Mr. DEVSI BANTVA

Faculty Details

Mr. DEVSI BANTVA
  • Designation : Assistant Professor
  • Qualification : Ph D in Mathematics
  • Experience : 13 Years
  • Area Of Interest : Graph labelling, Distance constrained graph problems, Domination in Graphs, Topological Indices, Algebraic Graph Theory, Structural Graph Theory

Education Qualifications

NET in Mathematics 
(conducted by CSIR-UGC, New Delhi)

Gujarat SET/SLET (twice) in Mathematics
(conducted by The M. S. University of Baroda, Gujarat)

PhD in Mathematics 
Saurashtra University, Rajkot
Thesis advisor: Prof. Samir Vaidya, Saurashtra University, Rajkot

MPhil in Mathematics 
Saurashtra University, Rajkot
Dissertation Advisor: Dr. S. Ravichandran, Saurashtra University, Rajkot

MSc in Mathematics 
Saurashtra University, Rajkot
University First Rank

BSc in Mathematics 
Saurashtra University, Rajkot

Work Experience

Working as an Assistant Professor in Mathematics at Lukhdhirji Engineering College, Morbi since 2011.

Skills and Knowledge

Tools & Technologies

  • Latex  

  • MATLAB

  • SCILAB

  • Python


Interpersonal Skills

  1. Teaching

  2. Problem Solving

  3. Training

  4. Individual Counselling


Language Skills

1.  English

2. Hindi

3. Gujarati

Course Taught

Odd Sem 2009 Mathematics-1 (GTU 110008)
(Review of Limit, Continuity, Dierentiation, Riemann Integrals, FTC,
Improper Integrals, Sequence and Series, Multiple Integrals, Partial Di.)

Even Sem 2009 Discrete Mathematics for Computer Science (including Graph Theory) in MCA Program (GTU 2610003)

Even Sem 2010 Mathematics-2 (GTU 110009)
(Vectors in Rn, Vector Space, System of linear Eqns., Linear Trans.,
Inner Product Space, Eigen values and Eigen vectors)

Odd Sem 2010 Mathematics-3 (GTU 130001)
(Ordinary Di. Eqns, Beta and Gamma Fun., Laplace Transformation
Fourier Series, Series solution of ODEs)

Odd Sem 2010 Discrete Mathematics for Computer Science (including Graph Theory) in MCA Program (GTU 2610003)

Even Sem 2011 Mathematics-4 (GTU 140001)
(Complex numbers and functions, Complex Integration, Power Series,
Conformal mapping and its application)

Odd Sem 2011 Calculus (GTU 110014)

Even Sem 2012 Vector Calculus & Linear Algebra (GTU 110015)

Odd Sem 2012 Calculus (GTU 110014)

Even Sem 2013 Vector Calculus & Linear Algebra (GTU 110015)

Odd Sem 2013 Laplace transform, Beta and Gamma Functions (GTU 2130001)

Even Sem 2014 Numerical Methods (GTU 2140002)

Odd Sem 2014 Ordinary Dierential Equation (SPFU MTH001)

Even Sem 2015 Numerical and Statistical Methods for Civil Engg. (GTU 2140606) Numerical and Statistical Methods for Computer Engg. (GTU 2710210)

Odd Sem 2015 Partial Dierential Equation (2130002)

Even Sem 2016 Numerical Methods (GTU 2140002)

Odd Sem 2016 Fourier Series and Fourier Transform (GTU 2130001)

Even Sem 2017 Probability and Statistics (GTU GTU 2140906)

