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About me
I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics, IIT Palakkad, Kerala, India. (Dec 2025 - Present)
Past positions
Postdoctoral researcher, Centre Inria de Paris (Team SERENA) and ENPC (CERMICS lab), Paris, France (with Prof Alexandre Ern)
Postdoctoral researcher, School of Mathematics, Monash University, Australia (with Prof Ricardo Ruiz-Baier)
Postdoctoral researcher, IIT Bombay, India (with Prof Neela Nataraj)
Education
PhD Mathematics, IIT Bombay (Advisors: Prof Amiya Kumar Pani and Prof Carsten Carstensen)
MSc Mathematics, Savitribai Phule Pune University
BSc Mathematics, Fergusson College Pune
Research interests
Numerical analysis
Finite element methods for PDEs
Polytopal discretization methods, mainly virtual element Methods
and hybrid high-order methods
Solid and fluid mechanics
Wave propagation problems
🏢 Address: Second floor (Cabin 08), Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam block, Sahyadri campus, IIT Palakkad, Kerala.
✉️ Email: rekhakhot@iitpkd.ac.in, rekhakhot27@gmail.com