Mathematics

Faculty Details

Pinaki Pal Associate Professor
Joined the Institute in 2010
ppal[dot]maths[at]nitdgp[dot]ac[dot]in
Education

2008 - 09: Postdoctoral Work, IIT Kanpur

2008:  Ph D, Indian Statistical Institute Kolkata (Awarded by Jadavpur University)

1998:  M Sc in Applied Mathematics,  Calcutta University

1996:  B Sc in Mathematics (Hons), Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, Belur Math (Calcutta University)

Work Experiences

1. Associate Professor, NIT Durgapur: October, 2018 - till date

2. Assistant Professor, NIT Durgapur: April, 2010 - October, 2018

Research Interest

Fluid Dynamics & Nonlinear Dynamics

Projects
Title Investigator Co-investigator Sponsered Agency Duration Status

Overstability in Rotating Magnetoconvection

Pinaki Pal   SERB, India 2018-21 Ongoing

Extreme events in networks of dynamical systems

Pinaki Pal, India and Ulrike Feudel, Germany   DST, India and DAAD, Germany 2019-21 Ongoing

Homoclinic Bifurcations in Fluid Systems

Pinaki Pal   NBHM, India 2015-18 Completed
Magnetoconvection of Low Prandtl-number Fluids
 
 
Pinaki Pal Supriyo Paul, A. C. College, Jalpaiguri SERB, India 2016-19 Completed
Teachings

UG

MAC 01: Mathematics - I

MAC 02: Mathematics - II

MAC 03: Mathematics - III

PG

MA1104: Linear Algebra

MA1103: Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations

MA3103: Fluid Dynamics

MA9123: Dynamical Systems and Chaos Theory

UG Students

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PG Students

Rohan Kumar (M Sc 2022-24)

Rohan Kumar (M Sc 2022-24)


Some Applications of Finite DIfference Method
Numerical Analysis
Rohan Kumar (M Sc 2022-24)

Rohan Kumar (M Sc 2022-24)


Numerical Analysis

Some Applications of Finite DIfference Method
Mukesh Kumar ( M Sc 2022-24)

Mukesh Kumar ( M Sc 2022-24)


Network Symmetries and Network Growth
Complex Network
Mukesh Kumar ( M Sc 2022-24)

Mukesh Kumar ( M Sc 2022-24)


Complex Network

Network Symmetries and Network Growth
Aditi Maurya (M Sc 2022-24)

Aditi Maurya (M Sc 2022-24)


Double Diffusive Rotating Magnetoconvection: Linear Theory
Double Diffusive Convection
Aditi Maurya (M Sc 2022-24)

Aditi Maurya (M Sc 2022-24)


Double Diffusive Convection

Double Diffusive Rotating Magnetoconvection: Linear Theory
Prosenjit Kundu (MSc 2011-13)

Prosenjit Kundu (MSc 2011-13)

Assistant Professor, Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology
Nonlinear Dynamics
Prosenjit Kundu (MSc 2011-13)

Prosenjit Kundu (MSc 2011-13)

Assistant Professor, Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology

Nonlinear Dynamics

Lekha Sharma (M Sc 2016-18)

Lekha Sharma (M Sc 2016-18)


Synchronization in a network of delayed oscillators
Nonlinear Dynamics
Lekha Sharma (M Sc 2016-18)

Lekha Sharma (M Sc 2016-18)


Nonlinear Dynamics

Synchronization in a network of delayed oscillators
Dip Mukherjee ( M Sc 2016-18)

Dip Mukherjee ( M Sc 2016-18)


Dynamics of pulse-coupled oscillators
Dip Mukherjee ( M Sc 2016-18)

Dip Mukherjee ( M Sc 2016-18)



Dynamics of pulse-coupled oscillators
Golam M. Sarkar  ( M Sc 2015-17)

Golam M. Sarkar ( M Sc 2015-17)


Dynamics of nonlinear coupled pendulum
Golam M. Sarkar  ( M Sc 2015-17)

Golam M. Sarkar ( M Sc 2015-17)



