Dr. Kusumika Kundu

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Contact Details :

Assistant Professor
Department of Mathematics
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Acharya Prafulla Chandra College, New Barrackpore, Kolkata-700131 West Bengal, India

Research Experience :

• October 2004 – 13 th September 2006, Senior Research Fellow, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata.
• October 2002-October 2004, Junior Research Fellow, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata.

Teaching Experience :

• 14 th September 2006-till date, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Acharya Prafulla Chandra College, Kolkata

Award:

• Joint CSIR-UGC Junior research Fellowship and Eligibility for Lectureship-National Eligibility Test conducted by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Human Resource Development Group
• Summer Research Fellowship Programme sponsored by IASc(Bangalore), INSA(New Delhi), and NASI(Allahabad).

Membership :

• New Concept of Health, ILEE, Vol. 32 (1), June-2009, 293-295. ISSN: 0971-4170.

Research Interest :

• Mathematical Modeling in Ecology
• Mathematical and Stochastic Modeling in Epidemiology
• Mathematical and Stochastic Modeling in Eco-epidemiology

Seminars/Conferences attended:

• Attended “NBHM Sponsored Workshop on Partial Differential Equations, Viscosity Solutions and Applications” held at Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India, during July 21– August 08, 2003.
• Attended “ International Conference on Mathematical Biology ” held at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India during February 19- 21, 2004.
• Presented a paper“National Conference on Mathematical modeling: Theory and Practice” held at Department of Mathematics, Jadavpur University Calcutta, India during March25- 26, 2004.
• Presented a paper entitled“Logistic growth functions may overcome deterministic extinction in a ratio-dependent predator-prey model” in the International Conference on Applied Mathematics and Mathematical Physics during January 4-7, 2005 at the Department of Mathematics, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Syhlet, Bangladesh.
• Presented a paper entitled “A ratio-dependent eco-epidemiological model of Salton Sea” at the workshop on “Nonlinear Dynamical Models and Their Behavior” during 11-13 March, 2005 at the Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee.
• Attending Symposium on “Recent Trends in Mathematical Analysis and its Applications” at Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Calcutta, Ballygunge, Kolkata-700019, during 23-24 November, 2011.
• Attended the seminar “Evolution of Urban centres and Urban cultures in India during 1526-1947”, held at Dept. of History, Acharya Prafulla Chandra College on 23.12.11
• Presented a paper entitled “Proper predation and treatment prevent the extinction of predator and disease propagation-conclusion drawn from a predator-prey system with disease in both populations”in International Conference on Dynamical Systems: Theory and Applications (ICDS 2012) during 11-14 January, 2012, at Department of Mathematics, Jadavpur University.
• Delivered an invited talk entitled “Basic concept about constructing an eco-epidemiological model” on 21.03.2012 in lecture series on Mathematical Modeling on Biomathematics(phase-II)at Dept of Applied Mathematics with Oceanology and Computer Programming, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, West Bengal.
• Attending the conference India Biodiversity Meet-2013 during March 14-16, 2013 organized by Agricultural and Ecological Research Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata.
• Attending the conference India Biodiversity Meet-2014 during November 21-23, 2014 organized by Agricultural and Ecological Research Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata.
• Presented a contributory talk entitled “Impact of two different types of Pathogen strains on prey population at a time in an eco-epidemiological model” during November 17-19, 2014 in International Conference on Dynamical Systems and Mathematical Biology” at Department of Mathematics , Jadavpur University.
• Attended Faculty Development Programme for College Teachers, held at GLF Business School Campus , Saltlake, Kolkata on 19.03.2016

Research Project :

• 1) Completed Minor Research Project entitled ” Mathematical studies on eco-epidemiological systems with virulence, unnoticeable parasite attack and alternative food as well as food value concept.” From November 2009 to October 2011 sponsored by UGC (letter no. PSW-153/09-10(ERO) dated 08 October, 09).
• Ongoing Minor Research Project entitled “Mathematical model on agroterrorism” sponsored by UGC (letter no. F.NO. PSW-161/14-15(ERO) dated 03.02.2015)

Research Guidance:

Akshay Kumar Mondal has been awarded PhD degree under the supervision of Dr. KusumikaKundu and Professor Prasanta Chatterjee from the Department of Mathematics, SikshaBhavana, Santiniketan, Visva-Bharti on June 26, 2015. Title of the thesis” Nonlinear dynamics of Eco-epidemiological systemswith special emphasison Alternativefood sources and food preference”.

Papers (Published/Accepted):

• Kundu, Kusumika, Bandopadhyay, M. Chattopadhyay, J.(2005): Logistic growth functions may overcome extinction in a ratio-dependent predator-prey model: deterministic and stochastic approach. Nonlinear Studies, 12, 101-118
• Kundu, Kusumika. andChattopadhyay, J. (2006):Role of force of infection in an eco-epidemiological model. Journal of Biological System, 14, 53-64.
• Kundu, Kusumika. andChattopadhyay, J. , (2006) A ratio-dependent eco-epidemiological model of the Salton Sea. Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences, 29, 191-207
• Pal. S., Kundu. Kusumika ,Chattopadhyay. J. (2006). Role of standard incidence in an eco-epidemiological system - a mathematical study, Ecological Modelling, 199, 229-239.
• Chatterjee, S., Kundu, K.,Chattopadhyay, J. (2007).Role of horizontal incidence in the occurrence and control of chaos in an eco-epidemiological system. Mathematical Medicine and Biology: A Journal of IMA, 24(3), 301-326.
• Upadhyay, R., Bairagi, N., Kundu, K., Chattopadhyay, J., (2008). Chaos in eco-epidemiological problem of the Salton sea and its possible control. Appl. Math. Comp., 196, 392-401.
• A. Mondal, KusumikaKundu, J. Chattopadhyay: (2009) An eco-epidemiological study with severe as well as unnoticeable parasite attack and alternative prey, Journal of Biological Systems, Vol-17, Number-2
• Chatterjee, S., Kundu K., Pal S., Chattopadhyay J., Venturino E., (2009), Comparing two new ecoepidemic models of the Salton sea, Proceedings of 6th International Conference on Mathematical Modelling, I.Troch, F. Breitenecker, eds
• Krishna pada Das, KusumikaKundu, J. Chattopadhyay (2011): A predator-prey mathematical model with disease in both the population , Ecological Complexity, 263
• KusumikaKundu, Akshay Kumar Mandal, Sourav Kumar Sasmal (2014): An eco-epidemiological study with prey undergoing two types of infection at a time, Bull. Cal. Math. Soc., 106, 105-132
• Sudipsamanta, Akshaykumar Mandal, KusumikaKundu, J. Chattopadhyay (2014): Control of disease in prey population by supplying alternative food to predator, JBS, 22, No.-4, 1-14