<p>My motivation to join NICMAR as an Assistant Professor in Operations and Business Statistics stems from the strong alignment between my academic training, research agenda, and NICMAR&rsquo;s practice-oriented approach to management education. As a doctoral scholar in Operations Management and Quantitative Techniques at IIM Indore, my work focuses on simulation modeling, validation methodologies, and data-driven analytics, all of which support evidence-based decision-making in complex operatio