A) Professional Qualifications:

• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Engineering from Computer Science & Engineering Department of Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad on the topic “A Quantitative Approach for Dependability Evaluation of Safety Critical Systems” in February 2024. 

                          External Examiner: Prof. Sandeep Kumar Garg, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee.

                         Supervisor: Prof. (HAG) Chiranjeev Kumar, Indian Institute of Technology (ISM), Dhanbad.

                   External Co-Supervisor: Dr. Lalit Kumar Singh, Scientist/F, Head of AI Unit, Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited – Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (NPCIL - B.A.R.C.), Anushaktinagar, Mumbai.  

• Master of Technology from Computer Science & Engineering Department of Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad  in May 2015.
• Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science & Engineering from Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya, Bhopal   in May 2011.

B) Professional Experience:

        1. Research Experiences:

               a.)   Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited – Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Anushaktinagar, Mumbai.  

I worked as a PhD Research Fellow (On Deputation Basis) at NPCIL– BARC, Mumbai from January 2020 to December 2020, and 2 April 2021 to 31 March 2022. At NPCIL, I developed software performability (performance + reliability + availability) model for the Nuclear Reactor, and implemented it for the safety shutdown system of Nuclear Power Plant.

b.)   Senior Research Fellow (August 2020 to October 2023) at Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad.  

c.)   Junior Research Fellow (July 2018 to August 2020) at Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad.  

         2. Academic Experiences:

             a.)  8^th  January 2026 to till date – Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra,  Ranchi, Jharkhand. 

•              Subjects Teaching:
  • Design and Analysis of Algorithms (CS24213)
  • Advanced Programming (CS2418)
  • Programming for Problem Solving Laboratory (CS24102)

           b.)  12^th  December 2024 to 19^th  December 2025 – Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Lalpur, Ranchi, Jharkhand. 

• •   Subjects Taught:
    • Internet of Things (CA359)
    • Software Engineering (CA416)
    • Software Testing (CN309)
    • Introduction to Machine Learning (CN303)
    • Elementary Mathematics (PR25001)
•   c.)  30^th  November 2023 to 10^th December 2024 – Assistant Professor, School of Computing Science & Engineering, Galgotias University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh.                      
• •    Subjects Taught:
    • Theory of Computation (R1UC501T)
    • Computer Networks (R1UC401T)
    • Database Management Systems (E2UC302B)
    • Computer Organisation and Architecture (E2UC301T)
    • Advanced Computer Architecture (R1UC619T)
    • Advanced Data Structures & Algorithm (R1UC503B)
    • Software Engineering & Testing Methodologies (R1UC502B)
•   d.)  July 2018 to October 2023 –  Full-time PhD Research Scholar, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad.
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•   e.)  13^th  July 2015 to 28^th June 2018  –  Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Sachdeva Institute of Technology, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh.

• Software Reliability,
• Stochastic Modeling,
• Reliability Analysis,
• Dependability Evaluation of Safety-Critical Systems,
• Software Engineering,
• IoT,
• Machine Learning

