Three members of the faculty at DAV University, Jalandhar – Dr Manik Sharma, Dr Keshav Walia and Dr Rajesh Joshi – have made it to the list of prestigious top two per cent scientists in the world. The current year list was published by Stanford University recently. The names of the two per cent scientists were shortlisted on the basis of standardized parameters including publications, journal impact, citations and composite scores based on their Scopus profile.
Dr Manik Sharma, who is currently the Dean, Faculty of Computer Science and Technology at DAV University, has more than 15 years of teaching and research experience. His research interests include machine learning, optimization techniques, health informatics and smart systems. He is working on designing a smart and innovative decision support system to effectively diagnose and manage behavioural and mental disorders. He is a senior member of IEEE – the world’s largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity and a fellow member of the European Alliance for Innovation.
Dr Keshav Walia is an Associate Professor and Coordinator in the Department of Physics. He is an active researcher in the field of theoretical plasma Physics. His research interests include laser-plasma interaction, nonlinear waves in plasma and particle acceleration. He is working on a theoretical investigation of laser-plasma instabilities. The aim of his research is to develop an alternate source of energy by utilizing the technique of laser-driven fusion.
Dr Rajesh Joshi is serving as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics. His area of research is Information Theory. He has published several research papers in various international journals of repute. His area of interest includes coding theory, divergence measures, dissimilarity measures and fuzzy set theory.
Congratulating the trio on their feat, the Vice-Chancellor, Dr Manoj Kumar said that innovation and research had been a major area of thrust at the University. Registrar of Dr K N Kaul and Dean Sciences Dr R K Seth also applauded the researchers.