DR. ASHOK KUMAR
Associate Professor, Head (Department of Applied Sciences)

ashok.kumar@chitkarauniversity.edu.in

Expert Areas : Information Theory, Engineering Education, Data Mining, and Waste Management.

Dr. Ashok, in his capacity as an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Applied Sciences at Chitkara University in Himachal Pradesh, India, completed his Ph.D. in Mathematics from the same institution in 2016. Possessing an extensive teaching experience of 17 years, he is presently imparting knowledge to students across diverse fields, such as BE, MCA, and B. Pharmacy, with a primary focus on Mathematics. His research interests encompass a wide range of topics, including Engineering Education, Data Mining, Information Theory, and Waste Management. It is worth noting that he has had the privilege of publishing more than 19 research manuscripts in esteemed Journals and Conferences. Furthermore, he holds a life membership in several distinguished scientific organizations, such as ISC, ISTE, and HSCA. Additionally, he currently occupies the distinguished role of being an Innovation ambassador of IIC, India. Furthermore, he is currently engaged as a reviewer for several prestigious journals and has served as a guiding force, providing mentorship to one PhD student and co-guiding one DST-approved project. In recognition of his outstanding abilities, he was awarded the First Prize for Presentation during the 2nd Himachal Pradesh Science Congress held in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh from the 20th to the 21st of November, 2017. He possesses the privilege of co-authoring three publications of national repute. In addition, as a NSS Coordinator, he was bestowed with the esteemed ‘Green Hero Award’ on 30th March, 2023. This recognition was presented by the Swarmani Youth Welfare Association in collaboration with the Department of Environment, Chandigarh Pollution Control Committee, and the Department of Education Chandigarh. Furthermore, he has been conferred with the distinguished ‘National Rakat-Nayak Award’ on 26th-27th February, 2023. This prestigious accolade was granted by the National Integrated Forum of Artists and Activists.

  • Research
  • Teaching
  • Consulting
  • Patents
  • Education
  • Service

Research Publications

  • Varinder S. Kanwar, Hitakshi Dutta, Ishwar Dutt, Ashok Kumar, C. Prakasam and Manvi Kanwar, (2022). Impact and awareness of COVID-19 on rural communities – an empirical study of India, Built Environment Project and Asset Management Vol. 12 No. 3, pp. 486-502, DOI10.1108/BEPAM-01-2021-0007
  • Ashok Kumar, Arun Lal Srivastav, Ishwar Dutt and Karan Bajaj,(2021).Classification of Existing Health Model of India at the End of the Twelfth Plan using Enhanced Decision Tree Algorithm, Pertanika Journal of Science & Technology, Volume 29, Issue 4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.47836/pjst.29.4.06
  • Arun Lal Srivastav, A. Kumar (2020). An endeavor to achieve sustainable development goals through floral waste management: A short review, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.124669. Journal Clean. Prod. (Elsevier)
  • Arun Lal Srivastav, T. Kaur, L. Rani, A. Kumar (2019). Scientific research production of India and China in environmental chemistry: a bibliometric assessment. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762- 019-02306-6. Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol. (Springer)
  • Ashok Kumar, H C Taneja, Ashok K Chitkara, Vikas Kumar (2012), Classification of Census Using Information Theoretic Measure Based ID3 Algorithm, Int. Journal of Math. Analysis, Vol. 6, no. 51,2511 – 2518
  • Ashok Kumar, H C Taneja, Ashok K Chitkara, Vikas Kumar (2015), On Weighted Generalized Residual Information, Mathematical Journal of Interdisciplinary Sciences, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 1–14 Measure. DOI: 10.15415/mjis.2015.41001