• Got invited and participated as a Guest Speaker in the AI Learning Workshop organized (on 07-02-2026) by the Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC 8.0) at Government Engineering College, Palamu, under the AICTE & MoE’s Innovation Cell (MIC) – Pre-AI Summit initiative. I had the opportunity to deliver a session on AI-Integrated IoT-Based Safety-Critical Systems, focusing on real-world applications, challenges, and future research directions.
•  Got invited and contributed as a resource person for the 10-days (03 November 2025 to 14 November 2025) skill enhancement workshop on C-programming organized by Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering at National Institute of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Hatia, Jharkhand. 
• Received Best Ph.D. Thesis Award from the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad for the year 2024.
• Received Best Faculty Certificate of Appreciation Award from the School of Computing Science and Engineering, Galgotias University Greater Noida for the academic year 2023-2024 even semester (This award was given every semester to a faculty member among all the faculty members of departments in recognition of outstanding commitment to Academic Integrity and exemplary services).
• Certification in Computer Science Education for Effective Teaching in Software Engineering. This was an one-month long Faculty Development Module conducted by Prof. Pankaj Jalote (IIIT Delhi) from March 2025 to April 2025. 
• Qualified University Grant Commission – National Eligibility Test (UGC-NET), December, 2018.
• Received MHRD scholarship for the Ph.D. from July 2018 to July 2023 at Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad.
• Selected for Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Motihari Engineering College, Bihar under National Project Implement Unit (NPIU), TEQIP-3 Central Govt. Project in September 2018.
• Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) examination five times:  GATE-2011, GATE-2012, GATE-2013, GATE-2017, and GATE-2020.
• Received TEQIP scholarship for the M.Tech. from July 2013 to May 2015 at Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad.
• Secured 2^nd Rank in All India ISM Entrance Examination (2013) for the M.Tech program.

• Qualified All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) conducted by CBSE in 2007.

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Publications In Reputed International Journals (Total SCIs: 8; Q1-7; Q2-1) 

2025

•  Rati Bhan, Rajendra Pamula, K Susheel Kumar, Nand Kumar Jyotish, Prasun Chandra Tripathi, Parvez Faruki, and Jyoti Gajrani, “DLCDroid an android apps analysis framework to analyse the dynamically loaded code” Published in Scientific Reports (Springer Nature), Article No. – 3292, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-88003-6 (Impact Factor: 3.8, Quartile: Q1, SCI-Indexed).

2024

• Nand Kumar Jyotish, Lalit Kumar Singh, Chiranjeev Kumar, and Pooja Singh, ”Reliability and Performance Evaluation of Safety-Critical Instrumentation and Control Systems of Nuclear Power Plant,” Published in the IEEE Transactions on Reliability, (ISSN: 0018-9529), Vol. 73, Issue 1, March 2024, pp. 422-437, DOI: 10.1109/TR.2023.3270314 (Impact Factor: 5.9, Quartile: Q1, A-Ranked SCI-Indexed).
• Nand Kumar Jyotish, Lalit Kumar Singh, Chiranjeev Kumar, and Pooja Singh, ”Reliability and Performance Measurement of Safety-Critical Systems Based on Petri Nets: A Case Study of Nuclear Power Plant,” Published in the IEEE Transactions on Reliability, (ISSN: 0018-9529), Vol. 72, Issue 4, December 2023, pp. 1523-1539, DOI: 10.1109/TR.2023.3244365 (Impact Factor: 5.9, Quartile: Q1, A-Ranked SCI-Indexed).

2023

• Nand Kumar Jyotish, Lalit Kumar Singh, and Chiranjeev Kumar, “Reliability Assessment of Safety-Critical of Nuclear Power Plant using Ordinary Differential Equations and Reachability Graph,” Published in Nuclear Engineering and Design (Elsevier), Vol. 412, Oct 2023, DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2023.112469 (Impact Factor: 2.1, Quartile: Q1, SCI-Indexed).
• Nand Kumar Jyotish, Lalit Kumar Singh, and Chiranjeev Kumar, “Availability Analysis of Safety-Critical Systems of Nuclear Power Plant using Ordinary Differential Equations and Reachability Graph,” Published in Progress in Nuclear Energy (Elsevier), Vol. 159, May 2023, DOI: 10.1016/j.pnucene.2023.104624   (Impact Factor: 3.2, Quartile: Q2, SCI-Indexed).
• Nand Kumar Jyotish, Lalit Kumar Singh, Chiranjeev Kumar, and Pooja Singh, “Batch Deterministic and Stochastic Petri nets Modeling for  Reliability Quantification for Safety-Critical Systems of Nuclear Power Plants,” Published in Nuclear Engineering and Design (Elsevier), Vol. 404, April 2023, DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2023.112191  (Impact Factor: 2.1, Quartile: Q1, SCI-Indexed).
• Nand Kumar Jyotish, Lalit Kumar Singh, and Chiranjeev Kumar, “Performance Measurement of Safety-Critical Systems Based on Ordinary Differential Equations and Petri Nets: A Case Study of Nuclear Power Plant,” Published in Nuclear Engineering and Technology (Elsevier), (ISSN: 1738-5733), Vol. 55, Issue 3, March 2023, pp. 861-869, DOI: 10.1016/j.net.2022.11.015 (Impact Factor: 2.6, Quartile: Q1, SCI-Indexed).

