Dr. Rudrashis Majumder

I was born on 17 November 1987 in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. I received most of my education in Kolkata. I went to Jadavpur Vidyapith in Kolkata. After high school, I graduated from West Bengal University of Technology (Presently MAKAUT) with a B. Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering in 2010. Then after a short tenure of job, I went to IIT Kharagpur to work as a Project Assistant in the Department of Electronics & Electrical Communication Engineering. In 2014, I got admitted to Jadavpur University in Kolkata to pursue a postgraduation in Control system Engineering from the Department of Electrical Engineering. I completed M.E. in 2016 with a University Gold Medal. In 2017, I joined IISc, Bangalore as a doctoral student in the Department of Aerospace Engineering. In Ph.D., I was trained and supervised by Prof. Debasish Ghose. I submitted my thesis in September 2022 and successfully defended it in December 2022. 

Currently, I am working as a Postdoctoral Research Consultant in ARTPARK, IISc. In my postgraduate and doctoral research, I have gained working knowledge in control systems and optimization. In Ph.D., I worked majorly on designing game-theoretic models for emergency resource allocation. I have also worked on projects related to the application of UAVs in emergency flood planning and management. My M. E. thesis focused on developing robust estimators for tracking reentry ballistic targets. More precisely, my areas of expertise and research interests include game-based resource allocation and scheduling, intelligent transportation, task allocation in multi-robot environments, and coalitional games. 

I am also a Taekwondo enthusiast and a professional harmonica player.

Doctor of Philosophy (August 2017 - December 2022)

Guidance, Control, and Decision Systems Laboratory

Department of Aerospace Engineering (Guidance & Control Division)

Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, India

Thesis Tiltle: Resource Allocation for Natural Disasters using a Game-theoretic Framework

Advisor: Prof. Debasish Ghose

Master of Engineering (July 2014 - June 2016)

Department of Electrical Engineering (Control Systems Engineering)

Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India

Thesis Title: Robust Filtering Techniques for Tracking Ballistic Targets during Reentry

Advisor: Prof. Smita Sadhu

CGPA: 9.23/10 (First Class First)

Bachelor of Technology (August 2006 - July 2010)

Electronics and Communication Engineering

Netaji Subhash Engineering College

West Bengal University of Technology (WBUT), Kolkata, India

DGPA: 7.99/10

Postdoctoral Research Consultant (April 2023 - Present)

ARTPARK + AIRL, IISc, Bangalore

Advisor: Prof. S. Sundaram

Junior Project Assistant (February 2014 - March 2014)

Kalpana Chawla Space Technology Cell, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India

Project: Feasibility Study for the Modification of Fly-catcher Radar to include the Function of Battle-field Surveillance Radar

Advisor: Prof. B. K. Sarkar

Junior Project Assistant (September 2012 - December 2013)

Department of Electronics and Electrical Communication, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India

Project: Studies of GPR Wave Propagation through Soil (GWS)

Advisor: Prof. Amitabha Bhattacharya

Teaching Faculty (February 2011 - August 2012)

Bose Institute of Engineers, Kolkata, India

• Emergency Flood Planning and Management using Unmanned Aerial Systems (2017 - 2020)

Managed successfully an EPSRC-GCRF funded multi-institutional project in IISc for emergency response using UAVs in a flood scenario. Developed resource allocation framework for disaster management authority.

• Mohamed Bin Zayed International Robotics Challenge (MBZIRC 2020)

Involved as a member of IISc team in developing guidance algorithms multi-agent systems for different missions of MBZIRC - 2020. The tasks involved solving three signifcant challenges of grabbing an intruder flying object, construction of a brick wall, dousing the fre of a high rise building with teams of the autonomous ground and aerial robots.

• Studies of GPR Wave Propagation through Soil (GWS) (2012 - 2014)

Managed an LRDE funded project in IIT Kharagpur for study and implementation of ground penetrating radars. Designed funded project in IIT Kharagpur for study and implementation of ground penetrating radars. Designed experimental setup for the project. Developed a general guideline for using a vector network analyzer.

1. R. Majumder and D. Ghose, “Three-player game-theoretic allocation of indivisible resources during natural disasters,” Engineering Optimization, pp. 1-20, 2022, doi: 10.1080/0305215X.2022.2101047.

2. R. Majumder and D. Ghose, “A strategic decision support system using multiplayer non-cooperative games for resource allocation after natural disasters,” Accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 2022, doi: 10.1109/TASE.2022.3213820.

3. R. Majumder and D. Ghose, “Two-player non-cooperative game-based decision-making for allocation of critical resources in natural disaster response,” 2021, (Journal paper under review).

