PALLATH CHANDRAN – CURRICULUM VITAE
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Full Name:
PROF. PALLATH CHANDRAN
Address:
Department of Mathematics & Statistics
College of Science
Sultan Qaboos University
P. O. Box 36, PC 123, Al Khod
Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
Tel: + 968 24141414
Nationality:
Indian
EDUCATION
Degree Institution
Ph D
Indian Institute of Technology,
New Delhi, India
M Sc
Unversity of Calicut, India
B Sc
University of Calicut, India
Subject
Applied Mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics
Year
1979
1973
1971
EMPLOYMENT
2013–To date
Professor
2000–2013
Associate Professor
1988–2000
Assistant Professor
1987–1988
Head of Department
1984–1987
Senior Lecturer
1982–1984
Lecturer
1981–1982
Postdoctoral Researcher
1979–1981
Research Associate
Sultan Qaboos University,
Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
Sultan Qaboos University,
Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
Sultan Qaboos University,
Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
University of Port Harcourt,
Port Harcourt, Nigeria
University of Port Harcourt,
Port Harcourt, Nigeria
University of Port Harcourt,
Port Harcourt, Nigeria
The Ohio State University,
Columbus, Ohio, U. S. A.
Indian Institute of Technology,
New Delhi, India
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Curriculum Vitae
TEACHING
Teaching Experience in SQU (Fall 1988 – To date)
• Taught courses at all levels including coordination of multi-section courses.
• Involved in instruction and coordination of a large number of courses at SQU. I
have supervised projects of students at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
I have also served as member of Theses Committees of MSc students. Starting from
the 2006–2007 academic year, some courses under my coordination had student
registrations in the range of 600+ to 1000+ (see Appendix I).
• Teaching evaluations of students have been very good.
Curriculum Development and Teaching Management
• I joined SQU in Fall 1988, and by that time the Department of Mathematics &
Computing (DOMAC) had started functioning as an academic unit of the College
of Science, one of the founding colleges. A major thrust in the initial years was to
develop the degree program and establish lecture based courses. As one of the first
members in the initial development of the department, I contributed to develop several new courses, which involved writing course objectives, contents, course outlines
and methods of assessment. In the initial years, textbooks were not available to the
students. This necessitated writing handbooks for students.
• Towards curriculum development, I served as Chairman (Sep 2004–Oct 2006, Sep
2012–to date) and member (Sep 2002–Dec 2007) of the Department Curriculum
Committee (DCC). During my tenure as the Chairman of DCC, revisions of degree
programs were carried out. Besides, in collaboration with the department faculty,
a number of courses were revised and new courses were introduced.
• In Teaching Management, contributions have been made under four broad roles:
– Instructor and Course Coordinator
– Foundation Program (FP) (Sep 2009–Jan 2016) and mentor of new Staff in the
Foundation Program (Sep 2010–To date)
– Chairman/member of the Teaching Committee (Sep 1999–Aug 2002, Sep 2009–
Aug 2012)
– Timetable officer (Nov 1993–Oct 1998).
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Student Advising
Student advising has been an integral part of my academic duties, and I have devoted
maximum efforts in justifying the role. The progress of the relatively weak students has
been my prime concern, and I feel that my advisees have greatly benefited with my timely
advices. Over the years, I have advised the following number of students in Fall and Spring
semesters, respectively:
2015–2016: 12/10
2014–2015: 22/20
2013–2014: 20/20
2012–2013: 24/20
2011–2012: 28/27
2010–2011: 23/23
2003–2004: 04/10
2002–2003: 24/15
2001–2002: 53/44
2000–2001: 55/55
1997–1998: 18/18
1996–1997: 18/18
1995–1996: 40/40
Teaching Experience before joining SQU
University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
• Contributed to the development of new BSc (Hons) degree program in Mathematics in the Department of Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science.
The program consisted of general mathematics courses in the first two years
and advanced topics in Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science in the
later years.
• Seminar courses and graduation projects were part of the degree program.
• The main courses taught at the University of Port Harcourt were:
Calculus I, Calculus II, Analysis I, Analysis II,
Linear Algebra, Modern Algebra I, Modern Algebra II,
Vector Analysis, Complex Analysis, Differential Equations,
Numerical Analysis I, Classical Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics.
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SERVICE
University Administration and Committees
(a) Sultan Qaboos University
Department of Mathematics & Statistics (DOMAS)
Chairman, Curriculum Committee (DCC)
(Sep 2004 – Oct 2006, Sep 2012 – To date)
& Member, Curriculum Committee (Sep 2002 – Dec 2007):
The Department Curriculum Committee (DCC) is responsible for the following
academic activities of the department:
• Approval of new courses for the degree programs of the department.
• Periodic revision of courses based on special submissions from the coordinators/instructors of courses.
• Approval of text books for DOMAS courses.
• Recommend equivalence of courses of the subject areas offered by the department between colleges in SQU and other institutions.
• Revision of the existing degree programs, usually every five years.
• Preparation and submission of Course Data Collection Forms (CDCF) to
the College Curriculum Committee.
• Approval of new degree programs depending on the national needs.
• Representing the department in the College Curriculum Committee.
The recommendations of DCC are passed onto the Department Board.
Member, Service Teaching Committee) (Sep 2012 – To date)
Chairman, Teaching Committee
(Sep 1999 – Aug 2002, Sep 2009 – Aug 2012)
This committee looks at matters related to teaching. It deliberates on issues
referred to it by the DOMAS Board, and makes recommendations for the
Board’s approval.
Member, DOMAS Degree Programs Committee (Mar 2012 – To date): This
committee looks at ways of diversifying the departmental degree programs
by introducing additional majors/minors.