Dynamics of nonlinear coupled pendulum
Ravi Ranjan Kumar ( M Tech 2014 - 16)

Ravi Ranjan Kumar ( M Tech 2014 - 16)


Power system stability analysis using Kuramoto model
Ravi Ranjan Kumar ( M Tech 2014 - 16)

Ravi Ranjan Kumar ( M Tech 2014 - 16)



Power system stability analysis using Kuramoto model
Arabinda Ghosh (M Tech 2014-16)

Arabinda Ghosh (M Tech 2014-16)


Dynamics and control of coupled oscillator networks
Arabinda Ghosh (M Tech 2014-16)

Arabinda Ghosh (M Tech 2014-16)



Dynamics and control of coupled oscillator networks
Nabendu Halder ( M Sc 2014-16)

Nabendu Halder ( M Sc 2014-16)


Mechanisms of limit cycle solutions and double zero bifurcation in two dimensional dynamical systems
Nabendu Halder ( M Sc 2014-16)

Nabendu Halder ( M Sc 2014-16)



Mechanisms of limit cycle solutions and double zero bifurcation in two dimensional dynamical systems
Srilena Kundu (MSc 2013 - 15)

Srilena Kundu (MSc 2013 - 15)


On the bifurcations of Josephson junction
Nonlinear Dynamics
Srilena Kundu (MSc 2013 - 15)

Srilena Kundu (MSc 2013 - 15)


Nonlinear Dynamics

On the bifurcations of Josephson junction
Pitambar Khanra (M Sc 2013-15)

Pitambar Khanra (M Sc 2013-15)


Some applications of finite element method
Complex Networks
Pitambar Khanra (M Sc 2013-15)

Pitambar Khanra (M Sc 2013-15)


Complex Networks

Some applications of finite element method
Manojit Ghosh (M Sc 2012-14)

Manojit Ghosh (M Sc 2012-14)


Dynamical systems and symmetry groups
Manojit Ghosh (M Sc 2012-14)

Manojit Ghosh (M Sc 2012-14)



Dynamical systems and symmetry groups
Subhajit Dey (M Tech 2011-13)

Subhajit Dey (M Tech 2011-13)


Spectral code for Rayleigh-Benard convection problem
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Subhajit Dey (M Tech 2011-13)

Subhajit Dey (M Tech 2011-13)


Computational Fluid Dynamics

Spectral code for Rayleigh-Benard convection problem
Rasmita Sahoo (M Tech 2012-14)

Rasmita Sahoo (M Tech 2012-14)


An optimal resource allocation algorithm in cloud computing using EFBP model
Rasmita Sahoo (M Tech 2012-14)

Rasmita Sahoo (M Tech 2012-14)



An optimal resource allocation algorithm in cloud computing using EFBP model
Asim Mallick (M Sc 2014 - 16)

Asim Mallick (M Sc 2014 - 16)


Introduction to finite element method
Numerical Analysis
Asim Mallick (M Sc 2014 - 16)

Asim Mallick (M Sc 2014 - 16)


Numerical Analysis

Introduction to finite element method
Darshna Kumari (M Sc 2017-19)

Darshna Kumari (M Sc 2017-19)


Different routes to chaos in a simple model of convection
Darshna Kumari (M Sc 2017-19)

Darshna Kumari (M Sc 2017-19)



Different routes to chaos in a simple model of convection
Awanit Kumar Singh ( M Tech 2017-19)

Awanit Kumar Singh ( M Tech 2017-19)


Onset of convection in large Prandtl number fluids
Awanit Kumar Singh ( M Tech 2017-19)

Awanit Kumar Singh ( M Tech 2017-19)



Onset of convection in large Prandtl number fluids
Ajay Sharma (M Sc 2018-20)

Ajay Sharma (M Sc 2018-20)


Complete set of orthogonal functions and its applications
Ajay Sharma (M Sc 2018-20)

Ajay Sharma (M Sc 2018-20)



Complete set of orthogonal functions and its applications
Ravi Kumar (M Sc 2019 - 21)

Ravi Kumar (M Sc 2019 - 21)


Ravi Kumar (M Sc 2019 - 21)

