industrial and systems engineering, iit kharagpur

The Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (I&SE) was established in 1973 as Industrial Management Centre. It was later elevated to a full-fledged department in the year 1983. The department, for the last three decades, has been instrumental in imparting training and extending frontiers of knowledge in the field of Industrial Engineering and Management through its well established undergraduate, post graduate and research programs, sponsored projects and industrial consultancy work, short term courses and continuing education programs. The department, in the last four decades, has been instrumental in imparting training and extending frontiers of knowledge in the field of Industrial and Systems Engineering through its well established undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD programs. These include (i) B.Tech in Industrial Engineering, (ii) Dual Degree - B.Tech. in Industrial Engineering and M.Tech in Industrial Engineering and Management, (iii) Dual Degree - Quality Engineering Design and Manufacturing, (iv) Dual Degree - B.Tech in Mfg. Science & Engg. and M.Tech in Industrial Engineering and Management, and (v) M.Tech in Industrial Engineering and Management. The department is well known across the nation for its excellent teaching,research and consultancy potential in the areas of (i) Logistics and supply chain management, (ii) Optimization and simulation of work systems, (iii) Decision support systems, (iv) Analytics and data sciences, (v) Ergonomics, human factors and safety engineering, (vi) Safety analytics and accident modelling using virtual reality (vii) Quality engineering, (viii) E-business, (ix) Product development, (x) Process excellence, and (xi) Healthcare systems.