Faculty Achievements for the Department of Data Science (2024-2025)

Dr. Durba Bhattacharya

Publications

2025

1. Jain R., Saha A., Bhattacharya D., Das Gupta M., Chowdhury S, Daga G., Roychowdhury S., Gender-Based Comparative Study of Type 2 Diabetes Risk Factors in Kolkata, India: Frequentist versus Bayesian Approach in Machine Learning; EPJ Web Conf., Volume 325, 2025, International Conference on Advanced Physics for Sustainable Future: Innovations and Solutions. 

2. Sen S., Bhattacharya D., Das Gupta M., Jain R., Identifying Key Predictors of Type 2 Diabetes through Bayesian Variable Selection: A Cross-Sectional Study with Gender-Specific Insights; Accepted for publication as a conference proceeding in the ICDMAI2025(9th International Conference on Data Management, Analytics & Innovation). 

2024

3. Bhattacharya D., Bhattacharya S., Gene-Gene and Gene-Environment Interactions in Case Control Studies Based on Hierarchies of Dirichlet Processes, Statistics and Applications {ISSN 2454-7395 (online)} Special Issue in Memory of Prof. C R Rao Volume 22, No. 3, December 2024. 

4. Jain R., Bhattacharya D., Das Gupta M. and Banerjee S., Lifestyle, BMI, Age, and Waist-To Height Ratio as Indicators for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Gender-Based Comparative Study In Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Asian Journal of Statistical Sciences, Year: ISSN: 2582-9912; 2023, Vol.3 (2), PP.169-176; Publication: April 2024.

Talks/ Resource Person 

1. Delivered an Invited talk on “Applications of Bayesian non-parametric methodologies in genetic association studies” in the 27th Annual Conference of The Society of Statistics, Computer and Applications (SSCA) INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE on Advances of Interdisciplinary Statistics and Applications in AI & ML (AISAAM-2025) February 21-23, 2025 Organized by Department of Statistics, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong-793022, Meghalaya. 

2. Resource person at the Workshop on "Big Data Through Bayesian And Non-Bayesian Lenses" [6th Feb-7th Feb 2025] Organized by Interdisciplinary Statistical Research Unit (ISRU), Kolkata. 

3. Delivered an Invited talk on “Bayesian Nonparametrics – Development and Applications with a Focus on Dirichlet Process-Based Mixture Models” at the Ninth International Conference on “Recent Trends in Statistical Theory and Applications-2024” (WSTA – 2024), organized by the Department of Statistics, School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences, University of Kerala jointly with International Statistics Fraternity (ISF), Kerala Statistical Association (KSA), and Statistics Fraternity Kerala (SFK) from 29 June - 02 July 2024.

Session Chair 

1. Chaired a session in the 27th Annual Conference of The Society of Statistics, Computer and Applications (SSCA) International Conference on Advances of Interdisciplinary Statistics and Applications in AI & ML (AISAAM-2025) February 21-23, 2025 Organized by Department of Statistics, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong-793022, Meghalaya.

2. Chaired a session in the Ninth International Conference on “Recent Trends in Statistical Theory and Applications-2024” (WSTA – 2024), June 29 - July 02, 2024, organized by the Department of Statistics, School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences, University of Kerala, jointly with International Statistics Fraternity (ISF), Kerala Statistical Association (KSA) and Statistics Fraternity Kerala (SFK).

Dr. Surupa Chakraborty

Journal Publication 

1. Rana, S., & Roy, S. (2024): Ordinal family data analysis with measurement error in covariates. Communications in Statistics- Simulation and Computation. https://doi.org/ 10.1080/03610918.2024.2443200. 

2. Sengupta, D. and Roy, S., (2024): Estimation of mean using under-reported and overdispersed count data. Communications in Statistics-Simulation and Computation. DOI: 10.1080/03610918.2024.2420262 

3. Roy, S., Adhya, S. and Rana, S., (2024). Estimation of odds ratio from group testing data with misclassified exposure. Biometrical Journal, 66(1), p.2200254.

Talk delivered: 

1. Delivered an online talk titled "Mostly Harmless Pooling" as a speaker for the CSA outreach program organized by the Calcutta Statistical Association on August 10th, 2024. 

