PRIYANKA LASKAR

Designation:

Assistant Professor

Area:

Operations and Decision Science

Education:

Ph.D., Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode; B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering), National Institute of Technology Agartala

Date of Joining:

2026-06-01

Priyanka Laskar holds a Ph.D. in Decision Sciences and Operations Management from the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode and a B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from National Institute of Technology Agartala. Her doctoral dissertation, titled Truck Sourcing Strategies of Freight Aggregator, develops an optimal procurement strategy for freight aggregators operating under demand and price uncertainty. Prior to joining academia, she worked at Ashok Leyland Ltd. in Product Development for Defence Vehicles, where she contributed to vehicle design, customer technical responses, and assisted the vehicle testing team.

Her research focuses on platforms’ operations, including procurement and bidding strategies, collaborative efforts to reduce process inefficiencies, and market entry strategies. She engages in courses involving Operations Management, Managerial Statistics, Logistics & Supply Chain Management.

  • Priyanka Laskar, Ashutosh Sarkar (2023). RideAlly Travels Pvt Ltd: Seeking Growth, W32347, IVEY Publishing

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  • Operations Management
  • Managerial Statistics
  • Logistics & Supply Chain Management
  • Platform Businesses
  • Freight Aggregators’ Operations
  • Ride-hailing
  • Food-redistribution Pricing
  •  Priyanka Laskar, Ashutosh Sarkar. Freight Aggregator’s Dynamic Optimal Truck Procurement Strategy under Demand and Price Uncertainty, POMS India International Conference, IIM Sambalpur, December 2025.
  • Priyanka Laskar, Ashutosh Sarkar. A Taxonomy of OR models in Freight Transportation: The freight aggregator’s perspective, POMS India International Conference, IIM Sambalpur, December 2025.
  • Priyanka Laskar, Soumyadeep Kundu. Managing Food Waste: Pricing Strategies for Restaurants in the Food Redistribution Platforms. 34th European Conference on Operational Research, Leeds, UK, June 2025.
  • Priyanka Laskar, Ashutosh Sarkar. Market entry strategies in the ride-sharing platform, POMS India International Conference, IIM Kozhikode, December 2022.
  • Gyanodaya Case Writing Workshop at Gyanodaya, Centre for Pedagogical Innovation and Publishing at IIM Kozhikode, January 2025.

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  • Student Merit Scholarship at IIM Kozhikode (2022 and 2023)
  • Batch Topper (DPM 15) at IIM Kozhikode (2023)
  • Best Paper in POMS India International Conference (2022)

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