Himachal Pradesh University
  • हिमाचल प्रदेश विश्वविद्यालय
  • Himachal Pradesh University
  • Himachal Pradesh University
A State Government University Accredited with 'A' grade by NAAC

Department of Mathematics

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Curriculum Vitae
  • Associate Professor
  • 7018937046
  • pl_maths[at]yahoo[dot]in

Dr. Pushap Lata

Department of Mathematics

Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla.

Basic Details

Qualification Details

Qualification: M.Sc., B.Ed., M.Phil. Diploma in Yoga, Ph.D. in Mathematics

 

Positions Held

Additional Charge in the University: Warden as well as Additional Chief Warden (Girls) (Former)

 

 

Area Specialization

Stability analysis of hydrodynamic and  magnetohydrodynamic problems in porous and non-porous media. Nanofluids and viscoelastic nanofluids. Numerical analysis and solid mechanics

 

Teaching Research Experience

Teaching/Research Experience: 26 Years

 

More Detail

Awards: Best Teacher Award

Granted Design Patent : Granted Design Patent by the Patent Office, Government of India

Published Research Papers:  53

Book Chapter: 06

Books Published: 05

Conferences Chaired: 17

Invited Talks: 21

No. of Conferences Attended: 53

Papers Presented in Conferences/ Webinars: 51

Seminars/ Workshops attended: 07

Total Research Projects Completed: 01

Number of Ph.D. Completed: 03

Number of Ph.D.: 04 (Pursuing)

Number of M.Phil. Completed: 01

M.Sc. Projects Guided: 14

Reviewer for various SCI-indexed, WoS, and Scopus-indexed journals.

 

 

Membership: 03

1.             Life Member of The Indian Science Congress Association (Mem. No. L-18845)

2.             Life member of Himachal Mathematics Society (HIMS) (Mem. No. HIMS-011)

3.             Life member of Himachal Ganita Parishad (HGP)


 

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS AFTER JOINING AS AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN THE DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS ON DATED 16-12-2020

  1. Sharma, P.L. (2022). Study of Numerical Methods of Root-Finding Problems, AIP Conference Proceedings, American Institute of Physics (United States), 2451(1), pp. 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0095703
  2. Sharma, P. L., Deepak and Kumar, A. (2022). Effects of Rotation and Magnetic Field on Thermosolutal Convection in Elastico- Viscous Walters` (Model B`) Nanofluid with Porous Medium, Stochastic Modeling & Applications, 26(3), pp. 21-30. (UGC Care Approved Journal)
  3. Sharma, P. L., Kumar, A. and Rana, G. C. (2022). On the Principle of Exchange of Stabilities in a Darcy-Brinkman Porous Medium for a Rivlin-Ericksen Fluid Permeated with Suspended Particles Using Positive Operator Method, Stochastic Modeling & Applications, 26(3), pp. 47-55. (UGC Care Approved Journal)
  4. Sharma, P. L. and Kapalta, M. (2022). Effect of Rotation and Suspended Particles on the Stability of Jeffrey Fluid in a Porous Medium, International Academy of Science Engineering and Technology (IASET), 11, pp. 57-68. 
  5. Sharma, P. L., Bains, D., Kumar, A. and Thakur, P. (2023). Effect of Rotation on Thermosolutal Convection in Jeffrey Nanofluid with Porous Medium, Structural Integrity and Life (Serbia), 23(3), pp. 299-306. (WoS: SCI Indexed & Scopus Indexed, IF = 0.9)
  6. Sharma, P. L., Kumar, A., Bains, D. and Rana, G. C. (2023). Effect of Magnetic Field on Thermosolutal Convection in Jeffrey Nanofluid with Porous Medium, Special Topics & Reviews in Porous Media: An International Journal (Begell House), 14(3), pp. 17–29. (WoS: SCI Indexed & Scopus Indexed, IF = 1.4) http://doi.org/10.1615/SpecialTopicsRevPorousMedia.2023046929
  7. Bains, D. and Sharma, P. L. (2023). Thermal Instability of Hydro-magnetic Jeffrey Nanofluids in Porous Media with Variable Gravity for: Free-Free, Rigid-Rigid and Rigid-Free boundaries, Special Topics & Reviews in Porous Media: An International Journal (Begell House), 15(2), pp. 51-78. (WoS: SCI Indexed & Scopus Indexed, IF = 1.4)