Member, DOMAS-Cambridge Univ Collaboration Committee
(Sep 2009 – Oct 2011): This committee looked at establishing research col-
laboration in mathematical sciences between DOMAS and Cambridge University.
Member, DOMAS Work Plan Committee
(Feb 2006 – May 2006, Sep–Oct 2006): Contributed to prepare revised doc-
uments for the “DOMAS Work Plan” as part of the “Department Strategic
Plan”, for the five year period 2006–2010.
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ABET Coordinator (Sep 2002 – Dec 2006): Coordinator of the DOMAS courses
for the ABET accreditation of the College of Engineering. Seven DOMAS
courses were involved.
• The College of Engineering had been highly appreciative of the services
rendered by DOMAS towards their accreditation programme.
• The College of Engineering presented me a “Certificate of Appreciation”
on 04 May 2004, for my active support and participation in the ABET
accreditation.
Member, Strategic Work Plan Committee: (March – May 2004)
Contributed to prepare a detailed “Work Plan for the Department Strategic
Plan”, for the five year period 2006–2010.
Member, Examination Committee (Sep 2002 – Aug 2004): This
two-member
committee was responsible for the following exam-related activities:
• Help conduct the in-term examinations of multi-section courses by preparing the duty roster for extra invigilators.
• Preparation of the co-examiners list for all courses in the department.
• Preparation of the invigilation duty roster for the final examination.
• Collection and storage of all exam materials.
Member, Teaching Workshop Committee : (Nov 2003 – Apr 2004)
This ad-hoc committee was asked by the DOMAS Board to investigate the
possible reasons for the under-performance of students in DOMAS lower level
courses, and suggest possible remedies. The findings of this committee were
presented in a workshop on 10 March 2004, and the recommendations were
submitted to the College in April 2004.
Member, Course Allocation Committee (Nov 2003 – Feb 2004): Contributed
to prepare a guidelines document for course coordinators and for the teaching allocation of summer semester courses.
Member, Research Committee (Sep 2000 – Aug 2002): This committee is re-
sponsible for dealing with matters concerning academic research in the department, and provides faculty with the necessary guidelines and help.
Member, Committee for DOMAS Strategic Plan (Fall 1999): In this job, con-
tributed to preparing the document “DOMAS Strategic Plan” as a part of the
“College of Science Strategic Plan”.
Timetable Officer (Nov 1993 – Oct 1998): Timetable officer from November
1993 to October 1998.
Secretary to the Department Board (Jan 1990 – Oct 1993): Served as Secre-
tary to the Board of Department of Mathematics & Computing during the
period January 1990 – October 1993. In this capacity, the duties included
organizing the Department Board meetings almost every month as well as
extra-ordinary and emergency meetings, in co-ordination with the Head of Department; and preparing the Minutes of the meetings.
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College of Science (COS)
Member, College Curriculum Committee
(Sep 2004 – Dec 2007, Sep 2012 – To date): This committee is responsible
for the curriculum related items for all departments in the college. It meets
regularly to deliberate on new degree programs as well as the revision of existing ones. Periodic revision of courses and introduction of new courses are also
discussed. Its recommendations are then passed onto the College Board.
Academic Adviser for Science Students:
(Sep 2000 – May 2004, Sep 2010 – To date): College of Science Academic
Advisor for pre-major students.
Member, Teaching and Learning Committee:
(As per Strategic Plan) (Sep 2011 – Aug 2012)
Member, Foundation Program (FP) Committee (Sep 2009 – Aug 2010):
This committee was given the task of implementation of the new Foundation
Program at SQU.
Member, Teaching Assistants and Research Assistants
Committee (Apr 2004 – May 2004, Dec 2005 – Apr 2006):
Contributed to preparing a proposal for the introduction of the program of
teaching assistants and research assistants in the College.
Member, PhD Program Development Committee
(Nov 2003 – Feb 2004): Contributed to preparing a preliminary document
for the establishment of the PhD program in the College of Science.
Member, Academic Staff Booklet Committee: Sep 1998 – Aug 1999:
An “Academic Staff Booklet” explaining the academic matters of the college
and the departments was prepared. This booklet has been useful as a reference
source. As a member of the Booklet Committee, contributed to the preparation
of the first edition of the booklet.
College of
Science Academic Adviser to the 1994 cohort students in the College of Education with Mathematics/Computing major.
Academic Adviser for Education Students: Sep 1995 – Aug 1998:
SQU: Member, Industry & Community Engagement Committee —
A Sub-Committee of the SQU Quality Audit
by the Oman Accreditation Council (Jan 2008 – June 2009):
This committee was entrusted with the task of contributing to the Higher Education
Program Quality Audit of SQU by Oman Accreditation Council. The quality
audit took place in May 2009. The committee was responsible for preparing
a document on the industry and community services offered by all colleges
in SQU. I represented the College of Science in this sub-committee, and contributed to prepare a document on industry & community engagement which
was part of the Accreditation Document.
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(b) University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
• Head, Department of Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science [1987–1988]
• Examinations Officer, Department of Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science.
• Member of Senate, University of Port Harcourt [1987–1988].
• Member, Joint Curriculum Panel of Faculty of Science and Faculty of Education [1987 – 1988].
• Member, Visitation Team of Affiliation of Institute of Management and Technology, Enugu (Nigeria), with University of Port Harcourt [1987].
• Member, Joint Consultative Committee for the Affiliation Protocol of Nigerian
Naval College with University of Port Harcourt [1987–1988].
