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DR. GAJENDRA K. VISHWAKARMA M.Phil., Ph.D.(Statistics) Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics, Indian School of Mines (ISM), Dhanbad - 826004, Jharkhand, INDIA E-mail: vishwagk@rediffmail.com, vishwagk1@gmail.com Mob. No. +91-9471191338, +91-9579785308 Personal: Name : Gajendra Kumar Vishwakarma Father s Name : Rameshwar Prasad Permanent Address : Jhansi - 284303 Uttar Pradesh, INDIA Marital Status : Unmarried Nationality : Indian Academics Degrees: Ph.D. (Statistics) in 2007 from School of Studies in Statistics, Vikram University, Ujjain, M.P., India. Title of Ph.D. Thesis: Estimation of Parameter(s) Using Auxiliary Information in Stratified Sampling M.Phil. (Statistics) in 2004 from School of Studies in Statistics, Vikram University, Ujjain, M.P., India with first division Title of M. Phil. Dissertation: Estimation of Finite Population Mean with Auxiliary Information in Sample Surveys M.Sc. (Statistics with Computer Programming) in 2001 from Department of Mathematical Sciences & Computer Applications, Bundelkhand University, Jhansi, U.P., India with first division. B.Sc. (Mathematics) in 1999 from Bipin Bihari (PG) College, Bundelkhand University, Jhansi, U.P., India with first division. Professional Experiences: 1. Assistant Professor (June 25, 2012 Till Date) in Department of Applied Mathematics, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, India 2. Visiting Scientist as Faculty (June 15, 2011 June 14, 2012) in Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), North-East Centre, Tezpur, Assam, India. 3. Associate Bio-stat & Report as Project Manager for Astra Zeneca project (September 15, 2010 June 9, 2011) in Cognizant Technology Solutions, Mumbai, India. 4. Associate Scientist as Incharge - Biostatistics and Clinical Data Management (July 23, 2007 August 5, 2010) in Lupin Limited (Research Park), Pune, India. Page 1 of 7

Visiting/Guest Positions: 1. Visiting Professor (April, 13 21, 2013) in Department of Computer Science, Assam University, Silchar, Assam, India. Specialization: Applied Statistics, Survey Methodology Research Interest: Theory and Techniques of Survey Sampling Random Matrix Theory Fuzzy Statistics Bio-statistics in particularly clinical trials for drug discovery and development Details of Ph.D. students registered under my Supervision/Guidance: Manish Kumar (Ongoing, Registered in August2012); On the Improvement of Estimation Procedures in Sample Surveys. Joined as ISM-JRF, Department of Applied Mathematics, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, India. Venkataramana, B. (Ongoing, Registered in February 2013); Some Studies on Reliability Evaluation and Optimization. Joined as ISM-JRF, Department of Applied Mathematics, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, India. Sayed Mohammed Zeeshan (Ongoing, Registered in July 2013); Study on Fuzzy Logic Approach in Sample Surveys. Joined as ISM-JRF, Department of Applied Mathematics, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, India. Chinmoy Paul (Ongoing, Registered in July 2013); Some Studies on Neural Network Approach. Joined as ISM-JRF, Department of Applied Mathematics, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, India. Details of M.Phil. students registered under my Supervision/Guidance: Birendra Kumar Murmo (2013-2014); Bootstrap Approach and Their Application to Inferential Statistics, Department of Applied Mathematics, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, India. Details of Post-Graduate Student who done/doing project work under my supervision: Completed: 05 Students Ongoing: 05 Students Honors and Awards: Honorarium, Tata Mc-Graw Hill Education, India Fellow of the Society of Earth Scientists (FSES) 2012, SES, India Enlisted in Who s Who in the world (2012-2013), world s premier data source of notable individuals from every significant field of science and engineering, USA Extra Ordinary Member (2010);International Statistical Institute (ISI),Netherlands Scholarship (2010); 10 th SARSM of the IEA- 2010, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Elected Member (2007); International Statistical Institute (ISI), Netherlands Page 2 of 7