http://doi.org/10.1615/SpecialTopicsRevPorousMedia.2023048444

  1. Sharma, P. L., Bains, D. and Rana, G. C. (2023). Effect of variable gravity on thermal convection in Jeffrey nanofluid: Darcy-Brinkman Model, Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals, 85 (6), pp. 776-790 (Taylor & Francis). (WoS: SCI Indexed & Scopus Indexed, IF = 1.586) https://doi.org/10.1080/10407790.2023.2256970
  2. Sharma, P. L. and Kapalta, M. (2023). Electrothermosolutal convection in nanofluid saturating porous medium, Special Topics & Reviews in Porous Media: An International Journal (Begell House), 15(5), pp. 41-57. (WoS: SCI Indexed & Scopus Indexed, IF = 1.4) https://doi.org/10.1615/SpecialTopicsRevPorousMedia.2023049041
  3. Sharma, P. L., Kapalta, M., Kumar, A., Bains, D. and Thakur, P. (2023). Electrohydro Dynamics Convection in Dielectric Rotating Oldroydian Nanofluid in Porous Medium, Journal of the Nigerian Society of Physical Sciences (Nigeria), 5, pp. 1231(1-8). (WoS: SCI Indexed  & Scopus Indexed, IF = 1.16)

 https://doi.org/10.46481/jnsps.2023.1231

  1. Sharma, P. L., Bains, D.  and Thakur, P. (2023).  Thermal Instability of Rotating Jeffrey Nanofluids in Porous Media with Variable Gravity, Journal of the Nigerian Society of Physical Sciences (Nigeria), 5(2), pp. 1366(1-10). (WoS: SCI Indexed  & Scopus Indexed,Scopus Indexed, IF = 1.16)

 http://doi.org/10.46481/jnsps.2023.1366

  1. Sharma, P. L., Kumar, A., Bains, D., Lata, P. and Thakur, P. (2023). Thermal convective instability in a Jeffery nanofluid saturating a porous medium: rigid-rigid and rigid-free boundary conditions, Structural Integrity and Life (Serbia), 23(3), pp. 351-356. (WoS: SCI Indexed & Scopus Indexed, IF = 0.9)
  2. Sharma, P. L., Kumar, A., Kapalta, M. and Bains, D. (2023). Effect of magnetic field on thermosolutal convection in a rotating non-Newtonian nanofluid with porous medium, International Journal of Applied Mathematics & Statistical Sciences (IJAMSS), 12(1), pp. 19-30.
  3. Sharma, P. L. and Bains, D. (2023). Thermal instability of Jeffrey Nanofluid in Porous Media with Variable Gravity, In: Mathematics in Space and Applied Sciences (ICMSAS-2023), 1, pp. 73-84. (Sponsored by: DRDO, New Delhi) (Book Chapter)
  4. Sharma, P. L. and Kapalta, M. (2023). Effect of Suspended Particles and Magnetic field on the stability of Jeffrey fluid in porous medium, 2nd International Conference on Mathematics in Space and Applied Sciences (Proceedings ICMSAS-2023), 1, pp. 166-173. (Sponsored by: DRDO, New Delhi) (Book Chapter)
  5. Sharma, P. L. and Kapalta, M. (2023). Stationary convection in double-diffusive dielectric nanofluid, In: Recent Advances in Mathematical Sciences (ICRAMS-2023), 1, pp. 268-277. (Book Chapter)
  6. Bains, D. and Sharma, P. L. (2023). Effect of variable gravity on thermal convection in Jeffrey nanofluid, In: Recent Advances in Mathematical Sciences (ICRAMS-2023), 1, pp. 314-322. (Book Chapter)
  7. Kumar, A., Sharma, P. L., Deepak and Thakur, P. (2024). Soret and Dufour Effects on Thermosolutal Convection in Jeffrey Nanofluid in the Presence of Porous Medium, Structural Integrity and Life (Serbia), 24(1), pp. 33-39. (WoS: SCI Indexed & Scopus Indexed, IF = 0.9)
  8. Sharma, P. L., Kapalta, M., Deepak, Kumar, A., Sharma, V. and Thakur, P. (2024). Electrohydrodynamics Convection in Dielectric Oldroydian Nanofluid Layer in Porous Medium, Structural Integrity and Life (Serbia), 24(1), pp. 40-48. (WoS: SCI Indexed & Scopus Indexed, IF = 0.9)
  9. Sharma, P. L., Bains, D. and Rana, G. C. (2024). On thermal convection in rotating Casson nanofluid permeated with suspended particles in a Darcy-Brinkman porous medium, Journal of Porous Media (Begell House), 27(10), pp-73-96. (WoS: SCI Indexed & Scopus, IF = 2.5)
  10. Kapalta, M. and Sharma, P.L. (2024). Electrothermosolutal convection in nanofluid, Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals, pp. 1-13 (Taylor & Francis). (WoS: SCI Indexed & Scopus Indexed, IF = 1.586)

https://doi.org/10.1080/10407790.2024.2378215

  1. Sharma, P. L., Kumar, A. (2024). Effects of rotation and magnetic field on thermosolutal convection in Jeffrey nanofluid with porous medium, Special Topics & Reviews in Porous Media: An International Journal (Begell House), 15(3), pp. 43-60. (WoS: SCI Indexed & Scopus Indexed, IF = 1.4)

https://doi.org/10.1615/SpecialTopicsRevPorousMedia.2023048400

  1. Bains, D., Sharma, P. L. and Rana, G. C. (2024). Effect of variable gravity on thermal convection in rotating Jeffrey nanofluid: Darcy-Brinkman Model, Special Topics & Reviews in Porous Media: An International Journal (Begell House), 15(5), pp. 25-40. (WoS: SCI Indexed & Scopus Indexed, IF = 1.4)

https://doi.org/10.1615/SpecialTopicsRevPorousMedia.2023049875

  1. Sharma, P. L., Bains, D. (2024). Effect of suspended particles on the stability analysis of Casson nanofluid in a Darcy-Brinkman porous medium, Special Topics & Reviews in Porous Media: An International Journal (Begell House), 16(1), pp. 83-104. (WoS: SCI Indexed & Scopus Indexed, IF = 1.4)

https://doi.org/10.1615/SpecialTopicsRevPorousMedia.2024052335

  1. Sharma, P. L., Kumar, A. (2024). Effects of rotation and magnetic field on thermosolutal convection in Jeffrey nanofluid with porous medium, Special Topics & Reviews in Porous Media: An International Journal (Begell House), 15(3), pp. 43-60. (WoS: SCI Indexed & Scopus Indexed, IF = 1.4) https://doi.org/10.1615/SpecialTopicsRevPorousMedia.2023048400
  2. Kumar, A., Sharma, P. L., Lata, P. (2024). Non oscillatory electrothermal instability in rotating Rivlin-Ericksen nanofluid with a porous medium: free-free, rigid-rigid and rigid- free boundary conditions, Special Topics & Reviews in Porous Media: An International Journal (Begell House), 15(5), (WoS: SCI Indexed & Scopus Indexed, IF = 1.4) https://doi.org/10.1615/SpecialTopicsRevPorousMedia.2024054140
  3. Kumar, A., Sharma, P. L., Lata, P., Bains, D. and Thakur, P. (2024). Effect of magnetic field on the onset of thermal convection in a Jeffery nanofluid layer saturated by a porous medium: free-free, rigid-rigid and rigid-free boundary conditions, Journal of the Nigerian Society of Physical Sciences (Nigeria), 6(2), p. 1934. (WoS: SCI Indexed  & Scopus Indexed, IF = 1.16)

https://doi.org/10.46481/jnsps.2024.1934

  1. Sharma, P. L., Bains, D. and Thakur, P. (2024). Throughflow effect on bi-disperse convection in Rivlin-Ericksen fluid, Journal of the Nigerian Society of Physical Sciences (Nigeria), 6(3), p. 2052. (WoS: SCI Indexed  & Scopus Indexed, IF = 1.16)

https://doi.org/10.46481/jnsps.2024.2052

  1. Thakur, P., Banbhori, S., Pathania, D. S., Kaur, J. and Sharma, P. L. (2024). Thermal stress distribution in a tube of natural rubber/polyurethane and subjected to internal pressure and mechanical load, Structural Integrity and Life (Serbia), 24(2), pp. 151-158. (WoS: SCI Indexed & Scopus Indexed, IF = 0.9)
  2. Thakur, P., Banbhori, S., Pathania, D. S., Kaur, J. and Sharma, P. L. (2024). Comparative study of creep in a disk of rubber/copper fitted with rigid shaft, Structural Integrity and Life (Serbia), 24(2), pp. 159-166. (WoS: SCI Indexed & Scopus Indexed, IF = 0.9)
  3. Sharma, P. L., Lata, P., Bains, D., Kumar, A. and Thakur, P. (2024). On the onset of stationary convection on Jeffrey nanofluid layer saturated with a porous medium: Brinkman model, Structural Integrity and Life (Serbia), 24(2), pp. 247-253. (WoS: SCI Indexed & Scopus Indexed, IF = 0.9)
  4. Sharma, P. L., Kumar, A., Lata, P. and Rana, G. C. (2024). Effect of magnetic field in rotating Jeffrey nanofluid saturated by a porous medium: free-free, rigid-rigid and rigid-free boundary conditions, Structural Integrity and Life (Serbia), 24(3), pp. 315-322. (WoS: SCI Indexed & Scopus Indexed, IF = 0.9)
  5. Sharma, P. L., Kumar, V., Bains, D., Lata, P., Kumar, A. and Thakur, P. (2024). Effect of Suspended Particles on the Thermal Convection in Jeffrey Fluid in a Darcy-Brinkman Porous Medium, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., USA., pp. 113-126. (Scopus Indexed) (Book Chapter) https://doi.org/10.52305/MHVY6741
  6. Thakur, P., Kaur, J. and Sharma, P. L. (2024). New Research on Thermal Stresses, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., U.S.A. (Book: Scopus Indexed, ISBN: 979-8-89113-485-0) https://doi.org/10.52305/MHVY6741
  7. Sharma, P. L., Kumar, A. and Bains, D. (2024). Fluid Dynamics, Indu Book Services Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi. (Book, ISBN: 978-81-19907-43-4)
  8. Kumar, V., Sharma, P. L., and Bains, D. (2025). Thermal Convection in a Brinkman Porous Medium Saturated with Couple-Stress Nanofluid: A Galerkin Weighted Residual Approach for Different Conducting Boundaries, Rakenteiden Mekaniikka (Journal of Structural Mechanics), 58(1), pp. 16-32. (Scopus Indexed, IF=0.25)  https://doi.org//10.23998/rm.149371
  9. Sharma, P. L., Lata, P. and Kumar, A. (2025). Effect of magnetic field on thermal instability in a porous medium layer saturated by a Jeffrey nanofluid using Brinkman model: free-free, rigid-rigid, rigid-free boundary conditions, Structural Integrity and Life (Serbia), 25(1), pp. 53–59. (WoS: SCI Indexed & Scopus Indexed, IF = 0.9)
  10. Sharma, P. L., Lata, P. and Kumar, A. (2025). Effect of magnetic field on the onset of convection in a rotating Jeffrey Nanofluid using the Brinkman model for free-free, rigid-rigid and rigid-free Boundary conditions, Structural Integrity and Life (Serbia), 25(3). (Accepted for Publication on 08/06/2024) (WoS: SCI Indexed & Scopus Indexed, IF = 0.9)
  11. Sharma, P. L. and Kapalta, M. (2024). Double Diffusive Electroconvection in Rotating Nanofluid Saturated Porous Layer: Darcy Brinkman Model, Structural Integrity and Life (Serbia), 26(1). (Accepted for Publication) (WoS: SCI Indexed & Scopus Indexed, IF = 0.9)
  12. Sharma, P. L., Lata, P. and Kumar, A. (2025). Stationary Convection on Thermosolutal Convection in Jeffrey Nanofluid Saturated in a Porous Medium for rigid-rigid and rigid- free boundary conditions, Structural Integrity and Life (Serbia), 26(1). (Accepted for Publication) (WoS: SCI Indexed & Scopus Indexed, IF = 0.9)
  13. Sharma, P. L., Kumar, A. and Lata, P. (2025). Thermosolutal convection in a Walter’s (model B') nanofluid in a porous medium: rigid-rigid and rigid- free boundary conditions, Structural Integrity and Life (Serbia), 26(1). (Accepted for Publication) (WoS: SCI Indexed & Scopus Indexed, IF = 0.9)
  14. Bains, D., Sharma, P. L. and Rana, G. C., Darcy-Brinkman magneto-thermal convection in a layer of Casson nanofluid permeated with suspended dust particles, Multiscale and Multidisciplinary Modeling, Experiments and Design, 2025. (Springer Nature), 8, pp. 1-22 (WoS: SCI Indexed & Scopus, IF: 2.91).

 

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