Ravi Kumar (M Sc 2019 - 21)



Ankit Dev (M Tech 2021-23)

Ankit Dev (M Tech 2021-23)


Controlling symmetries in a network
Ankit Dev (M Tech 2021-23)

Ankit Dev (M Tech 2021-23)



Controlling symmetries in a network
Sourav Patra ( MSc 2021-23)

Sourav Patra ( MSc 2021-23)


Numerical solutions of one and two dimensional Burger's equations
Sourav Patra ( MSc 2021-23)

Sourav Patra ( MSc 2021-23)



Numerical solutions of one and two dimensional Burger's equations
Sanskriti Kumari (M Sc 2021-23)

Sanskriti Kumari (M Sc 2021-23)


Sanskriti Kumari (M Sc 2021-23)

Sanskriti Kumari (M Sc 2021-23)



Saikat Saha (MSc 2020-22)

Saikat Saha (MSc 2020-22)


Complex dynamics in Lorenz model
Saikat Saha (MSc 2020-22)

Saikat Saha (MSc 2020-22)



Complex dynamics in Lorenz model
Amit Patel (M Sc 2020-22)

Amit Patel (M Sc 2020-22)


Synchronization in time varying networks
Amit Patel (M Sc 2020-22)

Amit Patel (M Sc 2020-22)



Synchronization in time varying networks
Arpit Kumar (MSc 2020-22)

Arpit Kumar (MSc 2020-22)


Flow imbalance in multiplex Markov chain
Arpit Kumar (MSc 2020-22)

Arpit Kumar (MSc 2020-22)



Flow imbalance in multiplex Markov chain
Shivnath Sahu (M Sc 2019-21)

Shivnath Sahu (M Sc 2019-21)


Perron-Frobeneous theorem and its applications
Shivnath Sahu (M Sc 2019-21)

Shivnath Sahu (M Sc 2019-21)



Perron-Frobeneous theorem and its applications
Dipa Das (M Sc 2019-21)

Dipa Das (M Sc 2019-21)


Dynamics of Van-der Pol oscillator
Dipa Das (M Sc 2019-21)

Dipa Das (M Sc 2019-21)



Dynamics of Van-der Pol oscillator
Subrata Nayak     (M Sc 2010-12)

Subrata Nayak (M Sc 2010-12)


Wavy roll instability in low Prandtl number fluids
Convective Instabilities
Subrata Nayak     (M Sc 2010-12)

Subrata Nayak (M Sc 2010-12)


Convective Instabilities

Wavy roll instability in low Prandtl number fluids

Doctoral Students

Lekha Sharma

Lekha Sharma

Ph D 2024 (Completed)
Thesis title: Effect of horizontal aspect ratio on magnetoconvective instabilities in the absence and presence of rotationPresent Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, IIT Kanpur
Lekha Sharma

Lekha Sharma

Ph D 2024 (Completed)

Thesis title: Effect of horizontal aspect ratio on magnetoconvective instabilities in the absence and presence of rotationPresent Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, IIT Kanpur

Manojit Ghosh

Manojit Ghosh

Ph D 2020 (Completed)
Thesis title: Transitions near the onset of rotating magnetoconvection, Present Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Jawaharlal Nehru Center For Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India
Manojit Ghosh

Manojit Ghosh

Ph D 2020 (Completed)

Thesis title: Transitions near the onset of rotating magnetoconvection, Present Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Jawaharlal Nehru Center For Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India

Sutapa Mandal

Sutapa Mandal

Ph D 2024 (Completed)
Thesis Title: Effect of Rotation and Magnetic Field on some Convective Instabilities,                          Present Position: Postdoctoral Fellow , Arizona State University, USA
Sutapa Mandal

Sutapa Mandal

Ph D 2024 (Completed)

Thesis Title: Effect of Rotation and Magnetic Field on some Convective Instabilities,                          Present Position: Postdoctoral Fellow , Arizona State University, USA

Mauparna Nandan

Mauparna Nandan

Ph D 2019 (Completed)
Thesis title: A study on some collective phenomena in coupled nonlinear dynamical systems, Present position: Associate Professor, Techno Main Salt Lake, Kolkata, India
Mauparna Nandan

