VNIT Nagpur Mathematics Department

Research at Mathematics Department

S.No.Name of PITitle of the projectFunding AgencyAmountResearch Project No
1Dr. P. Pramodod ChakravarthyNumerical methods for solving multi-parameter singularly perturbed boundary value problemsNBHM, DAE12,41,100/-February 2017.
2Dr. Pallavi MahaleNewton type iterative regularization methods for nonlinear ill-posed operator equationsNBHM (DAE)13,18,100/-2/11/42/2017/ NBHM(R.P.)/ R&DII/534
3Dr. M. DevakarStudies on the flows of two immiscible incompressible micropolar and viscous fluidsNBHM, DAE14,12,160/-No.2/48(23)/2 014/-R&D II/1083 dated 28-01-2015.
4Dr. P. RoulNumerical methods for a class of singular two- point boundary value problemsDST(SERB)16,83,720/-SB/S4/MS: 877/14 dated 14.10.2015
5Dr. P. RoulDesign, analysis and implementation of numerical methods for doubly singular boundary value problemsNBHM, DAE12,16,100/-2/48(14)/2016/ NBHM(R.P.)/ R&D II/1460 Dated 21.04.2016
6Dr. P. RoulNumerical methods for solving fractional differential equations arising in nuclear reactor dynamicsBRNS-DAE12,83,150/36(6)/14/29/20 17 BRNS/36203, 2017
7Dr. P. RoulHigher-order adaptive approaches for nonlinear singular boundary value problems governing electrohydrodynamic flow in a circular cylindrical conduitSERB-DST6, 60, 000/MTR/2017/00 0296
8Dr. Deepesh PatelExistence and uniqueness problems arise in operator equations and inclusionsNBHM, DAE1,62,000/-02011/27/2017 /R&D- II/11630
9Dr. Jyoti SinghStudy on local cohomology by using theory of D-modulesDST (SERB)6,04,000/-ECR/2017/000 963 Dated : 16/03/2018
10Dr. A. Sathish KumarApproximation by generalized Kantorovich type sampling type seriesDST (SERB)17,06,000/-1-6-2018
Sr. No.Name of PITitle of the projectFunding AgencyResearch Project No
1Dr G. P.SinghStudy of general scalar-tensor cosmology with particle creation in viscous fluidUGCF23-143/97 (WRO) dated 30-08-1997
2Dr G. P.SinghThe Cosmological Constant: Quest and ConstraintsUGCF23-119/2000 (WRO) dated 01-12-2000
3Dr. P. Pramod ChakravarthyNumerical methods for solving Singularly Perturbed Differential Difference EquationsDepartment of Science &Technology’SR/S4/MS:598/09 Dated – 01-06-2010
4Dr. P. Pramod ChakravarthyNumerical methods for solving Singularly Perturbed Delay Differential Equations with large delaysDepartment of Atomic EnergyNBHM/R.P.37/2012/F resh/1742 Dated -15- 11-2012
5Dr. G. Naga RajuNumerical Methods for Hyperbolic Conservation LawsNBHM, DAENo.2/48(4)/2014/- NBHM(R.P.)/R&D II/14356 dated 17-11- 2014
Consultancy Projects:


Dr G. Naga Raju andDr. M. Devakar completed one consultancy project on Location Based Services (LBS), for Persistent Systems Ltd., Nagpur, (Completed in June
2016), Amount Rs. 56,563/-.

Sr. No.Paper
1G. P. Singh, Ashwini Lalke and N. Hulke, Some Bianchi type I dark energy models in Brans-Dicke theory, Pramana: Journal of Physics, 94, 147, October 2020
2G. P. Singh, Ashwini Lalke and N. Hulke, Study of particle creation with quadratic equation of state in higher derivative theory, Brazilian Journal of Physics, 50 , 725-743, September 2020.
3Shivhare, M., Podila, P.C. & Kumar, D. A uniformly convergent quadratic B-spline collocation method for singularly perturbed parabolic partial differential equations with two small parameters. J Math Chem 59, 186–215 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10910-020-01190-7
4P. Pramod Chakravarthy, Meenakshi Shivhare, Numerical study of a singularly perturbed two parameter problems on a modified Bakhavalov mesh, Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Physics, 2020, Vol. 60, No. 11, pp. 1778–1786. © Pleiades Publishing, Ltd., 2020.
