SOAR
2027
Where rigorous game‑theoretic modelling meets the real world of laboratory & field experiments — six days, one campus, one cohort.
Six intensive days at the intersection of theory and evidence.
SOAR is a residential academic workshop for researchers who build formal models and want to test them — and for empiricists who want the theory to hold up.
Intensive 6‑Day Academic Workshop
XLRI – Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur
5–10 April 2027
Bridge theory & experiments in OSCM research
XLRI Campus, Jamshedpur
Game Theory & Experiments
From application to the workshop itself.
Selected participants also join a series of Online Pre‑School Sessions ahead of the on‑campus workshop.
Exact calendar for the Online Pre‑School Sessions (Jan–Mar 2027) — to be announced
business school
XLRI Campus · Jamshedpur, Jharkhand
XLRI – Xavier School of Management.
Founded in 1949 by the Jesuits of the Ranchi Province, XLRI is India's oldest business management school — an institution built around the conviction that management education exists to form responsible leaders, not merely efficient ones.
SOAR 2027 is convened by XLRI's Production, Operations & Decision Sciences faculty, and hosted on the Jamshedpur campus: a fully residential setting where a single cohort lives, learns and argues together for six days.
- Fully residential campus — accommodation, classrooms and dining within walking distance.
- Jamshedpur, Jharkhand — India's first planned industrial city, and a live laboratory for operations research.
Built for researchers early in the work that matters.
A single cohort of scholars who model, measure and argue — living and learning on the XLRI campus for six days.
Who Should Attend
Facilitated by leading experts from India's premier institutions.
Sachin Jayaswal
Mohd Mujahid Khan
Omkar D. Palsule Desai
B Vipin
Sriram Sankaranarayanan
Alok Raj
Sumit Sarkar
The inaugural cohort, at work.
“Where rigorous theory meets the real world of experiments.”
SOAR 2026 · Inaugural Cohort, SPJIMR MumbaiParticipants and faculty from the first edition, building the foundation for SOAR's annual rotation across India's leading B‑schools.
SOAR 2026 · Participants & FacultySOAR 2026 photographs from the inaugural edition at SPJIMR Mumbai.
Apply for SOAR 2027.
Complete every field below. Applications are reviewed by the convening committee and outcomes are announced on 15 November 2026.
An intensive, transformative academic experience.
Combining Game Theory with Experimental Methods in Operations & Supply Chain Management — hosted at XLRI – Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur.