Development of Operation Research In India

In 1949, operation research come into picture when an OR unit was established at the Regional Research laboratory, Hyderabad.
At the same time, Prof. R.S. VERMA ( Delhi university ) setup an OR team in the Defence Science Laboratory to solve the problem of store, purchase and planning.

In 1953,  Prof. P.C. Mahalanobis established an OR team in the Indian Statistical Institute, calcutta, for solving the problem of national planning and survey.

In 1957 , Operation Research Society of india was formed and his society became a member  of  the International  Federation Of Operation Research Societies in 1960.

Presently, India is publishing a number of  Research journals,  namely,  " OPSEARCH " , " INDISTRIAL ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT " , " MATERIALS MANAGEMENT  JOURNAL OF INDIA ",  " DEFENCE SCIENCE JOURNAL " ,  "SCIMA" , " JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING PRODUCTION " etc.

As far as the OR education in India concerned University of Delhi was the first to introduce a complete M.Sc. course in OR in 1963. Simultaneously, Institute of Management at calcutta and Ahemdabad started teaching OR in their MBA courses.  Now a days, OR has becomes so popular subject that it has been introduce in almost all institute and University  in various disciplines like,  MATHEMATICS, STATISTICS,  COMMERCE, ECONOMICS, MANAGEMENT SCIENCE, MEDICAL SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, etc. . Also relizing the importance of OR in Accounts and Administration, goverment has introduce this subject for the IAS, CA, ICWA examinations etc.

Some of the industries , namely Hindustan Lever Ltd; Union carbide, TELCO, Hindustan Steel, Imperiel Chemical Industries , Tata Iron & Steel Company, Sarabhi Group, FCI, etc,  have engaged OR teams.
Kirlosker company is using the assignment technique of OR to maximize profit.

Textile firms like, DCM. , Binani's and Calico,  etc., are  using linear programming techniques.

Among other Indian organizations using  OR are the Indian Railways, CSIR, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Indian Institute of  Science,  State Trading Corporation, etc ..
       

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