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Dr. Ashapurna Pattnaik

Dr. Ashapurna Pattnaik

Assistant Professor


  • School of Multi Disciplinary Studies
  • PhD in Mathematics
  • Area of Expertise: Mathematics

I have completed my PhD in Mathematics from VSSUT, Burla in 2025 and MSc in Mathematics and Computing from OUTR, BBSR. My research interests are fractional calculus, optimal control theory, variational problem, convex optimization and operation researches.  I am passionate about mentoring students and developing future-ready Engineering and  management  professionals through quality teaching and research.

  1. Pattnaik, A., Padhan, S. K., & Mohapatra, R. N. “Sufficient Conditions for Extremum of Fractional Variational Problems.” RAIRO – Operations Research, 56(2), 637–648 (2022).

  2. Pattnaik, A., & Padhan, S. K. “Necessary Optimality Conditions for Fractional Control Problems.” International Journal of Mathematics in Operational Research (2025).

  3. Pattnaik, A., Padhan, S. K., & Mohapatra, R. N. “A Proof of a Noether Theorem for Optimal Control Problems in Fractional Calculus Setting.” Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications, 88, 104475 (2026).

  4. Pattnaik, A., Behera, P. K., & Padhan, S. K. “Caputo Fractional Derivatives in Nonlinear Programming Problems.” Yugoslav Journal of Operations Research (In Press).

  5. Sahu, K., Pattnaik, A., & Padhan, S. K. “Fractional Order Taylor Series Expansion for the Function of Several Variables and Applications.” Computational and Applied Mathematics, 45(4), 167 (2026).

  6. Dasmahapatra, J., Pattnaik, A., & Padhan, S. K. “Optimality Results of Submodular Programming Problems.” Accepted for publication in Optimization Eruditorum (OPER).

  7. Pattnaik, A., & Padhan, S. K. “Geometrical Representation of Fractional Derivative.” Under Construction.