Professional Service
• Reviewer for international journals such as:
Numerical Heat Transfer
Journal of Porous Media
Journal of Engineering Science and Technology
Physics Research International
Zeitschrift für Naturforschung
Applied Mathematics and Computation
Advances in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics
Meccanica
Heat and Mass Transfer
Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computing
Heat Transfer Engineering
Modelling, Measurement and Control
International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer
Bulletin of the Malaysian Mathematical Sciences Society
Italian Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics
Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers
SQU Journal for Science
Proceedings of the Indian National Academy of Sciences–A
• Reviewer of SQU Research Projects.
• Chairman, External Examiner and Examiner of SQU Post-Graduate Theses.
• External Expert, Appointments Committee (Maths), Waljat College of Applied
Sciences, Knowledge Oasis, Muscat.
• Life Member, Indian Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics; and The Mathematical Society, Banara Hindu University, India.
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SCHOLARLY ACIEVEMENTS
Research Interests
• Gasdynamics & magnetohydrodynamics.
• Multi-phase fluids: Dusty gas and foggy media.
• Flow of nanofluids.
• Composite flows involving clear fluid and porous media.
• Simultaneous flow of immiscible fluids.
• Flows in porous media.
• Non-Newtonian fluids.
Research Collaboration
In my research, joint work has been done in collaboration with faculty in the following
institutions:
• Department of Mathematics, Sultan Qaboos University.
• Department of Mathematics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.
• Department of Mathematics, B B Ambedkar University, Lucknow, India.
• Department of Computer Science, University of Swaziland, Swaziland.
• Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India.
• Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India.
• Department of Mathematics, University of West Indies, West Indies.
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Refereed Journal Papers
• A. Kumar, A. K. Singh, P. Chandran, N. C. Sacheti: Effect of perpendicular magnetic field on free convection in a rectangular cavity. SQU Journal for Science, 20,
49–59 (2015).
• N. Srivastava, A. K. Singh, P. Chandran, N. C. Sacheti: Double diffusive natural
convection in a partially permeable rectangular cavity heated from below. Global
Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics, 11, 537–556 (2015).
• N. C. Sacheti, P. Chandran, R. P. Jaju: A comparative study of higher order effects on the boundary layer flow of a dilatant fluid: Flow near a stagnation point.
International Journal of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, 52(9), 166–177 (2014).
• N. C. Sacheti, P. Chandran, A. K. Singh, B. S. Bhadauria: Developing buoyancy
driven flow of a nanofluid in a vertical channel subject to heat flux. International
Journal of Engineering Mathematics, 2014, Article ID 618591, 8 pp. (2014).
• P. Chandran, N. C. Sacheti, A. K. Singh: A numerical investigation of a buoyancy
driven flow in a semi-porous cavity: Comparative effects of ramped and isothermal
wall conditions. Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics, 61, 103–111 (2013).
• S. Agarwal, N. C. Sacheti, P. Chandran, B. S. Bhadauria, A. K. Singh: Nonlinear
convective transport in a binary nanofluid saturated porous layer. Transport in
Porous Media, 93, 29–49 (2012).
• N. C. Sacheti, P. Chandran, A. K. Singh, B. S. Bhadauria: Transient free convective
flow of a nanofluid in a vertical channel. International Journal of Engineering &
Technology, 4(32), 1–7 (2012).
• B. S. Bhadauria, A. K. Srivastava, N. C. Sacheti, P. Chandran: Gravity modulation
of thermal instability in a viscoelastic fluid saturated anisotropic porous medium.
Zeitschrift für Naturforschung, 67, 1–9 (2012).
• A. K. Tiwari, A. K. Singh, P. Chandran, N. C. Sacheti: Natural convection in a
cavity with a sloping upper surface filled with an anisotropic porous material. Acta
Mechanica, 223, 95–108 (2012).
• B. S. Bhadauria, A. Kumar, J. Kumar, N. C. Sacheti, P. Chandran: Natural convection in a rotating anisotropic porous layer with internal heat generation. Transport
in Porous Media, 90, 687–705 (2011).
• P. Chandran, N. C. Sacheti, A. K. Singh: A comparative study of two-dimensional
natural convection in an isotropic porous medium. International Journal of Applied
Mathematics & Statistics, 21, No. J11, 60–74 (2011).
• R. K. Singh, A. K. Singh, N. C. Sacheti, P. Chandran: On hydromagnetic free
convection in the presence of induced magnetic field. Heat and Mass Transfer , 46,
523–529 (2010).
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• A. K. Singh, N. C. Sacheti, P. Chandran: Flow of an incompressible fluid in a cubical
cavity with a free fluid–porous medium interface. Indian Journal of Industrial and
Applied Mathematics 2, 61–71 (2009).
• P. Chandran, N. C. Sacheti, A. K. Singh: Transient natural convection near a
semi-infinite vertical wall in a rotating system. Differential Equations and Control
Processes, 13, No. 4, 69–86 (2009).
• A. K. Singh, N. C. Sacheti, P. Chandran: Developing flow near a semi-infinite vertical wall with ramped temperature. International Journal of Applied Mathematics
& Statistics, 13, 34–45 (2008).
• N. C. Sacheti, P. Chandran, B. S. Bhatt, R. P. Chhabra: Steady creeping motion of
a liquid bubble in an immiscible viscous fluid bounded by a vertical porous cylinder
of finite thickness. Advanced Studies in Theoretical Physics, 2, 243–260 (2008).
• P. Chandran, N. C. Sacheti, A. K. Singh: Some aspects of free convection in electrically conducting fluids: Flow near vertical plates. Functional Equations, Integral
Equations & Differential Equations with Applications (International Journal of Applied Mathematics & Statistics): Volume dedicated to the Tricentennial Birthday
Anniversary of Leonhard Euler , 10, 8–24 (2007).
