Tapan Kumar Kar
Department of Mathematics
Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur
India
Biography
1990: B.Sc. (Honours) (First Class first) (Calcutta University) Major: Mathematics, Minors: Physics and Chemistry. 1993: M.Sc.(Calcutta University)(First class 2nd) Applied Mathematics, Specialization: Mathematical Biology. 1993: Qualified “National Eligibility Test (NET)” conducted by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and University Grants Commission (UGC) 1993: Qualified “Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE)”, Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India. 1994: M.Phil (Calcutta University) Applied Mathematics, Specialization: Mathematical Ecology. 2004: Ph.D. (Jadavpur University), Thesis title: Some Mathematical Models on Bioeconomic Harvesting Problems of Multispecies Fisheries. Supervisor: Professor Kripasindhu Chaudhuri, Jadavpur University. 2005-07: Post Doctoral Fellow (JSPS) Yokohama National University, JAPAN 2013: Visiting Professor, Kyoto University, Japan 2014: JSPS Invitation fellow, Kyushu University, Japan.
Research Interest
Dynamical systems Stability and bifurcation theory Population dynamics Mathematical ecology: Theoretical studies on ecology, population management, food chain, conservation of aquatic ecosystems, sustainable use of ecosystem services. Modeling and control of epidemiological problems. Mathematical modeling of eco-epidemiological problems. Pest control Impact of invasive species on the sustainable utilization of native species
Publications
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Ghosh, Bapan, Kar, T. K. and Paul, Prosenjit, Extinction scenarios in exploited system: Combined and selective harvesting approaches, Ecological Complexity 19(2014)130-139 (Elsevier).
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Ghosh, Bapan and Kar, T. K., Sustainable use of prey species in a prey-predator system: Jointly determined ecological thresholds and economic trade-offs. Ecological Modelling, 272 (2014) 49-58 (Elsevier).
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Ghosh, Bapan and Kar, T. K., Possible ecosystem impacts of applying maximum sustainable yield policy in food chain models, Journal of Theoretical Biology 329 (2013) 6-14 (Elsevier).
