IITKGP
Swarup Kumar Panda, IIT Kharagpur

Swarup Kumar Panda

Assistant Professor Grade-I

Mathematics

+91-3222-214764

spanda@maths.iitkgp.ac.in

Research Areas

  • Combinatorial Matrix Theory
  • I am interested in Combinatorial Matrix Theory. In linear Combinatorial Matrix Theory, researchers study graph structures via different properties of matrices associated with it. Among the various matrices associated with a graph, the adjacency matrix is probably the most popular and widely investigated one. Sometimes different structural properties of a graph gets characterized by different properties of the eigenvalues and the eigenvectors of the associated adjacency matrix. For example, it is well know that ‘a (simple) connected graph G is bipartite if and only if −a is an eigenvalue of G whenever a is an eigenvalue of G’. There are many interesting results exhibiting the relationship of the graph structure with the eigenvalues and eigenvectors.

    I am working to establish such relationships with regard to the concepts of inverse graph and reciprocal eigenvalue properties. In many ways these two concepts are related to each other. Both of these play important roles in quantum chemistry.
  • Signless Laplacian spectral characterization of structural modifications of complete and complete bipartite graphs by Talukdar J., Panda S. K. Linear Algebra and its Applications 748 52-79 (2026)
  • Bounds on hypergraph energy and its variation under arbitrary hyperedge deletion by Saha S.S., Panda S.K. Linear Algebra and Its Applications 735 31-56 (2026)
  • Combinatorial description of the inverse of the adjacency matrix of non-bipartite bicyclic graphs by Sharma K., Panda S.K. Linear and Multilinear Algebra - (2026)
  • The P-vertex problem for symmetric matrices whose associated graphs admit perfect matchings by Sharma K., Panda S.K. Linear Algebra and Its Applications 731 109-138 (2026)
  • On the signless Laplacian spectrum of k-uniform hypergraphs by Bapat R.B., Saha S.S., Panda S.K. Linear and Multilinear Algebra - (2025)
  • On the Laplacian spectrum of k-uniform hypergraphs by Saha S.S., Sharma K., Panda S.K. Linear Algebra and Its Applications 655 1-27 (2022)
  • Inverses of weighted graphs by Panda S. K., Pati S. Linear Algebra and its Applications 532 222-230 (2017)
  • Self-inverse unicyclic graphs and strong reciprocal eigenvalue property by Bapat R. B., Panda S. K., Pati S. Linear Algebra and its Applications 531 459-478 (2017)
  • Strong reciprocal eigenvalue property of a class of weighted graphs by Bapat R. B., Panda S. K., Pati S. Linear Algebra and its Applications 511 460-475 (2016)
  • Co-Principal Investigator

Ph. D. Students

Jitul Talukdar

Area of Research: Combinatorial Matrix Theory

Kshitij Sharma

Area of Research: Combinatorial Matrix Theory