Educational Qualifications

• Degree: Doctor of Philosophy

  Thesis title: Dynamics of Piecewise Smooth Maps with Periodic and Stochastic Variation in the Functional Form

  Year: 2018

  Specialization: Nonlinear dynamics and Chaos Theory

  Institute: Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata (IISER Kolkata)

• Degree: Master of Science

  Subject: Applied Mathematics

  Year: 2012

  University: University of Calcutta

  Obtained marks: 76.9% (First Class)

• Degree: Bachelor of Science(Honours)

  Subject Mathematics

  Year: 2009

  College: Ramkrishna Mission Vidyamandira, Belur Math

  University: University of Calcutta

  Obtained marks: 66.88% (First Class)

• Degree: Higher secondary

  Year: 2006

  School: Berhampur J.N.Academy

  Board: West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education

  Obtained marks: 88.2% (First Class)

• Degree: Madhyamik

  Year: 2004

  School: Berhampore J.N. Academy

  Board: West Bengal Board of Secondary Education

  Obtained marks: 87.38% (First Class)

Awards and Fellowships

• CSIR-UGC NET Junior Research Fellowship in Mathematical Sciences (December 2012).
• GATE in Mathematics (2012, 2015).
• Junior Research Fellowship for Ph.D. at IISER Kolkata (2014).
• Senior Research Fellowship at IISER Kolkata (2017).
• Junior Research Fellowship for Ph.D. at IIT Guwahati (2012).

Research Publications in Refereed International Journals

Single-Authored Publications in SCI/Scopus Indexed Journals

1. D. Mandal. ‘Dynamics of Two Dimensional Piecewise Smooth Maps with Stochastically Varying Border’. Advances in Dynamical Systems and Applications (ADSA), 14 (2019) 245-255.
2. D. Mandal. ‘On the importance of coexistence of time and state-dependent switching’. Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, 115 (2018) 154-159.
3. D. Mandal. ‘Interrupted feedback perturbation method for controlling chaos’. Nonlinear Dynamics, 90 (2017) 1491-1500.
4. D. Mandal. ‘Nondeterministic basin of attraction’. Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, 103 (2017) 532-535.
5. D. Mandal. ‘Bifurcation from an invariant to a non-invariant attractor’. EPL(Europhysics Letters), 116 (2017) 50003.

Co-Authored Publications in SCI Journals

1. D. Mandal and S. Banerjee. ‘Effect of stochastically moving border on basins of attraction in a class of piecewise smooth maps’. Physics Letters A, 381 (2017) 2161-2166.

List of International Conference Papers

1. D. Mandal and S. Banerjee. ‘Invariant Density of Piecewise Smooth Maps in Presence of Noise’. Conference on Nonlinear Systems and Dynamics, December 16-18, 2016, IISER Kolkata.
2. D. Mandal. ‘Controlling the dangerous effect of the stochastically varying border in 1-D piecewise smooth maps’. International Conference on Mathematical Sciences and Applications, February 26-28, 2020, University of Kalyani.

Conferences/Training Courses Attended

• Training course on ‘Dynamic Data Assimilation – Methods and Algorithms’ at National Center for Medium Range Weather Forecasting, Noida, from 23.07.2012 to 03.08.2012.
• ‘Conference on Nonlinear Systems and Dynamics’ at IISER Kolkata, from 16.12.2016 to 18.12.2016.

Previous Academic Positions

• Designation: Assistant Professor (Level-12, AGP-8000)
  Department: Department of Mathematics
  Institution: BITS Pilani K. K. Birla Goa Campus
• Designation: Temporary Faculty
  Department: Department of Mathematics
  Institution: National Institute of Technology Sikkim
• Designation: Assistant Professor (AGP-6000, Gazzated ‘A’ Post under BPSC)
  Department: Department of Mathematics
  Institution: K.P. College, Muraliganj, Bihar
• Designation: Guest Lecturer
  Department: Department of Mathematics
  Institution: Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, Belur Math (An Autonomous College under University of Calcutta with CPE Status)

Other Academic Activities

• Referee for the peer-reviewed SCI Journal Pramana.
• External paper setter-cum-moderator of ‘Mathematics for Economics’ at Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, Belur Math (An Autonomous College under University of Calcutta with CPE Status).