4. R. Majumder, S. Jana, and D. Ghose, “Game theory-based decision-making for the allocation of scarce medical resources in COVID-19 situation,” 2022, (Journal paper under review).

5. S. Jana, R. Majumder, P. P. Menon, and D. Ghose, “Decision support system (DSS) for hierarchical allocation of resources and tasks for disaster management,” in Operations Research Forum, vol. 3, no. 3. Springer, 2022, pp. 1–30, doi: 10.1007/s43069-022-00148-6.

1. R. Majumder, S. Sadhu, “Robust extended Kalman flter for ballistic object tracking during re-entry,” in the Proceedings of IEEE Annual India Conference (INDICON), Bangalore, India, 2016 , pp. 1-6

2. R. Majumder, R. R. Warier, and D. Ghose, “Game-theoretic model-based resource allocation during floods,” in 4th World Congress on Disaster Management (2019), vol. 2, S. A. Babu, Ed. Macmillan Publishers India Private Ltd., 2019, pp. 423-431.

3. R. Majumder, R. R. Warier, and D. Ghose, “Game theory-based allocation of critical resources during natural disasters,” in the Proceedings of 6th Indian Control Conference (ICC), Hyderabad, India, 2019, pp. 514-519.

4. R. Majumder and D. Ghose, “Multi-player game-based algorithm using set partitioning for resource allocation during natural disaster response,” in 5th World Congress on Disaster Management (2021) (1st ed.), vol. 1, S. A. Babu, Ed. Routledge, 2022, doi:  10.4324/9781003341956-35.

5. R. Majumder, S. Jana, P. P. Menon, D. Ghose, N. M. Prusty, B. Mukherjee, and A. Ghosh, “Preparedness and damage assessment using UAVs for management of flood in India,” in 5th World Congress on Disaster Management (2021) (1st ed.), vol. 1, S. A. Babu, Ed. Routledge, 2022, doi: 10.4324/9781003341956-30.

6. R. Majumder, S. Jana, P. P. Menon, D. Ghose, N. M. Prusty, B. Mukherjee, and A. Ghosh, “Cyclone preparedness, rescue operations and damage assessment using UAVs,” in 5th World Congress on Disaster Management (2021) (1st ed.), vol. 1, S. A. Babu, Ed. Routledge, 2022, doi: 10.4324/97 81003341956-31.

7. S. Balasubramaniam, A. Kashyap, S. Shriwastav, R. Majumder, S. Abhinay N, and D. Ghose, “LiDarbased land-water boundary identification during floods,” in 4th World Congress on Disaster Management (2019), vol. 3, S. A. Babu, Ed. Macmillan Publishers India Private Ltd., 2022, pp. 24-30.

8. S. Jana, R. Majumder, and D. Ghose, “Critical medical resource allocation during COVID-19 pandemic,” in 5th World Congress on Disaster Management (2021)(1st ed.), vol. 2, S. A. Babu, Ed. Routledge, 2022.

9. S. Jana, R. Majumder, A. Bhise, N. Paul, S. Garg, and D. Ghose, “Development of decision support system for effective COVID-19 management,” in 5th World Congress on Disaster Management (2021) (1st ed.), vol. 1, S. A. Babu, Ed. Routledge, 2022, doi: 10.4324/9781003341956-49.

10. Utsav Rai, Durgakant Pushp, Aditya Choudhury, Amit Kumar, Chaitanya B, Rolif Lima, Abhinay N S, Kaushik Das, Rudrashis Majumder, Shuvrangshu Jana, Debasish Ghose, “PARAFM: Graphical user interface for emergency flood planning and management,” in 5th World Congress on Disaster Management (2021) (1st ed.), vol. 2, S. A. Babu, Ed. Routledge, 2022, doi: 10.4324/9781003341932-12.

1.  Inducted into the IEEE-HKN Honor Society by the IEEE-IISc student branch in October 2020.

2. Recipient of Student Travel Grant for Indian Control Conference in 2019.

3. Funding support by GCRF-EPSRC Research Grant (2018) for Ph.D. thesis work.

4. University Gold Medal in Masters of Engineering from Jadavpur University, 2016, for coming first in the merit list of control system engineering.

5. MHRD scholarship for studying Masters of Engineering in control system engineering based on GATE 2014 score.

1. IEEE Graduate Student Member.

2. Member of IEEE Control System Society.

3. Member of Mu-Xi chapter of the IEEE Eta Kappa Nu (HKN) Academic Honor Society.

Email ID 1: rudrashismajumder@gmail.com

Email ID 2: rudrashismajumder@outlook.com

IISc Email ID: rudrashism@iisc.ac.in

Contact Number (Whatsapp): (+91)9051653354