REGISTRATION FORM

XX Annual International Conference of

the Society of Operations Management
(to be filled in block letters)

Name
Gender
Designation
Organization
Title of the Paper

Registration Fee
Participant Profile
Delegates from industry,
academic, Government, R&D
Institutions and non-profit
organizations
Doctoral Students

Patron
Indian Foreigner
6,000 US $300

Advisory Committee
4,000 US $150

Payment mode
Draft
In favor of SOM 2016 payable at "Gwalior"
Electronic Payment
Bank
Bank of India, Branch: IIITM Gwalior
Account Account No. 946210110001594
IFSC
BKID0009462
MICR
474013010

Address for
Correspondence

Important dates

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Fee Amount
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Number and Date
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- August 31, 2016 Submission of extended

abstracts (word limit of 1500 words)
- September 30, 2016 Notification of acceptance
- October 31, 2016 Payment of registration fee

Conference Proceeding

In case of payment through Bank Draft please

send this registration form along with Draft to:
Dr. Gyan Prakash
Dispatch Section, (For SOM 2016 Conference)
ABV-Indian Institute of Information Technology and
Management Gwalior, Morena Link Road,
Gwalior- 474 015, M.P. INDIA

In case of electronic payment please e-mail above

information at conference mail id

Prof. S. G. Deshmukh
Director, ABV- Indian Institute of Information
Technology and Management, Gwalior

Full text of the accepted papers will be published in

the form of proceedings. At least one author should
register before October 31, 2016 for the inclusion
of the paper in the proceedings. Selected full
papers after a due review process may be
considered for a possible publication in operations
management related journals/procedia. Previous
year
publications
are
available
at:

Prof.. Kripa Shanker, IIT Kanpur

Prof. Ashok K Mittal, IIT Kanpur
Prof.. N.K Sharma, IIT Kanpur
Prof. Jayanta Chatterjee, IIT Kanpur
Prof. R.R.K Sharma, IIT Kanpur
Prof. Sadananda Sahu, IIT Bhubaneswar
Prof. Ravi Shankar, IIT Delhi
Prof. Manoj K Tiwari, IIT Kharagpur
Prof. Karuna Jain, NITIE Mumbai
Prof. Janat Shah, IIM Udaipur
Prof. Peeyush Mehta, IIM Calcutta
Prof. C. Rajendran, IIT Madras
Prof. P.K Singh, IIM Indore

Conference Chair
Dr. Gyan Prakash,
Associate Professor
ABV-Indian Institute of Information Technology and
Management Gwalior,
Gwalior-474 015, M.P. INDIA
E-mail: gyanprakasha@yahoo.com, gyan@iiitm.ac.in

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Submit Papers at e mail id

Strategy

som2016conference@gmail.com

Best Paper Award and Certificate

Date:

Signature

Best paper award involves cash prize as well as a

certificate from Emerald Publishing. A certificate of
participation will be provided to other presenters.

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XX Annual International
Conference of the Society of
Operations Management
Theme: Operations for Sustainable
Development
Doctoral Consortium: December 22, 2016
Main Conference: December 23-24, 2016
Venue: ABV-IIITM Gwalior Campus

ABV-Indian Institute of Information

Technology and Management Gwalior
Morena Link Road, Gwalior- 474015
Madhya Pradesh, India
www.iiitm.ac.in

Introduction

List of Tracks

The Annual International Conference of the Society

of Operations Management (SOM) endeavors to
share ideas, knowledge and experience among
researchers, industrial participants and policy
makers.

The XX Annual International Conference of the

Society of Operations Management invites
academicians, practitioners, doctoral students and
other researchers to submit theoretical and
empirical papers and case studies related to the
area of Operations Management in the digital
economy and other interrelated area to Operations
and Supply Chain Management. The indicative
tracks for the conference (but not to be limited to)
the following
Big Data and Analytics
Smart Cities
Smart Transportation Systems
Infrastructure Management
Food Supply Chains
Supply Chain Management
Food Processing and Management
Service supply chain Management
e-Business and m-Commerce
Healthcare Systems and Management
e-Manufacturing
Environment Management
Information Processing and Engineering
Intelligent Systems
Operations Research
Production Planning and Control
Project Management
Quality Control and Management
Reliability and Maintenance Engineering
Safety, Security and Risk Management
Innovation and Technology Management
Systems Modeling and Simulation

Objective
The objective of the conference is to provide a
platform
for
academicians,
researchers
practitioners and doctoral students to exchange
knowledge, experiences and share innovative
ideas on the shifting role of operations
management for sustainable development through
the presentation of papers, panel discussions, and
meetings. Although papers addressing the theme
of the conference are desirable, papers addressing
a broader area of Operations Management and the
interface between Operations Management and
other disciplines of Management are also
welcome.

SOM 2016: The context

The United Nations sustainable development goals
aims to end poverty, achieve good health and well
being, restore balance in ecology, address climate
change, achieve universal education, nurture
innovation, develop infrastructure, balance in airwater-soil systems and gear towards inclusive and
balanced growth. These global goals and worldchanging objectives require cooperation among
governments, international trade and service
organizations.
Towards this end, technological know-how and
principles of management needs to be
amalgamated together so as to make a meaningful
impact. SOM 2016 aims to provide a platform to
researchers for sharing of their research work to a
wider community of technology and operations
management professionals.

programs in the areas of Management and

Information Technology. Institute is pioneer in
offering unique MBA programmes in the areas of
IT enabled Services and Public Service
Management & E-Governance. Institute's
management programmes offer specialized
electives in the areas of Operations and
Technology Management, Information Technology
& Systems, Management of Non Formal Sector.
This coupled with electives in the areas of
Marketing, Finance, and Human Resources
positions the Institute in the frontiers of
management thinking and practice. Doctoral
students of the Institute are conducting cutting
edge research in the niche areas of Management
and Information Technology. Apart from these
Institute also offers faculty development
programmes,
management
development
programmes, various training programmes,
certificates courses in Management Consulting and
Six Sigma. The Institute recognizes its role in
nation building through knowledge creation and
dissemination. To this end Institute has geared its
endeavors towards developing contextual
management and technological solutions for
instilling competitiveness in businesses.

Tourist Spots around Gwalior

Agra (100 Kms)

Jaipur (350 Kms)
New Delhi (350 Kms)
Khajuraho (300 Kms)

For any Query, please contact

Conference Secretariat at conference mail id:
som2016conference@gmail.com
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SOM Website: www.soc-om.org/

Accommodation

Various expert Lectures

Accommodation would be available at

Management Development Programmes (MDP)
centre, International Visitor Hostel and other
facilities in the Institute campus on fist come first
served and payment basis. The room tariff and
other details would be provided in paper
acceptance communication.

About the Host

Gwalior Connectivity

ABV- Indian Institute of Information Technology

and Management is an institute of national
importance under MHRD, Government of India.
The Institute conducts teaching and research in the
cusp areas of Information Technology and
Management. The Institute offers postgraduate

Arrive at New Delhi, India through air mode and

then take a train (preferable train may be Shatabdi
which starts at 6 AM in morning from platform 1 at
New Delhi railway station and reaches Gwalior at
9.30 AM) or taxi to reach Gwalior. The distance

Expert Lecture(s)

from the Railway Station to ABV-IIITM Gwalior

Campus is approximately 5 Kms.