• A. K. Singh, N. C. Sacheti, P. Chandran: Stratification effects on transient Stokes
flow in the presence of a permeable boundary. Forschung im Ingenieurwesen (Engineering Research), 70, 67–73 (2006).
• P. Chandran, N. C. Sacheti, A. K. Singh: Natural convection near a vertical plate
with ramped wall temperature. Heat and Mass Transfer , 41, 459–464 (2005).
• P. Chandran, N. C. Sacheti: Unsteady boundary layer flow of a radiating fluid
under the influence of an applied magnetic field. Differential Equations and Control
Processes, 8, 58–76 (2004).
• N. C. Sacheti, P. Chandran, R. P. Jaju, B. S. Bhatt: Steady laminar flow of a dilatant
fluid along a channel with suction at a bounding wall. Journal of Hydrology and
Hydromechanics, 52, 175–184 (2004).
• P. Chandran: On an acoustic wave equation arising in non-equilibrium gasdynamics.
International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 35,
148–153 (2004).
• P. Chandran, N. C. Sacheti: Transient motion of electrically conducting fluids of
different Prandtl numbers: flow near a vertical boundary. Differential Equations
and Control Processes, 7, 77–87 (2003).
• N. C. Sacheti, P. Chandran, T. El-Bashir: Higher order approximation of an inelastic
fluid flow. Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 72, 964–965 (2003).
• N. C. Sacheti, P. Chandran: Steady creeping flow of an inelastic fluid past a rigid
sphere. Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics, 50, 285–299 (2002).
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• N. C. Sacheti, P. Chandran, T. El-Bashir: On the boundary layer flow of an inelastic
fluid near a moving wall. Scientiae Mathematicae Japonicae, 55, 519–530 (2002).
• P. Chandran, N. C. Sacheti, A. K. Singh: On laminar boundary layer flow of electrically conducting liquids near an accelerated vertical plate. Physics and Chemistry
of Liquids, 40, 241–254 (2002).
• P. Chandran, N. C. Sacheti, A. K. Singh: A unified approach to analytical solution
of a hydromagnetic free convection flow. Scientiae Mathematicae Japonicae, 53,
467–476 (2001).
• P. Chandran, N. C. Sacheti, A. K. Singh: Exact solutions for the convective flow
of fluids of different Prandtl numbers near an infinite vertical plate in a rotating
system. International Journal of Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 6, 573–590
(2001).
• P. Chandran, N. C. Sacheti, A. K. Singh: Transient hydromagnetic natural convection on a vertical flat plate subject to heat flux. Modelling, Measurement and
Control B , 70 (8), 15–28 (2001).
• P. Chandran: Inverse Laplace transforms of a class of non-rational fractional functions. International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology,
32, 136–140 (2001).
• A. K. Singh, P. Chandran, N. C. Sacheti: On the thermal boundary layer of a
moving flat plate thermometer in the presence of Ohmic heating. Journal of Applied
Mechanics and Engineering, 5, 303–313 (2000).
• N. C. Sacheti, P. Chandran, R. P. Jaju: On the stagnation point flow of a special
class of non-Newtonian fluids. Physics and Chemistry of Liquids, 38, 95–102 (2000).
• A. K. Singh, P. Chandran, N. C. Sacheti: Effect of transverse magnetic field on
a flat plate thermometer. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer , 43,
3253–3257 (2000).
• P. Chandran, N. C. Sacheti, A. K. Singh: An exact solution for fluid convection near
an infinite vertical plate in a rotating system. Differential Equations and Control
Processes, 3, 55–64 (1999).
• P. Chandran, N. C. Sacheti, A. K. Singh: Unsteady hydromagnetic free convection
flow with heat flux and accelerated boundary motion. Journal of the Physical Society
of Japan, 67, 124–129 (1998).
• N. C. Sacheti, P. Chandran: On similarity solutions for three dimensional flow of
second order fluids. Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 66, 618–622 (1997).
• P. Chandran, N. C. Sacheti, A. K. Singh: Hydromagnetic flow and heat transfer
past a continuously moving porous boundary. International Communications in
Heat and Mass Transfer , 23, 889–898 (1996).
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• A. K. Singh, N. C. Sacheti, P. Chandran: Transient effects of magnetohydrodynamic Couette flow with rotation: Accelerated motion. International Journal of
Engineering Science, 32, 133–139 (1994).
• N. C. Sacheti, P. Chandran, A. K. Singh: An exact solution for unsteady magnetohydrodynamic free convection flow with constant heat flux. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer , 21, 131–142 (1994).
• P. Chandran, N. C. Sacheti and A. K. Singh: Effect of rotation on unsteady hydromagnetic Couette flow. Astrophysics and Space Science, 202, 1–10 (1993).
• P. Chandran: Acoustic waves at the interface of a gaseous and dusty media. International Journal of Engineering Science, 29, 1349–1355 (1991).
• P. Chandran: On the non-equilibrium acoustics of a particle laden gas. Acustica,
74, 173–175 (1991).
• P. Chandran, O. P. Bhutani: Sound propagation in a real fluid subject to diffusion.
Physica A, 168, 983–998 (1990).
• P. Chandran, P. Kumar: On thermally conducting and radiative magnetohydrodynamic channel flow. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, 40, 1–9
(1989).
• P. Chandran, P. Kumar: Flow and heat transfer in the boundary layer due to
rotating spheres, spheroids and paraboloids. International Journal of Engineering
Science, 24, 685–701 (1986).
• O. P. Bhutani, P. Chandran, P. Kumar: Quasilinearised solution of axisymmetric
hydromagnetic stagnation-point flow and heat transfer. Journal of Mathematical
Analysis and Applications, 98, 458–469 (1984).
