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Dr. Kankan Sarkar

Assistant Professor
Department of Mathematics
 
Office Address:
Department of Mathematics
Malda College
Malda - 732101,India
Email: kankan.math@gmail.com
           kankan@maldacollege.ac.in

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Academic Record:

  • Ph.D. in Mathematics, Jadavpur University, 2023 
  • M. Sc. in Mathematics, Jadavpur University, 2010
  • B. Sc. in Mathematics (Honours), University of North Bengal, 2008

Career Record:
  • Assistant Professor of Mathematics (Malda College, Malda) February, 2015 - till date
  • CSIR Senior Research Fellow (CSIR – National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa), 2013 – 2015
  • CSIR Junior Research Fellow (CSIR – National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula,Goa), 2011 – 2013
  • UGC Junior Research Fellow (Jadavpur University, Kolkata), 2010 – 2011

Award:
  • Outstanding Paper Presentation for the paper “Stability and Bifurcation Analysis of a Predator-Prey Model with Holling Type – II Functional Response” in the 3rd Regional Science & Technology Congress – 2018, West Bengal (Northern Region) jointly organized by Jalpaiguri Govt. Engineering College and Department of Science and Technology and Biotechnology, Govt. of West Bengal, 12-13 December, 2018.

Educational Achievements:
  • Qualified CSIR-UGC NET, June 2010 with CSIR Fellowship
  • Qualified CSIR-UGC NET, December 2009 with UGC Fellowship
  • Qualified GATE 2010 in Mathematics

Position Held:
  • Coordinator, Department of Computer Science and Application, Malda College from 01 April, 2018 - till date
  • HOD, Department of Mathematics, Malda College from 01 April, 2017 - 31 March, 2019
  • Member of IQAC, Malda College
  • Technical Editor, Indian Journal of Multidisciplinary Academic Research (IJMAR)
  • Programme Officer, Malda College NSS Unit from July, 2015 - June, 2017

Teaching Area:
  • Real Analysis
  • Ordinary Differential Equation
  • Probability and Statistics
  • Dynamics
  • Classical Algebra
  • Vector Analysis
  • C/C++ Programming

Research Interest:
Mathematical Biology, Thermal fronts in the north Indian Ocean and Climate Change

Research Publications:       (Click Here to View Lates Publications)
  1. Kankan Sarkar, Subhas Khajanchi, Prakash Chandra Mali (2022): A delayed eco-epidemiological model with weak Allee effect and disease in prey, International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos (Accepted).
  2. Subhas Khajanchi, Kankan Sarkar*, Sandip Banerjee (2022): Modeling the dynamics of COVID-19 pandemic with implementation of intervention strategies, Eur. Phys. J. Plus 137, 129, https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-022-02347-w
  3. Subhas Khajanchi, Kankan Sarkar*, Jayanta Mandal, K. S. Nisar and S. F. Abdelwahab (2021): Mathematical modeling of the COVID-19 outbreak with intervention strategies, Results in Physics, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rinp.2021.104285
  4. Kankan Sarkar, Subhas Khajanchi, Prakash Chandra Mali and Juan J. Nieto (2020): Rich Dynamics of a Predator-Prey System with Different Kinds of Functional Responses, Complexity, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/4285294
  5. Subhas Khajanchi and Kankan Sarkar (2020): Forecasting the daily and cumulative number of cases for the COVID-19 pandemic in India, Chaos, 30(7):071101, https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0016240
  6. Kankan Sarkar, Subhas Khajanchi, Juan J. Nieto (2020): Modeling and forecasting the COVID-19 pandemic in India, Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, 139:110049, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chaos.2020.110049
  7. Subhas Khajanchi, Kankan Sarkar, Jayanta Mondal, Matjaz Perc (2020): Dynamics of the COVID-19 pandemic in India, (Under Review, Pre-print Link), https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-27112/v1
  8. Kankan Sarkar and Subhas Khajanchi (2020): Impact of fear effect on the growth of prey in a predator-prey interaction model, Ecological Complexity, 42:100826, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecocom.2020.100826
  9. Kankan Sarkar, S. G. Aparna, Shrikant Dora, D. Shankar (2019): Seasonal variability of sea-surface-temperature fronts associated with large marine ecosystems in the north Indian Ocean, J. Earth Syst. Sci. 128: 20, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12040-018-1045-x
  10. Kankan Sarkar (2018): A survey on the use of ICT in Teaching Learning Practices in College Level Mathematics; RESEARCH REVIEW International Journal of Multidisciplinary, 3(5), pp. 228-232. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1253478 (UGC Refereed Journal)
  11. Kankan Sarkar (2017): Statistical Analysis of Long Term Surface Temperature: A Case Study of Malda District, West Bengal, India; IJRAR-International Journal of Research and  Analytical Reviews, 4(3), pp. 349-352. (UGC Refereed Journal) Click Here for Full Text (PDF)
  12. P. Vipin, Kankan Sarkar, S. G. Aparna, D. Shankar, V. V. S. S. Sarma, D. G. Gracias, M. S. Krishna, G. Srikanth, R. Mandal, E. P. Rama Rao, N. Srinivasa Rao (2015): Evolution and sub-surface characteristics of a sea-surface temperature filament and front in the northeastern Arabian Sea during November-December 2012, Journal of Marine Systems, 150, 1-11. doi:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2015.05.003 (SCI Journal)
  13. M. Chatterjee, D. Shankar, G. K. Sen, P. Sanyal, D. Sundar, G. S. Michael, A. Chatterjee, P. Amol, D. Mukherjee, K. Suprit, A. Mukherjee, V. Vijith, S. Chatterjee, A. Basu, M. Das, S. Chakraborti, A. Kalla, S. K. Misra, S. Mukhopadhyay, G. Mandal, Kankan Sarkar (2013): Tidal variations in the Sundarbans Estuarine System, India ; J. Earth Syst. Sci. 122(4), pp. 899-933. doi:10.1007/s12040-013-0314-y (SCIE Journal)

