Debasish Ghosh (August, 2025 - Present, Institute fellow) Topic: (General) relativistic quantum information.
Mainak Dutta (August, 2024 - Present, Institute fellow) Topic: Quantum aspects of gravity through gravitational waves.
Pradeep Kumar Kumawat (July, 2023 - Present, Institute fellow) Topic: Fields on curved spacetimes and non-inertial frames.
Bhera Ram (July, 2023 - Present, CSIR fellow) Topic: Relativistic fluids on a curved spacetime.
Dr. Dipankar Barman (September, 2020 - Present; PMRF fellow) Defended thesis on 29th August, 2025; Title: Influence of field properties and space-boundaries on quantum entanglement between Unruh-DeWitt detectors.
Dr. Subhankar Patra (September, 2020 - March, 2025, CSIR fellow) Defended thesis on 5th August, 2025; Title: General relativistic accretion flow for a diverse class of black holes.
Dr. Sumit Dey (August, 2018 - July, 2023; Institute fellow) Defended thesis on 28th August, 2023; Title: Thermodynamic and fluid interpretations of gravitational field equations: General relativity and beyond (Post doc at University of Warsaw, Poland --> Post-Doc at RRI).
Dr. Surojit Dalui (August, 2017 - August, 2022; Institute fellow); Defended thesis on 16th January, 2023; Title: Classical and quantum aspects of near horizon physics (Post-Doc at Shanghai University).
Dr. Mousumi Maitra (Jointly with Dr. Debaprasad Maity; August, 2016 - November, 2021; Institute fellow); Defended thesis on 21st June, 2022; Title: Asymptotic symmetry and its role in black hole thermodynamics (IPDF at NISER --> Women scientist at IITGN)
Dr. Krishnakanta Bhattacharya (August, 2015 - July, 2020; Institute fellow); Defended thesis on 2nd August, 2020; Title: Thermodynamic aspects and phase transition of black holes (Post-Doc at IUCAA --> Post-Doc at IACS --> JSPS fellow at Fukushima University, Japan --> Assistant Professor at BIT (Dubai Campus)).
Dr. Sudip Karan (IPDF, Jan 2024 - present)
Dr. Subhajit Barman (IPDF, October, 2020 - October, 2022): NPDF at IITM
Dr. Ashmita Das (IPDF, March, 2016 - April, 2019) : Post Doc at IITM --> Post Doc at SNBNCBS Kolkata --> Assistant Prof. at SRM University, Andhra Pradesh.
Research Associate Fellows:
Current fellows:
Past fellows
Abhinove Nagarajan S (JRF under a project funded by SERB, DST; October, 2022 - February, 2023): PhD fellow at The University of Sheffield, UK.
Dr. Soumya Bhattacharya (SRF (extended) under a project funded by SERB, DST; 28th December, 2021 - March 2022): Post Doc at SNBNCBS.
Dr. Gopal Chandra Sardar (SRF (extended) under a project funded by SERB, DST; May 2021 - Novbember 2021): D. S. Kothari Post Doctoral fellow at Jadavpur University.
Bhrigumoni Deka, IIT Roorkee (May - July, 2015); Title: Understanding the Carter - Penrose (conformal) diagram.
Avik Pal, IIT Guwahati (May, 2015 - May, 2016); Title: Hawking evaporation cascade with back reaction.
Arpit Anand Kunwar, IIT Guwahati (May, 2015 - May, 2016); Title: Quantum field theory on curved spacetimes.
Gaurav Jadav, IIT Guwahati (May, 2015 - May, 2016); Title: Rindler frame and Unruh effect in rainbow gravity.
Baby Komal, IIT Guwahati (May, 2015 - May, 2016); Title: Rindler frame and Unruh effect in rainbow gravity.
Nilanjandev Bhaumik, IIT Guwahati (August, 2015 - May, 2016); Title: Interior volume of a black hole and horizon entropy.
Sushovan Mondal, IISER Kolkata (May, 2016 - July, 2016); Title: Inflation.
Ananya Adhikari, IIT Guwahati (June, 2016 - March, 2017); Title: Elements of 2D CFT.
Saptarshi Saha, IIT Guwahati (May, 2016 - May, 2017); Title: Gravitational collapse.
Chandramouli Chowdhury, IIT Guwahati (May, 2016 - July, 2018); Title: Quantum field theory on curved spacetime.
Shounak De, IIT Guwahati (May, 2017 - September, 2019); Title: Fluid-Gravity correspondence.
Susmita Das, IIT Guwahati (May, 2017 - July, 2018); Title: Detector response in non-inertial frames.
Sudeshna Saha, IIT Guwahati (May, 2017 -June, 2018); Title: Black hole phase transition.
Tonay Kanti Konar, IIT Guwahati (May, 2019 - June, 2020); Title: Path Integral Formulation and a short study of Field Theory.
Dibyendu Mondal, IIT Guwahati (May, 2019 - June, 2020); Title: Fate of the false vacuum: Using Path Integral Approach and brief study of Path Integral Formulation.
Priya Ghosh, IIT Guwahati (May, 2019 - June, 2020); Title: Dynamics of Inflation.
Nelakanti Shobith, IIT Guwahati (May, 2019 - June, 2020); Title: Systems Analogous to Gravity.
Anupam Jain, IIT Guwahati (May, 2019 - June, 2020); Title: Calculation of Lyapunov exponent in black hole spacetime.
Gaurang Ramakant Kane, IIT Guwahati (May, 2020 - September, 2022); Topic: Quantum field theory on curved spacetime
Pratyusha Chowdhury, IIT Guwahati (May, 2020 - June, 2022); Topic: Relativistic effects on quantum entanglement
Saurav Sarkar, IIT Guwahati (June, 2021 - May, 2022); Topic: Properties of gravitational action
Sharmistha Baidya, IIT Guwahati (June, 2021 - May, 2022) Topic: A brief study of Lindblad equation