Teaching, Guidance & Outreach
Graduate course: “Programming and Monte Carlo Simulations” to TIFR graduate students
Internship: to 46 students from physics and engineering background
Master thesis: 12 students from physics background
Industrial visit: GRAPES-3 tour given to more than 1000 students from various schools and colleges
Media Coverage
Most powerful electrical storm on record detected.
National GeographicBreakthrough towards Resolving Century Old Riddle of Deadly Thunderstorms by a Muon Telescope in India.
VIF IndiaOoty: Cosmic Ray Lab breaks new ground with ‘Muon’ telescope.
Deccan ChronicleDD Podhigai: Cosmic Ray Laboratory
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Talks & Presentations
Conducted an experimental session on ”Monte Carlo simulations" to WAPP students, 6th Winter school on AstroParticle Physics 2011, Darjeeling.
Conducted an experimental session on ”Measurement of mean muon lifetime” to WAPP students, 9th Winter school on AstroParticle Physics 2014, Ooty.
Computing in CRL, 9th Workshop on AstroParticle Physics 2014, Ooty.
Energy spectrum of the primary cosmic rays in the range 10 GeV-10 TeV, 34th International Cosmic Ray Conference 2015, The Hague, Netherlands.
CORSIKA modification for rigidity dependent primary selection based on Geomagnetic cutoff rigidity for GRAPES-3 simulations (poster), 34th International Cosmic Ray Conference 2015, The Hague, Netherlands.
Simulation of tracking muon detector in GRAPES-3, 10th Workshop on AstroParticle Physics 2015, Darjeeling.
A new method to determine TDCZero (poster), DHEP annual meeting 2016, TIFR, Mumbai.
GRAPES-3 computer cluster (poster), DHEP annual meeting 2016, TIFR, Mumbai.
Effects of atmospheric electric field on muon intensity observed in GRAPES-3 (poster), DHEP annual meeting 2016, TIFR, Mumbai.
Computing and Data analysis in GRAPES-3 Experiment, Internship Program at CRL 2016, Students of NSS College of engineering, Palakad
Study of thunderstorm events using GRAPES-3 experiment, 11th Workshop on AstroParticle Physics 2016, Ooty.
Study of thunderstorm events using GRAPES-3 experiment, 11th Winter school on AstroParticle Physics 2016, Ooty.
Conducted an experimental session on ”Measurement of mean muon lifetime” to WAPP students, 11th Winter school on AstroParticle Physics 2016, Ooty.
Effects of atmospheric electric field on muon intensity observed in GRAPES-3 experiment, 35th International Cosmic Ray Conference 2017, Busan, South Korea.
CORSIKA modifications for electric field simulations on pions, kaons and muons (poster), 35th International Cosmic Ray Conference 2017, Busan, South Korea.
GRAPES-3 Data Analysis Framework (poster), DHEP annual meeting 2018, TIFR, Mumbai.
GRAPES-3 Computer Cluster (poster), DHEP annual meeting 2018, TIFR, Mumbai.
Measurement of electric potential in thunderstorm using GRAPES-3 muon telescope(poster), DHEP annual meeting 2018, TIFR, Mumbai.
How to Build an Inexpensive, Low-Maintenance and Scalable Supercomputing Cluster?, Outstanding Technology: Approaches to High Performance Computing, DHEP annual meeting 2018, TIFR, Mumbai.
Measurement of the electrical properties of a thundercloud through muon imaging by the GRAPES-3 experiment, DHEP review meeting 2019, TIFR, Mumbai.
Computing Facilities II, DHEP review meeting 2019, TIFR, Mumbai.
Measurement of the electrical properties of a thundercloud through muon imaging by the GRAPES-3 experiment, 36th International Cosmic Ray Conference 2019, Madison, WI, USA.
Dependence of hadronic interaction models in atmospheric electric field simulations for GRAPES-3, 36th International Cosmic Ray Conference 2019, Madison, WI, USA.
Introductory lecture on GRAPES-3 experiment, for Tribal students outreach program, January 2020.
GRAPES-3 experiment, for students of Parvathy arts and science college, Dindigul, January 2020.
GRAPES-3 experiment, for students of Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, February 2020.
Basic lecture on forces of nature and cosmic rays, for students of Vivekananda Memorial Matric School, February 2020.
The Staggering Power of Thunderstorms, National Science Day 2020 – Workshop on Space Science, IIT Kanpur, India.
Open discussion on cosmic rays and its interactions, webinar organized by Mango Education, May 2020.
Cosmic rays: Messengers of the Universe with GRAPES-3, webinar organized by Gobi Arts and Science College, June 2020.
Study of high energy Universe with GRAPES-3, webinar organized by Hindustan College of Engineering and Technology, June 2020.
A detailed investigation of thunderstorm events recorded in GRAPES-3 experiment, XXIV DAE-BRNS High Energy Physics symposium, NISER, Odisha, India, December 2020.
Meeting the mysterious messengers of the Universe, webinar organized by Dr. N.G.P. Arts and Science College, Coimbatore, June 2021.
The azimuthal distribution of thunderstorm events recorded by the GRAPES-3 experiment, 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference 2021, Berlin, Germany.
Measurement of large angle muon flux in GRAPES-3 experiment using triggerless DAQ system, 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference 2021, Berlin, Germany.
Development of software framework for monitoring, analysis for TMDAQ system, MiniWorkshop on Triggerless Muon DAQ System for GRAPES-3 Muon Detector, Ooty, India, December 2021.
From data bits to discovery : A large scale analysis framework for GRAPES-3, ASET Colloquium, TIFR, Mumbai, December 2021.
Probing solar storms with GRAPES-3 scintillator detectors, 15th Quadrennial Solar-Terrestrial Physics Symposium, Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, India, February 2022.
Recent developments on the studies of thunderstorm and geomagnetic storm events, DHEP Annual Meeting 2022, TIFR, Mumbai.
Measurement of thunderstorm potential using muons, Workshop on cosmic rays, space weather and atmospheric science, Ooty, India, May 2022.
Highlights of the results from the GRAPES-3 experiment, 21st International Symposium on Very High Energy Cosmic Ray Interactions (ISVHECRI 2022), Ooty, India, May 2022.
Effects of Tonga volcano eruption observed by the GRAPES-3 detectors, XXV DAE-BRNS High Energy Physics symposium, IISER Mohali, Punjab, India, December 2022.
Probing solar storms with GRAPES-3 scintillator detectors, Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE) Workshop 2023, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan, February 2023.
Role of cosmic rays on societal applications, Ms. R. Andal Memorial Lecture, Lady Doak College, Madurai, March 2023.
The potential role of GRAPES-3 experiment in space weather forecasting, 38th International Cosmic Ray Conference 2023, Nagoya, Japan.
Observation of the atmospheric wave created by Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano eruption using GRAPES-3 detectors, 38th International Cosmic Ray Conference 2023, Nagoya, Japan.
Cosmic messengers, refresher course in “Frontiers in Experimental and Theoretical Physics”, October 2023.
Introductory lecture on GRAPES-3 experiment for "Tribal Students Outreach" program, October 2023.
Highlights of the results from the GRAPES-3 experiment, Workshop in High Energy Physics Phenomenology (WHEPP XVII), January 2024.
Cosmic Rays and Societal Impacts, National Science Day lecture to JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, February 2024.