1. Name : Mrinal Nandi 2. Designation : Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics 3. Educational Qualification : Ph.D. in Computer Science, Indian Statistical Institute, 2015. M. Stat. in Statistics, Indian Statistical Institute, 1997. M.Sc. in Pure Mathematics, University of Calcutta, 2002. B.Ed., University of Calcutta, 2004. 4. Service details in substantive post : Assistant Professor (28.01.2009 – present) West Bengal State University, Barasat Assistant Teacher (15.11.2007-27.01.2015) Kishore Vidhyapith High School, Kolkata Assistant Teacher (15.11.1999-14.11.2007) Ashutishpalli High School, Bararsat 5. Research interest and areas : Sensor Networks, Number Theory, Cryptography. 6. Project(s) : 7. Papers presented in seminars (since 2012): (1) M. Nandi and B.K. Roy (2012) “Model selection approach for distributed fault detection in wireless sensor networks”, 12th National Workshop on Cryptoghraphy, School of Information Technology and Engineering, VIT University, Vellore, 2012. (2) M. Nandi and A. Bakshi (2014) “Different aspects of Fault Detection in Wireless Sensor Networks and uses in Security” National Workshop on Cryptography at PDPM, Jabalpur. 8. Publications (since 2012) 1. M. Nandi and S. Parui and A. Adhikary (2014). “Bounds on the Size of the Minimum Dominating Sets of Some Cylindrical Grid Graphs ,” International Journal of Combinatorics, Volume 2014, Article ID 348359 2. M.Nandi, B. Roy and A. Nayak, (2014) “Hypothesis testing and decision theoretic approach for fault detection in wireless sensor networks,” International Journal of Parallel, Emergent and Distributed Systems, 2014 3. M.Nandi, B. Roy, A. Dewanji and S. Sarkar (2014) “Model Selection Approach for Distributed Fault Detection in Wireless Sensor Networks,” International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks Volume 2014, Article ID 148234 4. M. Nandi, (2015) “On commutativity of Discrete Fourier Transform,” Information Processing Letters, 9. Awards/ Fellowships received during the last 6 yrs at WBSU: