Brief Life Sketch of Professor (Dr.) Rajendra Kumar Sharma
Dr. Rajendra Kumar Sharma started his teaching career at HNB Garhwal University, Srinagar, Uttarakhand, now a Central University, in the year 1991. After serving this University for 5 years and 6 months, he worked with GKV, Haridwar for a very brief period of 10 months. In September 1997, Dr. Sharma joined Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala, Punjab, and worked there up to August 2021 in various positions including, Dean of Faculty Affairs, Dean of Academic Affairs, Head of Centre for Information Technology and Management, Head of Computer Centre, Head of School of Mathematics and Computer Applications, and Head of Department of Computer Science and Engineering. He is an alumnus of IIT Roorkee (erstwhile University of Roorkee) and completed his M.Sc. in Applied Mathematics, M.Phil. in Computer Applications, and Ph.D. in Mathematics from there.
Dr. Sharma has handled projects from various funding agencies. A major portion of his funding came from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India. He has guided several students for their Master’s thesis and 22 students for their Ph.D. thesis. He has published in reputed journals, including, the Journal of Soft Computing, Applied Soft Computing, Neural Computing and Applications, and Artificial Intelligence Review.
Link for Personal Website:
https://sites.google.com/a/thapar.edu/rk-sharma/home?authuser=0
Link for Google Scholar Profile:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=th38dLYAAAAJ&hl=en
