Indian Railways partnered with Indian School of Business, Hyderabad

Current Context: The Indian Railways collaborated with Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad.

• They have joined hands to study an integrated coal-freight optimization model to increase network throughput and to optimize freight transportation over Indian Railways. 
• In this partnership, the ISB will perform scientific analysis in order to explore new avenues for railways which will improve freight traffic. 
• The optimized model will also fulfil the demand-supply variations effectively and will thus improve the performance of the network. 
• The partnership will result in the adoption of Freight Operations Information System (FOIS) due to which entire data of freight services will be made digitally available. 
• The FOIS will be effectively utilized for the demand estimation as well as to develop a model to supply the rakes to meet the needs of the industry.
• Static Part: 
• HQ Indian Railways: New Delhi
• Chairman of Indian Railway Board: V K Yadav

Question: 

Q.1 With whom Indian Railways collaborated to study an integrated coal-freight optimization model to increase network throughput and to optimize freight transportation over Indian Railways?
a. Indian School of Business, Hyderabad
b. Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
c. IIT Roorkee
d. IIT Delhi