Dr. S. Francis Raj
About
Research Area
RESEARCH DETAILS
• Ph.D: SASTRA University, Thanjavur- September, 2009.
• PDF: UGC Dr. D.S. Kothari Post Doctoral Fellow at the Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, India from 2009-2010.
WORK EXPERIENCE
• From 20-8-2021 till date, Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics, Pondicherry University, Puducherry.
• From 28-7-2010 – 19-8-2021, Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics, Pondicherry University, Puducherry.
RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
• 32 research publications out of which 20 are in SCIE.
PH.D CANDIDATES UNDER MY SUPERVISION
• Dr. P. Francis: Title: A study on b-coloring and indicated coloring of graphs-August 2018
• Dr. M. Gokulnath: Title: b-coloring and indicated coloring of graphs-September 2021
• Dr. Athmakoori Prashant: Title: Chi-binding functions for graphs with some forbidden induced Subgraphs- October 2024
• Mr. Anto Augustin and Mr. Athul Dev are currently pursuing their Ph.D. under my guidance.
MAJOR PROJECTS
• Principal Investigator for a major project entitled “Some problems on b-coloring and indicated coloring of graphs” under SERB-DST, Government of India (August 2017- August 2020).
AWARDS
• IMS prize for the year 2009 for presenting the best research paper in the area of Discrete Mathematics at the 75th Annual Conference of the Indian Mathematical Society.
CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS ORGANISED
• I have organized two international conferences, two national workshops and one refresher course.
SPECIAL INFORMATIONS
• I have given more than 40 invited talks in conference/ workshop at national and international level.
Notable & Recent Publications
Athmakoori Prashant, S. Francis Raj, An optimal chromatic bound for the class of {P_3∪2K_1,(P_3∪2K_1 ) ̅}-free graphs, Discrete Applied Mathematics, 367 (2025) 226–234.
Athmakoori Prashant1, S. Francis Raj and M. Gokulnath, Bounds for the chromatic number of some pK2-free graphs, Discrete Applied Mathematics, 336 (2023) 99-108
P. Francis, S. Francis Raj and M. Gokulnath, On indicated coloring of lexicographic product of graphs, Discrete Applied Mathematics, Discrete Applied Mathematics 319 (2022) 576–582. https: //doi.org /10.1016 /j.dam.2021.04.021
S. Francis Raj and M. Gokulnath, b-coloring of the Mycielskian of some classes of graphs, Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory 42 (2022) 363–381 (https://doi.org/10.7151/dmgt.2265).
Prashant, A., Francis, P., & Francis Raj, S. (2024). Linear χ-binding functions for some classes of (P3∪P2)-free graphs. AKCE International Journal of Graphs and Combinatorics, 21(2), 152–160. https://doi.org/10.1080/09728600.2024.2308113
