Office: F218C
National Centre for Radio Astrophysics - Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Pune
Pune University Campus.
National Centre for Radio Astrophysics - Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Pune
21-cm cosmology, Radio astronomy, Radio interferometer, Cosmology, Early Universe, Gravitational Physics.
Academics
Ph.D:Prospects and challenges for detecting the 21-cm power spectrum with the Ooty WideField Array (OWFA). Year :2020Department of PhysicsIndian Institute of Technology KharagpurKharagpur - 721302, West Bengal, India
Ph.D. Supervisor: Prof. Somnath BharadwajDepartment of Physics, Centre for Theoretical StudiesIndian Institute of Technology KharagpurKharagpur - 721302, West Bengal, India.
M.Sc. in Physics, 2012Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaPerformance: 1st Class (CGPA 7.63/10)• Thesis title: Measure of CP violating Parameters in the decay of D → K − π + π + π − .• Advisor: Dr. James Libby• Area of Study: High Energy Physics
B.Sc. in Physics, 2010Serampore College, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, IndiaPerformance: 1st Class
Other ProjectsSummer Intern, 2011Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, Gujrat, India• Title: Controlling the Quantum Transport in a Double Well Potential• Advisor: Dr. Navinder Singh• Area of Study: Statistical PhysicsSummer Intern, 2012Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata., Mohanpur, West Bengal,India• Title: Stochastic Dynamics of Cluster of Adhesive Molecular Bonds in Presence of ConstantExternal Forces• Advisor: Dr. Rumi De• Area of Study: Bio-Physics
Fellowships and AwardsSenior Research Fellowship (SRF), from UGC from July 2015 - till dateJunior Research Fellowship (JRF), from UGC from June 2013 - June 2015Awarded Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) from UGC in 2012.Qualified UGC-CSIR NET (National Eligibility Test) in 2012.Qualified GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) with All India Rank 73 in 2013.Qualified Joint Admission for M.Sc. (JAM) in 2010.
Computing Skill • Operating Systems: Linux, WINDOWS• Programming Language: C, Fortran, Python,• Application Packages:Scientific Packages: Mathematica, Matlab, Octave, CST, AIPS, CASA, SciPy, HEALpixText Processing: LaTeX, MS Office, OpenOfficeGraphics: Mathematica, Gnuplot, Xfig, PyPlot
Teaching Experience Tutor: M.Sc. (2nd year), General Relativity, IIT Kharagpur, India, 2017, 1 semesterTutor: M.Sc. (1st year), Electrodynamics I, IIT Kharagpur, India, 2017, 1 semesterTutor: M.Sc. (1st year), Quantum Mechanics I, IIT Kharagpur, India, 2016, 1 semesterTutor: B.Tech. (1st year), Physics I , IIT Kharagpur, India, 2015, 1 semestersPractical Lab Class: M.Sc. Physics (1st year), Computational Physics, IIT Kharagpur, India,2014 - 2015, 2 semesters• Practical Lab Class: B.Tech. (1st year), Physics I Lab, IIT Kharagpur, India, 2013 - 2016, 4semesters
Other Experience • Acted as a member of Local Organizing Committee, Topical Conference on Gravity and Cosmology (Eastern Region), 28th February, 2015, IIT Kharagpur, India
Participation in Schools, Conferences, Workshops• Poster Presentation: Simulated Predictions for HI at z = 3.35 with the Ooty Wide Field Array (OWFA) II: Foregrounds Conference on Shedding Light on the Dark Universe with Extremely Large Telescopes at The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy, 2 nd - 6 th July, 2018.
•Poster Presentation: A Spherical Harmonic Analysis of the Ooty Wide Field Array (OWFA) Visibility SignalSummer School on Cosmology 2018 at The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy, 18 - 29 th July, 2018.
• Oral Presentation: A Spherical Harmonic Analysis of the Ooty Wide Field Array (OWFA) Visibility SignalUniverse after the first 200 million years: Cosmic Dawn, Reionization and Post-reionization using 21-cm at the Presidency University, Kolkata, India, 11-13 th December, 2017.
• Epoch of Reionization and 21 cm Cosmology at the NCRA-TIFR, Pune, India, 10-22 nd July, 2017.
• Oral Presentation: Simulating the z = 3.35 HI 21-cm visibility signal and foreground predictions for the Ooty Wide Field Array(OWFA)29th meeting of the Indian Association for General Relativity and Gravitation (IAGRG) at IIT Guwahati, India, 10-22 nd July, 2017.
• Oral Presentation: Simulating the z = 3.35 HI 21-cm visibility signal and foreground predictions for the Ooty Wide Field Array(OWFA)SKA 2016: Science for the SKA generatio at Goa, India, 7-11 th November, 2016.
• Topical Conference on Gravity and Cosmology (Eastern Region): 4th meeting, at IISER Kolkata, Kolkata, India, 19th September, 2015.
• The Radio Astronomy School-2015 at the NCRA-TIFR, Pune, India, 31 st August -11th September, 2015.
• Oral Presentation: Prospects of detecting the post-reionization HI 21cm signal using upgradedGMRTNational workshop on Cosmology with the HI 21-cm line at RRI, Bengaluru, India, 23-26 th June, 2015.
• Topical Conference on Gravity and Cosmology (Eastern Region): 3rd meeting, at IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India, 28 st February, 2015.
• STATCOSMO15 at ISI Kolkata, Kolkata, India, 10-13 st February 2015.
•. Topical Conference on Gravity and Cosmology (Eastern Region): 2nd meeting, at Presidency University, Kolkata, India, 9th August, 2014.
• The Workshop on Galaxies and Cosmology at the NCRA-TIFR, Pune, India, 7-18 th July, 2014.
• Topical Conference on Gravity and Cosmology (Eastern Region): 1st meeting, at Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, India, 13th December, 2013.