Faculty & Research

Vishal Bansal

Area

Area : Operations and Decision Sciences

Contact

Email : vishalb@iima.ac.in

Phone : +91-79-7152-4869

Office : AB-1 10

Secretary : Harshadkumar Zala

Phone : +91-79-7152 4699

Education

Ph.D., Production & Quantitative Methods Area, IIM Ahmedabad

M.Tech., Industrial & Management Engineering, IIT Kanpur

B.Tech., Computer Science & Engineering, UPTU

Research Area

Supply Chain Dynamics

Sustainable Supply Chain Management

Technology and Automation

Academic Experience

Assistant Professor, Operations & Decision Sciences Area, IIM Ahmedabad, Sep 2026 – Present

Assistant Professor, Operations Management Group, IIM Calcutta, Apr 2022 – Sep 2026

Assistant Professor, Department of Management Studies, IIT Kanpur, Jan 2022 – Apr 2022

Professional Experience

Solution Integration Consultant , FICO, Jun 2015 – Jun 2016

Articles

Haque, F., Basu, S., Mehta, P., & Bansal, V. (2026). Supplier encroachment and retail service effort: The role of carry-over effect and strategic inventory. European Journal of Operational Research.

Kumawat, G., Tripathi, D., & Bansal, V. (2025). Stochastic modeling and analysis of two-phase operations in container terminal with automated lifting vehicles: A novel queuing approach. International Journal of Production Economics.

Raj, G., Roy, D., de Koster, R., & Bansal, V. (2024). Stochastic modeling of integrated order fulfillment processes with delivery time promise: Order picking, batching, and last-mile delivery. European Journal of Operational Research.

Bansal, V., Bisi, A., Roy, D., & Venkateshan, P. (2024). Integrated inventory replenishment and online demand allocation decisions for an omnichannel retailer with ship-from-store strategy. European Journal of Operational Research.

Bansal, V., Jayaswal, S. & Sinha, A. (2023). Capacitated multiple allocation hub location problems under the risk of interdiction: model formulations and solution approaches. Annals of Operations Research.

Bansal, V., Kumar, D. P., Roy, D., & Subramanian S. C. (2022). Performance evaluation and optimization of design parameters for electric vehicle-sharing platforms by considering vehicle dynamics. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 166, 102869.

Bansal, V., & Roy, D. (2021). Stochastic modeling of multi-line orders in integrated storage-order picking system. Naval Research Logistics, 68(6), 810-836.

Bansal, V., Roy, D., & Pazour, J. (2020). Performance analysis of batching decisions in waveless order release environments for e-commerce stock-to-picker order fulfillment. International Transactions in Operational Research, 28(4), 1787-1820.

Mishra, S. S., & Bansal, V. (2017). Role of source-destination proximity in international inbound tourist arrival: empirical evidences from India. Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, 22(5), 540-553.

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