Achal Bassamboo
Charles E. Morrison Professor of Decision Sciences
Professor of Operations
Co-Director of MMM Program
Chair, Operations Department
Achal Bassamboo is the Charles E. Morrison Professor at Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. He is also the co-director of the MMM program which is dual degree program between Kellogg and Segal Design at McCormick School. Professor Bassamboo joined the faculty at the Kellogg School of Management in 2005, after completing his Ph.D. in Operations, Information and Technology at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. His research interests lie in the areas of service systems, revenue management and information sharing. His current research involves designing flexible service systems with a focus on capacity planning and effects of parameter uncertainty. He is also studying credibility (or lack thereof) of information provided by a service provider or a retailer to its customers.
His articles have appeared in leading journals, including Management Science, Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, and Operations Research. Professor Bassamboo was award the 2016 "Young Scholar Award" given by the Manufacturing and Service Operations Management Society for his research. He has served on the editorial boards for Management Science, POMS and Naval Research Logistics. Professor Bassamboo teaches courses on operations management, supply chain logistics, decision models and statistics.
- Applied probability and stochastic models; stochastic systems: performance analysis and optimal control; revenue management; operations management; Empricial Operations
- Operations management
- Supply Chain Management
- Managerial Statistics
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Ph.D., 2005, Operations, Information, and Technology, Stanford University
M.S., 2004, Statistics, Stanford University
B.Tech., 2000, Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute Of Technology -
Charles E. Morrison Professor of Decision Sciences, Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences, Operations, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern, 2016-present
Professor, Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2012-present
Associate Professor, Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2009-2012
Assistant Professor, Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2006-2009
Donald P. Jacobs Scholar, Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2005-2006
Research and teaching assistant, Stanford University, 2001-2005 -
Professor of the year for core course: PGP Class of 2023 Mohali Cohort, Indian School of Business.
Finalist for Best OM Paper in Management Science, MSOM Society 2022 for Learning from Inventory Availability Information: Field Evidence from Amazon, published at Management Science
Professor of the year for core course: PGP Class of 2023 Mohali Cohort, Indian School of Business.
Finalist for Best OM Paper in Management Science, MSOM Society 2022 for Learning from Inven- tory Availability Information: Field Evidence from Amazon, published at Management Science, MSOM Society
Sidney J. Levy Teaching Award for an elective course, Kellogg School of Management for 2021-2022.
Professor of the year for core course: PGPpro Class of 2022, Bengaluru Cohort, Indian School of
Business.
Professor of the year for core course: PGP Class of 2022 Mohali Cohort, Indian School of Business.
Professor of the year for core course: PGP Class Mohali Cohort
L.G. Lavengood Professor of the Year Nominee for 2021
Professor of the year for core course: PGPpro Class, Bengaluru & Mumbai Cohorts
Professor of the year for core course: PGP Class of 2020 Mohali Cohort, Indian School of Business.
Chair Core Teaching Award
Finalist for the Service Management SIG Prize, MSOM Society 2019 for "Scheduling Homogeneous Impatient Customers" published at Management Science., MSOM, INFORMS
Professor of the year for core course: PGPpro Class of 2019 Mohali Cohort, Indian School of Business.
Professor of the year for core course: PGP Class of 2019 Hyderabad Cohort, Indian School of Business., Indian School of Business
Professor of the year for core course: PGPpro Class of 2018 Hyderabad Cohort, Indian School of Business., Indian School of Business
Chair Core Teaching Award, Kellogg School of Business
MSOM Young Scholar Prize, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, INFORMS, Researcher under the age of 40
Second Place, Article, Junior Faculty Interest Group, 2008
Chairs Core Course Teaching Award, Kellogg School of Management, 2009-2010
Silver Medal, IIT Delhi
Third Place, Article, Junior Faculty Interest Group, 2010 -
Associate Editor, Operation Research, 2024
Senior Editor, POMS, 2016
Associate Editor, Management Science, 2014
Associate Editor, Naval Research Logistics, 2009-present
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