Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra

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Dr. Pawan Kumar Shaw

Joined Institute on : 23-Jan-2024

  • Assistant Professor
  • Mathematics
  • M.Sc (Mathematics & Computing, IIT Guwahati), Ph.D (Mathematics, NIT Jamshedpur)
Contact Address

Department of Mathematics, BIT Mesra, Ranchi.

Barrackpore, Kolkata, West Bengal.

  • Phone Office - +91 8013657987
  • Phone Residence - +91 8013657987
  • Email - pkshaw@bitmesra.ac.in
Work Experience

Teaching : 6.5 Years

Research : 7 Years

Individual: 7 Years

Professional Background

Experience:

  • January 2024 – till date: Assistant Professor at the Department of Mathematics, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Jharkhand, India.
  • December 2022 – January 2024: Assistant Professor at the Centre for Data Science, Siksha O Anusandhan University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
  • August 2022 – December 2022: Assistant Professor at the Department of Mathematics, Jaipur Engineering College & Research Centre University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
  • January 2018 – September 2021: Assistant Professor (Under TEQIP-III) at the Department of Mathematics, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Jharkhand, India.

Institute Level Activity:

  • Involvement in Bitotsav as security committee (since 2025)

Department Level Activity: 

  • Timetable and Course allotment Co-Coordinator [since 2025 to till date]
  • Departmental database coordinator [since 2025 to till date]

Projects:

  1. Worked on the project titled “Semi-discrete Error Estimate of Parabolic Problem in Plane and Interface domain” under the supervision of Dr. Bhupen Deka at IIT Guwahati from December 2015 to May 2016.
  2. Worked on the project titled “Mersene Prime and its Application” at IIT Guwahati from July 2015 to December 2015.

Invited Speaker/Resource Person/Keynote Speaker:

  1. Delivered an invited talk as a resource person in the two-day Online National Workshop on “The Application of Differential Equations to Real-World Problems” organized by the Division of Mathematics, School of Advanced Sciences, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, on 15th and 16th February 2024.
  2. Delivered an invited talk in the “International Conference on Mathematics and Statistics in the Era of Data Science (ICMSDS-2025)" organized by the Department of Mathematics, Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi, during 18-20th March, 2025.
  3. Delivered an invited talk in the “International Conference on Recent Advances in Mathematical Sciences and Interdisciplinary Areas (RAMSIA-25)" organized by the Department of Mathematics, GLA University, Mathura, during 28-30th March, 2025.

 

Research Areas
  1. Fractional Calculus
  2. Differential Equation
  3. Numerical Analysis
  4. Nonlinear Dynamics
  5. Mathematical Modelling

Interested candidates are encouraged to apply for Ph.D.  with national and international fellowships (IRF, CSIR, NBHM, INSPIRE). 

Award and Honours

National Level Exam Cleared / Scholarship:

  1. Joint CSIR-UGC test for Junior Research Fellowship and Eligible for Lectureship.
  2. Cleared GATE in Mathematical Sciences (Year 2016 & 2017)
  3. Merit-Cum-Means Scholarship holder in IIT Guwahati.
  4. Joint Admission Test for M.Sc. with All India Rank: 257.
  5. West Bengal Merit-Cum-Means Scholarship holder.

Seminars/Conferences/Short-Term Courses/Workshops/Student Training Program Organized:

  1. Organizer and Coordinator in Online Student Training Program on "Data Science and Analytics" conducted under TEQIP-III with the collaboration of NASSCOM SSC, organized at BIT Mesra, Ranchi from 1st August 2020 to 31st August 2020.
  2. Organizing Secretary in “Mathematics Seminar on Sciences & Engineering Applications (SEA-2021)” organized by Department of Mathematics at BIT Mesra, Ranchi on February 12-13, 2021.
  3. Organizing Secretary in “Seminar on Applications of Statistics in Sciences & Engineering (ASSE-2021)” organized by Department of Mathematics at BIT Mesra, Ranchi, on March 05-06, 2021.

Seminars/Conferences/Short-Term Courses/Workshops Attended:

  1. Participated in the Faculty Induction Programme, organized and conducted by Education Cell & Centre for Educational Technology, IIT Kharagpur, during February 19- 23, 2018.
  2. Participated in the short-term courses on "Recent Advances in Applied Optimization" conducted under TEQIP-III sponsored by MHRD, organized at IIT Guwahati, during December 24-28, 2018.
  3. Participated in the Faculty summer training program on advanced pedagogies: "Active Learning and Digital Tools" conducted under TEQIP-III sponsored by MHRD, organized at IIT Hyderabad, during June 10-14, 2019.
  4. Participated in the Faculty training program on "Data Science and Analytics" conducted under TEQIP-III sponsored by MHRD, organized at IIT Indore, during March 02-12, 2020.
  5. Participated in the Outreach SHORT-TERM PROGRAM (FDP) on “Preparedness for Industry 4.0: Demands and Prospects” Sponsored by UGC (Ministry of Education), GoI under the Malaviya Mission Teacher Training  Programme, organized by the Department of EEE, at BIT Mesra Ranchi, during July 14-19, 2025.
  6. Participated in the Workshop on “Learning Dynamical Systems and Control: Foundation, Method, Algorithm, and Implementation (LDC-FMAID 2025)” organized at Center for Quantitative Economics and Data Sciences, at BIT Mesra Ranchi, during July 21-25, 2025.
Publications
Publication Year