• O. P. Bhutani, P. Chandran: On acoustic waves in a radiating and vibrational
non-equilibrium gas. Acustica, 52, 193–195 (1983).
• P. Chandran: An approximate method for analysing non-equilibrium acoustic phenomena in atmospheric fog. International Journal of Multiphase flow , 8, 183–187
(1982).
• O. P. Bhutani, P. Chandran: Real gas effects in non-equilibrium gasdynamics. Physica A, 91, 49–65 (1978).
• R. Shankar, P. Chandran: Growth and decay of sonic discontinuities in nonequilibrium gasdynamics. Journal of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, 11, 237–
246 (1978).
• O. P. Bhutani, P. Chandran: Weak waves in dusty gas. International Journal of
Engineering Science, 15, 537–544 (1977).
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Conference/Workshop Attendance (from 2001)
(a) Conferences/Workshops attended by Self (P. Chandran) (from 2001)
• The 3rd International Workshop on Food and Brain Health, SQU, Muscat, Oman,
29 November 2015.
• Oman Math Day, SQU, Muscat, Oman, 22 November 2015.
• 4th International Eurasian Conference on Mathematical Sciences and Applications,
Athens, Greece, 31 August–03 September 2015.
• Maplesoft Workshop for Mathematical Educators and Researchers, Sultan Qaboos
University, Muscat Oman, 14 May 2015.
• The 12th UAE Math Day, Dubai, UAE, 19 April 2014.
• The Third International Conference on Numerical Analysis and Optimization
(NAOIII 2014), Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman, 05–09 January 2014.
• The 2nd International Conference on Mathematical Science and its Applications
(ICMSA2013), Abu Dhabi, UAE, 29 September—01 December 2013.
• International Conference on Mathematical Analysis, Differential Equations and their
Applications (MADEA 2012), Mersin, Turkey, 04–09 September 2012.
• Workshop on “Improving Mathematics through the Use of Technology” sponsored
by University of Wollongong, Australia, and held at Sultan Qaboos University, 03
March 2012.
• International Conference on Knowledge Management & Resource Sharing, Waljat
College of Applied Sciences, Muscat, Oman, 27–28, 2012.
• International Workshop in Mathematics, German University of Technology (Muscat) & Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman, 18–22 February 2012.
• Numerical Methods for PDE’s Analysis and Applications Workshop, Sultan Qaboos
University, Muscat, Oman, 10–11 January 2012.
• The 8th International ISAAC (International Society for Analysis, its Applications
and Computation) Congress, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, Moscow, 22
– 27 August 2011.
• Workshop on “Convective Flows and Instabilities”, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman, 14 June 2011.
• The Second International Conference on Numerical Analysis and Optimization, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman, 03–06 January 2011.
• The Second Asian Conference on Nonlinear Analysis and Optimization, Phuket,
Thailand, 9 – 12 September 2010.
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• International Conference on Analysis and Applications, Sultan Qaboos University,
Muscat, Oman, 24–26 January 2010.
• International Conference of Mathematical Modelling and Computation and 5th East
Asia Industrial and Applied Mathematics Conference, University of Brunei Darussalam, Gadong, Brunei, 8 – 11 June 2009.
• International Conference on Mathematical Modelling, Sultan Qaboos University,
Muscat, Oman, 23–26 February 2009.
• Conference on Numerical Analysis and Optimization, Sultan Qaboos University,
Muscat, Oman, 06–08 April 2008.
• The 6th International ISAAC (International Society for Analysis, its Applications
and Computation) Congress, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey,
13–18 August 2007.
• Learning Technologies and Mathematics Middle East Conference, Sultan Qaboos
University, Muscat, Oman, 31 March–02 April 2007.
• Foundation Programme Symposium, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman, 16–
17 January 2007.
• The 2nd IMT-GT 2006 Regional Conference on Mathematics, Statistics and Applications, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia, 13–15 June 2006.
• International Conference on Applied Mathematics, Institut Teknologi Bandung,
Bandung, Indonesia, 22–26 August 2005.
• The first SQU Workshop on Topology and its Applications, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman, 29 December 2004 – 01 January 2005.
• Second International Conference on Mathematical Sciences, United Arab Emirates
University, Al Ain, U.A.E., 12–14 December 2004.
• The Sixth Pan-African Congress of Mathematicians, Institut National des Sciences
Appliquées et de la Technologie (Insat), Tunis, Tunisia, 01–06 September 2004.
• MATHEMATICA gulf conference 2004, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat,
Oman, 26–28 January 2004.
• The 2003 UAE Mathematics Day Conference, University of Sharjah, Sharjah,
U.A.E., 8 May 2003.
• University Week Annual Research Conference, SQU, Sultanate of Oman, 4 May
2002.
• Conference in Mathematical Analysis and Applications, American University of
Sharjah, Sharjah, U.A.E., 2–4 May 2001.
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(b) Research Papers presented in Conferences (from 2001)
by Self (P. Chandran)
• P. Chandran, N. C. Sacheti, A. K. Singh, B. S. Bhadauria: Some aspects of natural
convection in a hydrodynamically and thermally anisotropic porous non-rectangular
cavity, 4th International Eurasian Conference on Mathematical Sciences and Applications, Athens, Greece, 31 August–03 September 2015. [Presented: P. Chandran]
• P. Chandran, N. C. Sacheti, A. K. Singh, B. S. Bhadauria: Unsteady free convection
flow of a nanofluid through a vertical channel, The 12th UAE Math Day, Dubai,
UAE, 19 April 2014.