Research Papers in Conference

  • Ashok Kumar, Ashok K Chitkara, HC Taneja, Vikas Kumar, ‘A study of Weighted Generalized Residual Information Measure’, 1st International Conference of Indian Society of Information Theory and Applications (ISITA) on ‘Mathematical Modeling, Optimization and Information Technology’, SSI Badani, Pathankot, 16-19, January, 2015.
  • A. L. Srivastav, Ashok Kumar, “Flower Waste Management” by as mini project through poster presentation in “5th International Conference on Transformations in Engineering in Engineering Education” by Indo Universal Collaboration for Engineering Education, 8-9th January, 2018 at Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, Tamil Naidu, India.
  • Ashok Kumar, Dr. H. C. Taneja, Dr. Ashok Chitkara and Mr. Vikas Kumar, ‘Classification of Census Using Modified ID3 Algorithm’, ‘National Conference on Mathematical Modeling, Simulation and Optimization’, Chitkara University, Punjab on 20th July, 2012.
  • Ashok Kumar, Dr. H. C. Taneja, Dr. Ashok K Chitkara and Mr. Vikas Kumar, ‘Classification of Census Using ID3 Algorithm’, ‘National Conference on Modeling, Computational Fluid Dynamics and Operations Research’, BITS, Pilani, Rajasthan on 4th February, 2012.
  • Ashok Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Komal Kumari Deswal, Arun Lal Srivastav (2022). Entropic classification of research in the field of decision sciences, AIP Conference Proceedings, 2357,090003-1–090003-6 https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0080707
  • Ishwar Dutt, Ashok Kumar and Nirankar Singh, (2022). Published Research Documents of India in Nuclear and High Energy Physics: A Bibliometric Analysis, AIP Conference Proceedings, 2357,040012-1–040012-6; https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0086113
  • Nirankar Singh, Sonia Randhawa, Ishwar Dutt and Ashok Kumar (2022). Characterization of Laundry Wastewater and Its Potential Applications in Garden Irrigation and Lavatory Cleaning: A Squat Review AIP Conference Proceedings, 2357, 030014-1–030014-6;https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0086117
  • S. R. Sharma, Neha Kumra, Shefali Batra, Madhu Gupta and Ashok Kumar, (2022). Square Carpet Designs Due to Self Similarity, AIP Conference Proceedings, 2357, 120010-1–120010-5; https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0080589
  • Varinder S. Kanwar, Hitakshi Dutta, Ishwar Dutt, Jafar Ali, Ashok Kumar, (2022). Sustainable Development of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes’ Population in Select Villages of Himachal Pradesh, India: A Cross Sectional Study, Proceedings of International Conference on Innovative Technologies for Clean and Sustainable Development (ICITCSD – 2021), Springer International Publishing, pp. 823-844, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-93936-6_64
  • Ashok Kumar, H C Taneja and Ashok K Chitkara (2016). Analysis of Health Conditions Using Generalized Information Measure Based ID3 Algortihm, 4th Annual International Conference on Operations Research and Statistics (ORS 2016). doi: 10.5176/2251-1938_ORS16.11
  • Ashok Kumar, “Analysis of Health Conditions Using C4.5 Algorithm” in a session on “2nd Mathematical and Computer Sciences on Science & Technology for Sustainable Livelihood in Indian Himalayan Region” in “Himachal Pradesh Science Congress” by Himachal Pradesh Council for Science, Technology and Environment, 20-21st November, 2017 at Hotel Peterhoff, Shimla India.
  • Ashok Kumar, “Analysis of Classification Algorithms” in “The 7th International Conference on Chemical, Physical and Biological Sciences” by Himachal Science Congress Association, 20-21st November, 2019 at Chitkara University, Himachal Pradesh, India.
  • Madhu Gupta, Ashok Kumar and S. R. Sharma. Bounds on Stress-Strain for Multiphase Composite Bodies. International Conference on Advances in Multi-Disciplinary Sciences and Engineering Research AIP Conference Proceedings 2451, 020089 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0095259.

Publications (other than Research papers): Edited Book

  • Arun Lal Srivastav, Ashok Kumar, Shefali Batra, Madhu Gupta, Neha Kumra, Ashu Taneja, Ishwar Dutt and Sita Ram Sharma, International Conference on Advances in Multi-Disciplinary Sciences and Engineering Research (ICAMSER-2021) Himachal Pradesh, India, 2-3 July, 2021 Vol. 2541, AIP Publishing

 BOOK CHAPTER PUBLISHED

  • Sequence and Series (The Engineering Mathematics-I, Chitkara University Publications, ISBN 978-93-82782-06-3.) Multiple Integrals (The Engineering Mathematics-II, Chitkara University Publications, ISBN 978-93-82782-12-4.) Graph Theory (Discrete Mathematics, Chitkara University Publications, ISBN 978-81-920249-3-6.) Socio Economic Upliftment of Women through Welfare Activities and Technology Training (1st Series of Compendium in pursuance of the Honourable Prime Minister’s Agenda 3 ‘Role of Women in Disaster Risk Management’)

TRAINING PROGRAMS CONDUCTED

International Conferences

  • The 7th HSCA International Conference on “CHEMICAL, PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES’ on dated 20-21 October 2019, Chitkara University, H.P.
  • ‘International Conference on Mathematics & Engineering Sciences’, from 20th March 2014 to 22nd March 2014, Chitkara University, H.P.
  • ‘International Conference on Recent Trends in Nuclear Physics’, from 19th November 2012 to 21st November 2012, Chitkara University, H.P.

Industrial Visits

  • “Secure Meters” Barotiwala, HP.

Guest Lecture

  • On “Fourier Series and its applications”, resourced by Dr. Jitender Singh for 150 students.

Workshops

  • Workshop on ‘Logistics with Matlab’, from 24th July 2010 to 25th July 2010 at Chitkara University, HP.

