Hemanshu Das

PhD Student, Operations, Yale University (School of Management)

You can reach me at [firstname].[lastname]@yale.edu.

I am a PhD candidate in Operations at the Yale School of Management, where I am fortunate to be advised Professor Edieal Pinker and Professor Faidra Monachou .

I study operations for public policy, with a specific focus on education. My research uses mathematical modeling, behavioral science, and data-driven methods to design interventions that improve student outcomes and educational equity. My current work focuses on three key levers: enhancing teacher quality, promoting adoption of algorithmic recommendations, and developing effective supplemental learning tools. Across these areas, I draw on insights from workforce dynamics, behavioral operations, and sequential decision-making.

Prior to Yale, I was a predoctoral fellow at Indian School of Business and advised by Professor Sarang Deo. I hold an MBA from Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad and a B.Tech in Electronics and Communication from Vellore Institute of Technology.

Upcoming Talks

October 26-29, 2025 INFORMS Annual Conference, Atlanta
- Students Choose Human Counselors over Algorithms in College Applications, but Not Always

Working Papers

A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Teacher Evaluation Programs, with Edi Pinker
- Status: Major Revision at Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 2025
Students Choose Human Counselors over Algorithms in College Applications, but Not Always, with Sofoklis Goulas and Faidra Monachou
- Status: Under preperation for submission
Optimal Stopping for Personalized Learning: A Weitzman-Based Approach to Adaptive Task Sequencing, with Faidra Monachou
- Status: Work in progress; Winner of 2025 Duolingo Dissertation Research Award
Effect of event duration vs. crowding at essential gatherings on spread of COVID19: a modelling study with Sarang Deo, Sripad Devalkar and Nim Pathy
- Status: Draft available upon request

Publications

Das, H., Sachdeva, A., ... & Deo, S. (2023). Outcomes of a hypertension care program based on task-sharing with private pharmacies: a retrospective study from two blocks in rural India. Journal of Human Hypertension
Mandal, S., Das, H., Deo, S., & Arinaminpathy, N. (2021). Combining serology with case-detection, to allow the easing of restrictions against SARS-CoV-2: a modelling-based study in India. Nature Scientific Reports
Das, H., Moran, A.E., ... & Deo, S. (2020). Cost effectiveness of improved hypertension management in India through increased treatment coverage and adherence: a mathematical modeling study. Global Heart

Previous Talks

A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Teacher Evaluation Programs, with Edi Pinker
- 2025 MSOM Conference, London
- 2024 INFORMS Annual Conference, Seattle
- 2023 INFORMS Annual Conference, Phoenix
Students Choose Human Counselors over Algorithms in College Applications, but Not Always, with Sofoklis Goulas and Faidra Monachou
- 2025 INFORMS Revenue Management and Pricing Section Conference, New York City
- 2025 MSOM Conference, London
- 2025 Marketplace Innovation Workshop (online)
- 2025 POMS Conference, Atlanta
- 2025 Michigan Ross Workshop on Unstructured Data, Ann Arbor*
Effect of event duration vs. crowding at essential gatherings on spread of COVID19: a modelling study with Sarang Deo, Sripad Devalkar and Nim Pathy
- 2021 INFORMS Annual Conference (online)
- 2021 MSOM Conference (online)*, 2021 POMS Conference (online)*

* Presented by co-authors

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