• P. Chandran, N. C. Sacheti, A. K. Singh, B. S. Bhadauria: Natural convection in a
nanofluid through a vertical channel: Coupled effects of non-isothermal and isothermal boundary conditions, The 2nd International Conference on “Mathematical Science and its Applications (ICMSA2013)”, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 29 September—01
December 2013.
• P. Chandran, N. C. Sacheti, N. Srivastava, A. K. Singh: Steady convective heat
and solute transfer in a rectangular enclosure partially filled with a permeable layer,
International Conference on “Mathematical Analysis, Differential Equations and
their Applications (MADEA 2012)”, Mersin, Turkey, 04–09 September 2012.
• P. Chandran, N. C. Sacheti, A. Kumar and A. K. Singh: Free convective flow of
an electrically conducting fluid in a plain enclosure subject to an applied normal
magnetic field, The 8th International ISAAC (International Society for Analysis, its
Applications and Computation) Congress, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia,
Moscow, 22 – 27 August 2011.
• P. Chandran, N. C. Sacheti and A. K. Singh: Effect of ramped surface temperature
on certain free convective flows in the presence or absence of a porous medium,
The Second Asian Conference on Nonlinear Analysis and Optimization, Phuket,
Thailand, 9 – 12 September 2010.
• P. Chandran and N. C. Sacheti: Exact solutions of some transient free convection
flows: Effects of rigid body rotation and magnetic field, 2nd International Conference of Mathematical Modelling and Computation and 5th East Asia Industrial
and Applied Mathematics Conference, University of Brunei Darussalam, Gadong,
Brunei, 8 – 11 June 2009.
• P. Chandran and N. C. Sacheti: A study of buoyancy driven unsteady viscous flow in
the presence of applied magnetic field. The 6th International ISAAC (International
Society for Analysis, its Applications and Computation) Congress, Middle East
Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 13–18 August 2007.
• P. Chandran and N. C. Sacheti: Time-dependent high temperature MHD flow near a
vertical wall. The 2nd IMT-GT 2006 Regional Conference on Mathematics, Statistics and Applications, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia, 13–15 June
2006.
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• P. Chandran and N. C. Sacheti: An analytical study of hydromagnetic natural
convection subject to radiation. International Conference on Applied Mathematics,
Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung, Indonesia, 22–26 August 2005.
• P. Chandran and N. C. Sacheti: Unsteady flow of a radiating and electrically conducting fluid under the action of an externally applied magnetic field. Second International Conference on Mathematical Sciences, United Arab Emirates University,
Al Ain, U.A.E., 12–14 December 2004.
• P. Chandran and N. C. Sacheti: Developing hydromagnetic free convection flow in
the presence of radiation. The Sixth Pan-African Congress of Mathematicians, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées et de la Technologie (Insat), Tunis, Tunisia,
01–06 September 2004.
• P. Chandran and N. C. Sacheti: Natural convection in electrically conducting fluids subject to uniform heat transfer at a moving vertical plate. The 2003 UAE
Mathematics Day Conference, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, U.A.E., 8 May 2003.
• N. C. Sacheti, P. Chandran and T. El-Bashir: Boundary layer flows of a class of nonNewtonian fluids. University Week Annual Research Conference, SQU, Sultanate
of Oman, 4 May 2002. [Poster presentation]
• P. Chandran and N. C. Sacheti: On the effect of Prandtl numbers in free convection MHD flows. Conference in Mathematical Analysis and Applications, American
University of Sharjah, Sharjah, U.A.E., 2–4 May 2001.
• P. Chandran: On acoustic waves in a gas containing droplets. First International
Conference on Mathematical Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain,
U.A.E., 21–24 November 1999.
• P. Chandran: Non-equilibrium acoustics of a particle-laden gas. 4th Annual Conference of Nigerian Mathematical Society, Port Harcourt, Nigeria, 27–30 March 1983.
• P. Chandran: On the linearized analysis of two-phase flows. Seminar on Recent
Advances in Applied Mathematics and Applications, Indian Institute of Technology,
Kharagpur, India, 19–21 May 1978.