2022

• Nand Kumar Jyotish, Lalit Kumar Singh, and Chiranjeev Kumar, “A state-of-the-art review on performance measurement petri net models for safety critical systems of NPPlant,” Published in Annals of Nuclear Energy (Elsevier), Vol. 165, Jan 2022, pp. 861-869, DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2021.108635 (Impact Factor: 2.3, Quartile: Q1, SCI-Indexed).

• Member, IEEE – Member No. 100023038.
• Member, IEEE Reliability Society.
• Life Member, The Indian Society for Technical Education – Member No. LM 142353
• Member, International Association of Engineers (IAENG) – Member No. 512940.
• Member, IAENG Society of Computer Science.
• Member, IAENG Society of Artificial Intelligence.
• Member, IAENG Society of Software Engineering.
• Member, IAENG Society of Scientific Computing.
• Member, IAENG Society of Data Mining.
• Member, IAENG Society of Wireless Networks.

1. Title: AI & Blockchain Based Robot for Data Processing

Patent No.: 411625-001

Status: Published

Date: 17/05/2024

Inventors: Dr. Nand Kumar Jyotish, Dr. Sanjeev Kumar, Mr. Sonu Kumar Jha, Dr. Arvind Panwar, Ms. Urvashi Sugandh, Dr. Amit Kumar, Dr. Sachin Maheshwar

2. Title: AI Based Skin Disease Detection Device

    Patent/ Design No.: 411623-001 (Indian Design Patent)

    Status: Published

    Date: 24/05/2024

   Inventors: Dr. Amit Kumar, Mr. Sonu Kumar Jha, Dr. Manu Singh, Dr. Nand Kumar Jyotish,  Dr. Arvind  Panwar, Ms. Urvashi Sugandh, Dr. Deepak Kumar Singh

3. Title: Techometer

    Patent/ Design No.: 6366469 (UK Design Patent)

    Status: Published

    Date: 24/05/2024

   Inventors: Dr. Nand Kumar Jyotish, Dr. Sanjeev Kumar, Dr. Amit Kumar, Dr. Sachin Maheshwar, Sonu Kumar Jha, Ms. Urvashi Sugandh, Dr. Arvind  Panwar, Dr. Vikash Yadav

4. Title: AI based Robot

    Patent/ Design No.: 6366468 (UK Design Patent)

    Status: Published

    Date: 24/05/2024

   Inventors: Dr. Amit Kumar, Dr. Sanjeev Kumar, Dr. Somaraju Suvvari, Dr. Mukesh Kumar, Sonu Kumar Jha, Dr. Nand Kumar Jyotish, Ms. Urvashi Sugandh, Dr. Arvind  Panwar

I have served as a verified peer reviewer for the following journals: -

• IEEE Transactions on Reliability, IEEE 
• IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, IEEE 
• IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IEEE 
• Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry, Wiley Online Library
• International Journal of Communication Systems, Wiley Online Library
• International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, Taylor & Francis Online
• Scientific Reports, Springer Nature
• The Journal of Supercomputing, Springer Nature
• Journal of Big Data, Springer Nature
• Simulation: Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International, Sage Journals
• Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part O: Journal of Risk and Reliability, Sage Journals
• Annals of Nuclear Energy, Elsevier
• Nuclear Engineering and Design, Elsevier