Dr. Samala Rathan

Assistant Professor, Faculty of  Mathematics

Department of Humanities and Sciences

Indian Institute of Petroleum & Energy, Visakhapatnam

Address: Second Floor, AU Engg college main block, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam

Email: rathans.math@iipe.ac.in; samalarathan2@gmail.com

Education 

• Ph.D., July 2015-December 2018, Department of Mathematics, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology-Nagpur, India

Thesis: High-order Shock Capturing Numerical Methods for Hyperbolic Conservation Laws

    Advisor: Prof. G. Naga Raju

• M.Sc., 2011-2013, Department of Mathematics, IIT Kharagpur, India

Thesis: Pulsating flow of an incompressible micropolar fluid through a porous channel-Effect of slip condition

    Advisor: Prof. PVSN Murthy

• B.Sc., 2008-2011, Vaagdevi Degree and P.G. College, Hanamkonda, Kakatiya University-Warangal, India

Positions

    Assistant Professor, Grade-I             IIPE Visakhapatnam, India     4th, Jan 2022- till date

    Assistant Professor, Grade-II           IIPE Visakhapatnam, India     18th, July 2019- 3rd, Jan 2022.

Postdoctoral Fellow       IIT Bombay (Mathematics), India 1st Jan-15th July, 2019

Direct CSIR-SRF       VNIT-Nagpur (Mathematics), India   Mar, 2018-Nov, 2018

JRF       VNIT-Nagpur (Mathematics), India   Jan, 2015-Jan, 2018 

Adhoc Faculty       VNIT-Nagpur (Mathematics), India   July, 2013-Dec, 2014

Awards and Honors

• Institute Postdoctoral fellowship at Department of Mathematics, IIT Bombay (2019-20).

• Selected for NBHM postdoc fellowship-2018 (Not availed).

• Awarded direct CSIR-SRF for 2017-2018 (One of the two selected candidates from all over India).

• Received MCM (Merit-Cum-Means) Scholarship, IIT Kharagpur: 2011-2013.

• Secured all India rank 144 in IIT JAM examination held in 2011.

• Awarded  Mandal level third-topper in S.S.C. examination.