(c) Research Papers presented in Conferences (from 2001)
by a Collaborator
• N. C. Sacheti, P. Chandran, A. K. Singh: On two-dimensional nonsteady free convection near vertical plate subject to stepped-up surface temperature, 4th International
Eurasian Conference on Mathematical Sciences and Applications, Athens, Greece,
31 August–03 September 2015. [Presented: N. Sacheti]
• N. C. Sacheti, P. Chandran, R. P. Jaju: A semi-analytical approach to investigate
two-dimensional flow of an inelastic non-Newtonian fluid near a stagnation point,
The 12th UAE Math Day, Dubai, UAE, 19 April 2014. [Presented: N. Sacheti]
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• N. C. Sacheti, p. Chandran, R. P. Jaju: A comparative study of higher order
effects on the boundary layer flow of a dilatant fluid: Flow near a stagnation point,
The 2nd International Conference on “Mathematical Science and its Applications
(ICMSA2013)”, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 29 September—01 December 2013. [Presented:
N. C. Sacheti]
• N. C.Sacheti, P. Chandran, A. K. Singh, B. S. Bhadauria: Developing buoyancy
dominated flow of a class of nanofluid in a vertical channel, International Conference
on “Mathematical Analysis, Differential Equations and their Applications (MADEA
2012)”, Mersin, Turkey, 04–09 September 2012. [Presented: N. C. Sacheti]
• N. C. Sacheti, P. Chandran, A. K. Tiwari and A. K. Singh: Buoyancy driven steady
two-dimensional flow in an anisotropic non-rectangular permeable cavity, The 8th
International ISAAC (International Society for Analysis, its Applications and Computation) Congress, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, Moscow, 22 – 27 August 2011. [Presented: N. C. Sacheti]
• N. C. Sacheti, P. Chandran and A. K. Singh: Analysis of laminar natural convection
flow in an enclosure partially filled with a porous medium, The Second Asian Conference on Nonlinear Analysis and Optimization, Phuket, Thailand, 9 – 12 September
2010. [Presented: N. C. Sacheti]
• P. Chandran, N. C. Sacheti and A. K. Singh: A comparative study of twodimensional natural convection in an isotropic porous medium, Satellite Conference
of International Congress of Mathematicians (Theme: Mathematics in Science and
Technology) , New Delhi, India, 15 – 17 August 2010. [Presented: A. K. Singh]
• N. C. Sacheti and P. Chandran: On unsteady natural convection in viscous incompressible fluids near a vertical plate subject to ramped temperature profile, 2nd
International Conference of Mathematical Modelling and Computation and 5th East
Asia Industrial and Applied Mathematics Conference, University of Brunei Darussalam, Gadong, Brunei, 8 – 11 June 2009. [Presented: N. C. Sacheti]
• A. K. Singh, N. C. Sacheti and P. Chandran: On free convection in a cubical
cavity comprising an incompressible fluid overlying a porous medium, International
Conference on Mathematical Modelling, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman,
23 – 26 February 2009. [Presented: A. K. Singh]
• P. Chandran, N. C. Sacheti and A. K. Singh: Effect of rotation on transient
behaviour of buoyancy driven flow bounded by a semi-infinite vertical wall, The
24th Annual Conference of the Mathematical Society, Banaras Hindu University,
Varanasi, India, 30 – 31 December 2008. [Presented: A. K. Singh]
• A. K. Singh, N. C. Sacheti and P. Chandran, Flow of an incompressible fluid in
a cubical cavity with a free fluid – porous medium interface, The 23rd Annual
Conference of the Mathematical Society, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India,
29 – 30 December 2007. [Presented: A. K. Singh]
• N. C. Sacheti and P. Chandran: Rheological effects on the flow of two immiscible fluids in a vertical porous circular cylinder. The 6th International ISAAC
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(International Society for Analysis, its Applications and Computation) Congress,
Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 13–18 August 2007. [Presented:
N. C. Sacheti]
• N. C. Sacheti, P. Chandran and A. K. Singh: On the Stokes layer of a stratified
viscous fluid over an oscillating porous medium. The 2nd IMT-GT 2006 Regional
Conference on Mathematics, Statistics and Applications, Universiti Sains Malaysia,
Penang, Malaysia, 13–15 June 2006. [Presented: N. C. Sacheti]
• N. C. Sacheti and P. Chandran: Non-Newtonian flow past a sphere: an appraisal.
Second International Conference on Mathematical Sciences, United Arab Emirates
University, Al Ain, U.A.E., 12–14 December 2004. [Presented: N. C. Sacheti]
• N. C. Sacheti, P. Chandran and T. El-Bashir: Some aspects of boundary layer flows
of a dilatant fluid model. The Sixth Pan-African Congress of Mathematicians, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées et de la Technologie (Insat), Tunis, Tunisia,
01–06 September 2004. [Presented: N. C. Sacheti]
• P. Chandran, N. C. Sacheti and A. K. Singh: Natural convection near a vertical
plate with ramped wall temperature. 19th Annual Conference of the Mathematical
Society, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, 26–27 December 2003. [Presented: A. K. Singh]
• N. C. Sacheti and P. Chandran: On the translation of a micropolar liquid bubble moving under gravity in a viscous medium. The 2003 UAE Mathematics
Day Conference, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, U.A.E., 8 May 2003. [Presented:
N. C. Sacheti]
• N. C. Sacheti, P. Chandran and T. El-Bashir: Theoretical investigation of a dilatant
fluid flow near a stagnation point over a moving wall. Conference in Mathematical
Analysis and Applications, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, U.A.E., 2–4
May 2001. [Presented: N. C. Sacheti]
Grant and Contract Support
Research Grants awarded as Principal Investigator
• SQU Research Project No. IG/SCI/DOMS/ 14/10 entitled “Natural convection in
non-rectangular permeable enclosures with or without mass transfer ”. This two-year
project is for the period: Jan 2014 – Dec 2015.
• SQU Research Project No. IG/SCI/DOMS/ 09/06 entitled “Natural convection in
a confined composite system comprising a fluid layer and a porous medium”. This
two-year project was for the period: Jan 2009 – Dec 2010.
• SQU Research project No. IG/SCI/DOMS/ 02/04 entitled “Transient solutions of
certain magnetohydrodynamic free convection flows”. This three-year project was
for the period: Jan 2002 – Dec 2004.
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Research Grants awarded as Co-Principal Investigator/Co-Investigator
• SQU Research Project No. IG/SCI/DOMS/11/19 entitled “Convective flows and
instabilities in nanofluids”. This two-year project was for the period: Jan 2011 –
Dec 2012.
• SQU Research Project No. IG/SCI/DOMS/06/08 entitled “Analytical investigations of some incompressible fluid flows bounded by porous media”. This two-year
project was for the period: Jan 2006 – Dec 2007.
• SQU Research Project No. IG/SCI/DOMS/99/03 entitled “Boundary layer flows
of a class of non-Newtonian fluids”. This two-year project was for the period Jan
2000 – Dec 2001.
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Appendix I
Courses Taught at Sultan Qaboos University (from 2000)
Key: * Course co-ordinator,
Year
L = Lecture,
T = Tutorial or Lab.