Professional Associations: Editorial Board Member; DRISHTIKON: A Management Journal, India Editorial Board Member; International Journal of Research, India Editorial Board Member;American Journal of Theoretical and Applied Statistics,USA Editorial Board Member; International Journal of Advanced Maths and Stats, India Editorial Board Member; Journal of Statistics and Mathematics, India Member of the Board of Advisors; Vsoft Infoware Inc., USA Consultant; Pharmaceutical organizations. Life member; Indian Society of Agricultural Statistics, New Delhi, India Life member; International Academy Physical Sciences, India Life member; International Indian Statistical Association, USA. Full Member; Society for Epidemiologic Research, U.K Reviewer & Annual Member; Indian Statistical Association, India Reviewer; Varahamihir Journal of Mathematical Sciences, India Reviewer; International Journal of Research, India Reviewer; DRISHTIKON: A Management Journal, India Reviewer; Model Assisted Statistics and Applications, USA. Reviewer; Communications in Statistics Theory and Methods, USA. Reviewer; Communications in Statistics Simulation and Computation, USA. Reviewer; Computational Statistics, Germany. Reviewer; Applied Mathematics and Computation, USA Reviewer; Journal of Applied Probability and Statistics, Pakistan Reviewer; Anadolu University Journal of Science And Technology, Turkey Reviewer; Journal of Applied Statistics, UK Reviewer; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section A, India Reviewer; Hacettepe Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, Turkey Reviewer; Pakistan Journal of Statistics, Pakistan Reviewer: Journal of Statistical Theory and Practice, USA Book Reviewed: Probability Theory and Random Processes, Tata Mc-Graw Hill Education, India Summer School/Refresher Course/Staff Development Program Attended: 1. Staff Development Program on Application of Numerical Methods and Software in Science and Engineering (Sponsored by AICTE), during December 17 22, 2012 held at Department of Applied Mathematics, RGPV, Bhopal, India. 2. Advanced Instructional School in Weak Convergence with Applications in Statistics, during June 01 25, 2010 held at Department of Statistics & Centre of Advanced Studies in Statistics, University of Pune, Pune, Maharashtra, India Chaired the session in Seminars/Conferences: 1. International Conference on Recent Advances in Mathematical Sciences and Applications, during December 24 26, 2013 held at Department of Applied Mathematics, RGPV, Bhopal, India. 2. National seminar on Recent Trends in Mathematical Science and Applications, during November 04 05, 2012 Sponsored by UGC held at Govt. PG College, Panna, Madhya Pradesh, India. Page 3 of 7

Delivered Guest Lecture/Invited talk: 1. Key Note Speaker in International Conference on Recent Advances in Mathematical Sciences and Applications, during December 24 26, 2013 held at Department of Applied Mathematics, RGPV, Bhopal, India. 2. Delivered a seminar on Estimation of Population Mean Using Auxiliary Information in Sample Surveys, during October 10, 2013 at Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, India 3. Invited lecture in Staff Development Program on Application of Numerical Methods and Software in Science and Engineering (Sponsored by AICTE), during December 17 22, 2012 held at Department of Applied Mathematics, RGPV, Bhopal, India. 4. Invited talk in 21 st International Conference on Interdisciplinary Mathematics, Statistics and Computational Techniques, during December 15 17, 2012 held at Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. 5. Guest Lecture on Non-Inferiority & Adaptive Clinical Trials, during August 18, 2011 at SIRO Clinpharma, Mumbai, India. 6. Guest Speaker in AICTE Sponsored Quality Improvement Programme; Clinical Pharmacy Research & Regulatory Affairs during January 18 30, 2010 held at Poona College of Pharmacy, Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Pune, India 7. Delivered a lecture on Descriptive Statistics and Testing of Hypothesis during March 27, 2010 at MITCON, Pune, India 8. Presentation on Fundamental of Statistics, under Spectrum s activities during November 20, 2009 held at Lupin research Park, Pune, India Workshop/Training Programmes Attended: 1. Workshop on intellectual Property Rights, during February 14, 2014 held at Indian school of Mines, Dhanbad, India 2. International Workshop on Bayesian Theory and Application, during January 6 7, 2013 held at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India 3. Workshop on Reliability Theory and Survival Analysis, during December 03 05, 2012 held at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India 4. Workshop on GCP for BA/BE Studies, during December 22 23, 2008 held at Lupin Bio-Research Centre, Pune, India 5. Training on SAS (Statistical Analysis System) Software, during December 17 21, 2007 held at Biostatistics Resource & Training Center, Department of Biostatistics, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Chennai, India. 