 5.0: Revolution, Innovation and Efficiency (ICIRIE-2023) organized by Mechanical Engineering Department, Swami Vivekananda Institute of Science & Technology, Kolkata, W.B., India during March 4-5, 2023; Member, Program Committee for International Conference on Disruptive Human Resource Management: People, Technology and Strategy (DHRM-2024) at Interscience Institute of Management and Technology (IIMT), Bhubaneswar, India 13-14 January, 2024

Expert Lectures:: Invited as an Expert Speaker in AICTE Sponsored Faculty Development Program on Process Improvement Methodologies (Lean and Six Sigma) dated 23/11/2019 organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh; Delivered an expert lecture on Applications of Emerging Technologies, Industry 4.0 and Big Data Analytics in SCM in a Ministry of MSME-sponsored five-day Advanced Management Development Program on Supply Chain Management on 04.03.2024 at Indian Institute of Information Technology Lucknow

Other Significant Achievements:: Participated and successfully completed Online Global Certification Course on Supply Chain Digitization and Management jointly organized by Prof. Manoj Kumar Tiwari (Director, NITIE Mumbai) and Prof. David Simchi-Levi (Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) from 12/01/2021 to 21/03/2021.; Participated in an online TEQIP sponsored Programme on Pedagogies of Online Teaching and Evaluation: Pre and Post Covid-19 (7th-11th December 2020) organized by the Department of Management Studies Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee; Participated in an online AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Programme on Artificial Intelligence (18th-22nd May 2020) organized by School of Management Studies Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad (Prayagraj); Participated in the two-week online course on Digital Transformation in the Teaching-Learning Process (6th-22nd April 2020) offered by IIT Bombay under TEQIP-III and supported by SWAYAM (An MHRD initiative); Participated in a Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN) course on Data Analytics for Operations Research (November 14-18, 2018) organized by the Department of Industrial and Management Engineering, IIT Kanpur; Participated in AICTE-QIP Short-Term course on Supply Chain Integration: Strategies and Technologies (February 12 - 16, 2018) organized by E-Business Centre of Excellence, Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, IIT Kharagpur; Invited as Reviewer of the Journal Opsearch (Springer) Published by Operation Research Society of India; Invited as Reviewer of the Journal Management of Environmental Quality (Emerald Publishing); Participated and successfully completed Online Global Certification Course on Business and Operations Analytics jointly organized by Prof. Manoj Kumar Tiwari (Director, NITIE Mumbai) and Prof. David Simchi-Levi (Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) from 03/07/2021 to 05/09/2021.; Participated and successfully completed AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy Online FDP on Emerging Issues and Recent Advancements in Demand & Supply Chain Management organized by Institute of Management Studies Banaras Hindu University from 07/01/2022 to 11/01/2022; Participated and successfully completed Online Global Certification Course on Social Network Analysis jointly organized by NITIE Mumbai and Prof. Noshir Contractor (Professor, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science Kellogg School of Management Northwestern University ) from 12/01/2022 to 02/03/2022.; Participated in Editors Workshop on Publishing High Quality Papers and Minimizing Rejections organized by Jindal Global Business School on 08.04.2022 and 09.04.2022.; Participated and successfully completed Online Global Certification Course on Data-driven Supply Chain Transformation 2022 jointly organized by Prof. Manoj Kumar Tiwari (Director, NITIE Mumbai) and Prof. David Simchi-Levi (Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) from 16/07/2022 to 21/08/2022.; Participated and successfully completed an online Course on Multi Modal Logistics (MML) jointly organized by National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE) Mumbai and Centre of Excellence in Maritime and Shipbuilding (CEMS) from 01/04/2023 to 16/04/2023.