Akash Ashirbad Panda, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor (Grade I) · Department of Mathematics · IIT Indore

akashpanda@iiti.ac.in
ORCID: 0000-0003-3496-9111
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Research interests

Stochastic partial differential equationsNumerical analysis of SPDEsFluid and continuum modelsLarge deviationsStatistical inference for SDEs

Academic appointments

Jul 2026–present

Assistant Professor (Grade I), IIT Indore

Department of Mathematics.

Nov 2022–Jul 2026

Assistant Professor, IIT Bhubaneswar

School of Basic Sciences, Mathematics discipline. Joined as Grade II and absorbed as Grade I from January 2023.

Sep–Oct 2022

INSPIRE Faculty Fellow, NISER

School of Mathematical Sciences.

Apr 2020–Jul 2022

Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Tübingen

Advisors: Prof. Andreas Prohl and Prof. Xiaobing Feng. Numerical analysis of stochastic PDEs, teaching, and master's supervision.

Aug 2019–Mar 2020

Postdoctoral Fellow, Montanuniversität Leoben

Advisor: Prof. Erika Hausenblas. Stochastic analysis of mathematical-biological models.

Education

2015–2019

Ph.D., IISER Thiruvananthapuram

Supervisor: Prof. Utpal Manna. Thesis: Stochastic Analysis of Nematic Liquid Crystals and Related Physical Models. Defense: 12 December 2019.

2013–2015

M.Sc. in Mathematics, IISER Thiruvananthapuram

Integrated Ph.D. programme · CGPA 8.2/10.

2009–2012

B.Sc. (Hons.) in Mathematics and Computing

Institute of Mathematics and Applications, Bhubaneswar · CGPA 8.2/10 · Ranked first with distinction.

Journal publications

Higher order discretization of the stochastic semi-linear wave equation with multiplicative noise.

Akash A. Panda, Xiaobing Feng, Andreas Prohl · IMA Journal of Numerical Analysis 44(2), 836–885, 2024 · DOI: 10.1093/imanum/drad024.

Correction to: The stochastic Gierer–Meinhardt system.

Akash A. Panda, Erika Hausenblas · Applied Mathematics and Optimization 86(2), Paper 20, 2022 · DOI: 10.1007/s00245-022-09882-z.

The stochastic Gierer–Meinhardt system.

Akash A. Panda, Erika Hausenblas · Applied Mathematics and Optimization 85, Article 24, 2022 · DOI: 10.1007/s00245-022-09835-6.

Well-posedness and large deviations for 2D stochastic constrained Navier–Stokes equations driven by Lévy noise in the Marcus canonical form.

Akash A. Panda, Utpal Manna · Journal of Differential Equations 302, 64–138, 2021 · DOI: 10.1016/j.jde.2021.08.035.

Local existence and blow-up criterion for the two and three dimensional ideal magnetic Bénard problem.

Akash A. Panda, Utpal Manna · Electronic Journal of Differential Equations 2020(91), 1–26, 2020.

Large deviations for stochastic nematic liquid crystals driven by multiplicative Gaussian noise.

Akash A. Panda, Zdzisław Brzeźniak, Utpal Manna · Potential Analysis 53(3), 799–838, 2020 · DOI: 10.1007/s11118-019-09788-6.

Wong–Zakai approximation for the stochastic Landau–Lifshitz–Gilbert equations with anisotropy energy.

Akash A. Panda, Utpal Manna, D. Mukherjee · Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications 480(1), 123384, 2019 · DOI: 10.1016/j.jmaa.2019.123384.

Higher order regularity and blow-up criterion for semi-dissipative and ideal Boussinesq equations.

Akash A. Panda, Utpal Manna · Journal of Mathematical Physics 60, 041503, 2019 · DOI: 10.1063/1.5048839.

Martingale solutions of nematic liquid crystals driven by pure jump noise in the Marcus canonical form.

Akash A. Panda, Zdzisław Brzeźniak, Utpal Manna · Journal of Differential Equations 266(10), 6204–6283, 2019 · DOI: 10.1016/j.jde.2018.11.001.

Submitted manuscripts and preprints

Stability, convergence, and error analysis of finite element methods for 3D magnetohydrodynamics with p-Laplacian viscosity. Kim Ngan Le, Akash A. Panda, Evana I. Sarkar. Submitted to SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis.
Least square estimation: SDE perturbed by Lévy noise with sparse sample paths. Subhra S. Dhar, Akash A. Panda, Brijesh K. Jha. arXiv:2512.24005.
Finite element analysis of the 3-D MHD–Boussinesq system with p-Laplace viscosity. Akash A. Panda, Evana I. Sarkar.
Theoretical and numerical analysis of non-Newtonian Boussinesq systems with p-Laplacian diffusion in 2D and 3D. Akash A. Panda, Madepalli Sekharu.
Large deviations for stochastic nematic liquid crystals driven by Lévy noise in the Marcus canonical form. Zdzisław Brzeźniak, Utpal Manna, Akash A. Panda.

Research projects

2022–2027

Stochastic FitzHugh–Nagumo Neuronal Model

DST-INSPIRE research grant · ₹35,00,000.

2023–2024

Statistical Inference for Stochastic Differential Equations

IIT Bhubaneswar Seed Grant · ₹10,00,000.

Teaching experience

Linear Programming; Probability & Statistics — IIT Indore.
Partial Differential Equations; Probability, Statistics & Stochastic Processes; Continuum Mechanics; Stochastic Processes Simulation — IIT Bhubaneswar.
Introduction to Machine Learning; Theoretical Aspects of Machine Learning; Special Topics in Machine Learning; Introductory Topics in Machine Learning — University of Tübingen.
Teaching assistant: Stochastic Differential Equations with MATLAB Programming — University of Tübingen.

Supervision

Ph.D.: Evana Islam Sarkar; Madepalli Sekharu; Niran Meher (co-supervisor).
Postdoctoral: Dr. Brijesh K. Jha; Dr. Sankar S.
Master's: Leonie Pätzold; Sagar Ratnakar; Mansi Singh; Ashutosh Kasaudhan; Megha Narjary; Akash Paul.

Selected awards and academic visits

INSPIRE Faculty Fellowship Award, 2022.
ICIAM-2019 Travel Grant, National Board for Higher Mathematics.
Collaborative Research Exchanges Scheme, University of York, 2018.
Royal Society International Exchanges Award research visit, University of York, 2016.
Research visits: Monash University (2023, 2024); University of York (2016, 2018).
DST-PG Merit Scholarship, ranked first, 2012–2013.

Invited talks

International Day of Mathematics, NIT Silchar, 14 March 2023.
67th Annual Meeting of the Australian Mathematical Society, University of Queensland, 5–8 December 2023.
International Conference on Analysis and its Applications, Jamia Millia Islamia, 19–21 January 2024.
International Conference on Stochastic Calculus and Applications to Finance, IIT Madras, 3–5 June 2024.

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