Dr. Aniruddha Chakraborty

Dr. Aniruddha Chakraborty
School of Basic Sciences
Indian Institute of Technology Mandi
Kamand, Himachal Pradesh 175005
India
ph: +(91)1905-237930
achakraborty@iitmandi.ac.in

Three Ph.D. positions (HTRA) are available !!

Dr. Aniruddha Chakraborty,

Associate Professor

School of Basic Sciences,

Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, Kamand, Himachal Pradesh, 175005, India.

Work Experience:

Associate Professor: School of Basic Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India (2015 -).

Assistant Professor: School of Basic Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India, 2010-15 (5 yrs.).

Research Associate: Institute of Theoretical Sciences, University of Oregon, Oregon, USA. 2005-09 (4.5 yrs.).

Research Associate: Condensed Matter Theory Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Karnataka, India (0.5 yrs.).

Education:

Ph.D.: Department of Inorganic & Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Karnataka, India, 1997-2004 (6.5 yrs.).

M.Sc.: Department of Chemistry, Rajabazar Science College, University of Calcutta, West Bengal, India, 1995-97 (2 yrs.).

B.Sc.: Department of Chemistry, Vivekananda College, University of Calcutta, West Bengal, India, 1992-95 (3 yrs.).

Higher Secondary: Barisha High School, West Bengal Board of Higher Secondary Education, West Bengal, India, 1990-92 (2 yrs.).

Secondary: Barisha High School, West Bengal Board of Secondary Education, West Bengal, India, 1984-90 (6 yrs.).

Primary: St. Elizabeth Girl's School, West Bengal Board of Primary Education, West Bengal, India, 1980-84 (4 yrs.).

Kinder Garden: St. Elizabeth School, West Bengal Board of Primary Education, West Bengal, India, 1979-80 (1 yr.).

Selected from last five years publications:

Buckled Nanorod - Dynamics of a two state system treated with an exact Hamiltonian. J. Dehning & A. Chakraborty, Chem. Phys. Lett., 636, 193 (2015).
Exact Solution of time dependent Schrodinger equation for two state problem in Laplace domain. Diwaker & A. Chakraborty, Chem. Phys. Lett., 638, 133 (2015).
Long Range Electron Transfer Reactions in Solution: An Analytically Solvable Model. Diwaker & A. Chakraborty, Chem. Phys., 459, 19 (2015).
Curve Crossing induced dissociation: An analytically solvable model. Diwaker & A. Chakraborty, Spectrochimica Acta A, 151, 510 (2015).
Exact Solution of Schrodinger equation for two state problem with time dependent coupling. Diwaker, B. Panda & A. Chakraborty, Physica A, 442, 380 (2016).
Understanding looping kinetics of a long polymer molecule in solution. Exact solution for delta function sink model. M. Ganguly & A. Chakraborty, Physica A, 484, 163 (2017).
Exploring the role of relaxation time, bond length and length of the polymer chain in the kinetics of end-to-end looping of a long polymer chain. An analytically solvable model, M. Ganguly & A. Chakraborty, Chem. Phys. Lett. 733, 136673 (2019).
Exact diffusion dynamics of a Gaussian distribution in a two state system. R. Saravanan & A. Chakraborty, Chem. Phys. Lett., 731, 136567 (2019).
Exact solution of Schrodinger equation for time dependent ultra-short barrier, S. Mudra & A. Chakraborty, Physica Scripta, 94, 115227 (2019).
Reaction-diffusion system: Fate of a Gaussian probability distribution on a flat potential with a sink. R. Saravanan & A. Chakraborty, Physica A, 536, 120989 (2019).

Ongoing externally funded projects:

Curve Crossing Problems with Arbitrary Coupling, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, India, INR. 7,54,400.
Electron solvation by a layer of polar adsorbates - realistic model, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, India, INR. 3,96,000.

List of course taught in last five years:

Group Theory & Spectroscopy (M. Sc., Chemistry - core course, 2018, 2019).
Advanced Quantum Chemistry (M. Sc., Chemistry - core course, 2017, 2018).
Reaction Dynamics, Kinetics & Catalysis (M. Sc., Chemistry - core course, 2016, 2017).
Computational Chemistry (M. Sc., Chemistry - core course, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019).
Mathematics for Chemists (M. Sc., Chemistry - core course, 2015, 2016, 2019).
English (B.Tech. - Induction Progm., 2019).
Molecular Thermodynamics, (B. Tech - elective, 2015).

Other responsibilities (2015 -):

Co-chair (2019 -) of JEE Cell of IIT Mandi.
Member, School of Basic Sciences, IIT Mandi website committee (2018 - 2020).
Advisor of "Society for Collaborative Research & Innovation", IIT Mandi (2018 - ).
Chair, School Seminar Committee, School of Basic Sciences, IIT Mandi (2015-20).
Member, course interest group of I-Ph. D. & M.Sc. (Physics) Courses (2016 - 2020) of IIT Mandi.
Member, course interest group of B. Tech. core courses (2016-17) of IIT Mandi.
Member, course interest group of M. Sc. Chemistry progm. (2017 -) of IIT Mandi.
Chair, course interest group of M. Sc. Chemistry Progm. (2015-18) of IIT Mandi.
Chair of Class Committee Meetings for B. Tech. 2nd year courses (2012-17) of IIT Mandi.
Member, senate of IIT Mandi (2012--2020).
Member, 'Board of Academics' (2015 - ) of IIT Mandi.
Faculty Adviser of M. Sc., Chemistry (2016 - 18) batch of IIT Mandi.
Course Coordinator of Institute Core Courses (2017 - 20 ) of IIT Mandi.
Course Coordinator of M. Sc., Chemistry (2014 - 17) – progm. of IIT Mandi.

Preprint of most recent papers:

Machine Learning aprroach for predicting the fate of corona virus transmission. P. Mondal*, T. A. Gonsalves & A. Chakraborty (in preparation) (2020) link.

Dynamical Analysis of a spatio-temporal propagation of corona virus. P. Mondal*, T. A. Gonsalves & A. Chakraborty (in preparation) (2020) link.

On the possible methods of controlling corona virus transmission. P. Mondal*, T. A. Gonsalves & A. Chakraborty (submitted) (2020) link.

Understanding the fate of corona virus transmission using a simple model. P. Mondal*, T. A. Gonsalves & A. Chakraborty (submitted) (2020) link.

Effect of chain length, size of monomer and relaxation time on looping of a polymer in solution - bronwnian dynamics simulation study. R. Saravanan & A. Chakraborty (to be submitted) (2020) link.

Diffusion on a flat potential in presences of a parabolic sink: Exact analytical solution in Laplace domain, P. Mondal* & A. Chakraborty (submitted) (2019) link.

A new method for solving the non-linear Schrodinger equation: A model for Bose-Einstein Condensation, A. Jangid* & A. Chakraborty (submitted) (2020) link.

Understanding correlation between two bound state electrons using a simple model, S. Verma & A. Chakraborty (to be submitted) link.

Understanding of different types of motion of C60 on aluminium surfacee, S. Kumar* & A. Chakraborty. (to be submitted) (2019) link.

Analytical solution of Smoluchowski equation for a potential with a piece-wise linear sink, P. Mondal* & A. Chakraborty, Physica A (under review) (2019) link.

Analytical solution of time independent Schrodinger equation for two constant potentials with constant coupling, P. Mondal* & A. Chakraborty (submitted) (2020) link

Diffusion on a flat potential with an exponential sink: Exact analytical solution in Laplace domain, P. Mondal* & A. Chakraborty, Physica A (under review) (2019) link.

Diffusion on a piece-wise linear potential with a rectangular sink of arbitrary width: Exact analytical solution in Laplace domain, P. Mondal* & A. Chakraborty, Phys. Lett. (submitted) (2019) link.

Random walk model for Alzheimer's disease - Exaact analytical solution. U. Singh*, R. Saravanan* & A. Chakraborty (in preparation) (2019).

Understanding progression of Alzheimer's disease using random walk model. U. Singh* & A. Chakraborty (to be submitted) (2019).

Analytical solution of time dependent Schrodinger equation for two constant potentials with constant coupling, P. Mondal* & A. Chakraborty (submitted) (2020) link

Courses for Aug-Dec 2020 semester:

*CY512: Adv. Quantum Chemistry (core course for M.Sc. Chemsitry).

*CY521: Mathematics for Chemists (core course for M.Sc. Chemsitry).

* Maximum 40 students are allowed.

