ALI AKBAR SHAIKH is Assistant Professor of Mathematics at The University of Burdwan, West Bengal, India. Earlier, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the School of Engineering and Sciences of Tecnológico de Monterrey, México. He has obtained the award SNI of level 1 (out of 0-3) presented by the National System of Researchers of México from the Government of México in the year 2017. He earned his Ph.D. and M.Phil. degrees in Mathematics from The University of Burdwan, and M.Sc. in Applied Mathematics from the University of Kalyani, India. Dr. Shaikh has published over 37 research papers in different international journals of repute. His research interests include inventory control, interval optimization, and particle swarm optimization