6. Workshop on Modeling focal theme to create awareness and understanding of Mathematical & Computational Modeling, during January 27 29, 2006 held at Department of Mathematical Sciences & Computer Applications, Bundelkhand University, Jhansi, UP, India. 7. Workshop on Water Harvesting, during May 15-17, 2005 held at Ujjain Engineering College, Ujjain, MP, India. 8. Workshop on Computer Applications in Social Sciences (SPSS), during December 13 22, 2004 held at MPISSR, Ujjain, M.P., India. 9. Workshop on Research Methodology in Social Sciences, during March 16 25, 2004 held at MPISSR, Ujjain, M.P. India. Page 4 of 7

Seminars/Conferences Attended and Presentation of Research Paper: 1. International Conference on Recent Advances in Mathematical Sciences and Applications, during December 24 26, 2013 held at Department of Applied Mathematics, RGPV, Bhopal, India. 2. Virtual Participation in 59th ISI World Statistics Congress during August 25 30, 2013 held at Hong Kong, S.A.R. in Hong Kong, China 3. International Conference on Bayesian Theory and Application-2013 during January 8 10, 2013 held at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India 4. 21 st International Conference on Interdisciplinary Mathematics, Statistics and Computational Techniques, during December 15 17, 2012 held at Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. 5. 15 th International Conference of International Academy Physical Sciences, during December 9 13, 2012 held at Rajamangala University of Technology, Thanyaburi, Thailand. 6. National seminar on Recent Trends in Mathematical Science and Applications, during November 04 05, 2012 Sponsored by UGC held at Govt. PG College, Panna, India. 7. National Seminar on New Dimensions in Statistic: Concept and Issues-2012, during March 2 4, 2012 held at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. 8. International conference on Statistical Concepts and Methods for the Modern World- 2011, during December 28 30, 2011 organized by Applied Statistics Association of Sri Lanka held at Colombo, Sri Lanka. 9. National Conference on Statistical Inference, Sampling Techniques and Related Areas, during February 11 12, 2012 held at Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India 10. 31 st Annual Convention of Indian Society for Probability and Statistics (ISPS) and International Conference on Statistics, Probability and Related Area, during December 19-22, 2011, Cochin, India 11. 10 th South Asia Regional Scientific Meeting of the International Epidemiological Association, during May 23 26, 2010 held at Colombo, Sri Lanka 12. International Conference on Recent Developments in Probability and Statistics, during December 21 23, 2009 held at University of Pune, Pune, Maharashtra, India. 13. Annual Conference of Vijnana Parishad of India & National Symposium during December 4 6, 2009 held at JIET, Guna, M.P., India. 14. 22 ed M.P. Young Scientist Congress, during February 28 March 1, 2007 held at S.A.T.I., Vidisha, MP, India. 15. 21 st M.P. Young Scientist Congress, during February 28 March 1, 2006 held at A.P.S. University, Rewa, M.P., India. 16. 59 th Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Agricultural Statistics, during November 11 13, 2005 held at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology, Jammu, India. 17. National Seminar on Mathematics, during April 22 24, 2005 held at Department of Mathematics, St. Xavier's College, Ranchi, India. 18. 20 th M.P. Young Scientist Congress, during February 28 March 1, 2005 held at Vikram University, Ujjain, MP, India. Page 5 of 7

