Academic Departments
| Contact | Year of Establishment | Courses Offered | Faculty Members | Fellows and Awards | Staff | Research Work |
92, A.P.C.Road, Kolkata – 700 009
Phone : 2350 8386/1397/6387/6396
Extension : 450/451
Fax : (91) (033) 2351-9755
Phone : 2350 8386/1397/6387/6396
Extension : 450/451
Fax : (91) (033) 2351-9755
1894 (Mixed & Applied Mathematics)
1914 (Renamed as Applied Mathematics)
| Programme | Level of Study | Cut-off Mark at entry | Intake Capacity |
| M.Sc. in Applied Mathematics 2 years | P.G. | Admitted on the basis of the performance level at lower examination normally |
44 |
| M.Phil in Applied Mathematics | Post M.Sc. | As per UGC guide lines for University M.Phil regulations. | 10 |
| Ph.D in Applied Mathematics | Research | As per UGC guide lines for University Ph.D regulations. |
| Name | Specialisation | |
| Professors | ||
| Dr. Pranay Kumar Chaudhuri | Solid Mechanics , Graph Theory | pranaychaudhuri@yahoo.co.in chaudhuripranay@gmail.com |
| Dr. Uma Basu | Fluid Dynamics, Oceanography & Meteorology, Water Wave, Continuum Mechanics | basuuma1@rediffmail.com ubappmath@caluniv.ac.in |
| Dr. Bijan Bagchi | Quantum Mechanics, Non-linearity & High Energy-Physics | bbagchi123@rediffmail.com |
| Dr. Sanjay Sen | Geophysics & Hydrology | dr.sanjaysen@rediff.com |
| Dr. Tripti Chakraborti | Advanced Optimization & Operation Research, Mathematical Economics, Financial Mathematics, Control Theory, Advanced Computer Science and Cybernetics | tripti.chakrabarti@yahoo.com triptichakrabarti@gmail.com shreya001@yahoo.com |
| Dr. Susmita Sarkar | Plasma Dynamics, Nonlinear Systems. |
susmita62@yahoo.co.in |
| Dr. Krishna Kundu | Water Wave, Cybernetics | |
| Associate Professor | ||
| Dr. Tanuka Chattopadhyay | Astrophysics/Astrostatistics Galaxy and globular clusters, Gamma Ray Burst, Stellar Initial Mass Function | tanuka@iucaa.ernet.in tanuka2008@gmail.com |
| Readers | ||
| Dr. Debasis Sarkar | Quantum Foundations, Quantum Information Theory | dsappmath@caluniv.ac.in debasis1x@yahoo.co.in |
| Dr. Suma Debsarma | Water Waves, Elasticity & Plasticity | sdappmath@caluniv.ac.in suma_debsarma@rediffmail.com |
| Dr. Mridula Kanoria | Solid Mechanics, Thermoelasticity, Water Waves | mkappmath@caluniv.ac.in k-mri@yahoo.com |
| Dr. Samiran Ghosh | Plasma Physics, Nonlinear Dynamics , Stochastic Process | sran_g@yahoo.com |
| Assistant Professors | ||
| Dr. Soumen De | Fluid Mechanics, Water Waves, Integral Equations. | soumenisi@gmail.com |
| Dr. Swarup Poria | Nonlinear Dynamics, Mathematical Biology, Fluid Mechanics | swarup_p@yahoo.com |
| Dr. Indrani Chattopadhyay | Quantum Information, Computational Quantum Mechanics | icappmath@caluniv.ac.in ichattopadhyay@yahoo.co.in |
| Name | Awards | Visiting fellowship/ Associateship/Professorship/Scientist |
| Prof Uma Basu | UGC career award, 1994 | Fellow, National Academy of Science, India |
| Prof Bijan Kumar Bagchi | Visiting Professor
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| Prof Susmita Sarkar |
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| Dr Tanuka Chattopadhyay |
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| Dr Samiran Ghosh | Young Scientist Award (Maastricht, Netharlands), International Union of Radio Science(URSI), 2002 | Visiting Scientist, University of Witwatersrand, Wits, South Africa, (2006) |
| Dr Swarup Poria | Associate, Institute of Mathematical Sciences (Chennai), (2006 – 08) |
| Name | Designation |
| Mr Biswajit Biswas | Technical Assistant Gr.I |
| Ms Aparna Banerjee | Technical Assistant Gr.II |
| Mr Pyare Lal Kharwar | Lab Boy |
Office Staff
| Name | Designation |
| Ms Shila Sarkar (Das) | Junior Assistant |
| Mr Sitaram Singh | Senior Peon |
| Mr Santanu Das | Junior Peon |
Library Staff
| Name | Designation |
| Ms Jaya Modak | Assistant Librarian (Grade II) |
| Mr Arup Banerjee | Senior Library Attendant |
| Mr Swapan Kumar Jana | Junior Peon |
Major Thrust Areas
Major thrust areas in which Research activities are being actively pursued :
Continuum Mechanics :
Solid Mechanics, Thermo elasticity, Fluid Dynamics, Non-linear Dynamics,
Mathematical Geophysics/Theoretical Seismology, River Physics and Hydraulics.
