Rajan Batta

Rajan Batta is an American operations research scientist, and a SUNY Distinguished Professor at University at Buffalo. Batta earned his doctorate in Operations Research in 1984 from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is a member of University at Buffalo faculty beginning in 1984. He also has had several administrative appointments, including Chair of the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Interim Dean, and Associate Dean in various capacities of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) at the University at Buffalo (UB). At present, he serves in the role of Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Recognition.

Education
Batta received his undergraduate degree with first class with distinction (BTech) in Mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, India in 1980 and his PhD degree in Operations Research in 1984 from the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

Research
Batta is a published author in various fields of operations research, applied operations research, military operations research, facility location, and transportation.

As an author
Batta has a total of 157 journal publications, including 8 in Operations Research; 3 in Management Science; 11 in Transportation Science; 2 in Interfaces, 21 in European Journal of Operational Research, 20 in Computers and Operations Research, 5 in IISE Transactions, 12 in Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, and 9 in Military Operations Research. Batta was listed in the top 50 "most productive and influential authors" in an article commemorating the 40th year of publication of European Journal of Operational Research (EJOR). He has published a total of 21 papers in EJOR during the journal's first 40 years. His most cited paper in EJOR is "Review of recent developments in OR/MS research in disaster operations management" published in 2013. It is co-authored with his former PhD student Gina Galindo, who is now a faculty member at the university of del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia. This paper has a total of 755 citations according to Google Scholar.

Research and Leadership Awards

 * Lifetime Achievement in Locational Analysis Award, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, 2023
 * Fellow, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, 2022
 * Frank and Lillian Gilbreth Industrial Engineering Award, Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers, 2022
 * Best paper award from the journal Military Operations Research, 2020
 * Koopman Prize for outstanding publication in military operations research by the Military and Security Society, INFORMS, 2018
 * Award for Technical Innovation in Industrial Engineering, Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers, 2016
 * Albert G. Holzman Distinguished Educator Award, Institute of Industrial Engineers, 2015
 * Best paper award for the journal IIE Transactions: Design and Manufacturing, 2013
 * AIIMS-MOPTA Optimization Modeling Competition Winner, Lehigh University, 2012
 * Dr. David F. Baker Distinguished Research Award, Institute of Industrial Engineers, 2008
 * SUNY Research Foundation Award for Research and Scholarship, 2007
 * Fellow, Institute of Industrial Engineers, 2006
 * Best paper award from the journal Military Operations Research, 2005
 * Sustained Achievement Award, Exceptional Scholar Program, University at Buffalo, 2002

Teaching Awards

 * University at Buffalo Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring Award, 2014-2015
 * SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2007