Mauparna Nandan

Ph D 2019 (Completed)

Thesis title: A study on some collective phenomena in coupled nonlinear dynamical systems, Present position: Associate Professor, Techno Main Salt Lake, Kolkata, India

Prosenjit Kundu

Prosenjit Kundu

Ph D 2019 (Completed)
Thesis title: Transition to synchronization in complex networks: role of frustration, Present Position: Assistant Professor, Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Gandhinagar, India
Prosenjit Kundu

Prosenjit Kundu

Ph D 2019 (Completed)

Thesis title: Transition to synchronization in complex networks: role of frustration, Present Position: Assistant Professor, Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Gandhinagar, India

Ankan Banerjee

Ankan Banerjee

Ph D 2021 (Completed)
Thesis Title: Low Prandtl number magnetoconvection: Instabilities and Bifurcations, Present Position: Postdoctoral Researcher,  University of Leeds, UK
Ankan Banerjee

Ankan Banerjee

Ph D 2021 (Completed)

Thesis Title: Low Prandtl number magnetoconvection: Instabilities and Bifurcations, Present Position: Postdoctoral Researcher,  University of Leeds, UK

Anath Bandhu Das

Anath Bandhu Das

Research Scholar (August, 2022 onward)
Ecological Modelling
Anath Bandhu Das

Anath Bandhu Das

Research Scholar (August, 2022 onward)

Ecological Modelling

Santu Hansda

Santu Hansda

JRF
Double Diffusive Convection
Santu Hansda

Santu Hansda

JRF

Double Diffusive Convection

Sangita Dutta

Sangita Dutta

Research Scholar (October, 2020 onward)
Dynamical Processes in Complex Networks
Sangita Dutta

Sangita Dutta

Research Scholar (October, 2020 onward)

Dynamical Processes in Complex Networks

Abhijit Mondal

Abhijit Mondal

Research Scholar (October, 2021 onward)
Structural Properties of Complex Networks
Abhijit Mondal

Abhijit Mondal

Research Scholar (October, 2021 onward)

Structural Properties of Complex Networks

Yada Nandukumar

Yada Nandukumar

Ph D 2016 (Completed)
Thesis title: Routes to Chaos in Rayleigh Bénard Convection, Present Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, VIT-AP, University, Andhra Pradesh, India
Yada Nandukumar

Yada Nandukumar

Ph D 2016 (Completed)

Thesis title: Routes to Chaos in Rayleigh Bénard Convection, Present Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, VIT-AP, University, Andhra Pradesh, India

Surajit Dan

Surajit Dan

Ph D 2015 (Completed)
Thesis title: Bifurcations and Patterns in Rayleigh Bénard Convection of Low Prandtl-number Fluids, Present Position: Lecturer, Raipur Government Polytechnique, Bankura, India
Surajit Dan

Surajit Dan

Ph D 2015 (Completed)

Thesis title: Bifurcations and Patterns in Rayleigh Bénard Convection of Low Prandtl-number Fluids, Present Position: Lecturer, Raipur Government Polytechnique, Bankura, India

Pitambar Khanra

Pitambar Khanra

Ph D 2021 (Completed)
Thesis Title: Synchronization in Multilayer Networks, Present Position: Postdoctoral Associate, State University of Newyork at Baffalo, USA
Pitambar Khanra

Pitambar Khanra

Ph D 2021 (Completed)

Thesis Title: Synchronization in Multilayer Networks, Present Position: Postdoctoral Associate, State University of Newyork at Baffalo, USA

Snehashish Sarkar

Snehashish Sarkar

Research Scholar (October, 2020 onward)
Convective Instabilities (Broad area)
Snehashish Sarkar

Snehashish Sarkar

Research Scholar (October, 2020 onward)

Convective Instabilities (Broad area)

