Dr. Usha Shankar
Name: Dr. Usha Shankar
Qualification: Phd In Lubrication Theory.
Designation : Research Scholar
Department: Mathematics
Institute Name : Gulbarga University, Kalaburagi.
College Address : Department Of Mathematics, Gulbarga University, Kalaburagi, Pin-Code-585 106.
Award For : Young Achiever Award
Publication Title: Journal
Paper Title : Magnetized Impacts Of Cattaneo-Christov Double Diffusion Models On The Time-Dependent Squeezing Flow Of Casson Fluid: A Generalized Perspective Of Fourier And Fick’s Laws.
Journal Name : The European Physical Journal Plus
Volume : 134
Month Of Publication : July
Year : 2019
Page No. : 344
Issn : 2190-5444
About Dr. Usha Shankar
Dr. Usha D/O Shankar was born in poor background family at Raichur on July 10,
1988, but she grew up in Chittapur, Kalaburagi District. She had completed her primary and
secondary school education at N. E. S. High School and N. E. S. PU College, Chittapur in the
years 2005 and 2008 with percentage 79.68% and 57%, respectively. She got her B.Sc in
Mathematics, Physics and Electronics from Veeramma Gangasiri Women’s College
Kalaburagi affiliated to Women’s University, Bijapur in the year 2011 with percentage
86.14%. She got 10th Rank to Women’s University, Bijapur among the successful candidates
in B.Sc. Also, she had completed M.Sc in Mathematics from Gulbarga University,
Kalaburagi with 90.33% and got Second Rank to Gulbarga University, Kalaburagi in the year
- Immediately after M.Sc in Mathematics, She joined Shetty Institute of Technology,
Kalaburagi for teaching and she served as an Assistant Professor for one year eight months.
Further, she had completed her PhD in Fluid Dynamics with specialization in Lubrication
Theory in the year 2020 from Gulbarga University, Kalaburagi. Currently, Dr. Usha is
working as Assistant Administration in the Department of Karnataka Power Corporation
Limited, Raichur Thermal Power Station, Shaktinagar, Raichur, Karnataka, India.
Also, she had published good number of research articles in the high impact
international journals like The European Physical Journal Plus, Journal of Central South
University, Sadhana, Heat Transfer-Asian Research, Nonlinear Engineering: Modeling and
Application, Journal of Nanofluids etc.,. Further, she had attended and presented research
papers in national and international conferences and workshops and she received “Best Paper
Presentation Award” in ICRAAS-2019 International Conference Reva University, Bangalore.
Also, she had sufficient knowledge in different numerical methods like “Runge-Kutta
method, Shooting technique, bvp4c Matlab function, Homotopy analysis method and
Perturbation method along with computing softwares like Matlab, Mathematica, Origin.