Webinars

  • Organized “POCSO (2012) & Child Sexual Abuse” resourced by Dr. Ramya Nisal, Coordinator SAKSHI, New Delhi, as NSS Coordinator along with NGO SAKSHI on 25th July 2020.
  • Co-hosted webinar on “World AIDS Day’ 20” on 1st Dec. 2020 organized by School of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, H.P. in association with CIPLA Foundation Mumbai.
  • Organized Webinar on “Cancer prevention & Healthy Lifestyle” resourced by Ruby Ahluwalia, Founder Sanjeevani (NGO) as NSS Coordinator along with School of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, H.P. on 16th Oct., 2020.

Faculty Development Programmes/Workshops Attended

  • FDP on ‘Entrepreneur Education Experience of Africa’ by Navjivan Centre for Development, Gujarat on 28th January 2021.
  • FDP on ‘Machine Learning using Python’ by Electronics and ICT Academy, IIT Roorkee, 20-29 April 2020
  • FDP on Universal Human Values for DEEKSHARAMBH (Student Induction Program) organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT, Patna from 21st -25th Sept. 2020.
  • FDP on ‘Mentoring and Facilitation Skills for Institutional Mentors’ by Mahatma Gandhi National Council of Rural Education, MHRD, New Delhi from 27th -31st May 2020.
  • FDP on “Complex Functions and Partial Differential Equations” from 1st July 2013 to 5th July 2013 at Chitkara University, HP.
  • ‘Mathematica’: An Integrated Environment for Computer Simulation in Physics and Mathematics’ from 28th July, 2011 to 30th July, 2011 at Chitkara University, HP.
  • Workshop by ‘Mission 10X’ from 20th June 2011 to 24th June 2011 at Chitkara University, Punjab.
  • Workshop on ‘Advanced Numerical Analysis using Matlab’, from 13th November 2010 to 14th November 2010 at Chitkara University Punjab.
  • FDP by Mathematics Forum, from 31st January 2009 to 1st February 2009 at Chitkara University, HP.

FIELD OF SPECIALIZATION

  • Information Theory, Data Mining, Waste Management, Engineering Education

Research Project Completed

  • Capacity building and technology demonstration for the socio-economic upliftment of SC/ST population in the nearby villages of Himachal Pradesh funded for two years By DST, New Delhi ((NRDMS/SC/ST/54/018(G))) (Amount 25 Lakhs). https://www.chitkarauniversity.edu.in/department-of-civil-engineering/on-going-projects/

 

 

  • An Effort for Environmental Conservation and Health Protection through Plastic Packet Opener/Cutter. Dr Ashok Kumar and Dr. Arun Lal Srivastav on October 15, 2020 (Application no. : 202011044855). Status: In Progress
  • Kids Safe Pencil, Rinku and Dr. Ashok Kumar on 9th September, 2021, (Application no. 349256-001). Status: Granted
  • Mold- Decorative Article, Dr. Sita Ram Sharma, Dr. Ashok Kumar, Dr. Neha Kumra on 24th March, 2022 (Application No. 361191-001). Status: Granted

 

Course Name Institute Board/University Duration Year of Passing
Ph.D. (Mathematics) Chitkara University, HP Chitkara University, HP 2010-16 2016
M. Tech. (IMCA) JUIT, Solan JUIT, Solan 2006-08 2008
M.Sc. (Mathematics) HPU, Shimla HPU, Shimla 2002-04 2004
B.Ed. (Non-Medical) MLSM College, Sundernagar (H.P.) HPU, Shimla 2001-02 2002
B.Sc. (Non-Medical) Government College, Shimla HPU, Shimla 1997-00 2000
Senior Secondary (Non-Medical) GBSSS, Lalpani, Shimla HPBSE, Dharamshala 1995-97 1997
Matriculation GBSSS, Lalpani, Shimla HPBSE, Dharamshala 1995 1995

Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test Engineering (GATE) in March 2013 with Mathematics (MA) conducted by IIT, Bombay.

CERTIFICATIONS

Course Name Institute Year of Passing
Innovation Ambassador Innovation Cell, Ministry of Education, Govt. of India 2023
Certificate Focus on Peer Review Nature Master Classes 2020
IUCEE-EPICS Design Thinking Course Purdue University, USA 2018
Certificate Course in German Language HPU, Shimla, India 2001
  • 17 Years Teaching
  • Head (Department of Applied Sciences), Chitkara University, Solan (H.P.) since December 2021.
  • NSS Coordinator, Chitkara University, Solan (H.P.) since June 2018.
  • Coordinator of the Department of Applied Sciences for July 2012 to July 2013.
  • Teaching Assistant, Department of Mathematics, Jaypee University of Information Technology, Solan (H.P.) from June 2006-June 2008.
  • TGT (Mathematics) Kendriya Vidyalaya, Jakhoo, Shimla from June 2005 to March 2006.