Aakash Gupta

Research Interests

• Heliophysics

• Solar Wind and Kinetics

• Energetic particles in Solar wind

• Space weather prediction using Satellite based observations of Solar wind and energetic particles in interplanetary medium

Professional Experience

• July 2024 - Present: Senior Research Fellow (SRF) at Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India

• July 2022 - July 2024: Junior Research Fellow (JRF) at Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India

Academic Qualifications

• M.Sc. in Physics from Department of Physics & Astrophysics, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007, India

• B.Sc. (H) in Physics from SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007, India

Thesis

• Ph.D. (Ongoing) 

Title: Investigation of solar wind and energetic particles in the interplanetary medium using Aditya L1 mission data. 

Supervisor: Prof. Dibyendu Chakrabarty 

Research Publications

1. Aakash Gupta, Dibyendu Chakrabarty, Santosh Vadawale, Aveek Sarkar, Bijoy Dalal, Shiv Kumar Goyal, Jacob Sebastian, P. Janardhan, Nandita Srivastava, M. Shanmugam, Neeraj Kumar Tiwari, Aaditya Sarda, Piyush Sharma, Anil Bhardwaj et al.  Multi-directional Investigations on Quiet-Time Suprathermal Ions Measured by ASPEX–STEPS on-board Aditya-L1. The Astrophysical Journal, 995:92 (13pp), 2025. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ae1a46

2. Aakash Gupta, Yogesh, Dibyendu Chakrabarty, Leon Ofman, and Gregory G. Howes. Evidence for Solar-Cycle Modulation of the Alpha-to-Proton Temperature Ratio. (Under review in The Astrophysical Journal Letters (ApJL)).

3. Jacob Sebastian, Bijoy Dalal, Aakash Gupta, Shiv Kumar Goyal, Dibyendu Chakrabarty, Santosh V. Vadawale, M. Shanmugam, Neeraj Kumar Tiwari, Arpit R. Patel, Aveek Sarkar, Aaditya Sarda, Tinkal Ladiya, Prashant Kumar, Manan S. Shah, Abhishek Kumar, Shivam Parashar, Pranav R. Adhyaru, Hiteshkumar L. Adalja, Piyush Sharma, Abhishek J. Verma, Nishant Singh, Sushil Kumar, Deepak Kumar Painkra, Swaroop B. Banerjee, K. P. Subramaniam, Bhas Bapat, M. B. Dadhania, P. Janardhan and Anil Bhardwaj. One Year of ASPEX–STEPS Operation: Characteristic Features, Observations, and Science Potential. Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy (J. Astrophys. Astr.), 47:21, 2026. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12036-026-10134-7

4. Yogesh, Leon Ofman, Kristopher Klein, Niranjana Shankarappa, Mihailo Martinović, Gregory G. Howes, Parisa Mostafavi, Scott A. Boardsen, Viacheslav M. Sadykov, Sanchita Pal, Lan K. Jian, Aakash Gupta, D. Chakrabarty, B. L. Alterman, Jaye L. Verniero, K. W. Paulson, Jia Huang, Roberto Livi, Davin E. Larson, Christian Möstl, Emma E. Davies, and Eva Weiler. Solar Wind Heating Near the Sun: A Radial Evolution Approach. The Astrophysical Journal, 999(2):225 (13pp), 2026. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ae4582

5. Shivam Parashar, Dibyendu Chakrabarty, Prashant Kumar, Abhishek Kumar, Bhas Bapat, Aveek Sarkar, P. Janardhan, Anil Bhardwaj, Santosh V. Vadawale, Manan S. Shah, Hiteshkumar L. Adalja, Arpit R. Patel, Pranav R. Adhyaru, M. Shanmugam, Swaroop B. Banerjee, K. P. Subramanian, Tinkal Ladiya, Jacob Sebastian, Bijoy Dalal, Aakash Gupta, Shiv Kumar Goyal, Neeraj Kumar Tiwari, Aaditya Sarda, Sushil Kumar, Nishant Singh, Deepak Kumar Painkra, Piyush Sharma, Abhishek J. Verma, and M. B. Dadhania. Evidence for In Situ Particle Energization During the May 2024 Event Based on the ASPEX Instrument Onboard Aditya-L1. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 996:L36 (10pp), 2026. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ae2ac9

6. Abhishek Kumar, Shivam Parashar, Prashant Kumar, Dibyendu Chakrabarty, Bhas Bapat, Aveek Sarkar, Manan S. Shah, Hiteshkumar L. Adalja, Arpit R. Patel, Pranav R. Adhyaru, M. Shanmugam, Swaroop B. Banerjee, K.P. Subramaniam, Tinkal Ladiya, Jacob Sebastian, Bijoy Dalal, Aakash Gupta, M.B. Dadhania, Santosh V. Vadawale, Shiv Kumar Goyal, Neeraj Kumar Tiwari, Aaditya Sarda, Sushil Kumar, Nishant Singh, Deepak Kumar Painkra, Piyush Sharma, Abhishek J. Verma, P. Janardhan, Anil Bhardwaj 2026. One Year of ASPEX–SWIS Operation: Characteristic Features, Observations, and Science Potential. (Accepted, Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy (J. Astrophys. Astr.)).

7. Dibyendu Chakrabarty, Bijoy Dalal, Santosh Vadawale, Aveek Sarkar, Shiv Kumar Goyal, Jacob Sebastian, Anil Bhardwaj, P. Janardhan, M. Shanmugam, Neeraj Kumar Tiwari, Aaditya Sarda, Piyush Sharma, Aakash Gupta, Prashant Kumar, Manan S. Shah, Bhas Bapat, Pranav R Adhyaru, Arpit R. Patel, Hitesh Kumar Adalja, Abhishek Kumar, Tinkal Ladiya, Sushil Kumar, Nishant Singh, Deepak Kumar Painkra, Abhishek J. Verma, Nandita Srivastava, Swaroop Banerjee, K. P. Subramanian, M. B. Dadhania.. Energetic (<2 MeV) Ion Fluxes Measured by ASPEX–STEPS On-board Aditya-L1 During Its Earth-Bound Phase. (In arXiv). DOI: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2506.21919

8. Jacob Sebastian, Abhishek Kumar, Dibyendu Chakrabarty, Prashant Kumar, Shiv Kumar Goyal, Santosh Vadawale, M. Shanmugam, M. Hasan, Aveek Sarkar, Bijoy Dalal, Aakash Gupta, Shivam Parashar, Bhas Bapat, Manan S. Shah, Pranav R. Adhyaru, Arpit R. Patel, Hitesh Kumar Adalja, Neeraj Kumar Tiwari, Aaditya Sarda, Piyush Sharma, Tinkal Ladiya, Sushil Kumar, Nishant Singh, Deepak Kumar Painkra, Abhishek J. Verma, Swaroop Banerjee, K. P. Subramanian, M. B. Dadhania, P. Janardhan, and Anil Bhardwaj. Comparison of Solar Wind Flux and Bulk Parameters Obtained from Aditya-L1 ASPEX with Wind 3DP/PESA-L and ACE EPAM/LEMS120. Global Space-based Inter-calibration System (GSICS) Newsletter of NOAA, Vol. 18 No. 4, 2025. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25923/gmzc-9a28

Technical Skills

• OS: Linux and Windows

• Programming: Python and C/C++

• Softwares: Latex, and MS Office

Contact

• Email Id: aakash@prl.res.in, aakashgupta.du@gmail.com

• Telephone: +91-7926314657, +91-8527469546

External Links

• Research Gate 

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