Projects

Sl.No. Title Name of the PI Name of the CoPIs Funding Agency Amount (Rs.) Project Type Project Status Date of Initiation Date of Completion
1 Rotating and magnetized double-diffusive convection Pinaki Pal NIL SERB, India 2,431,264 Sponsored Ongoing 2022-02-21 2025-02-20
2 Extreme events in networks of dynamical systems Pinaki Pal, India and Ulrike Feudel, Germany NIL DST, India and DAAD, Germany 1,180,000 Sponsored Completed 2019-07-22 2021-07-21
3 Overstability in Rotating Magnetoconvection Pinaki Pal NIL SERB, India 660,000 Sponsored Completed 2018-06-13 2021-12-12
4 Magnetoconvection of Low Prandtl-number Fluids Pinaki Pal Supriyo Paul, A. C. College, Jalpaiguri SERB, India 2,114,970 Sponsored Completed 2016-07-18 2019-11-17
5 Homoclinic Bifurcations in Fluid Systems Pinaki Pal NIL NBHM, India 608,160 Sponsored Completed 2015-10-16 2018-10-15

Projects

Sl.No. Title Name of the PI Name of the CoPIs Funding Agency Amount (Rs.) Project Type Project Status Date of Initiation Date of Completion
1 Rotating and magnetized double-diffusive convection Pinaki Pal NIL SERB, India 2,431,264 Sponsored Ongoing 2022-02-21 2025-02-20
2 Extreme events in networks of dynamical systems Pinaki Pal, India and Ulrike Feudel, Germany NIL DST, India and DAAD, Germany 1,180,000 Sponsored Completed 2019-07-22 2021-07-21
3 Overstability in Rotating Magnetoconvection Pinaki Pal NIL SERB, India 660,000 Sponsored Completed 2018-06-13 2021-12-12
4 Magnetoconvection of Low Prandtl-number Fluids Pinaki Pal Supriyo Paul, A. C. College, Jalpaiguri SERB, India 2,114,970 Sponsored Completed 2016-07-18 2019-11-17
5 Homoclinic Bifurcations in Fluid Systems Pinaki Pal NIL NBHM, India 608,160 Sponsored Completed 2015-10-16 2018-10-15

Projects

Sl.No. Title Name of the PI Name of the CoPIs Funding Agency Amount (Rs.) Project Type Project Status Date of Initiation Date of Completion
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Awards and Recognitions

INSA-DFG visiting scientist 2015 (Under International Exchange Programme)

Administrative Responsibilities

1. Associate Dean (FW):  02.12.2021 - 29.02.2024

2. Head of the Department: 18.07.2019 - 25.07.2021

3. Warden, Hall - III: February, 2013 - March, 2016

4. Member, Annual Report Committee: May, 2010 - March, 2017

Contact

Mobile : +91-9434788193
Email : ppal.maths@nitdgp.ac.in, pinaki.math@gmail.com

Miscellaneous

Continuing Education

1. National workshop on 'Nonlinear Dynamical Systems', 4-8 July, 2011 (Jt. Convener)

2. National workshop on 'Nonlinear Waves: Theory and Simulations', 14-18 January, 2013 (Jt. Convener)

3. TEQIP - II Sponsored Short Term Course on 'Introduction to Open Source Softwares and Applications', 16-20 December, 2013 (Jt. Co-ordinator)

4. Short term course on 'Non-linear Dynamical Systems', 14-18 December, 2015 (Co-ordinator)

5. 4th International Conference on 'Complex Dynamical Systems and Applications', 12-17 February, 2016 (Convener)

6. GIAN course on 'Complexity and Nonlinear Dynamics in Biological Systems', 12-16 September, 2016 (Co-ordinator)

7. TEQIP – III Sponsored Industry Institute Interaction Programme on 'Cloud Computing and Optimization', 21 November, 2019 (Convener)

8. TEQIP – III sponsored one day seminar on ‘Complex Dynamical Systems in Science and Engineering’, 3 March, 2020 (Convener)

9.  Workshop on "Differential Equations: Fundamentals to Applications (DEFA-2023)", 11-15 December, 2023 (Convener)

10. 7th International Conference on Complex Dynamical Systems and Applications (CDSA 2024), January 25-27, 2024 (Coordinator)

 

 

 

 


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