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Premkumar, P., Chakrabarty, JB. (2022). Institute of Rural

Management Anand (IRMA): Course Timetabling

Challenge, Ivey.

On June 25, 2021, Professor Pratik Modi, chairperson of the postgraduate program at the Institute of Rural Management
Anand (IRMA), attended a meeting with the director and chairpersons of different academic areas and programs,

where it was decided that the upper limit on the number of elective courses offered by each area should be done
away with, considering the requirements of students and faculty members. Although the decision to remove the

upper limit seemed to be beneficial to all parties, it would pose a challenge in terms of scheduling classes, given
the number of constraints involved. Modi was certain that a solution could be found using the tools and techniques

of operations research, which was taught as one of the core subjects at IRMA.

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