2. Served as a resource person, delivering a talk on "Exploring R: From Basic Statistics to Advanced Techniques" held at at Dr. B. C. Roy Academy of Professional Courses during the faculty development program (FDP) titled "Emerging Trends in Business Analytics for Data-Driven Decision Making", from July 22 to July 27, 2024. 

3. Served as a resource person delivering a talk on “Regression”, in a three-day workshop on “Data-Driven Decision making in Research” organized by the Department of Statistics in collaboration with Postgraduate Department of Sociology held at St Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Kolkata from July 18 to July 20, 2024. 

4. Served as a resource person in a five-day workshop on “Fundamentals of Research Methodology using application software”, organized by the Department of Management Studies, NIT Durgapur, held online from June 24th to June 28th, 2024. 

5. Served as a resource person in a five-day hands-on workshop on “Research Methodologies Based on SPSS, Python, JAMOVI, R, and COMSOL,” held online from April 10 to April 14, 2024, organized by the Department of Mathematics, School of Advanced Sciences, and the Department of MBA, VIT Business School, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai. 

6. Served as a speaker and panelist in a seminar on “Rashi Vigyan,” organized by the Department of Statistics at the University of Calcutta, on the topic "Statistics and/or Data Science" on March 20, 2024. 

7. Served as a resource person, delivering a talk on “Inferential Statistics using R” at a Faculty Development Program (FDP) titled "Introduction to Research Methodology using Analytical Software." The event was held online from February 19, 2024, to February 23, 2024, and organized by the Department of Business Administration and the Department of Supply Chain Management at Dr. B. C. Roy Academy of Professional Courses, Durgapur.

Dr. Anal Acharya

Publications:

1. Avishek Barman, Anal Acharya, Soumen Mukherjee, Exploring the Role of XAI in Academic Performance Prediction: A Bibliographical Approach, ZKG International, October 2024, Volume: IX, Issue: II. (Indexed by SCI-E)

Invited Lectures

1. Personalized Learning using Concept Maps delivered in “AI Horizons: Empowering Teachers for the Future”, FDP organized by IQAC and Research Subcommittee Naba Ballygange Mahavidyalaya 15-19 May,2025.

2. Concept Maps generation and optimization for diagnosing student learning problems delivered in 5day FDP organized by IQAC and Research and development cell Prashanta Chandra Mohalanabis Mahavidyalaya 19-24 Febraury,2025.

3. Generation of Concept Maps using AI Techniques delivered in “Artificial Intelligence and Digital Content Creation”, UGC sponsored seminar organized by EMMRC, 23rd August, 2024, St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Kolkata.

4. Use of Concept Maps in Collaborative Learning delivered in Faculty Development Program “Recent Applications of Fuzzy Logic and Evolutionary Algorithms” on 26th June, 2024, RCCIIT, Kolkata.

5. Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Education delivered on the occasion of 75th Anniversary, 8th January, 2024, Dumdum Shree Aurobindo Vidya Mandir, Kolkata.

Dr. Romit S Beed

Publications

1. Rupali Mitra, Romit S Beed, Tamal Chakraborty, Quantum-Inspired Coalition Formation Techniques in Multi Agent Systems for Human Centric Applications– A Review, Second Doctoral Symposium on Human Centered Computing (HUMAN-2024), March 30, 2024. 

2. Attri Ghosh, Rupali Mitra, Romit S Beed, Urboshee Biswas and Subham Kumar Singh, Multi-Objective Food Delivery Route Optimization using Hybrid Pareto based Differential Evolution Algorithm, 9th International Conference on Data Management, Analytics & Innovation, Kolkata, India 17-19 January,2025. 

3. Tanushree Parmar, Romit S. Beed, Application of Machine Learning Techniques for Remote Sensing in Lithological Mapping: A Review, 9th International Conference on Data Management, Analytics & Innovation, Kolkata, India 17 19 January,2025

4. Sangita Basu, Romit S Beed, Clustering-based Multivariate Prediction model for Infectious Disease Forecasting in India, 9th International Conference on Data Management, Analytics & Innovation, Kolkata, India 17-19 January,2025.

