Dr Debajyoti Biswas

Debajyoti is a Lecturer in Business Analytics working in the Management discipline at Surrey Business School. He holds a PhD in Operations and Data Analytics from ESSEC Business School.  He also holds an MBA in Operations Management and a B.Eng. in Production Engineering. Debajyoti worked in a tenure-track faculty position at UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business prior to Surrey. His research interests encompass application of optimisation methods to problems in sustainable operations, two-sided platforms, and technology management. Debajyoti received the ESSEC Foundation award for the best PhD thesis at ESSEC Business School in 2024 and the EDAMBA Best Doctoral thesis Award across universities in EU, UK, at Oxford in 2024. He was also awarded the Dean's List of Outstanding Teachers in 2024 for teaching excellence at UCD College of Business. 

Debajyoti’s research has been published in leading ABS4 and ABS3 journals like European Journal of Operations Research and Computers & Operations Research. His work has also been published in conference proceedings at INOC, Nordic EIA, ISGT IEEE, WBO. He has been a part of EU IRC funded project called Supporting Energy Communities Operations Research and Energy Analytics (SEC-OREA) and published papers based on his contributions. He has presented his work at major global conferences like POMS, MSOM, EURO, IFORS, INOC, TAI, Nordic EIA etc. He has reviewed articles for top journals like Production and Operations Management, European Journal of Operations Research, Transportation Research Part E, Networks, RAIRO, International Journal of Production and Research.

Debajyoti has taught courses for Bachelors and Masters programs covering topics in data analytics, computer programming, strategic decision making and application of optimisation methods. He has successfully completed a professional certification in University Teaching and Learning from UCD. Prior to his academic career, Debajyoti garnered 4+ years of managerial experience, spanning automotive, apparel, FMCG - Food & Beverages industries in the functions of manufacturing, demand planning, logistics and supply planning.