Abstract/Paper Presented in National/International Conferences:
  1. Sarkar, K., Khajanchi, S., Understanding the dynamics of the COVID-19 outbreak in India: A mathematical perspective, Two-day National Webinar on Mathematical Perspective of COVID-19 Outbreak: Predictions, Precautions & Preventive Measures (MPCOPPPM-2020) organized by Department of Mathematics in association with IQAC, Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University, 11th & 12th June, 2020.
  2. Sarkar, K., Khajanchi, S., Stability and Bifurcation Analysis of a Predator-Prey Model with Holling Type – II Functional Response, 26th West Bengal State Science & Technology Congress, 2019 organised by Department of Science and Technology and Biotechnology, Govt. of West Bengal, 28th February & 1st March, 2019.
  3. Sarkar, K., Khajanchi, S., Stability and Bifurcation Analysis of a Predator-Prey Model with Holling Type – II Functional Response, 3rd Regional Science & Technology Congress – 2018, West Bengal (Northern Region)  jointly organised by Jalpaiguri Govt. Engineering College and Department of Science and Technology and Biotechnology, Govt. of West Bengal, 12-13 December, 2018.
  4. Sarkar, K., Aparna, S. G., Vipin, P., Sea Surface Temperature Fronts and Filaments in the Eastern Arabian Sea, International Symposium on the Indian Ocean “Dynamics of the Indian Ocean: Perspective and Retrospective” (2015)
  5. Sarkar, K., Shankar, D., Aparna, S. G., Sea Surface Temperature Fronts in the North Indian Ocean, National Conference on Exploring Advances in Mathematics, 16-17 December, 2015
Invited Lecture:
  1. State Level One day workshop on "Use of ICT in Teaching, Research and Administrative Practice" on 30 August, 2019, organized by Ramakrishna Sarada Mission Vivekananda Vidyabhavan (RSMVV), Kolkata-55 and Malda College, Malda.
  2. “Personal Website Development, E-Learning Module and Ubuntu OS”, Two days workshop “Application ICT and E-learning module in teaching learning system” on 13-14 July, 2018, Jointly Organized by Center for Environment and Economic Development (CEED), a NITI Aayog affiliated research institution and Women’s Christian College, Kolkata.
  3. "Creating E-Learning Module and Personal Website", One Day State Level Seminar on "CBCS System and E-Module" on 31 May, 2018, organized by IQAC, Vidyasagar College for Women, Kolkata - 700006.
  4. “E-Learning Module”, One Day Workshop on “The Use of ICT in Teaching, Learning and Introduction of E-Learning Module” on 9 March, 2018, organized by IQAC, Beharampore Girls’ College, Murshidabad
  5. “Creating E-Learning Module and Personal Website Development”, University Level Workshop on Recent Changes in Assessment & Accreditation Methodology by NAAC: with Special Emphasis on Integration of ICT in HEIs, from 15-16 February, 2018, organized by Netaji Subhas Mahavidyalaya, Haldibari, Cooch Behar – 735122
 
Training Courses:
  1. Four-week Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on "Use of ICT in Education for Online and Blended Learning", Conducted by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay from 2 May - 10 July, 2017. This FDP was held under the National Mission on Education through ICT (MHRD). (For details Click Here)
  2. "Short Term Course on Computer Applications" from 15 February - 21 February, 2016, Conducted by Aligarh Muslim University, Murshidabad Centre.
  3. Workshop on "Oceanographic Processes and its Modeling of Weather and Climate" from 5-16 July, 2010, Organized by the Department of Ocean Engineering & Naval Architecture and Centre for Oceans, Rivers, Atmosphere & Land Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur.