Omkar completed the Fellow Programme in Management from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad in March 2010 with specialization in the Production and Quantitative Methods area. He was also associated with EADS-SMI Center at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore as a Post-Doctoral Fellow. His primary research interests are in the area of operations and supply chain management with an emphasis on mathematical model building techniques. Before joining the doctoral program at IIMA, he has worked with Delphi – General Motors, Michigan, USA as an Industrial Engineer. He also holds a Master of Science degree in Industrial & Systems Engineering from University of Florida, USA and a Bachelor of Engineering degree from V.J.T.I., Mumbai University.