Semester Course code Course Name
2015–2016 Fall
2014–2015 Spring
2014–2015 Fall
2013–2014 Spring
2013–2014 Fall
2012–2013 Spring
2012–2013 Fall
2011–2012 Spring
2011–2012 Fall
FPMT 0101
FPMT 0101*
MATH 3302
MATH 7000
FPMT 0101
FPMT 0101*
MATH 3302
FPMT 0101
FPMT 0101*
MATH 3302
MATH 4174
FPMT 0101
FPMT 0101*
MATH 1105
MATH 5470*
FPMT 0101
FPMT 0101*
MATH 4174
FPMT 0101
FPMT 0101*
MATH 4174
MATH 5470*
FPMT 0101
FPMT 0101*
MATH 1102*
MATH 1103
FPMT 0101
FPMT 0101*
MATH 1101*
MATH 5470*
FPMT 0101
FPMT 0101*
MATH 4174
Basic Mathematics
Coordination (1000 students)
Ordinary Differential Equations
(2 Sections)
MSc Project (Supervisor)
Basic Mathematics
Coordination (850 students)
Ordinary Differential Equations
(2 Sections)
Basic Mathematics
Coordination (912 students)
Ordinary Differential Equations
Diff Equations for Engineers
Basic Mathematics
Coordination (770 students)
Business Mathematics
Integral Transforms
Basic Mathematics
Coordination (630 students)
Diff Equations for Engineers
(2 Sections)
Basic Mathematics
Coordination (895 students)
Diff Equations for Engineers
Integral Transforms
Basic Mathematics
Coordination (1045 students)
Business Mathematics II
Business Mathematics
Basic Mathematics
Coordination (1052 students)
Business Mathematics I
Integral Transforms
Basic Mathematics
Coordination (912 students)
Diff Equations for Engineers
(2 Sections)
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L/T
L
L+T
L
L+T
L
L+T
L+T
L
L+T
L+T
L
L+T
L
L+T
L+T
L
L+T
L+T
L
L+T
L+T
L
L+T
P Chandran
Year
Curriculum Vitae
Semester Course code Course Name
2010–2011 Spring
2010–2011 Fall
FPMT 0101
FPMT 0101*
MATH 4174
FPMT 0101
FPMT 0101*
MATH 4174
MATH 7000
2009–2010 Spring
MATH 2107
MATH 7000
2009–2010 Fall
MATH 2107
MATH 7000
2008–2009 Spring
MATH 2107
MATH 7000
2008–2009 Fall
MATH 4174
MATH 7000
2007–2008 Spring
2007–2008 Fall
2006–2007 Spring
2006–2007 Fall
2005–2006 Spring
2005–2006 Fall
MATH
MATH
MATH
MATH
MATH
MATH
MATH
MATH
MATH
MATH
MATH
1106
1106
1106*
1106
1106*
1106
1106*
1063*
3302
7000
7000
MATH 1101*
MATH 7000
Basic Mathematics
Coordination (612 students)
Diff Equations for Engineers
(2 Sections)
Basic Mathematics
Coordination (546 students)
Diff. Equations for Engineers
(2 Sections)
M Sc Project
(Member, Thesis Committee)
Calculus I
(Lecture + 3 tutorial sections)
M Sc Project
(Member, Thesis Committee)
Calculus I
(Lecture + 3 tutorial sections)
M Sc Project
(Member, Thesis Committee)
Calculus I
(Lecture + 3 tutorial sections)
M Sc Project
(Member, Thesis Committee)
Diff. Equations for Engineers
(2 sections)
M Sc Project
(Member, Thesis Committee)
Precalculus (2 sections)
Precalculus (2 sections)
Coordination (735 students)
Precalculus (2 sections)
Coordination (601 students)
Precalculus (2 sections)
Coordination (897 students)
Mathematics for Commerce III
Ordinary Diff. Equations
M Sc Project (Supervisor)
M Sc Project
(Member, Thesis Committee)
Business Mathematics I
(2 sections)
M Sc Project (Supervisor)
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L/T
L
L+T
L
L+T
L+T
L+T
L+T
L+T
L+T
L+T
L+T
L+T
L+T
L+T
L+T
P Chandran
Year
Curriculum Vitae
Semester Course code Course Name
2004–2005 Spring
MATH 1102*
MATH 5500
MATH 7000
MATH 7000
2004–2005 Fall
2003–2004 Spring
MATH
MATH
MATH
MATH
2003–2004 Fall
MATH 1102*
2002–2003 Spring
MATH 3171*
2002–2003 Fall
MATH 5500
MATH 3171*
2001–2002 Spring
MATH 5500
MATH 1101*
2001–2002 Fall
2000–2001 Spring
2000–2001 Fall
MATH
MATH
MATH
MATH
MATH
MATH
1102*
6106*
5500
1102*
1061*
1101*
2193*
1101
1102*
3302
Business Mathematics II
(2 sections)
B Sc Project (2 students)
M Sc Project (Supervisor)
M Sc Project
(Member, Thesis Committee)
Business Mathematics II
Compressible flows
B Sc Project (2 students)
Business Mathematics II
(2 sections)
Business Mathematics II
(2 sections)
Lin. Algebra & MV Calculus
(2 sections)
B Sc Project (2 students)
Lin. Algebra & MV Calculus
(2 sections)
B Sc Project (2 students)
Business Mathematics I
(2 sections)
Mathematics for Commerce I
Business Mathematics I
Mathematics for Agriculture II
Business mathematics I
Business Mathematics II
Ordinary Differential Equations
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L/T
L+T
L+T
L+T
L+T
L+T
L+T
L+T
L+T
L
L
L
L
L
L
+
+
+
+
+
+
T
T
T
T
T
T