Optimization Theory:
Advanced Optimization and Operations Research, Automata Theory, Control Theory,
Numerical Analysis (including CFD), Stochastic Process, Stochastic Dynamics, Cybernetics.
Theoretical Physics:
Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Field Theory, Quantum Information, Plasma Dynamics,
Astrophysics/Astrostatistics,
General Relativity and Cosmology.
Mathematical Biology:
Ecology,
Research Programme
| Funding Agency | Programme | Duration | Total Grant | Amount Sanctioned till date |
| UGC | SAP, DSA Phase II | 1.4.2007 - 31.3.2012 | Non recurring Rs. 10,00000/- Recurring Rs. 4,70,000/- per annum |
Non recurring Rs. 10,00000/- Recurring Rs. 7, 92, 954/- |
Present On Going Individual Research Projects
| Name of the Investigator | Title of the Project and Duration | Amount Sanctioned | Funding Agency |
| 1.Prof C.G.Chakrabarty (Rtd), Prof. Uma Basu and Prof. S. Mukherjee (Dept of Bio Physics, CU) |
1. Nonlinearity and Complexity in Multi component Ecosystem. 2007-12 |
1. UPE(UGC) |
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| 2. Dr R.K.Bhattacharyya (Rtd.) and Prof. Uma Basu |
2. Studies on Random Differential Equations with Application to some problems on wave propagation. 2007- 10 |
2. Rs.4,49,600/- | 2. UGC |
| 3. Prof A.Roy (Rtd) and Prof. Uma Basu |
3. Analysis of Fracture Mechanical Behavior of Piezoelectric and Functionally Graded Materials weakened by Three Dimensional Materials. 2008-11 | 3. Rs. 5,92,000/- | 3. UGC |
| 4. Prof Susmita Sarkar, Prof M.R.Gupta (Rtd.), Prof Uma Basu |
4. Study of Wave Characteristics in a Dusty Plasma due to Different Charging Mechanisms. 2007-12 |
4. UPE(UGC) | |
| 5. Dr Tanuka Chattopadhyay Prof A.K.Chattopadhyay (Dept. of Statistics, CU) |
5. Dwarf Galaxies, Ultra Compact Dwarf Galaxies and Globular Clusters. 2010-13 | 5. Rs.4,44,000/- | 5. DST |
Past Teachers of the Department
Ganesh Prasad** Sudhansu Kumar Banerjee** Satyendranath Bose** Meghnad Saha** Nikhil Ranjan Sen** Bibhuti Bhusan Datta** Suddhodan Ghosh** Nipendranath Sen**Bratisankar Ray** Parimal Kanti Ghosh** Sushil Kumar Dasgupta** Tapen Chandra Roy** Mahadev Datta** Amritava Gupta** Durgadas Mallik** Prafulla Prasun Chattarji** Subodh Kumar Chakraborti ** Jnanendra Gopal Chakraborti** Ambarish Ghosh ** Arabinda Mukhopadhyay** Birendra Nath Mondal** Mithil Ranjan Gupta** Baidyanath Basu** Gagan Behari Bandyopadhyay** Subhendu Kumar Dutta** Jitendra Nath Das** Kali Pada Das** Subhas Chandra Bose** Prabhas Raychaudhuri** Rabindranath Sen** Charu Gopal Chakrabarty** Anil Kumar Pramanik** Dilip Kumar Sinha** Arabinda Roy** Satya Sankar De** Uma Ranjan Burman** Sarat Chandra Ganguly
