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Dr. Rakesh Prasad Badoni is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics at Mahindra University, with a Ph.D. in theoretical computer science from IIT Kharagpur (2016), an M.Tech in Computer Science and Data Processing from IIT Kharagpur, and an M.Sc. in Applied Mathematics from H.N.B. Garhwal University. His research focuses on combinatorial optimization, heuristics and metaheuristics, and operations‑research problems such as scheduling and university course timetabling, including work on ant‑colony‑optimization–based approaches for course timetabling, after prior faculty positions at XIM University and BML Munjal University and strong national ranks in CSIR‑NET JRF (AIR 111) and GATE (AIR 57) in Mathematical Sciences.
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Rakesh Prasad Badoni
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Dr. Rakesh Badoni is an Associate Professor at Mahindra University. He completed his Ph.D. in theoretical computer science from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in 2016. Before this, he completed his M.Tech. degree in computer science and data processing from the same department and M.Sc. in applied mathematics from H.N.B. Garhwal University, Uttarakhand. Before joining Mahindra University, Dr. Badoni worked as an Assistant Professor at XIM University (formerly Xavier University Bhubaneswar), India, and B.M.L. Munjal University, Gurugram, India, in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. He has also qualified CSIR National Eligibility Test (NET-JRF)−2009 with AIR 111 and Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE)−2009 with AIR 57, both in Mathematical Sciences. He has received several awards and honors, such as Senior Research Fellowship, Junior Research Fellowship, and M.H.R.D. fellowship for M.Tech. course all in IIT Kharagpur, India. Dr. Badoni’s research interests include Combinatorial Optimization, Optimization, Heuristics and Metaheuristics, Operations Research – Scheduling and Timetabling in Industry and Education.
- Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur (W.B.), India
Thesis Title: New hybrid metaheuristic approaches for university course timetabling problems
Master of Technology (Computer Science and Data Processing) from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur (W.B.), India
- M.Tech. Project Title: Constraint satisfaction problems and their extensions to distributed computing
- Master of Science (Mathematics) from Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, Srinagar Garhwal (Uttarakhand), India
- Bachelor of Science (Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics) from Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, Srinagar Garhwal (Uttarakhand), India
Rakesh P. Badoni, Sanjeev Kumar, Mukesh Mann, R.P. Mohanty, and Ashirbad Sarangi, “Ant colony optimization algorithm for the university course timetabling problem using events based on groupings of students,” In Modeling and Applications in Operations Research, CRC Press, 2024; Chapter 01; pp. 1–36. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003462422
Rakesh P. Badoni, Jayakrushna Sahoo, Shwetabh Srivastava, Mukesh Mann, D.K. Gupta, Swati Verma, Predrag S. Stanimirović, Lev A. Kazakovtsev, Darjan Karabašević, “An exploration and exploitation-based metaheuristic approach for university course timetabling problems,” Axioms (MDPI), 12(8), 720, (2023). https://doi.org/10.3390/axioms12080720
Mukesh Mann, Rakesh P. Badoni, Harsh Soni, Mohammed Al-Shehri, Aman Chandra Kaushik, and Dong-Qing Wei, “Utilization of Deep Convolutional Neural Networks for Accurate Chest X-Ray Diagnosis and Disease Detection,” Interdisciplinary Sciences: Computational Life Sciences (Springer Nature), 15, 374–392 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12539-023-00562-2
Sanjeev Kumar, Ashirbad Sarangi, Rakesh P. Badoni, and R.P. Mohanty, “Development and Validation of a Hybridized Algorithm involving AHP and Machine Learning for Automobile Vehicle Selection,” Accepted for publication in the International Journal of Operational Research (Inderscience), 2023. DOI: 10.1504/IJOR.2022.10050616
Sonia Yadava, Sukhjit Singha, MA Hernández-Verón, Eulalia Martínez, Ajay Kumar, and Rakesh P. Badoni, “About the existence and uniqueness of solutions for some second-order nonlinear BVPs,” Applied Mathematics and Computation (Elsevier), 457, 128218 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amc.2023.128218
Verma, A. Mukherjee, C. Mahanta, R. Choudhury, Rakesh P. Badoni, and G. Joshi, “Arsenic fate in the Brahmaputra river basin aquifers: Controls of geogenic processes, provenance and water-rock interactions”, Applied Geochemistry, 107, 2019, 171-186.
Sukhjit Singh, D.K. Gupta, Rakesh P. Badoni, E. Martinez, and Jose L. Hueso, “Local convergence of a parameter based iteration with Holder continuous derivative in Banach spaces”, Calcolo, 54(2), 2017, 527-539.
S. Vorugunti, B. Mishra, Rahul Amin, Rakesh P. Badoni, Mrudula Sarvabhatla, and Dheerendra Mishra, “Improving security of lightweight authentication technique for heterogeneous wireless sensor networks”, Wireless Personal Communications, 95(3), 2017, 3141-3166.
Kumar, Rakesh P. Badoni, and P.J. Mohan, “Application of MADM methods for selecting the best private institution for professional courses in Uttarakhand state, India”, Annals of Computer Science and Information Systems, 10, 2017, 229-233.
Rakesh P. Badoni and D.K. Gupta, “A hybrid algorithm for university course timetabling problem”, Innovative Systems Design and Engineering, 6(2), 2015, 60-
Rakesh P. Badoni and D.K. Gupta, “A new algorithm based on students groupings for university course timetabling problem”, In Proceeding of 2nd International Conference on Recent Advances in Engineering & Computational Sciences (RAECS-2015), 2015, IEEE.
Rakesh P. Badoni and D.K. Gupta, “A graph edge colouring approach for school timetabling problems”, International Journal of Mathematics in Operational Research, 6(1), 2014, 123-
Rakesh P. Badoni, D.K. Gupta, and Anil K. Lenka, “A new approach for university timetabling problems”, International Journal of Mathematics in Operational Research, 6(2), 2014, 236-257.
Rakesh P. Badoni, D.K. Gupta, and Pallavi Mishra, “A new hybrid algorithm for university course timetabling problem using events based on groupings of students”, Computers & Industrial Engineering, 78, 2014, 12-25.
Pallavi Mishra, D.K. Gupta, and Rakesh P. Badoni, “A new algorithm for enumerating all possible Sudoku squares”, Discrete Mathematics, Algorithms and Applications, 8(2), 2016, 1650026 (14 PAGES).
- Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Mahindra University, Hyderabad, Telangana, India (Aug 2025 to present)
- Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Mahindra University, Hyderabad, Telangana, India (July 2021 to Aug 2025)
- Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, XIM University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India (From May 2018 to July 2021)
- Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, BML Munjal University, Haryana, India (From January 2017 to March 2018)
Combinatorial Optimization, Optimization, Heuristics and Metaheuristics, Operations Research – Scheduling and Timetabling in Industry and Education.