Training and Workshops

  • International conference on recent advancements in graph theory (ICRAGT-2022), Gujarat University - Ahmedabad, 10-11/09/2022
  • International School-conference in Algorithms, Combinatorics, and Complexity (online), Department of Mathematics and Computer Science of St Petersburg University, Russia and Leonhard Euler International Mathematical Institute in Saint Petersburg, Russia, 24-28/05/2021
  • Comprehensive Online Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), i – Hub, Government of Gujarat, 06/07-14/09/2020
  • UDAYAM (Unlimited Digital Advanced Yearlong Academic Method of Learning), Knowledge Consortium of Gujarat, Education Dept. Government of Gujarat, 28/07-18/08/2020
  • Research in Educational Media, NITTR, Bhopal, 01-05/07/2019
  • 2nd International Conference on Global Advancement of Mathematics - 2019, Acharya Institute of Graduate Studies, Banglore, 25-26/06/2019
  • Advances in graph theory with applications to network sciences, IIT (BHU), Varanasi, 06-11/08/2018
  • Short term course on Induction training programme Phase-2, NITTTR Extension Center, Ahmedabad, 15-26/01/2018
  • IST on Functional Analysis, Bhaskaracharya Pratishthan, Pune, 23/10/2017 to 04/11/2017
  • International Faculty Development Program by gtep, UK, L E College, Morbi, 24-25/01/2017 & 22/03/2017
  • Mathematical Analysis for Engineering, L D College of Engineering, Ahmedabad, 03-12/11/2016
  • Fourth India-Taiwan Conference on Discrete Mathematics (ITCDM-2015), IIT, Madras, 10-13/07/2015
  • Short term course on Research paper writing, NITTTR, Bhopla, 15-19/12/2014
  • Short term course on Induction training programme Phase-1, NITTTR Extension Center, Ahmedabad, 18-29/08/2014
  • Pravartana 2014, workshop on mechanics and applied Mathematics, IIT, Kanpur, 19-25/07/2014
  • CEP course on computing techniques for solving engineering problems, IIT, Bombay, 23-27/12/2013
  • Karmayogi Residential Training by Commissionerate of Technical Education, Gandhinagar at Shrimad Rajchandra Mission, Dhrampur, 21-23/11/2013
  • STTP on extension of horizon in infrastructural development - concept to application, Lukhdhirji Engineering College, Morbi, 06-10/05/2013
  • STTP on recent trends in computational techniques for Engineering, Lukhdhirji Engineering College, Morbi, 30/04/2012 to 11/05/2012
  • Seminar on project demonstration on differential equations, L. D. College of Engineering, Ahmedabad, 16/07/2011
  • Workshop on high impact teaching skills by Wipro (Mission 10X), R. K. College of Engineering, Rajkot, 24-28/05/2010
  • SDP workshop on effective teaching and time management, Atmiya Institute of Technology and Science, Rajkot, 24-26/04/2010
  • Seminar on scope of research in applied mathematics, Nirma University, Ahmedabad, 17/04/2010
  • CEP - CDEEP intensive course on diff. equation - II and complex analysis, IIT, Bombay, 29/06/2009 to 08/07/2009
  • CEP - CDEEP intensive course on linear algebra and differential equations, IIT, Bombay, 10-23/05/2009
  • National seminar on Analysis, Differential Equations and Applications, Department of Mathematics, The M. S. University of Baroda, Vadodara, 30-31/01/2009
  • Research seminar on Mathematics and Application, Department of Mathematics, Sardar Patel University, VVnagar, 10-11/01/2009
  • Gujarat Ganit Mandal annual meet at Vadodara, Gujarat Ganit Mandal, 04-06/11/2007
  • National conference on Combinatorics and Graph Theory, Department of Mathematics, Saurashtra University, Rajkot, 10-12/03/2007

Portfolios

1. Research Dean for L E College, Morbi (2015 - 2017).
2. Member of TEQIP-II committee for enhancement of research activities at L E College, Morbi (2013 - 2017).
3. Subject Coordinator for Mathematics at L E College, Morbi.
4. Member of hostel admission committee for L E College, Morbi.

Research Projects

  • GUJCOST project, "Graph labeling techniques for spectrum management of frequencies/channels"

Publications

24 Devsi Bantva and P. L. Vihol, "Some techniques to find large lower bound trees for the radio number",  South East Asian J. of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences, 20, 189-204 (2022).  (arXiv)  (Published)

23 Devsi Bantva, "Optimal radio labelings of graphs", Discrete Mathematics Letters, 10, 91-98 (2022).  (arXiv)  (Published)

22. Devsi Bantva and D.D.F. Liu, "Optimal radio labelings of block graphs and line graph of trees", Theoretical Compu. Sci. (Elsevier), 891, 90-104 (2021). (arXiv)  (Published)

21. Devsi Bantva and Samir Vaidya, "Hamiltonian chromatic number of trees", Recent Advancement in Graph Theory, CRC Press,1 339-351 (2020). (arXiv)

