IIT Gandhinagar | Faculty | Mathematics

V. D. Sharma

Visiting Professor

	B.Sc.: University of Allahabad, India, 1966 M.Sc.: University of Allahabad, India, 1968 Ph.D.: Banaras Hindu University, India, 1972
	Email: vsharma @ iitgn.ac.in Phone: +91-79-23972622 Fax: +91-79-23972622

Research Interest

Quasilinear Systems of Partial Differential Equations
Nonlinear Gasdynamic Waves
Water Waves
Group Theoretic Methods
Dynamics of Relaxing, Radiating and Electrically Conducting Fluids, and Two-Phase Flows

Work Experience

Institute Chair Professor, Department of Mathematics, IIT Bombay (Dec-2009 for 3 Years)
Head, Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (Jan-2003 to Dec-2006)
Convener of Postgraduate Academic Performance Evaluation Committee, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (Mar-2001 to Dec-2002)
Head, Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (Nov-1996 to Feb-2000)
Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (Mar-1988 to till date)
Reader, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India (Nov-1983 to Mar-1988)
Lecturer, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India (Sept-1972 to Nov-1983)

Selected Recent Publications

M. PANDEY, B.D. PANDEY and V.D. Sharma, "Symmetry groups and similarity solutins for the system of equations for a viscous compressible fluid", Appl. Math. Comput (Elsevier), 215(2009), pp.681-685
MANOJ PANDEY and V.D. Sharma, "Kinematics of a shock wave of arbitrary strength in a non-ideal gas", Quart. Appl. Math. (USA), 67(2009), pp.401-418
MANOJ PANDEY, R. RADHA and V.D. Sharma, "Similarity analysis and exact solutions of Magnetogasdynamic equations", Quart. J. Mech. Appl. Math. (UK), 61(2008), pp.291-310
V.D. Sharma and R. RADHA, "Exact solutions of Euler equations of ideal gasdynamics via Lie group analysis", ZAMP (Switz.), 59(2008), pp.1029-1038
T. RAJA SEKHAR and V.D. Sharma, "Interaction of shallow water waves", Studies in Applied Mathematics (MIT, USA), 121(2008), pp.1-25