Resource Person

1. Resource Person, International Conference for Teachers (ICFT), Jyotirmoy School of Education, 25th February 2024. Topic: “Artificial Intelligence: Impact on School Education and Teachers” 

2. Resource Person, Network Security and advanced DBMS, NCC Directorate, February - March, 2024. 

3. Resource Person, LinkedIn as a Powerful Tool for Networking, Searching and Securing Internships – St. Xavier’s College, 1st year students, Batch of 2024-2028, 19.08.2024 

4. Resource Person, Advanced Excel for Group C Office Staff, St. Xavier’s College, 22nd March, 2025 

5. Resource Person, LinkedIn as a Powerful Tool for Networking, Searching and Securing Internships – St. Xavier’s College, 1st year students, Batch of 2025-2029, 12.04.2025.

Session Chair

1. 3rd Doctoral Symposium on Human Centered Computing (HUMAN-2025), JIS College of Engineering Kalyani, 28 March AND 29TH MARCH 2025 

Editor 

1. Data Management, Analytics and Innovation, Proceedings of ICDMAI 2025, Eds Saptarsi Goswami, Sajal Saha, Kanadpriya Basu, Romit S Beed, Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, Springer Singapore, Series ISSN: 2367-3370, eBook ISBN 978-981-96-5860-2, 23 September 2025

Prof. Soumyajit Pal

Journal Publications: 

1. S. Pal, U. Das and O. Bandyopadhyay, "SSN: A Novel CNN-Based Architecture for Classification of Tropical Cyclone Images From INSAT-3D," in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 62, pp. 1-8, 2024, Art no. 4108208, doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2024.3441729 [SCIE; IF: 7.5]

Conference Proceedings: 

1. S. Pal, O. Bandyopadhyay, U. Das, “A Hybrid Deep Learning model for reconstructing missing INSAT-3D satellite images”, IEEE Conference on EARTHSENSE 2025 (accepted) [SCOPUS]

Book Chapters:

1. Basak, A. & Pal, S. (2025). Heatwave Prediction on Era5 Data Using Deep Learning Techniques. In B. Singh, C. Kaunert, S. Lal, M. Arora, & A. Raghav (Eds.), Developing Smart Sustainability With Artificial Intelligence (pp. 83 122). IGI Global Scientific Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3693 8684-2.ch005 

1. Pal, S., De, J., & Datta, D. (2024). Smart Hydroponics: Revolutionizing Agriculture With IoT and Cloud. In B. Singh, C. Kaunert, K. Vig, & S. Dutta (Eds.), Maintaining a Sustainable World in the Nexus of Environmental Science and AI (pp. 81-108). IGI Global Scientific Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3693-6336-2.ch004

Conference Presentations: 

1. Presented a paper titled "Detection of Credit Card Fraud through Machine Learning Techniques" in the International Conference on Business, IT and Enterprise Architecture (ICBIT 2025) organized by Management Development Institute (MDI), Murshidabad, India.

Resource Person: 

1. One-day Computer Training Program for Group-C Office Staff held on February 2025 organized by the Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Kolkata. 2. Computer Training Program for NCC Staff, February 2024.

Faculty Development Programmes 

1. National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) Online Certification for successfully completing the course Deep Learning organized by the Indian Institute of Technology Madras from January, 2024 to April, 2024 (12-week course) with a consolidated score of 73%.

Dr. Surupa Chakraborty

Publications:

• Sengupta, D., & Roy, S. (2023): Modelling zero inflated and under-reported count data. Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation. 93(14), Pg 2390-2409.
• Adhya, S., Roy, S. & Banerjee, T. (2022): Prediction of finite population proportion when responses are misclassified. Journal of Survey Statistics and methodology, 10(5), Pg 1319-1345

