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I am Harsh Kumar, a post-doctoral fellow at CFA/Harvard College Observatory - Harvard University and the NSF-IAIFI institute.
I was born and raised in Bhakli, a town in southern Haryana, India. After completing my primary education at R.K.D. and secondary schooling in my hometown, I moved to New Delhi for university. I graduated from Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi, with a B.Sc. (Hons.) in Physics, and went on to earn my master's degree from the Department of Physics and Astrophysics at Delhi University's North Campus.
In December 2017, I relocated to Mumbai to pursue my PhD at IIT Bombay under the supervision of Prof. Varun Bhalerao. Following the completion of my doctorate, I joined Harvard University as a postdoctoral researcher and have been enjoying life in Boston ever since.
Here at Harvard University, I work on various aspects of Astrophysics. My primary interests revolve around the study of transients, including the hydrogen-poor superluminous supernovae, tidal disruption events, and the optical counterpart of Gravitational Waves. In the past, I have worked on automating the GROWTH-India Telescope, India's first fully robotic telescope, as well as studies of gamma-ray bursts afterglows and other fast-decaying transients in the optical regime. I was part of the core team that handled the nightly observations and development of GROWTH-India operations.
Image: GROWTH-India telescope at Hanle, ladakh
Image Credit: Shubham Shrivastav
Me enjoying breeze at Marine drive, Mumbai.
Image credits: Sanoj Parshad Dimri.
During my stay at Jubilee Hall, my hostel while pursuing my master's, I fell in love with playing Badminton. After moving to IIT Bombay, one habit that remained unchanged was playing badminton regularly. I do love watching Lionel Messi and Virat Kohli play --- the best players in their respective sports' history, in my opinion.
Sitting on Marine Drive, Bombay, for the full night and enjoying the relaxing breeze can fix any problem for me. I just love that feeling. My new favourite place is Vancouver . Absolutely gorgeous scenarios, islands, mountains, and beaches all in the same place.
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