5Kamalesh Kumar and Pramod Chakravarthy Podila: A new stable finite difference scheme and its error analysis for two‐dimensional singularly perturbed convection–diffusion equations, First published: 29 December 2020, https://doi.org/10.1002/num.22732.
6Meenakshi Shivhare, P. Pramod Chakravarthy, Higinio Ramos, and Jesus Vigo-Aguiar: Quadratic B-spline collocation method for time dependent singularly perturbed differential-difference equation arising in the modelling of neuronal activity, accepted in Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations, https://doi.org/10.1002/num.22738
7P. Pramod Chakravarthy, Meenakshi Shivhare and Devendra Kumar: “Quadratic B-spline collocation method for two-parameter singularly perturbed problem on exponentially graded mesh”, International Journal of Computer Mathematics. Accepted.
8Kamalesh Kumar, Pramod Chakravarthy Podila, Pratibhamoy Das and Higinio Ramos: A graded mesh refinement approach for boundary layer originated singularly perturbed time-delayed parabolic convection diffusion problems, accepted in Math Meth Appl Sci. (15-02-2021).
9D. Srinivas Reddy, M. Devakar, B. Shankar, Analytical Solutions of Unidirectional Flows of Couple Stress Fluid between Concentric Cylinders through Porous Medium With Slip Boundary Conditions, Solid State Technology, 64 (2), pp. 1418-1437, 2021.
10Ankush Raje, M. Devakar, Unsteady Magnetohydrodynamic Flow of Two Immiscible Fluids Through a Pipe in Presence of Heat Transfer, Mathematical Modeling, Computational Intelligence Techniques and Renewable Energy; Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 1287, 287-297, 20
11G. Naga Raju, Ashlesha A. Bhise: “Modified third and fifth order WENO schemes for Inviscid Compressible Flows,” Numerical Algorithms, (2020) DOI: 10.1007/s11075- 020-01039-9.
12Samala Rathan , Naga Raju Gande , Ashlesha A. Bhise: “ Simple smoothness indicator WENO-Z scheme for hyperbolic conservation laws,” Applied Numerical Mathematics 157 (2020) 255–275.
13Naga Raju Gande, Ashlesha A. Bhise: Third-order WENO schemes with kinetic flux vector splitting, Applied Mathematics and Computation, 378 (2020), 125203. doi: 10.1016/j.amc.2020.125203
14H.K. Nashine, R. Arab, P.R. Patle, and D.K. Patel, Best proximity point results via measure of noncompactness and application, Numerical Functional Analysis and Optimization, Accepted in January 2021. DOI : 10.1080/01630563.2021.1884570.
15P. Roul, V.M.K. Prasad Goura, Klaus Kassner, A new higher order computational approach for electro hydrodynamic flow of a fluid in an ion -drag configuration in a circular cylindrical conduit, Applied Numerical Mathematics, 165, 2021, 303-321.
16P. Roul, Vikas Rohil, Gilberto Espinosa-Paredes, VMK P. Goura, R. S. Gedam, K. Obaidurrahman, Design and analysis of a numerical method for fractional neutron diffusion equation with delayed neutrons, Applied Numerical Mathematics, 157, 634-653, 2020.
17P. Roul, Vikas Rohil, Gilberto Espinosa-Paredes, K. Obaidurrahman, An efficient numerical method for fractional neutron diffusion equation in the presence of different types of reactivities, Annals of Nuclear Energy, Elsevier, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2020.108038.
18P. Roul, V.M.K.P. Goura, A high order numerical scheme for solving a class of non-homogeneous time fractional reaction diffusion equation, Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations, Wiley, DOI: 10.1002/num.22594, 2020.
19P. Roul, T. Kumari, VMKP Goura, An efficient numerical method based on exponential B-spline basis functions for solving a class of nonlinear singular boundary value problems with Neumann and Robin boundary conditions, Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences, Wiley, 2020; 1-20, https://doi.org/10.1002/mma.6947.
20P. Roul, VMK Prasad Goura: A high-order B-spline collocation scheme for solving a non-homogeneous time-fractional diffusion equation, Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences, Willey, DOI: 10.1002/mma.6760, 2020.
21P. Roul, V.M.K.P. Goura, Numerical solution of doubly singular boundary value problems by finite difference method, Computational and Applied Mathematics, Springer, 2020, DOI: 10.1007/s40314-020- 01344-y.