20. Devsi Bantva, "A lower bound for the radio number of graphs" In: Algorithms and Discrete Applied Mathematics, CALDAM 2019, LNCS  Springer, Switzerland, 11394, 161-173 (2019)  (arXiv)  (Published)

19. Devsi Bantva, "On a lower bound for the eccentric connectivity index of graphs", In: B.S.Panda, P.P.Goswami,(eds.) Algorithms and Discrete Applied Mathematics, CALDAM 2018, LNCS 10743, 179-187. Springer, Heidelberg (2018).  (arXive)  (Published)

18. Devsi Bantva, "Further results on the radio number of trees", Electronic Notes in Discrete Mathematics(Elsevier) 63, 85-91 (2017).  (arXiv)  (Published)

17. Devsi Bantva, "Radio number for middle graph of paths", Electronic Notes in Discrete Mathematics(Elsevier) 63, 93-100 (2017).  (arXiv)  (Published)

16. Devsi Bantva, "Hamiltonian chromatic number of block graphs", Journal of Graph Algorithms and Application(JGAA) 21(3), 353-369 (2017).  (arXiv)  (Published)

15. Devsi Bantva, Samir Vaidya, Sanming Zhou, "Radio number of trees", Discrete Applied Mathematics(Elsevier) 217, 110-122 (2017).  (arXiv)  (Published)

14. Devsi Bantva, "On hamiltonian coloring of block graphs", In: M. Kaykobad, R. Petrechi, (eds.) WALCOM: Algorithms and Computation, LNCS 9627, 28-39. Springer, Heidelberg (2016).  (arXiv)  (Published)

13. Devsi Bantva, "On hamiltonian colorings of trees", In: S. Govindrajan, A. Maheshwari,(eds.) Algorithms and Discrete Applied Mthematics, CALDAM 2016, LNCS 9602, 49-60. Springer, Heidelberg (2016).  (arXiv)  (Published)

12. Devsi Bantva, Samir Vaidya, Sanming Zhou, "Radio number of trees", Electronic Notes in Discrete Mathematics(Elsevier) 48, 135-141 (2015).  (arXiv)  (Published) 

11. Devsi Bantva and Samir Vaidya, "Radio number for linear cacti", The Mathematics Student 82, 233 - 245 (2013).

10. Devsi Bantva and Samir Vaidya, "Some new perspectives on distance two labeling", International Journal of Mathematics and Soft Computing 3(3), 7-13 (2013).

9. Devsi Bantva and Samir Vaidya, "Radio number for strong product P2 with Pn", Malaya Journal of Mathematik 2(1), 29-36 (2013).

8. Devsi Bantva and Samir Vaidya, "Radio number for total graph of paths", ISRN Combinatorics 2013, 1-5 (2013).

7. Devsi Bantva and Samir Vaidya, "Symmetric regular cacti - properties and enumeration", Proyecciones Journal of Mathematic 31(3), 261-275 (2012).

6. Devsi Bantva and Samir Vaidya, "L(2,1)-labeling for square graph of some trees", Advances and Applications in Discrete Mathematics 10(1), 39-47 (2012).

5. Devsi Bantva and Samir Vaidya, "Distance two labeling of generalized cacti", International Journal of Mathematical Combinatorics 2, 103-109 (2012).

4. Devsi Bantva and Samir Vaidya, "Labeling cacti with a condition at distance two", Le Mathematiche 66, 29-36 (2011).

3. Devsi Bantva and Samir Vaidya, "Distance two labeling of some total graphs", General Mathematics Notes 3(1), 100 - 107 (2011).

2. Devsi Bantva and Samir Vaidya, "The L(2; 1)-labeling of some middle graphs", Journal of Applied Computer Sciences and Mathematics 9(4), 104 - 107 (2010).

1. S K Vaidya, P L Vihol, N A Dani, D D Bantva, "L(2; 1)-labeling in the context of some graph operation", Journal of Mathematics Research 2(3), 109{119 (2010).

Academic Projects

STEM research project on "Graph labeling techniques for channel assignment problem" by CTE Office, Gujarat State (India).

Patent Filed

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Professional Institution Memberships

1. American Mathematical Society (AMS) since 2015.
2. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) since 2015.
3. Member of SIAM Activity Group on Discrete Mathematics (SIAG-DM) since 2015.
4. Indian Mathematical Society (IMS) since 2014.
5. Academy of Discrete Mathematics and Application (ADMA) since 2014.
6. Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) since 2013.
7. Gujarat Ganit Mandal since 2012.

