Dear all, Pl. find the Call For Papers and Call For Registration in the International Symposium in honour of Dr Ravi Ravindran (http://www.ravisymposium.org/ravindran.html). The symposium is aimed at knowledge sharing on the applications of OR in multiple criteria decision-making, analytics, healthcare delivery systems, supply chain engineering and project management. The event is jointly organised by ORSI, IIMM, IIITB, CSI and RIMSR. The important dates: Submission of extended abstract [maximum of 1000 words excluding title/cover page and references] - 31/01/2015; Acceptance-communication - 07/02/2015; and Final paper Submission - 25/02/2015. For more details please visit the conference website http://www.ravisymposium.org. Alternatively you are welcome to contact: Dr M Mathirajan (+919945668905) or Mr. Ganesh Kumar (+919739011141) With regards HR Mohan CFP & CFR ========= Operational Research Society of India, Bangalore Chapter (ORSI-BC), the Indian Institute of Materials Management Bangalore Branch (IIMM), Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Bangalore, Computer Society of India (CSI) and Rangnekar Institute of Management Studies and Research (RIMSR, Bangalore) are jointly sponsoring an "International symposium in honour of Dr Ravi Ravindran" during 12-13 March 2015, at Sathish Dhawan Auditorium, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. Dr. Ravi Ravindran is a recognised teacher, researcher, leader of the Enterprise Integration Consortium at Penn State Univerisity. He has guided 28 students through their Ph.D. programs and numerous others for Masters Studies. His textbooks are widely used in many Universities in USA and in India. The aim of the symposium is to create a platform to facilitate knowledge sharing on the applications of OR in multiple criteria decision-making, analytics, healthcare delivery systems, supply chain engineering and project management. Distinguished academicians, practitioners and researchers from around the world have been invited to participate. About 10 invited talks by leading academician and practitioners known for thought leadership (from (India and abroad) are planned (please refer the symposium website www.ravisymposium.org for more details on this) We invite research papers from academicians and practitioners on OR and Supply Chain engineering (For a list of conference topics, please refer the attached conference poster or the conference website:http://www.ravisymposium.org). Applications, Case studies, review and discussion papers on these topics and related areas are most welcome. The important dates: Submission of extended abstract [maximum of 1000 words excluding title/cover page and references] - 31/01/2015; Acceptance-communication - 07/02/2015; and Final paper Submission - 25/02/2015. The Call for Papers and the Specification for Abstracts can be found in the website. A few students pursing PhD in the area of OR and its applications are allowed to participate without registration fee on a first-cum-first registration basis. For this the interested student should submit the registration form along with an appropriate certificate for claiming his/her PhD studentship working in the area of OR and its applications. On behalf of the organisers of this international event, we request you to participate by contributing a research paper. Also request you to disseminate the conference-announcement to your professional-friends and peers and encourage them to participate by contributing a research paper. For more details please visit the conference website http://www.ravisymposium.org. Alternatively you are welcome to contact: Dr M Mathirajan (+919945668905) or Mr. Ganesh Kumar (+919739011141) Regards Dr M Mathirajan Prof S Sadagopan Prof C Rajendran IISc-Bangalore IIIT-Bangalore IIT-Madres -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.