22M. Gabeleh, D.K. Patel, P.R. Patle, Darbo type best proximity point (pair) results using measure of noncompactness with application, Accepted in Fixed Point Theory, 2021.
23N. Vijender, Shape preserving aspects of bivariate alpha-fractal functions, accepted in Fractals, 2021.
24N. Vijender, Approximation of complex-valued functions by fractal functions, accepted in Advances in Pure and Applied Mathematics, 2021.
25D. Vasileios and N. Vijender, Univariable Affine Fractal Interpolation Function, accepted in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, 2021.
26Singh, V. P., Kirti Sharma, and Debjani Chakraborty. “Solving the shortest path problem in an imprecise and random environment.” Sādhanā 45.1 (2020): 1-10, Springer.
27Singh, Vishnu Pratap. “On Solving Linguistic Bi-Level Programming Problem Using Dynamic Programming.” International Journal of Fuzzy System Applications (IJFSA) 10.1 (2021): 43-63.
28Singh, V. P., and Kirti Sharma. “Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem with Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Demands.” Advances in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore, 2021. 83-89.
29Sourav Pradhan: “A discrete-time batch transmission channel with random serving capacity under batch size-dependent service: Geo^X/G^Y_n/1”, International Journal of Computer Mathematics: Computer System Theory; 5(3), 175-197, 2020
30S Pradhan and U C Gupta: “Stationary queue and server content distribution of a batch-size-dependent service queue with batch Markovian arrival process: BMAP/G^{(a,b)}_n/1”, Communication in Statistics Theory and Methods, doi.org/10.1080/03610926.2020.1813304, 2020
31N Nandy and S Pradhan: “On the joint distribution of an infinite-buffer discrete-time batch-size-dependent service queue with single and multiple vacations”, Quality Technology and Quantitative Management, DOI: 10.1080/16843703.2021.1882655, 2021.
32P. Satapathy, T. Raja Sekhar, and D. Zeidan: “Codimension two Lie invariant solutions of the modified Khokhlov-Zabolotskya-Kuznetsov equation”, Math Meth. Appl. Sci. 2020; 1-14, DOI:10.1102/mma.7078.
Sr. No.Faculty NameAchievement
1Dr. G. P. Singh1. Visiting Post-Doctoral Fellow University of Zululand, South Africa, April – June 1996.
22. Visiting Post-Doctoral Fellow Univ. of Zululand, South Africa, October – November 1998
33. Associate of Inter-University Centre For Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune . From July 1, 1997 to June 30, 2009 and August 1, 2017 – July, 2023.
44. Council member of Indian Mathematical Society (April 2017- March 2020)
5Dr. P. Pramod ChakravarthyGiven invited talks in prestigious institutions like IIT Kanpur, IIT Guwahati and in few NITs and Universities.
6Visited University of Nevada Las Vegas, USA; University of London, London, UK ; Beijing Computational Science Research Centre, Beijing, China; and Spain for Academic cnferences
7Successfully completed 3 Research and Development projects sponsored by Department of Science and Technology and National Board for Higher Mathematics
8Chair Person for technical sessions in International conferences
9Reviewer for most prestigious international journals like JCAM, AMC etc.
10Member Board of studies for some centrally funded institutions.
11Dr.M.DevakarNational Eligibility Test (NET) Qualified in 2004
12UGC Junior Research Fellow (JRF) during July 2005-June 2007
13UGC Senior Research Fellow (SRF) during July 2007-July 2008
14Special Rank in State Level Mathematical Olympiad, (A.P.) 2003
15Second Rank in M.Sc (Applied Mathematics) at University of Hyderabad
16State 64th Rank in Ed-CET 2002 (A.P.) for pursuing Bachelor of Education
17College Topper in B.Sc, Government Degree College, Jammikunta (Affiliated to Kakatiya University)
18Dr. P. Roul1. Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, June 2009- May 2010.
192. Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Potsdam, Germany, December 2010- December 2011.
203. Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Toulouse, France, January 2012-August 2012
214. Selected for Portugal postdoctoral fellowship under the Project/Research/Others BPD/PEST-OE/MAT/UI4080/2011.I could not avail the fellowship.
225. Editor, Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences, Wiley, USA, Since February 2021
236. Obtained Graduate Scholarship from German Foundation of Science (DFG) for Ph.D studies at University of Magdeburg, Germany (Nov 2005- June 2009).