Co-Curricular Activities: Convener; Research Scholar Meet -2014, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, India. Member of the Board of Examiner Committee, Central University of Bihar, Patna, India Member of Advisory Committee; Use of SPSS in Research Methodology for Social Sciences, Rizvi College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Mumbai, India Member of Organizing Committee; National Conference on Recent Advances in Mathematics and its Applications-2013, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, India Member of Organizing Committee; National seminars/conferences/workshops, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, India Coordinator; Statistics for Non-statistician an educational series, Lupin Research Park, Pune, India Coordinator; Research Scholar Association, Vikram University, Ujjain, India during research. Organizing Committee Member; Cultural activities and events during school/college life. Selected Publications: 1. Vishwakarma, G.K. and Gangele, R.K., a class of chain ratio -type exponential estimators in double sampling using two auxiliary variates, Applied Mathematics and Computation, 227, 171 175, 2014, ISSN: 0096-3003, Elsevier, USA. 2. Grover, L. K., Kaur, P. and Vishwakarma, G.K., Product type exponential estimators of population mean under linear transformation of auxiliary variable in simple random sampling. Applied Mathematics and Computation, 219, 4, 1937 1946, 2012, ISSN: 0096-3003, Elsevier, USA 3. Vishwakarma, G.K. and Singh, H.P., A general procedure for estimating the mean using double sampling for stratification and multi-auxiliary information. Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, 142, 5, 1252-1261, 2012, ISSN: 0378-3758, Elsevier, USA. 4. Vishwakarma, G.K., General model for controlling co-epidemics infectious disease. American Journal of Epidemiology, 173, suppl 11, S180-S180, 2011, ISSN: 0002-9262, Oxford Journal, USA. 5. Singh, H.P. and Vishwakarma, G.K., Estimation of mean using auxiliary information and post-stratification. Communications in Statistics Theory and Methods, 39, 19, 3456-3471, 2010. ISSN: 0361-0926, Taylor & Francis, Inc, Philadelphia. 6. Vishwakarma, G.K., Singh, H.P., and Sarjinder Singh, A family of estimators of population mean using multi-auxiliary variate and post-stratification. Nonlinear Analysis: Modelling and Control, 15, 2, 233-253, 2010. ISSN: 1392-5113, Lithuanian Association of Nonlinear Analysis, Germany. 7. Singh, H.P. and Vishwakarma, G.K., A general procedure for estimating the population mean in stratified sampling using auxiliary information. Metron, 68 (LXVIII), 1, 47-65, 2010. ISSN: 0026-1424, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy & Springer Inc. Page 6 of 7

8. Singh, H.P. and Vishwakarma, G.K., A general procedure for estimating population mean in successive sampling. Communications in Statistics Theory and Methods, 38, 2, 293-308, 2009. ISSN: 0361-0926, Taylor & Francis, Inc, Philadelphia. 9. Singh, H.P. and Vishwakarma, G.K., Some families of estimators of variance of stratified random sample mean using auxiliary information. Journal of Statistical Theory and Practice, 2, 1, 21-43, 2008. ISSN: 1559-8608, Taylor & Francis, Inc, Philadelphia. 10. Singh, H.P. and Vishwakarma, G.K., A family of estimators of population mean using auxiliary information in stratified sampling. Communications in Statistics Theory and Methods, 37, 7, 1038-1050, 2008. ISSN: 0361-0926, Taylor & Francis, Inc, Philadelphia 11. Singh, H.P. and Vishwakarma, G.K., General class of estimators in successive sampling. Metron, 65 (LXV), 2, 201-227, 2007. ISSN: 0026-1424, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy & Springer Inc. 12. Singh, H.P. and Vishwakarma, G.K., Modified exponential ratio and product estimators for finite population mean in double sampling. Austrian Journal of Statistics, 36, 3, 217-225, 2007. ISSN: 1026-597X, The Austrian Statistical Society, Austria. References: Dr. Housila P. Singh; Professor & Formerly Head, School of Studies in Statistics, Vikram University, Ujjain-456010, M.P., India. Tel. No. +91-734-2511123. E-mail: hpsujn@rediffmail.com Dr. Diwakar Shukla; Professor, Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, Dr. Harisingh Gour (Central) University, Sagar-470003, India. Mob. No. +91-9425437203. E-mail: diwakarshukla@rediffmail.com Dr. Sarjinder Singh; Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Texas A & M University-Kingsville, TX 78363, USA, Tel. No. +1-361- 593-3198. E-mail: sarjinder@yahoo.com Dr. Avanish K. Sharma; Associate Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences and Computer Applications, Bundelkhand University, Jhansi-284128, India. Mob. No. +91-9935520565. E-mail: dravanishkumar@yahoo.com Page 7 of 7