Publication:

  1. Pawan Kumar Shaw, Sunil Kumar, Shaher Momani and Samir Hadid, Dynamical analysis of fractional plant disease model with curative and preventive treatments, Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, Elsevier, 164, 2022, 112705.
  2. Sunil Kumar, Pawan Kumar Shaw, Abdel-Haleem Abdel-Aty, Emad E Mahmoud, A numerical study on fractional differential equation with population growth model, Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations, John Wiley & Sons, 40, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1002/num.22684.
  3. Sara S. Alzaid, Pawan Kumar Shaw, Sunil Kumar, A study of Ralston’s cubic convergence with the application of population growth model, AIMS Mathematics, AIMS Press, 7, 6, 2022, 11320–11344.
  4. Sara S. Alzaid, Pawan Kumar Shaw, Sunil Kumar, A numerical study of fractional population growth and nuclear decay model, AIMS Mathematics, AIMS Press, 7, 6, 2022, 11417-11442.
  5. Pawan Kumar Shaw, Sunil Kumar, Shaher Momani and Samir Hadid, Two New Quadratic Scheme for Fractional Differential Equation with World Population Growth Model, Progress in Fractional Differentiation and Applications, Natural Science, 2022.
  6. Anil Kumar, Pawan Kumar Shaw, Sunil Kumar, Numerical investigation of pine wilt disease using fractal–fractional operator, Indian Journal of Physics, Springer, 2024, 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12648-024-03298-x
  7. Anil Kumar, Pawan Kumar Shaw, Sunil Kumar, A chaotic study of love dynamics with competition using fractal-fractional operator, Engineering Computations, Emerald Publishing Limited, 2024, 1884-1907.

Papers Presented at National / International  Conferences:

  1. Presented paper at International Conference on “Soft Computing, Optimization Theory, and Applications (SCOTA-2021)”, organized by the Department of Mathematics, BIT Mesra, Ranchi, during March 26-27, 2021.
  2. Presented paper at International Conference on “Dynamical Systems and Numerical Methods (ICDSNM-2022)”, organized by the Department of Mathematics, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, during May 20-21, 2022.
  3. Presented paper at National Conference on “Recent Advances in Mathematics and its Applications (NCRAMA-2024)”, organized by the Department of Mathematics, NIT Rourkela, Odisha, during September 28-29, 2024.

PG Student Supervision:

  1. Bhuwan Jain (Roll No: IMH/10046/20) (Thesis Title: Hybrid Deep Learning Approaches for Real-Time Deepfake Detection Using ResNet50 and LSTM) (Completed)
  2. Sikha Kumari (Roll No: IMH/10037/20) (Thesis Title: Business Development Insights in Digital Education Sector: An Internship Experience At Teachnook ) (Completed)
  3. Richa Kumari (Roll No: IMH/10045/20) (Thesis Title: Customer Acquisition and Sales Strategy in EDTech: A Case Study of Teachnook ) (Completed)

UG Student Supervision:

  1. Debasmita Das (Roll No: IMH/10004/21) (Thesis Title: Image Denoising using Fractional Derivative and Deep Learning) (Completed)
  2. Vikram Kumar Yadav (Roll No: IMH/10047/21) (Thesis Title: Understanding Statistical Hypothesis Testing) (Completed)
  3. Md. Attaullah (Roll No: IMH/10025/22) (Thesis Title: Continuous Graph Neural Networks with Neural ODEs for Traffic Flow Prediction) (Completed)
  4. Saurav (Roll No: IMH/10048/22) (Thesis Title: Plant Disease Detection Using Machine Learning and Deep Learning) (Completed)
  5. Aditya Mohan Singh (Roll No: IMH/10007/22) (Thesis Title: Enhancing Sematic Segmentation via Fractional Calculus  Feature) (Completed)
  6. Mayank Kumar (Roll No: IMH/10063/22) (Thesis Title: Mood Detection By Facial Expression) (Completed)

Important Links: 

 

Member of Professional Bodies
  • International Association of Engineers (IAENG) (Member No: 373921)
Fellow

Ph.D. Supervision:

  • Mr. Rahul Kumar (PHD/AM/10001/25), Research Interest: Fractional Order Nonlinear Dynamics. (Ongoing)
Member, Editorial Board

Reviewer of the following International Journals

  • Physica Scripta
  • Indian Journal of Physics
  • Applied Mathematics and Computation
  • Engineering Computation
  • Applied Mathematical Modelling
  • Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics
  • Result in Mathematics
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Indian Section A: Physical Science
  • The Journal of the Indian Mathematical Society