Kanhaiya Jha

KU-staff
Professor,
Department of Mathematics, School of Science
PO Box 6250, Kathmandu, Nepal
9841708057
jhakn@ku.edu.np
Bio
Honors and Awards
Research
Other Position
Biography

Professor of Mathematics, Department of Mathematics School of Science, Kathmandu University

American Mathematical Society MR Author ID: 691860 (NEP – KU - MSS)

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

Post Doctoral Fellow, Abdus Salam School of Mathematical Sciences (ASSMS), GC University, Lahore, Pakistan (2008).

Ph.D. (Mathematics), Department of Mathematics, D. S. B. Campus, Kumaon University, Nainital, Uttarakhand, India (2004).

Title of Ph.D. Thesis: Some results in fixed point theory and its application to approximation theory.

M.Phil. (Mathematics), Department of Mathematical Sciences, School of Science, Kathmandu University, Dhulikhel, Kavre, Nepal (1999).

M.Sc. (Mathematics), Central Department of Mathematics, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal (1992).

PhD/MPhil Supervision:

PhD Supervision: 05 (Completed) & 04 (on going)

MPhil Supervision: 09 (completed)

Honors and Awards

Received Prestigious Malteser International Service Award 2015 on August 2, 2016 for the remarkable contribution in the massive Nepal Earthquake 2015 in collaboration with Kathmandu University.

Received “National Education Service Award” from the Ministry of Education (MOE), the Government of Nepal on the occasion of 33rd National Education Day in 2008 for his contribution in the field of mathematics education.

Received “Nepal Vidhya Bhusan Ka” from the Government of Nepal for obtaining the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in mathematics on September 08, 2007.

Received Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) Award for Developing World by Royal Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (RONAST), presently known as NAST, Kathmandu, Nepal on April 15, 2005.

Ambassador of The International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM 2014) and Its invitation program: “NANUM 2014”, which was held in Seoul, Republic of Korea from August 13 – 21, 2014. Also, participated in the MENAO Symposium on August 12, 2014 at Coex, Seoul.

Research

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Functional Analysis (Fixed Point Theory and Its Applications)

• Fuzzy Mathematics and Its Applications

• Convex Analysis and Its Applications

• Number Theory and Cryptography, Mathematical Modeling

• Nepalese History of Mathematics and Mathematics Education

Other Position

Dean(former), School of Science, Kathmandu University from February 19, 2019-February 18, 2022

Acting Dean(former), School of Science, Kathmandu University from September 30, 2018 – February 18, 2019

Associate Dean(former), School of Science, Kathmandu University from August 31, 2017 – September 29, 2019

Director, Student Welfare Directorate (SWD), Kathmandu University, Dhulikhel from October 21, 2013 – October 20, 2015

Coordinator, M. Phil. Programs in the School of Science, Kathmandu University, Dhulikhel since August, 2006 – January 2011.

Secretary, Nepal Mathematical Society (NMS) since August 2015 – Aug 2018. Also, Joint Secretary of Nepal Mathematical Society from May 16, 2009 – July 21, 2012.

Associate Director, Student Affairs Directorate, Kathmandu University, Dhulikhel, Kavre from August 01, 2007 – June 27, 2009.