Dr. Durba Bhattacharya

• Delivered the J K Ghosh Memorial Endowment lecture at the "Silver Jubilee (annual) International Conference on Significance of Statistical Sciences in the Emerging Scenario" organized by the Society of Statistics, Computer and Applications (SSCA) and The Department of Statistics, University of Jammu on 15th February, 2023.
• Resource person at the workshop on "An Advanced Training Program on Bayesian Modelling and Simulation", organized by DST-CIMS, Banaras Hindu University on 6th January, 2023.
• Resource person at the workshop on "Bayesian Inference and Computation", organized by the Interdisciplinary Statistical research Unit, ISI, Kolkata, during 19th-23rd December, 2022.
• Delivered an Invited talk on "A Novel Bayesian Hierarchical Testing Procedure in Studying Genetic Interactions in Case-Control Studies" at Sixth International Webinar on RECENT TRENDS IN STATISTICAL THEORY AND APPLICATIONS-2022 (WSTA-2022) in conjunction with Fifth Annual Convention of Statistics Fraternity Kerala (SFK) Indian Society for Probability and Statistics (ISPS), Kerala Statistical Association (KSA) & Department of Statistics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences University of Kerala, Trivandrum, India during 29th June - 1st July, 2022.
• Chaired a Special Invited Session at Sixth International Webinar on RECENT TRENDS IN STATISTICAL THEORY AND APPLICATIONS-2022 (WSTA-2022) in conjunction with Fifth Annual Convention of Statistics Fraternity Kerala (SFK) Indian Society for Probability and Statistics (ISPS), Kerala Statistical Association (KSA) & Department of Statistics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences University of Kerala, Trivandrum, India during on 1st July, 2022.

Mr. Debjit Sengupta

Publication

• Sengupta, D.& Roy, S. (2023): Modelling zero inflated and under-reported count data. Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, 93(14), 2390-2410.

Ms. Madhura Das Gupta

• Paper Presentation: Presented a paper on "Lifestyle, BMI and Waist-to-Height Ratio as Indicators for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Gender Based Comparative Study on Case-Control Diabetes Data in Kolkata, India." at Sixth International Webinar on RECENT TRENDS IN STATISTICAL THEORY AND APPLICATIONS-2022 (WSTA-2022) in conjunction with Fifth Annual Convention of Statistics Fraternity Kerala (SFK) Indian Society for Probability and Statistics (ISPS), Kerala Statistical Association (KSA) & Department of Statistics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences University of Kerala, Trivandrum, India on 2nd July, 2022.

Dr. Sancharee Basak

Publication

• Sancharee Basak and Ayanendranath Basu (2022): The extended Bregman divergence and parametric estimation, Statistics, Volume 56, Issue No. 3, pp 699-718.

Paper Presentation and Participation in Conferences/Seminars/Workshops:

• Participated and presented a talk in the Eighth International Conference on Statistics for Twenty-First Century 2022 (ICSTC 2022), organized by the International Statistics Fraternity (ISF), School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences and the Department of Statistics, University of Kerala, Trivandrum in December 2022.
• Participated and presented a talk in the VI International Scientific and Practical Conference 'Statistics and its applications' organized by the Namangan Institute of Engineering and Technology, Namangan, Uzbekistan in October 2022.

Mr. Rahul Roy

• Participated and delivered a contributory lecture on "Asymptotic bayes optimality under sparsity for equicorrelated multivariate normal test statistics" in a conference organized by International Indian Statistical Association (IISA) at IISC Bangalore, in December, 2022.

Students' Achievements

Arnab Dutta

• Second Position , paper presentation (Epsilon Delta)
• Second Position , Poetry slam (Xavotsav)

Aishani Dey

• Inspire Scholarship

Anoushka Saha

• Received Prem Gulati Memorial Award from Miranda House, University of Delhi, for securing highest cumulative marks in B.Sc. (Honours) Mathematics University Examinations, Semeter I to Semester V, in March 2023.

Anuroop Roy

• Runners up Kolkata Amateur Football League (Federation de Sports)

Arunima Pal

• Winner of Analyticon organised as a part of Epsilon Delta 2023 by the Department of Statistics, SXC on 2nd March '23.

Ashika Deb

• Secured an internship with World Resources Institute, (data analysis - energy team) May, 2023 - August, 2023

Dibyangana Debnath

• Got awarded in Bethune College for being in top 5 students among the students in Statistics Department during my graduation.

Kankana Ghosh

• My article "An overview on Market Basket Analysis" was selected and published in our annual departmental magazine, Prakarsho Vol. XV of St. Xavier's College, Kolkata in the month of March, 2023.

Pratyusha Mukhopadhyay

• Recieved Inspire scholarship

Shamie Dasgupta

• Recieved the HDFC scholarship for post-graduation

Shubhradeep Chatterjee

• Winner of Analyticon event of ED

Sukanya Mukherjee

• Article published in Prakarsho Vol XV

Srijan Sen

• Core Committee Member, Xavier's Premier League 2022, St. Xavier's College Students' Council
• Core Committee Member, Xavostav 2023, St. Xavier's College Students' Council