Ajit Kumar
Assistant Professor, Mathematics
Email: ajit.kumar@snu.edu.in
Office: Room A111a
About Me
Hello, and welcome to my homepage!
As a faculty member, my primary expertise lies in teaching Applied Mathematics courses. I enjoy
developing applications and writing code to solve real-world problems. Recently, my work has focused
on projects involving Machine Learning and AI-related topics.
Apart from research and teaching, I am involved in some projects which aim to fill few gaps in our education system. These include designing effective study
habits and developing innovative tools for delivering impactful courses.
Recent Projects and Initiatives
| Area | Details | Skills used / learned | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reinforcement Learning | Intelligent Game agents creation in the Unity Gaming Engine | MLAgents | 2024–ongoing |
| Reinforcement Learning | Develop Automatic stocks trader | Tensordrade, Rllib, TensorFlow, Python | 2022–current |
| Reinforcement Learning | Trained a model to figure out Gym’s Frozen Lake paths Code: GitHub Link |
Python, Torch, RLlib | 2022 |
| AI, Machine Learning | Face Recognition App for Office Attendance Code: Link to be added |
Python, JavaScript, HTML, Node.js, Flask, Heroku | 2021 |
| AI, Machine Learning | Automatic Detection of Infected Cells Code: Will be published after the paper is accepted |
YOLO, TensorFlow, Python, Object Detection | 2021 |
| Python Consultancy | Trained Govt officers in basic Python usage (Cabinet Secretariat, Govt of India) | Python | Nov–Dec 2020 |
| CFD, Auto Diff | Shape optimization using autodiff Code: GitHub Link |
C++, CMake | 2019–20 |
| CFD | Adaptive Overset Mesh in OpenFoam Code: GitHub Link |
OpenFOAM, C++ | 2019 |
| CFD | sixDOF solver in OpenFOAM Code: GitHub Link |
OpenFOAM, C++ | 2019–20 |
| Timetabling | Automated timetable with Unitime Unitime Site |
SQL, Unix, SSH | 2019–current |
| Timetabling | Timetable generation with FET Code: csvToFET, TT-snu-spring2020 |
Python, FET, XML | 2018–19 |
| General App Dev | Clinic Queue Notification App Code: GitHub Link |
JavaScript, HTML, Google Cloud, Firebase, Node.js | 2019 |
| General App Dev | Garud Carpool App Code: GitHub Link |
JavaScript, HTML, Google Cloud, Firebase, Java, Android | 2018 |
Student Guidance and Supervision
| Student / Project | Year |
|---|---|
| Renu Saraswat. Machine Learning | 2025 (Thesis submitted ) |
| Amrita Singh. Machine Learning/Computer Vision | 2025 |
|
Praveen Laws, PhD Mechanical Engineering, Co-Advised with Dr. Santanu Mitra LinkedIn Profile |
2020 |
| R. Maguram, MTech Mechanical Engineering, Co-Advised with Dr. Santanu Mitra | 2020 |
Publications
| Renu Saraswat, Ajit Kumar Stock Price Forecasting With Integration of Sectoral Behavior: A Deep Auto-Optimized Multimodal Framewor. 2025 |
| Amrita Singh, Ajit Kumar, Snehasis Mukherjee, Naga Suresh Veerapu Automatic Detection of Virus Infection Patterns in Foci Images Using Switchable Convolutions. 2024 |
| Praveen L., A. Kumar, S. Mitra A Numerical Study Toward Harvesting Power From Train Slipstream Using Savonius Rotor. Journal of Energy Resource Technology. May 2020 |
| Praveen L., J. S. Saini, A. Kumar, S. Mitra Improvement in Savonius Wind Turbines Efficiency by Modification of Blade Designs—A Numerical Study. Journal of Energy Resource Technology. June 2020 |
| A. Veliz-Cuba, A. Kumar, K. Josic. Piecewise linear and boolean models of chemical reaction networks. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology. Volume 76-12. Pages 2945-2984. 2014 |