Available M. Tech. (Biotechnology) Projects* 

Analytical model for evaluating autism.
Mathematical model of influenza.
Impact of large animal extinctions on nutrient fluxes.
Airborne contaminant transport in vehicles.
A model of fibrin gel formation.
Plant Nutrient uptake - an analytical model.
Modelling of ligand migration within protein.
Reaction of neurotransmitters in a synaptic junction.
Force induced rupture of bio macromolecule.
Simple model for understanding electrocardiograms.
Modelling mutation accumulation of cancer.
Molecular Adhesion: A bio-technological process.

Available M. Sc. (Applied Mathematics) Projects*

Sound wave propagation & noise control.
Heat flow through a vibrating solid material.
Moisture diffusion in porous materials.
Simple model for understanding Arnold diffusion.
Bifurcation & Catastrophe map analysis of Hamiltonian system.
Diagonalizing nearly sparse matrice - new algorithm.
Inverse eigenvalue problem for nearly sparse matrix.
Exact solution of Fisher's equation.
Dressed basis method for matrix diagonalization.
Levy flight in presence of a sink.
Pinning and unpinning in non-local systems.

Available Winter Projects (Dec-Jan. 2018)*

Electron transfer reactions in single protein molecule.
Tunneling of a ring through another ring.
Comparison between ligands cyanide & carbon monoxide.
Quantum Carnot engine.
Divergence-free WKB method.
Depinning of a dislocation.
Surface enhanced Raman scattering.
Peeling of a polymer from surface.
Random walk under random potential.
Rotational motion of a proton crane.
Jahn-Teller Effect using quantum cellular automata.
Interaction between two rare gas atoms.

Available M. Sc. (Chemistry) Projects* .

Understanding Acetylene-vinylidene isomerization reaction.
Vibrational dynamics from frequesncy domain spectrum.
Understanding structure of carbon dots.
Understanding the bond formation of H-H molecule.
Fracture in carbon nanotubes.
Solvent effects on Raman ecitation profile.
Forster Resonance Energy Transfer in long polymer chain.
Simple model for understanding fluorescence blinking.
Defining reaction coordinate in phase space.
New molecular knot.
Molecular wire sensor.
Understanding nano-elasticity.

Available I-Ph.D. (Physics) Projects* 

Understanding Casimir effect using a simple model.
Dynamics of Bose-Einstein condensation.
Trapping of tethered random walkers.
Bent wire: New bound state.
Rate Theory in phase space.
Surface influenced vibrational spectra.
Ladder operator for bond dissociation process.
Photoelectric effect - effect of electron correlation.
Multi-state problems using quantum cellular Automata.
Reaction dynamics on a continuum of energy surfaces.
Adsorption & desorption of an atom.
Geometric phase effect on multi-channel scattering.

Available M.Sc. (Physics) Projects*

Modeling intercellular communication.
Nuclear shell model with short range interaction.
Quantum Monodromy using effective Hamiltonian.
Analytical solution od Poisson-Boltzmann equation.
Motion of elelctron in DNA.
Quantum Mechanics with restricted harmonic oscillator.
Modelling Mechanical unzipping of DNA.
Simple model of molecular ratchets.
Hawking Radiation & Sine-Gordon Soliton.
Quantum Newtonian cosmology.
Time dependent quantum thermodynamics.
Threshold models for rainfall and convection.

Available B.Tech./M.Tech. (Engg.) Projects*

Exact solution of moving load problem.
Modeling of contaminant transport in rivers.
Effective thermal diffusivity in real solids.
Understanding water movement through fractured rock.
Viscosity coeffcient for nano-fluid.
Image processing: An inverse eigenvalue problem.
Groundwater depletion from a confining layer.
New zipping algorithm for big image files.
Modelling dynamics of railway sleeper.
Thermal diffusion in branched structures.
Brownian Dynamics simulation of polymer looping.
Understanding stochastic ocean waves.
Buckling instability in a bio-polymer chain.

* This is a rough guideline - just to help students. Students can choose any project, mentioned anywhere in this page or their own project irrespctive of their degree or discipline.

Dr. Aniruddha Chakraborty
School of Basic Sciences
Indian Institute of Technology Mandi
Kamand, Himachal Pradesh 175005
India
ph: +(91)1905-237930
achakraborty@iitmandi.ac.in