CURRENT POSITION
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology- Kharagpur, West Bengal, India - 721302.
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Physics, 2012-2016
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (Deemed University), Mumbai, India.
Thesis Title: 21-cm signal from the epoch of reionization.
Advisor: Prof. Tirthankar Roy Choudhury
M.Sc. in Physics, 2009-2012
Harish-Chandra Research Institute (HRI), Allahabad, India.
Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Mumbai, India.
B.Sc. in Physics (Honours), 2006-2009
Ramakrishna Mission Residential College, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India.
Higher Secondary (12th) in Science, 2004-2006
Jangalpara B.C.K.M High School, West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education, West Bengal, India.
Secondary Education (10th), 2002-2004
Jangalpara B.C.K.M High School, West Bengal Board of Secondary Education, West Bengal, India.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Ramanujan Fellow, June 2024-March 2026
Department of Physical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata (IISER K).
Postdoctoral fellow, September 2023 - June 2024
University of Pennsylvania, Department of Physics & Astronomy.
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Haverford College.
Postdoctoral fellow, March 2023 - August 2023
Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, University of Groningen.
The Open University of Israel, Derekh ha-Universita 1, Ra’anana, Israel.
Postdoctoral fellow, November 2021 -February 2023
The Open University of Israel, Derekh ha-Universita 1, Ra’anana, Israel.
Postdoctoral fellow, November 2019 -October 2021
Department of Physics, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
The Open University of Israel, Derekh ha-Universita 1, Ra’anana, Israel.
Postdoctoral fellow, November 2016 -October 2019
Department of Astronomy, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
Postdoctoral fellow, July 2016 - October 2016
National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, Pune, India.
PRESENT STUDENTS
Prabhat Verma (IIT Kharagpur), PhD student.
Soumyadeep Mukherjee (IIT Kharagpur), PhD student.
Prabhat Kumar Ojha (IIT Kharagpur), MSc thesis.
Kinshuk Jarial (IIT Kharagpur), MSc thesis.
Kshitij Agarwal (IIT Kharagpur), Bachelor's Thesis
PAST STUDENTS
Susnata Chattopadhyay (BS-MS, IISER-K), (PH4112, PH4214), Autumn 2025- Spring 2026.
Gautam Das (BS-MS 4th Year, IISER-K), (PH4112, PH4214, MS thesis Project), Autumn 2024-July 2026.
Nishant Pradeep Deo (BS-MS, IISER-K), (PH4112, PH4214, MS thesis Project), Autumn 2024-July 2026.
Shantonu Dutta (BS-MS, IISER-K), (PH4214), Spring 2026.
Surjo Ghosh (BS-MS, IISER-K), (PH4112, PH4214), Autumn 2025- Spring 2026.
Joshi Swara Prashant (BS-MS, IISER-K), (PH4112, PH4214), Autumn 2025- Spring 2026.
Deepak A Kudari (BS-MS 4th Year, IISER-K), (PH4112, PH4214, MS thesis Project), Autumn 2024-July 2026.
Ankit Kumar (BS-MS 4th Year, IISER-K), (PH4112, PH4214, MS thesis Project), Autumn 2024-July 2026.
Mahajan Rutvik Ashish (BS-MS, IISER-K), (PH4112, PH4214, MS thesis Project), Autumn 2024-July 2026.
Adil Krishna P (BS-MS, IISER-K), (PH4112, PH4214), Autumn 2025- Spring 2026.
Romit Pal Chowdhury (IIT Kharagpur), MSc Thesis (Aug 2025-July 2026)
Mrinal Patra (BS-MS 4th Year, IISER-K), (PH4112, PH4214, MS thesis Project), Autumn 2024-July 2026.
Abhay Kumar Prusty (BS-MS, IISER-K), (PH4112, PH4214), Autumn 2025- Spring 2026.
Priyanshu Mahato (BS-MS, IISER-K), (PH4112, PH4214, PH5102), Autumn 2024-Autumn 2025.
Archis Mukhopadhyay (BS-MS, IISER-K), (PH4112, PH4214), Autumn 2024- Spring 2025.
Shibashis Mukhopadhyay (BS-MS, IISER-K), (PH5102), Autumn 2025.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2026
Astronomy & Astrophysics-PH40235, IIT Kharagpur-3 credits-2026 Autumn
PHYSICS LABORATORY -PH19003, IIT Kharagpur-3 credits-2026 Autumn
'SKIC School 2026 on 21-cm Cosmology' at TIFR, Lecturer and conducted hands-on sessions on 'Parameter Inference from the 21-cm Signal Epoch of Reionization (EoR) & Cosmic Dawn', 5th March 2026.
Research Project II (PH4214), 4 Credits, Jan-March 2026, 6 students - Project Supervisor.
Cosmology (PH4218), 4 Credits, Jan-May 2026, 35 students - Instructor
PH5101-MS Project, Aug 2025-July 2026, IISER Kolkata (7 students, 20 credits)
2025
PH5102-Independent Study, IISER Kolkata, Aug-Dec 2025 (2 students, 4 credits)
Research Project I (PH4112), IISER Kolkata, Aug-December 2025 (5 students, 4 credits).
CS1101 - Introduction to Computer Programming, Aug-Dec 2025, IISER Kolkata (4 credits)
Statistics of the cosmological 21-cm signal, 'Radio Cosmology and Continuum Observations in the SKA Era: A Synergic View' conference+school, ICTS, Bangalore, during 7-18 April 2025. Also led two hands-on sessions on Reionization simulations and inference during the school.
Research Project II (PH4214), IISER Kolkata, Jan-May 2025 (8 students, 4 credits).
IISER Kolkata Summer Internship Program 2025, 19 May to 18 July, 'Morphology analysis of Cosmic Reionization and Epoch of heating'. 4 Formal students, 10 informal students.
2024
Research Project I (PH4112), IISER Kolkata, July-December 2024 (8 students).
2023
Lecturer: Reionization constraints using 21 cm observations course, 1-8 May 2023, Largest Cosmological Surveys and Big Data Science advanced school , ICTS-TIFR, Bangalore, India.