Dr. Jitendra Kumar

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Name: 
Dr. Jitendra Kumar
Designation: 
Professor
Email: 

jkumar@iitrpr.ac.in

Department: 

Department of Mathematics
Phone No.
Room No: 239-D

Biography: 

Dr. Jitendra Kumar is presently working as a Professor at the Department of Mathematics, IIT Ropar. He served IIT Kharagpur from 2009 to 2014 as an Assistant Professor, from 2014 to 2020 as Associate Professor and from 2020 to 2022 as a Professor. He completed his M.Sc. in Industrial Mathematics from IIT Roorkee and then from Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Germany. He was awarded a doctorate in 2006 from Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany. After completing his Ph.D., he was offered a lectureship at the Institute for Analysis and Numerical Mathematics, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany. Dr. Kumar is the recipient of several recognized awards and fellowships, including the Alexander von Humboldt fellowship, DAAD & DGF scholarships. His research interests include Numerical solutions of integro-differential equations, numerical analysis and modelling and simulations of problems in particulate systems.

Areas of Research: 
Modelling and simulation of population balances in particle technology
Mathematical analysis of solutions of population balances
Inverse problems in population balances
Discrete element method simulations
Education: 
Ph.D. in Mathematics, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany, 2006
Master of Science in Industrial Mathematics: Modelling and Scientific Computing, Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Germany, 2003
Master of Science in Industrial Mathematics and Informatics, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, 2001
Work Experience: 
Professor, Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Rupnagar, India, 2020-2022</li>
Professor, Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India, 2020-2022
Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India, 2014-2020
Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India, 2009-2014
Lecturer, Institute for Analysis and Numerics, Department of Mathematics, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany, 2006-2009