| A. Kumar and K. Josic. Reduced models of networks of coupled enzymatic reactions. Journal of Theoretical Biology. Volume 278-1. Pages 87-106. 2011 |
Conference Presentations
| Presentation | Year |
|---|---|
| R. Saraswat, A. Kumar. International Conference on Recent Advances in Mathematics and Data Science | 2024 |
| A. Singh, A. Kumar. Indian Conference on Computer Vision, Graphics and Image Processing (ICVGIP), IIT Ropar | 2023 |
| A. Singh, A. Kumar. Virtual International Conference on Soft Computing, Optimization Theory and Applications, Mar 26–27, 2021, BIT Mesra, Ranchi | 2021 |
| R. Saraswat, A. Kumar. Advances in Differential Equations and Numerical Analysis (Oct 12–15, 2020), IIT Guwahati | 2020 |
| Ajit Kumar. Extension of OpenFoam to simulate 6DOF rigid body motion using adaptively refined overset mesh. Indo-German Conference on Computational Mathematics, IISc Bangalore, Dec 2019 | 2019 |
| P. Laws, J. S. Saini, A. Kumar. Performance analysis of two-dimensional NACA 0018 airfoil using an overset grid solver. 20th Annual CFD Symposium, National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore | 2018 |
| A. Kumar. Numerical simulation of cricket ball swings using OpenFOAM. 17th Annual CFD Symposium, National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore | 2015 |
Teaching (Last 10 Years)
Excerpts from Class feedback"There's just some vibe about him that inspires me. He teaches so subtly, chills out with us to reduce our pressure and at the same time teaches excellently well. He is the best.""
“His enthusiasm and liveliness always reminds me to enjoy everything and take lessons from it all.”
“He has been extremely understanding and friendly with all of us thus making us comfortable.”
| Course | Semester | Level | Class Size | Ratings (out of 4) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reinforcement Learning | Monsoon 2024 | PhD Mathematics | 5 | |
| Mathematical Methods 1 (MAT103) | Monsoon 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2017, 2016, 2015 | First Year Engineering Students | 250 (average) | Above 3.5 |
| Mathematical Methods 2 (MAT104) | Spring 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2017, 2016 | First Year Engineering Students | 200 (average) | Above 3.5 |
| Numerical Analysis - I (MAT280) | Spring 2022, 2019, 2018 | 2nd & 3rd Year Math Students | 32 | 3.5 |
| Fundamentals of Mathematics (MAT605) | Spring 2022 | PhD CS Engineering | 1 | |
| Causal Machine Learning (MAT696) | Spring 2021 | PhD Mathematics | 1 | |
| Numerical Optimization (MAT678) | Spring 2020 | PhD Mathematics | 3 | |
| Optimal Control of Systems Governed by PDEs (MAT785) | Monsoon 2019 | PhD Mathematics | 2 | |
| Numerical PDE (MAT694) | Spring 2019 | PhD Mathematics | 2 | |
| Mathematical Modelling (MAT150) | Monsoon 2018 | 1st Year BS Mathematics | 10 | 3 |
| Partial Differential Equations (MAT330) | Monsoon 2018, 2017; Spring 2016 | 3rd & 4th Year BS Mathematics | 40 | 3.5 |
| Finite Volume Method (MAT681) | Monsoon 2018 | PhD Mathematics & Mechanical Engineering | 1 | |
| Numerical Linear Algebra | Monsoon 2018 | PhD Mathematics | 2 | |
| Computational PDE (MAT434) | Spring 2018 | 3rd & 4th Year BS Maths + UWE students | 34 | 3.5 |
| Ordinary Differential Equations (MAT430) | Summer 2017 | 3rd & 4th Year BS Maths | 6 | |
| Computational Fluid Dynamics (MAT433) | Spring 2017 | 3rd & 4th Year BS Maths + UWE students | 13 | 3.4 |
| Linear Algebra (MAT660) | Monsoon 2016 | MS & PhD Mathematics | 5 |