NITIE Director awarded the prestigious David F Baker Distinguished Research Award

Director of the National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE) Mumbai, Prof Manoj Kumar Tiwari, has been awarded the prestigious David F Baker Distinguished Research Award from the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE). He is the first-ever researcher and professional based in India to receive this award, according to the data available on its website.

This prestigious award, given once a year, honors individuals who have made significant contributions to the industrial engineering profession through outstanding research activity that has benefited practitioners, organizations, or other researchers.

Expressing gratitude for this remarkable achievement Prof. Tiwari said, “It is a rare honour for any professional working in the field of Industrial Engineering. And a great pride in being the first Indian working in India to receive it.”

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Even though many Indians have been recipients of this award, they all are working in the USA. Industrial Engineering is quite a broad field that covers various domains such as operations, management, Logistics and Supply chain management, decision support tools among all.