Expert Lecturers

2. “On application of Math in real life”, Webinar on application of Mathematics, Government Engineering College, Gandhinagar 02/07/2022
1. “Graph labeling techniques for channel assignment problem”, National Conference on Recent Advancements in Graph Theory, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad 09-10/11/2019

Awards

• University first rank in post graduate degree at Saurashtra University, Rajkot.


• Passed Gujarat Public Service Commission Exam of lecturer in Mathematics for Government Polytechnic of Gujarat state in 2011.

• Passed Gujarat Public Service Commission Exam of Assistant Professor in Mathematics for Government Engineering Colleges of Gujarat state in 2011.

• Passed National Eligibility Test (NET) for Lectureship in Mathematics of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) - University Grant Commission of India.

• Passed Gujarat SET/SLET (twice) for Lectureship in Mathematics of The M. S. University of Baroda, Gujarat.

• International travel grant support from University Grant Commission of India in 2014.

• Travel grant support from ICIAM 2015.

• GUJCOST project, Graph labeling techniques for spectrum management of frequencies/channels, awarded in 2015.

• STEM research project on Graph labeling techniques for channel assignment problem by CTE Office, Gujarat State.

• Mathematical Reviewer for Mathematical Reviews (AMS MathSciNet Reviewer # 128033)

Presentations

18. “Optimal radio labelings of the Cartesian product of two graphs”, AUA-UI Workshop on Graph Theory, Combinatorics & Applications (GTCA 2022), United Arab Emirates University, UAE 13-15/11/2022

17. “Some techniques to find large lower bound trees for the radio number”, National Conference on Emerging Trends in Discrete Mathematics, HNGU University, Patan 16-18/02/2022

16. “Optimal radio labelings of trees”, 43rd Australasian Combinatorics Conference, University of Melbourne, Australia 13-17/12/2021

15. “Radio number for level-wise regular block graphs”, International Conference on Discrete Mathematics (ICDM 2019), Christ University, Banglore 08-10/06/2019

14. “A lower bound for the radio number of graphs”, Conference on Algorithms and Discrete Applied Mathematics 2019 (CALDAM 2019), IIT, Kharagpur 14-16/02/2019

13. “Radio number of block graphs”, International Conference on Graph Theory and Its Applications, Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore 04-06/01/2019

12. “On a lower bound for the eccentric connectivity index of graphs”, Conference on Algorithms and Discrete Applied Mathematics 2018 (CALDAM 2018), IIT, Guwahati 15-17/02/2018

11. “Hamiltonian chromatic number of trees”, National Conference on Algebra, Analysis and Graph Theory (NCAAG 2017), Saurashtra University, Rajkot 09-11/02/2017

10. “Eccentric Connectivity Index of Trees”, International Conference on Discrete Mathematics-2016 (ICDM-2016) and Graph Theory Day - XII, Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur 09-11/06/2016

9. “A note on radio number of paths”, 11th annual conference of ADMA, B. S. Abdur Rahman University, Tamil Nadu 10-12/06/2015

8. “On Hamiltonian coloring of symmetric regular cacti”, International Conference on Discrete Mathematics-2013 (ICDM-2013), Karnatak University, Dharwad 10-14/06/2013

7. “Radio number for linear cacti”, Mathematics Year Celebration 2012, Department of Mathematics, Saurashtra University, Rajkot 22/12/2012

6. “Distance two labeling of generalized cacti”, 7th annual conference of ADMA, NIT, Calicut 09-11/06/2011

5. “Distance two labeling of some total graphs”, Mathematics Meet, Gujarat University Ahmedabad 03-05/02/2011

4. “Labeling of cactus with a condition at distance two”, 76th annual conf. of IMS, SVNIT, Surat 27-30/12/2010

3. “Distance two labeling of graphs”, Conference on statistics, computer and Applications, Department of Statistics, Saurashtra University, Rajkot 10/03/2010

2. “Channel assignment problem and distance two labeling ”, Seminar on analysis, geometry and application, Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar 04/03/2010

1. “The L(2,1)-labeling of some new graphs”, 75th annual conference of IMS, Kalasalingam University Tamil Nadu 27-30/12/2009